I was born 13 months after the death of Martin Luther King. Jr.

We did not walk this Earth together.

My first significant exposure to MLK happened when I was browsing books in the library at college and I found a collection of the speeches that he had made on CBC radio. The public radio system in Canada was accessible to millions of Americans, notably those living in Detroit, and the corporation provided Doctor King with a platform when various methods were being used to try to shut him up in his own country. It was the right thing to do, but it was also some very good content.

I sometimes like to say that I was named after him, but I don’t know how true that is.

A very much unexpected sighting of Martin Luther King, Jr. is on this Tragically Hip Video.

I do not know if Rob Wells considers MLK to be one of his idols, it could just be a wardrobe decision made by the director.