Mellifluent Soul Train creator Don Cornelius shot himself to death early this morning at his home in Los Angeles. "Before MTV there was Soul Train, that will be the great legacy of Don Cornelius," said Quincy Jones in a statement to press. "His contributions to television, music and our culture as a whole will never be matched." Above, the first (and reportedly only) episode in which Cornelius himself danced down the famous Soul Train Line.

When, in his Times Magazine Q&A Deborah Solomon collage project, astronaut Buzz Aldrin revealed that he "just did a rap session with Snoop Dogg and a rap composition called 'Rocket Experience,'" I immediately thought, Oh God, here comes another "it's funny because it's a white person doing a black thing!" video. But perhaps I was too quick to judge. The video is now online, so see for yourself. Also, can we please have a moratorium on "it's funny because it's a white person doing a black thing!" videos? Because, you know, enough already. [Angry comment from David Cho coming... now.]