All posts tagged "Mtv"

I was reading the latest issue of The Believer---the music issue!---today, and I found this tidbit interesting.  It's from Hua Hsu's examination of the telephone in pop music history, and it made me cackle:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - No doubt Sammy Hagar, a former lead singer for Van Halen, has enjoyed a lot of far out experiences in life, but on Monday, the rocker told perhaps his farthest out tale to MTV. He was abducted by aliens.

Reading this reporting on the "No Easy Choice" documentary that aired late on December 28th on MTV, I was struck at the absurdity chronicled in this paragraph:

NEW YORK -- Platinum-selling rapper Lil Wayne appeared to have won at least one more day of freedom Tuesday when his sentencing on a weapons charge in New York was delayed due to a courthouse fire.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/v/-dHXXwfZUWc&hl=en_US&fs=1& expand=1]It's worth watching this video, I swear.

Jessica Wakeman interviewed Diablo Cody---and finding out that Cody is a year younger than me made me feel old and under-accomplished, I'll tell you what---and they had this exchange that stuck with me: