Ex-MTV

A memory:
My momma and I were driving home after watching "Edward Scissorhands" at the Redwood Shores Cinema. I was crying uncontrollably, after all it is a very emotional movie, especially for a 12 year old.
We pulled up to the train tracks that defined our neighborhood and downtown, a train was coming so we stopped. As the bars came down mom turned to me and, with tears in her eyes, said "well, Pearl Jam is on MTV Unplugged tonight so don't be too sad."
That evening I watched Eddie Vedder write pro-choice on his arm and then fall off his stool. I was entranced and in love.
Kurt Cobain's last performance on film was on MTV unplugged.
Now I see that MTV is no longer.
Now we get "16 and pregnant" and "skins"
So what can kids see on tv to expose them to music?

How to Excel in Pop Music.

Step 1: Have a song that is catchy.
Step 2: Have a pretty face.
Step 3: profit.

Oh and How I Count the Ways

He plays guitar. I wake up some nights and he's gone from the bed, but I hear guitar music from across the house, in the empty room at the end of the hall , and I know he's there.
The next day, that song is in our heads and we sing it back and forth to each other.

Kermit Dresses and Tights as Sleeves

I just watched "poker face" again. sans whining feline in the background. I can feel it coming on. That horrible fascination with crappy, mass produced music.
I fancy myself somewhat intelligent, creative and unique. I like to think that I'm uninfluenced by mass media and popular opinion. I watch The Golden Girls and read a lot. I'm an individual just like everyone else. But explain that to H-man when I forced him to listen to "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie a billionty times when I heard it in New Zealand. Explain it to me now that I've watched Lady Gaga for the second time today. Maybe it has something to do with this:
Yes, this is Lady GaGa in a dress made out of Kermit Dolls. I freaking love it. I would even say that I wouldn't even have thought to listen to her music if I hadn't seen this. And yes, I loved it when Bjork wore a dead swan dressThere's just something about these weird clothing choices that call out to me. Perhaps it's because I myself don't have the sand to wear stuffed/dead/stuffed-dead animals as clothing. I bought a jean jacket once. It was too hip to bear, I gave it away. I did manage this little number for a night though:
That's me on the right, in the red skirt, fishnets and a shirt that says "Groupie Looking for Musicians". Man that was a great night. But I still haven't written any catchy songs.
By the way, when Lady GaGa says "po-po-po-poker face" I get the image of poking her in the face in my head.