MTV Video Music Awards
The VMA’s were held in Miami this year, and it was a little bit of a mess. It was pretty good, but it was in a big arena like your standard concert with 6 stages randomly placed around the floor and a big crowd of 16 year-old girls dancing in the middle of it all.
Mase must’ve been pretty drunk, because if he had said, “Welcome back” one more time when it didn’t make sense, I was going to start a letter-writing campaign to tell him he’s no longer welcome on television and has to go back to being a minister.
Here’s something I hadn’t seen before: when Jessica Simpson performed, all the kids dancing in front of the stage were given MTV Kyocera cell phones so that they could open them up and wave them slowly in the air like lighters. Ah, marketing.
At least a dozen of the performers and presenters told me to vote, which was fine with me. But when Kerry’s two daughters (in person) and Bush’s two daughters (via satellite) told people to vote, both were drowned out by some booing and a little cheering. No matter what the Drudge report says, the booing was about even between the Democratic and Republican daughters.
Dave Chappelle was supposed to be the “host” of the show, but that amounted to him walking on stage exactly twice, once just to show a video as a tribute to “retiring” rapper Jay-Z. They didn’t play it like it was a joke, but if you ask me it was just a dare to Jay-Z to actually retire.
Best line of the night: Big Boi saying, “Okay, now for the millionth time, ‘Hey Ya’ goddammit.”
August 31st, 2004 at 12:39 pm
I didn’t get to see too much of the VMAs, but I’ll tell you the most striking moment of the night for me. Slim Shaq. When he rolled up in the white suit with the cut off sleeves, he honestly looked more like the Orlando Magic Shaq than the slightly overweight all season Lakers Shaq. It’s possible that Miami REALLY got the better end of the deal, especially if Slim Shaq is around to stay. Also, where is my g-mail account. I can’t find it.
August 31st, 2004 at 2:57 pm
Maybe the Florida humidity just makes him sweat off the pounds at an alarming rate. I’m not 100% sure that Slim Shaq is necessarily better than Huge Shaq. It’s not like a little bit of extra speed is going to help him score more points, since he can already muscle his way to the basket no matter who is guarding him. Maybe he’ll gain a little flexibility with his reduced size and be able to make a few more freethrows, which would put him over the top and make him the best player in the NBA. Oh, wait…