Gosh, another MTV Video Music Awards! Tonight is the night when millions of music fans hit the couch to bury a Thursday night s worth of brain cells in a Zima coffin, watching famous people in silly pants. Awesome!
It s always one of the year s hottest TV parties. Except last year, when Diddy hosted. Or the year before, when nobody hosted.
But hey, we re rooting for the show this year. Why? Just because.
But first, for reference . . .
suck (suhk) verb. [[Middle English suken, from Old English sucan]] 1: to draw (as liquid) into the mouth through a suction force produced by movements of the lips and tongue. 2: to draw by or as if by suction.
3: to take in or consume as if by exerting a suction force. 4 (slang): to be objectionable or inadequate.
7:42 PM: That definition of suck is already changing!
And the show hasn t even started yet! For the pre-show, we ve got Fergie on the red carpet, doing London Bridge. Nice bladder control!
John Norris interviews the other Black Eyed Peas about her performance. It symbolized a lot, Will.I.
Am. tells him. Sure did, Will.
Paris Hilton is wearing white bike shorts under a tutu. It s gonna be that kind of night.
My Chemical Romance are on top of a building performing Bohemian Rhapsody.
No, wait, it s November Rain. Uh, the entire second disc of Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness? What the hell is this?
A choir of kids dressed up as skeletons? Gerard Way tells Gideon Yago the song is about a guy named Rapacia who examines his own mortality. Uh huh.
I need another Zima.
Scouting for new bands used to be so much work. You had to actually appear at rock shows, you had to ponder their talent and think about the originality (or lack thereof) of their sound.
Man. Those days sucked. Now that Thurston Moore s label Ecstatic Peace is all over the young up-and-comers all we have to do is listen to the bands he signs and be done with it.
Thanks Thurston!
Awesome Color, an band originally from Michigan sound like a grimier version of Sonic Youth (go figure). We love their garagey, Guess Who-esque take on blues rock, especially on Listening to that song makes us feel like we re living in Easy Rider, sailing down the highway with Hopper and Fonda looking for an America that can t be found.
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