@Maura: I dislike “Forever.” To me it’s the hole I drive in after I hear “Melt Away” (from Daydream).

Yeah, as a big time Mariah Carey fan [and 17 year old male on summer vacation looking to MTV to put a smile on my face and keep me updated on which Limp Bizkit video is the new hotness], that was really, really awkward to watch. Being 17 and not quite as experienced in life as far as emotions and shit goes, I was confused as all hell ["Superstars aren't supposed to act like that! She's famous and should be immune from the craziness we regular folks so often endure...blah, blah, blah..."] and just shocked. I can only imagine how other young, impressionable Mariah Carey fans felt when watching that.

[Or young impressionable girls who have kept a close eye on Ms. Spears' shenanigans of the past few years...]

It’s all good though, for she’s “made it through the rain”:

Maybe Britney will too?

Jezebel dug up the video clip, but I won’t link to that, because, well…

If you want to see it, and it’s quite entertaining, you know where to go…

Also, totally SFW.

[www.mtv.com]

a)Mariah’s “break-break-down”

Ah, July 19, 2001, a day I remember fondly.

Back then, I used to write-up the happenings on TRL for a bunch of friends. This was before “blogging”, but that’s essentially what it was. It was quite fun.

Here’s an excerpt from my 7/19/2001 report:

WOW! surprise guest appearance by mariah carey…mariah who was definitely on *something*…no joke, completely unannounced, just as carson was going away to commercial, mariah rolled onto the set with an ice cream cart…she stripped off her oversized “loverboy” t-shirt and gave it to carson [don't worry -- she was "wearing" a too-tight "supergirl" t-shirt and too-tight hip hugger shorts]…and she kept wandering all over the set acting very strangely…”look carson, i brought an ice cream truck”…she also told carson she needed a therapy day and he was her therapy today…very bizarre…

in the next segment, mariah gave carson a picture of her mother pat [who may or may not have a crush on carson]…and she read a letter from pat to carson…

[www.imdb.com]

Yes. Mariah Carey’s cover of that song straight up knocks. In fact Glitter’s got a host of jams on it that were quickly overlooked thanks to a)Mariah’s “break-break-down” (sorry, had to do it) b) the movie (which I have to revisit. Did that judge from Top Chef who dated Mr. Rushdie for a brief wrinkle in time really star in it as well?) AND, of course c) its release date.