The goings-on at the MTV awards show just serve as evidence of this nation's rapid decline. The other day, I was listening to an Artie Shaw CD (I love big band music, Benny Goodman, etc.), and it struck me how music exemplifies the decline of American culture. Compare and contrast the words of the WWII-era songs (Till then, my darling please wait for me; till then, when all the world will be free...) and today's MTV audible excrement (Christina Aguilera, Madonna, the various rappers with their "kill cops, rape women" mentality, etc.). I really don't know whether or how this slide into debauchery can be stopped.
Speaking of the debauched and disgusting:
BILL Clinton had not one, but two 57th birthday bashes during his recent jaunt to Martha's Vineyard. First the ex-prez was feted by longtime crony Vernon Jordan at his Allen Sheep Farm in Chilmark with an intimate candlelight dinner, the Boston Herald reports. Then he was treated to a surprise party/barbecue at old pal Ted Danson's spread, where Bill and Hillary were staying. Chelsea missed out. She was sunning herself in St. Tropez and Marbella, Spain, with beau Ian Klaus. Page Six