Sunday, September 13, 2009

HOSTED BY RUSSELL BRAND -- WERE ORIGINAL HOSTS DAN AYKROYD AND BETTE MIDLER BUSY? The VMAs are, if nothing else, an opportunity to determine if the gap between Ourselves and The Youth of Today should be measured in inches, yards or miles.

But tonight is a night for my generation as well, as the final MJ tribute of this summer is airing as I'm typing. Madonna's opening speech was the Queen at her most personal, sad and, per her usual, complicated. As events warrant, I'll update this post.

updated: 1. WTF, Kanye? Tries to pull an ODB on Taylor Swift? For what? (And isn't it Jay-Z's job to speak up for Beyonce?) Ugly, stoopid. (Added: video.)

2. There's an energy and near-recklessness to this show (Russell Brand, Lady GaGa, Green Day) that's kinda compelling. Couldn't care less about the awarding, of course.

3. I sure hope Jimmy Fallon isn't "our generation's David Letterman" in any respect other than "he hosts the 12:30am show on NBC." Also, the Pink circus performance was just plain wack (in a good way) -- just reminds us how much the artists have riding on getting buzz out of these few remaining mass events.

4. Beyonce, wow. Invites Taylor Swift up again to finish her speech rather than say much on her own in accepting Video of the Year. Great moment. I never thought I could turn on Kanye, but he's earned all the boos now.

5. Performances worth watching: Taylor Swift goes underground; Pink's tribute to Circus of the Stars.

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