Posts Tagged ‘MTV’
Jersey Shore 2, Assault On the Hamptons or South Beach
The New York Post has broken the story that the controversial cast of MTV's hit reality show finally inked a deal for a sophomore season, but they're taking their fist-pumping, oompa-loompa antics to another beach. MTV scouts are eyeing several locations in the Hamptons, Delaware, and possibly South Beach. Negotiations began at $5,000 per show [...]
NJ Lawmakers Want ‘Jersey Shore’ to Sleep With The Fishes
MTV is getting pressure to cancel its "Jersey Shore" reality show. Sen. Joseph F. Vitale, the chairman of the New Jersey Italian American Legislative Caucus, and Richard Bilotti, the chairman of the New Jersey Italian and Italian American Heritage Commission, have sent a letter to MTV parent company Viacom asking them to cancel the show [...]
Live Bloging of the 2009 MTV VMAs on Tape Delay
For the first time in many years of watching and all or at least bits of the VMAs almost since their inception, I actually enjoyed all of the music. Some of the performers were old enough to drink and all could sing to some degree. The fact that I actually recognized all of them was a miracle. So thank you whoever booked the musicians. [...]
Stop I’ve Had Enough– Michael Jackson Didn’t Invent MTV
Ok, nobody has gone that far yet. But can we please drop this ridiculous fiction that Michael Jackson was the first Black artist on MTV. Somehow in all of these tributes and hastily produced retrospectives, The King of Pop is being hailed as the Jackie Robinson of the music video era. WRONG. Its bad enough that the media is doing it (MSNBC, [...]
Literal Music Videos, What Will They Think of Next?
Its nostalgia week here in the JSA offices. It started with a visit to the man who made the 1980s possible, President Ronald Reagan. And now it continues with a look at the art form that was perfected in the 1980s, the music video. A long time ago, there was a channel called MTV that played nothing but music videos. They don't do that [...]
