Television

Mr Roxy Music is in the ad campaign with his adorable son Tara. Leave it to some fine genetics to make a $9.99 dress shirt and $29.99 jacket look ultra chic.

This week though we have the bonus of ‘Mr. She’s Havin’ My Baby’, Paul Anka. This guy was the smarmiest of love song singers.

They aren’t as horrible as most, not as great as I’m told, but they’re a rock and roll blues band and well perhaps their flannel loving fans will perk up tonights Saturday Night Live? Yeah, we doubt that as well.

The music in the repair scene is pretty dang snazzy. A Blink 182 sorta Mark Hoppus pop punk beat. Its funny as I watched I thought it was going to be New Found Glory or something. Instead I wait til credits and find its… Parry Gripp.

the entire show is squirmy unwatchable and sad. It’s like a trainwreck. How could Gaga be uncool and counter-culture at the same time? It is like performance art, the theater of the real and only she is in on the joke.

what’s the bet SNL haven’t got the slightest idea how to deal with her on December 10th? It’s not that they are bad with women, it is that they are bad with everything.

I am sure I am not alone in falling in love with Zooey Deschanel around the middle of her “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” duet with Wil Farrel. And I am not certain if I am alone in getting completely sick of her around Vol II, her dire She & Him sophomore effort.

What the heck is a “Very GaGa Thanksgiving”!? Otherwise yet another rerun festival. It amazes me how many times late night TV serves us leftovers- maybe we should all stay drunk or asleep?

Florence is far more normal, far less edgy and much more talented. Although I am not a fan of this group I can see why people love her. She is powerful and she is interesting

nothing here but a coupla Muppets, a late night talk show host off his game, a comic past his prime, and a humorless indie superstar pretending he is a good sport.

Holiday specials were once Bing Crosby or Bob Hope. Variety shows with little skits and funny lines. Now aparenty its an obnoxious little dude screaming fuck you, a weight watchers spokesperson, a deflowered teen dream and who the hell is Victoria Justice?

Television offers us a glimpse of musical performance we may otherwise never experience. In some cases such as Selena Gomez and The Scene, it may not always be a good thing. On the flip side its cool to see John Fogerty without dropping a dime and while holding a mute button.

Chris Martin and his merry men of Coldplay (yeah g’head and try and name one other band member YOU CANT) bring mega star appeal to Saturday Night Live. The late night ‘comedy’ show is dying a slow hospice style death. Coldplay will either rocket the nights ratings or be just a blip on an otherwise flatlined program.

Maroon 5 are perfect complement to the cream of wheat bland that SNL has become. Despite a hit of “Moves Like Jagger”, M5 could be the background music to any teen drama or prime time soap opera. There is a place in the world for weak comedy and lackluster music. Tonight on SNL we have the yin and yang of mediocrity.

Steve Miller on Austin City Limits? There’s your Halloween trick right there!

nothing to enjoy in a job well done

a big fat bucket of reruns

the bad boy who cleans up well enough to meet your parents but the minute he steps out of the house turns in to a their worse nightmare

sudden hip gesture should be the boost the show needs to get back on track

It was a busy decade

VH1, presents "100 Greatest songs of the 00's" this week.  Pete Wentz will host this five part series.  A stroll down memory lane is always cool if it includes Sisquo.

first rate country rock

It didn’t even win its time period

it was better than last seasons American Idol

digging into the hope chest, hoping for some ratings

MTV will soften the edges and gut it

does he do snark that well?

The Crack Generation..good one

‘And Niggas Got The AdultSwim Shit Nigguh What’s Good???!’

kiss summers ass goodbye