August 01, 2006

• It should be headline news that MTV is actually showing a music video.
• How long was the original version of Thriller? Seems like it was longer than 20 minutes. Could be it just felt that way, though.
• ... and perhaps I should read the *entirety* of the previous posts before commenting like an idiot.
• I recall some quite long Future Sound of London videos. While commenting just how their current offerings can't hold a candle to the old-school, experimental clips channel of the past, an the narrow variety of genres now in heavy rotation, it was pointed out to me: 'Well, we're not their target market anymore...' Ouch. Very much true. As for where to search for new, interesting, experimental or just off-beat video clips, we have the bunch of tubes. videos.antville.org, cliptip.blogspot.com, screenhead, and countless other blogs provide now access to stuff that mtv wouldn't dare to show... and when they do (i.e., M.I.A.'s 'Galang') it is so edited and censored it's hilarious.
• MTV's still around?! I guess I'm really dating myself here but I auctully remember when MTV was watchable. What was auctully better was when USA had there Up All Night on weekends. They showed a really cool mix of comedians, videos, cult movies, and classic retro TV series.
• It should be headline news that MTV is actually showing a music video. Yeah, no shit. An there I was, all excited about M2, and then they started elbowing aside music videos for shows like Pimp My Ride. What the hell is that crap? I watch Fuse when I need videos. Those Canadians understand!
• I used to watch Up All Night when I had an all-night babysitting gig. Fun times.
• Ditto what kero and nunia said. I miss 120 minutes. I miss the original concept of cable tv, period. You know, that whole "no commercials" idea? Oh well, it's not like I don't have better things to do with my time.
• I miss 120 minutes. Kennedy. Mmhh.
• I'm dating myself big time, but I saw the first weekend MTV aired. I miss Headbanger's Ball. And 120 Minutes.
• Shoah was 9 1/2 hours long.
• I still mourn the loss of Remote Control. And my high school art teacher used to tape Liquid Television and show it in class because she thought the animation and style were worth sharing with us. (She was a cool teacher, despite looking remarkably like she had an apple for a head!)
• i think i've seen a picture of her brother.
• Liquid Television. that is all.
• Fuse isn't Canadian. WHen it was MuchMusicUSA, it was Canadian, but a couple years ago the American company that owned a share in MuchMusicUSA bought out MuchMusic and started their own programming. Still, Fuse is better than MTV propper. However, last year out cable system got VH1Classics, MTVHits, MTVJamz, and VH1Soul, so I watch those more than Fuse because they have no commercials.
• *eyes jccalhoun suspiciously*
• Some day, MTV will play all styles of music again. As for right now, it seems to be RTV, or Rap TV. I'm with Gemini, the "early years" of MTV were an amazing time. Unfortunately our world is full of marketing whores and everything needs to generate millions of dollars before it breaks even. Feh. Yes, I'm talking like an old fart. At least I'm not lamenting episode 33942 of Matlock.
• *turn on tv* Mtv Hits: Rap video Mtv Jamz: Rap video Mtv: brain-damaged 'reality-show' monstrosity VH1: 80's rap video. Much Music: local band emulating US rappers video Yes, 100 channels and nothin' on... *turn off tv, log in to the intertubesweb*
• I was very disappointed to find out that the longest UK number one single (The Orb's Blue Room, at about 40 minutes) only has a 4 minute or so video. But I have found a longer one: Michael Jackson's Ghost has the record at 35 minutes. Sorry, mr. Skinner! (btw - I wrote the post this way to avoid the issue of how relevant MTV is nowadays. Superlong videos are much cooler.)
• Liquid Television! (and its offspring like The Maxx.) Up All Night! What about Night Flight? I liked that. They used to show Subgenius shorts....
• Ah, yes, Liquid TV. DogBoy! The BlockHeads! Aeon Flux!