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June 25 Michael Jackson Has Also DiedIt's being reported that Michael Jackson has also passed on at the mere age of 50, which stirs up a lot of mixed feelings for me.
Of course, this is still a TV blog and not a music one. But Jackson has had a singular effect on the small screen, both through his groundbreaking music videos and providing constant fodder for tabloid TV shows.
As a child of the 80s, I remember watching and singing along to videos like "Thriller" and "Beat It" when they came out and wishing I could be that cool, that graceful, that talented. And of course, we all watched in the 90s and so forth as his career started declining and he became better known for his odd -- to be generous to the recently dead -- habits, like having young children sleep over or dangling his kids out of hotel windows.
I have to come to grips with the evidence that he ended up so very twisted. But for today, I'm going to try to remember the more positive aspects of his personality and legacy.
- posted by Raoul September 28 The Song That Is EverywhereI'm not someone who necessarily pays attention to the music in TV shows, but even I will notice if I hear the same song in three pilots. Three! The song in question is "Young Folks" by Peter Bjorn and John. Sorry if it's stuck in your head now like it is in mine. I first heard it as the "Gossip Girls" pilot opened with a view of New York City. I heard it again in "Dirty Sexy Money," in pretty much the same context. I heard it for the third time during "Big Shots" last night. Now, all these shows are on different networks, I get that, but I still think it's pretty funny that the same "hip" song shows up in three pilots in the space of two weeks. Maybe these guys can be the new...those guys that sang the "Friends" song. - Posted by Kate September 10 (Emmy) In a BoxJustin Timberlake and Andy Samberg have won a Creative Arts Emmy for their SNL short "(Blank) In a Box." I had to laugh at the way the AP story describes the video: "(Blank) in a Box," last December's fake music video performed by Timberlake and "SNL" cast member Andy Samberg, is about wrapping a part of the male anatomy and presenting it to a loved one as a holiday present." To a loved one! The Creative Arts Emmy Awards take place in Hollywood a week before the big show. - Posted by Kate VMA Hangover
Did you guys watch the VMAs last night? No? OK, well, Britney's performance wasn't any good, Justin Timberlake won almost all of the awards, and Kid Rock and Tommy Lee got in a fight backstage. Yeah, you didn't miss much. MTV is streaming pretty much the whole shebang on their web site. - Posted by Kate |
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