Rebel Wilson will host the next MTV Movie Awards
Whatever you might think of MTV or movies, you can at least count on the MTV Movie Awards to be a pretty fun affair. And the next one will be hosted by the fantastic Rebel Wilson, so there's even more...
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Jill Sobule's "I Kissed a Girl": Happy 20th anniversary!
Happy birthday to singer/songwriter Jill Sobule, and happy 20th anniversary to her 1995 indie hit "I Kissed a Girl." It was edgy enough at the time to play on MTV's 120 Minutes. Though the song title...
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Find Slack in this SubGenius TV commercial from MTV (1991)
In 1991, MTV, back when it was edgy and relevant, commissioned Rev. Ivan Stang of The Church of the SubGenius -- the religion, disguised as a joke (or is it a joke disguised as a religion?) -- to make...
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Things I Miss: When MTV was cool
On August 1st, 1981 the world changed and MTV launched. With a bunch of unprofessional VJs who could sometimes barely cue up tapes MTV went through a lot of growth and changes, from Yo! MTV Raps to...
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Hello Dad, I'm in Jail
Enjoy the delightful music video for the Was (Not Was) song "Hello Dad, I'm in Jail" (1987), directed by Christoph Simon. This clip was a favorite of many viewers of Liquid Television, MTV's fantastic...
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Oral history of Daria, the fantastic 1990s animated series
First aired in 1994 as a Beavis and Butt-Head spinoff, Daria was a fantastic animated series about a whip-smart, sardonic, misanthropic highschool girl, her punk friend Jane, and a familiar gang of...
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The life and tragic death of "Jeremy" from the classic Pearl Jam video
In 1992, Pearl Jam released director Mark Pellington's fantastically dark video above for the song "Jeremy." (Pellington was also the creator of MTV's incredible avant-garde documentary video series...
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a-ha played 'Take On Me' live on 'MTV Unplugged,' will tour
Norwegian band a-ha recently took to the stage to sing an acoustic version of their 1985 hit song, "Take On Me." It's nice to hear that lead singer Morten Harket can still hit those high notes after...
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MTV reviving Daria and Aeon Flux
MTV is reviving two of the greatest shows to ever appear on the channel: Daria and Aeon Flux. The latter will be a live action reboot. Daria, a spin-off from Beavis and Butt-head, was a brilliant black...
View ArticleWatch: Trent Reznor and Shinya Tsukamoto's MTV Japan commercial from 1993
In 1993, Trent Reznor/Nine Inch Nails composed music for the first station ID for MTV Japan created by the inimitable Shinya Tsukamoto, director of cyberpunk/horror films like Tetsuo: The Iron Man...
View ArticleIn 1986, MTV reunited the Monkees for a "Christmas Medley"
Former MTV Veejay Martha Quinn is now a deejay and blogger for iHeart80s. On Friday, she posted a bunch of holiday videos from her MTV days, including this gem that reunites the Monkees for a weird...
View ArticleBand pays tribute to classic '80s music videos by re-creating them in their own
The Treble, an alt-rock band out of Winnipeg, has taken inspiration from iconic music videos from the 1980s. Their recently released music video, for the single "No Secrets (There For You)," features...
View ArticlePodcast: Listen to me dissect the very first episode of "Real World" with "TV...
My pals Brittany High and Rob Schulte invited me to be a guest on their podcast, The TV Show Show. The premise is simple — scrutinize your way through a classic TV episode. My pick, because the first...
View ArticleBeavis and Butt-head are coming back
Mike Judge will revive Beavis and Butt-head for two seasons of the seminal cartoon-cum-cultural criticism. (Heh heh, I wrote "cum," heh heh.) The original TV series aired on MTV from 1993 to 1997 and...
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Apple launches 24-hour streaming "music television" network that's definitely...
Variety reports: Apple has launched Apple Music TV, a free 24-hour curated livestream of popular music videos that will also include "exclusive new music videos and premiers, special curated music...
View ArticleWatch: How MTV went from awesome to atrocious
This well-made video presents the history of MTV, from its ground-breaking origins in 1981 as a beloved, culture-changing, all-music brand to a steaming pile of horrible reality shows.
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David Bowie grills MTV about their failure to play videos by Black artists in...
Bowie puts VJ Mark Goodman in the hot seat over MTV's lack of representation in this 1983 interview. Cringe along as Goodman back pedals his ass straight off a cliff. First, he denies that the station...
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MTV is now airing cooking shows
**Warning — if you start watching the first 2 hour broadcast of MTV below, you may end up unable to stop. It is excellent! Oh, MTV! Tiffani Thiessen yelling "Welcome to Deliciousness!" leaves me...
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See Beastie Boys, Joey Ramone, Boy George, Morris Day, etc. at the 1985 MTV...
Below, watch after-party interviews from the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards. Remember, this was when MTV still played music videos and was, y'know, relevant. Joey Ramone: "Some of it I liked, y'know....
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Watch the first two hours of MTV for its 40th
MTV turns 40 this week! Remember back when it was cool? Well, here's the first two hours of broadcast (minus a couple of copyright takedowns) to jog your memory. It begins with, of course, "Video...
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Liquid Television's "Dogboy" was a bizarre show based off Charles Burns...
Liquid Television was an animation showcase program that aired on MTV from 1991 to 1995. It was the origin of a couple of notorious cartoons such as Beavis and Butt-Head and Æon Flux. One of the shows...
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The time Pat Smear (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) had a wonderful time shopping at...
In 1997, the Spice Girls were, um, spicing up our lives with Spiceworld, the follow-up to Spice. MTV fueled the spiciness by featuring the band at every possible turn including in this curious segment...
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"Le Balayeur" is a great cartoon that aired on MTV's Liquid Televison in the 90s
Le Balayeur (The Street Sweeper) is a French animated short from 1990 by Serge Elissalde. It appeared on MTV's Liquid Television. The style is sketchy and raw. It tells the story of a grumpy street...
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Pimp My Ride's fame cost Xzibit his rap career
I'm not old enough to remember the "glory days" of MTV playing music all day. By the time I started watching MTV, Bevis and Butthead was the channel's flagship show along with all the offerings on...
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Fun collection of horror MTV Logos and Idents
Many of the MTV Logos and Idents in this fantastic collection are horror or sci-fi themed. I love the surreal animation at 0:41. A peculiar man cuts into a meal and to his surprise, an army of tiny...
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The bizarre fame of former MTV VJ Jesse Camp
I find old photos endlessly entertaining. Or, to be more specific, the wacky fashion trends that run rampant in old photos. Outside of the one year when I bought the tall white tees that were...
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How Beavis and Butt-Head helped the metal genre stay afloat in the 90s
Last week, I had the pleasure of checking out Beavis and Butt-Head: Do the Universe. Even though I've been a fan of the bumbling duo since I was in short pants, I'm consistently shocked by the series....
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So long, MTV News
After a 36-year run, MTV News is shutting down. According to Variety, the decision follows widespread layoffs affecting 25% of employees across MTV Entertainment Studios, Paramount Media Networks, and...
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Here is every music video played on MTV's classic Headbangers Ball (1987-1995)
On April 18, 1987, MTV—which used to show music videos—premiered Headbangers Ball, a program featuring heavy metal and hard rock tracks. The first episode—with Motorhead's Lemmy and Phil "Philthy...
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