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TRL: Done!

September 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In November, MTV will finally put its cash cow out to pasture. “TRL” — short for “Total Request Live” — will end its ten-year run with a two-hour special.

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Tags: Seeds

The Cars, ‘You Might Think’

September 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Normally, the music videos I post here on Friday nights are ones that I dig, either because of the artist, the song, or the video concept. This doesn’t fall into any of those categories. But with MTV’s 25th annual Video Music Awards show coming this Sunday night, I thought it might be appropriate to show [...]

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Tags: Video

VMA Promos Feature Britney, Bitch

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Two new promo spots for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards hope to make us forget the unpleasantness that was Britney Spears’ “comeback” at last year’s show. (At least, that’s my assumption.) (via the N.Y. Daily News)

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Tags: Seeds

MTV Eyes ‘RHPS’

July 25th, 2008 · 4 Comments

MTV wants to remake the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
If it were anyone else besides MTV, I’d probably be marginally more interested. And really, it’s not as if there aren’t enough bad remakes of other classic flicks floating around.

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Tags: Seeds

Today’s Feed: Taking the Leap… Again Edition

February 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Happy Leap Day, everyone! If your birthday is today, then please accept my condolences.
I’m taking a leap of my own today, as this morning I put down a deposit for a cruise in November. Last year, I joined my friend Bo and a cast of characters on a 5-day cruise to Key West and Cozumel. [...]

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VMA Post-Mortem

September 10th, 2007 · Comments Off

Out of pure habit — or perhaps because I really am a masochist — I watched the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, a show that becomes ever more craptacular as the years roll by. I knew the show was going to be bad, but I didn’t expect anything like last night’s show.
Of course, those who [...]

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