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(MTV) Video Awards Seek Jolt From Crowd and Internet (hoping for anarchy and chaos?)
NY Times ^ | Published: August 24, 2006 | By BEN SISARIO

Posted on 08/24/2006 12:17:10 PM PDT by weegee

The celebrities will be on risers along the side of the hall, while the main floor, emptied of seats, will be given over to fans, to roam and hoot and jeer as they please.

Which raises the question: What if some wild fan abandons his network-designated station and rushes toward the beautiful people?

“He should be encouraged at all points to storm the stage and to create a television moment that people will talk about at the water cooler the next day,” said Hamish Hamilton, one of the producers. “Or even better, that people will download and put on YouTube the next day.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: anarchy; makingitup; mtv; mtvgetofftheair; music; musicindustry; pop; popmusic; rap; rapmusic; riot; rock; rockmusic; seebsviacom; viacom; viacommies
MTV Viacom is still trying to provoke another "watercooler moment" on television.

Will they again try to blame it on accidental circumstances?

And the hope of Youtube copyright violations means that they are waving ownership claims.

1 posted on 08/24/2006 12:17:13 PM PDT by weegee
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To: 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Brian Allen; cgk; ChadGore; Cutterjohnmhb; ...
Rock and Roll PING!

email Weegee to get on/off this list (or grab it yourself to PING the rest)

Of course, MTV COULD try having something GOOD on the air "Man, did you see...? That was really something. Much better than what we've been seeing..."

2 posted on 08/24/2006 12:18:36 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: weegee

Two pennies for standing room at the base of the stage. Bring your lunch and your throwin' arm and get Elizabethan on their @$$es!


3 posted on 08/24/2006 12:20:33 PM PDT by RubyCosmos (Mmmm, sewer water is GOOD IT TASTES LIKE CANDY!!!!!)
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To: weegee

"MTV--Get off the Air"


4 posted on 08/24/2006 12:33:40 PM PDT by Sam's Army (Imagine a world without car commercials.)
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To: Sam's Army; weegee

"MTV--Get off the Air"


BUMP!


5 posted on 08/25/2006 6:37:31 AM PDT by t_skoz ("let me be who I am - let me kick out the jams!")
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