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How to see cool stuff?

I was sent this stylus top 100 music videos link awhile ago. There are a few good ones in what is an otherwise odd mix of hip hop videos and well regular “pop”. I enjoyed the Kid 606, the Pulp This is Hardcore, and New Order (generally all the 80’s videos are cool). It makes me sad that all the cool channels on TV have completely lost or forsaken what made them cool in the first place. MTV used to be cool in the 90’s, this is not just my nostalgia talking either. I’ve recently found old tapes I had of Liquid Television, The Maxx, and video countdowns (back when they played videos) and I’ve found it all to be quite enjoyable. I don’t know maybe what with computers, the internet, and DVDs we don’t need TV anymore. I guess that’s a fair point but I wonder what teens and pre-teens have to check out these days? Sure many of the cool directors of music videos have gone on to do some great movies but I wonder what will happen to this next MTV generation where Jackass is the best thing going? I just hope that esoteric, creative, and cool stuff does flourish and gain popular audience on the net such that we can eventually have a resurgence of cool stuff with sharp style and good tunes on the airwaves for regular people. Of course that assumes that the internet doesn’t get bogged down by restrictions.

4 thoughts

  1. What happened to “It’s Pink”? I just noticed the other day that i never got around to linking you and eripsa on my new site and was thinking i should fix that. have i been cut off?

  2. I didn’t know you had a new site apparently I’ve been cut off first. It is nice to know that your comments regarding material on my blog have absolutely nothing to do with it. BTW the New Order track for Bizzare Love Triangle is also a good video that’s on that list.

  3. Correction it’s True Faith that has the super cool video BLT is a good song but True Faith is what a music video should be all about and is easily in my top 25.

  4. oops, no, i did get around to it. same old blog.

    not sure what i would say about the post. i agree, mtv was cool in the 90s before they started having 30 dating shows on a day and crap.

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