"TRL was really lame, especially the music. The usual suspects were all the boy bands and the pop girls, but in the late ’90s it was that whole new-metal garbage like Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Papa Roach. And fucking Staind." - John Norris, via The A.V. Club as we bid adieu to MTV's Times Square studio
Yes, it's the end of the House That Backstreet Built. Good riddance (time of your life?). It's going to take a long time to fumigate that space of the AXE fragrance smells.
Sunday's VMAs, nothing but a shell of its former self, a mere trademarked lame and logo like MTV, will also likely be the last (my prediction). It's hosted by Russell Brand, a decent host, but I don't see it coming back next year.
A good barometer is over at the event's official page on Facebook. There's more 'Not Attending' folks than attending: "This show sums up why the world sucks".
