Rest In Peace....

This is a solemn post...

I am writing about the passing of a dear friend to both you and me... of course, i'm talking about the music video.

I was sitting at home the other day (alot easier to do now that i don't have a job anymore), when it dawned on me: mcdonald's would sell way more fries if they just said that they used pure vegetable oil, but used pure beef lard. Wait, that's not what i was supposed to say, but still, ain't that the truth?

Anyway, it dawned on me: i haven't seen a music video for at least a few years, and there hasn't been a memorable video since green day's basketcase, which debuted sometime in the early 90s. What happened to music videos you ask? Well, in a fit of irony, it was killed by the being that practically engineered the formation of modern videos, the evil mtv. That's right, mtv killed the music video.
Wheras the buggles song stated that "video killed the radio star" they should write a followup song stating "mtv sucks." I mean, the freaking network is called "music television," although they seem to cover up the fact that that anagram, as well as all anagrams ever created don't actually stand for anything. I mean, you have you're trl (total request live), o.c. (the less well to do than the beverly hills kids, orange county), and the less known, t.n.i.a.p.o.c. (this network is a piece of crap).

I mean, i guess it was a good schtick to get onto tv, much like the way cocaine worked its way into daily society by posing as a "hurtful drug" and eventually morphing into the worthless paperweight it has become (speed is where it's at).

Mtv has whored itself out (and who could blame them) to the likes of ashton kutcher, the jackass guys, and who could forget, random teenage kids that date for money.

What has the world come to? I'll tell you, approximately 2005, but, i guess you were looking for something more insightful. If you're going to be a medium of film that lasts approximately 2-3 minutes, don't just assume that because there's music in your video, and you want to air it on tv, don't under any circumstances, trust a guy named music television. So long suckers!


Mitch Hedberg's QotD:

When it comes to racism, you hear people say "I don't care if they're black, white, purple or green." Hold on now, purple or green? Come on now, you've gotta draw the line somewhere.