(EDITOR’S NOTE: I wrote this in the wee hours of the morning as a sort of jumper cable to get on to better college essay type writing. Flush the bad stuff out so that the good stuff can refill the bowl.)
I’m in that strange place where I’m up early and can’t tolerate an organized show of any kind. So I look for a video channel to occupy my ears. I find out, thanks to DVR, that every day between 9 and 10 AM and every night between 3 and 5 AM, MTV actually lives up to the name Music Television. Not some warny rich kids milling about Laguna Beach. Not some 16 year old girl,who managed to trick a camera crew to follow her around before, during and after her birthday. Just a fair handful of mind numbing videos that are pretty to look at.
All music video lovers take note.
Then they stopped the videos and I found myself watching a “structured” program. That whole,High School pranks show.
Wow.
That’s nothing but a cautionary tale. A scare tactic. What in,hell happened to you MTV? Before, you used to hide the fact that you were The Man. Sometimes you even poked fun and said that you fought The Man at all turns. When I found out who The Man actually was, I backed you MTV, 110%.
Now you give us corporation backed tales of High School pranks,that should have been “oh so right” but went “oh so wrong”. With people being busted and going,to jail and such.
Here’s a little secret. If you pull a prank and you get caught; that AIN’T a prank. That’s bad, planning at best.
I mean, damn MTV, step down of you high horse, stop giving skanks airtime and trolls interviews.
Start showing actual videos at normal times and for fuck’s sake cut back on the freaking commercials. How much stuff can one man own?
Really?
