Pop Cultural District

Getting Carrie'd away

Tune in to CMT Thursday for six straight hours of one Carrie Underwood video, ironically for a song titled So Small.

--Robert Philpot

Catching up on Britney

I just rewound and watched the opening. Yikes. Britney's hair/wig was looking a little Kid Rock (read: greasy), and the completely disinterested-looking lip-synch? There's another spike in her career coffin. That might have been the lamest opening in VMA history.

One more thought about the opening VMA stuff: Fall Out Boy had Furries in their suite? Now that's a party.

l8r

-- Mark Lowry

VMAs 2007: Re: Morrissey ...

That'd be Daniel Merriweather, whose Stop Me, is one of the iffier tracks on Mark Ronson's Version. Yup, Cary and Mark, I think we can call it a night ... Nelly Furtado, JT and Timbaland are gonna take us out with a chart-toppin' medley. I'm off to jot down a few thoughts for the print edition ... g'night all.

--Preston Jones

VMAs 2007: Punch it like a rock star

"Stop the violence of rock 'n roll." -- that's a fun one, Mr. Diddy. Anyone care to speculate what set off Tommy Lee and Kid Rock (aside from copious amounts of booze, of course)?

--Preston Jones

Somewhere, Morrissey is frowning. Oh, wait ...

I'm not even sure who that was covering The Smiths' Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before, but I'm glad it was cut short.

-- Mark Lowry

VMAs 2007: Will the mystery guest take a bow?

Wait, Dr. Dre is the big mystery guest? Aside from how buff he's looking (and where's Detox?), MTV is really reaching here. The last award -- of a whopping eight total -- is on deck. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

--Preston Jones

South Carolina's not so dumb after all

Was that the real Miss Teen South Carolina, or someone parodying her? (Sorry, young perky blondes all look alike.) If it was her, it proves my theory that her famous bungle was on purpose. She'll now be more famous and have more career options than a third-place Miss Teen whatever would have.

-- Mark Lowry

VMAs 2007: Jamie's havin' fun

Terrell native Jamie Foxx is having a blast (unbleeped profanity and all) ... it figures that this shindig would liven up 15 minutes before it's supposed to be over. Oh, the Best New Artist suspense is just killing me.

--Preston Jones

what the bleep?

Did Jamie just get the S-word past the censors?

-- Mark Lowry

Alicia does George Michael

Now there's a pleasant surprise. Alicia's voice doesn't sound at her best, but props for covering a song from the George Michael album that I personally think is better than Faith.

-- Mark Lowry