If you haven’t already heard, MTV has dropped “music television” from its logo.
All I have to say, is that it’s about damn time. For years now, MTV has been nothing but horribly done dramas, and reality shows. The only music being that which was used in the background of these shows ,and having Music Awards (which honestly have lost their charm in recent years as well).
MTV debuted nearly 30 years ago, on August 1 1981, with “the first thing you saw was the MTV logo superimposed over the flag an astronaut is sticking into the moon.” (100 Greatest Moments in Rock History). The original logo looking like:
Original MTV Logo
The logo has now been replaced with photos of MTV’s stars, namely Snookie from Jersey Shore. Hey, I’m just glad they are being honest about what they truly embody today.
But I am grateful for the internet, because at least there is still one place where I can see some incredibly new, innovative music videos. Videos like Sigur Ros frontman Jón Þór Birgisson’s video as shown below:
Animotion was a New Wave Band that enjoyed some mild success in the mid and late 1980’s.
The group released three studio albums between 1984 and 1988.
The single that put the group on the map was “Obsession” which peaked at #6 on the Billboard Top-40 Charts in 1985.
That single featured lead singers Astrid Plane (What a great name!) and Bill Wadhams.
The group released a follow-up single, “Let him Go” which reached #39 on the Billboard Top-40 Charts in 1985.
The group underwent a number of personnel changes prior to their third album being released in 1988.
The group returned to the charts with “Room to Move” which reached #9 on the Billboard Charts in 1989. That single featured new lead singers Paul Engemann, and Cynthia Rhodes.
Cynthia Rhodes is an Actress/Dancer/Singer who appeared in films such as “Dirty Dancing”, “Flashdance”, and “Staying Alive”. She is currently married to singer Richard Marx.
“Room to Move” was featured in the 1988 Comedy “My Stepmother is an Alien” starring Dan Aykroyd and Kim Basinger.
Animotion broke up in 1990.
In 2008, the band reunited with many of it’s original members including Astrid Plane and Bill Wadhams.
The group now plays occasional shows around the country.
Everybody’s favorite pint-sized Jersey Shore star, Snooki, is a girl of many talents!
Showcasing her flexibility and gymnastic skills – as well as her bikini body – Snooki posted video on her You Tube channel of her performing two cartwheels in a row.
Snooki needs to work on her finish a little more though before hoping for a perfect ten score, as she merely collapses to the ground at the end!
In true form though, never one to underestimate her charms or play down her abilities, Snooki declares at the end, “I’m a f***ing champ!”
Dressed in a teeny little blue bikini, dark shades and a baseball cap
, which she loses mid-cartwheel, Snooks looks surprisingly fit and well toned as she plays around in the back yard.
Grenades across the GTA are exploding with disappointment, as MTV’s Jersey Shore cast members, Pauly D and Mike ‘The Situation’, cancelled their appearance this week. Its so last minute, and I’m not sure what the reason for the rescheduling is, but nevertheless, here are the new details:
Dear Hippos, don’t be too upset and keep that tan fresh, the hair gelled and the laundry clean until March!
Oompa Loompa’s are odd looking enough with clothes on, I just can’t imagine them shaking their little orange bums to some kooky Willy Wonka dance.
So when you add a head full of horsehair, a faux Coach bag and a barely constraining Ed Hardy bikini you’d wish you were floating after Violet Beauregarde the gum poppin BLUEBERRY, as to NOT witness such a sight.
Anyways, in case you’ve seen every XXX film ever concealed in the back of the video store, you may now enter the vault where the real NASTY sh*t is held. Because word on the street is that Snooki from The Jersey Shore might be gracing the dusty shelves with her Day Glo chesticles.
Radar Online says that there IS a video that Snooki took herself (really, I figured that was a give in) along with a couple of pictures that not even the most DESPERATE being would glance at.
I hope they’re PAYING their employees in GOLD BRICKS because folks over at Radar CLAIM to have seen the pics, voluntarily. I wouldn’t look at that sh*t with someone else’s EYES for a Happy Meal let alone gold bricks.
The subtle yet seductive (ha) shots include her in her bedroom, on her knees, with one hand on the ground and the other holding the rail of the bed frame. She is looking at the camera with her head tilted slightly.”
The head tilt is actually just PLEADING for someone to pay her some attention, other than The Situation after he’s realized that ever chick he’s brought home for the night is on her “period.”
I, along with much of the population, was mesmerized for the past few months by the show “Jersey Shore”. And of course my favorite was Snookie (though Ronnie’s love of moving to the beat held a special place in my heart as well). I especially liked how no one could seem to remember her name (Snickers, Snookers, Schnook,etc.). So here is a drawing of the self-proclaimed Princess of Poughkeepsie.