Temporary VMA Comments Thread

September 7th, 2008 // 76 Comments

While we wait for comments to get fixed, those of you who would like to comment on Mike’s fine liveblogging of the night can chat here, at least until we hit 100 posts, at which point I guess we’ll go into thread No. 3? I dunno, I’m still sort of experiencing sunstroke from being out in the heat for three hours with no water and not all very many interviews.


  1. Maura Johnston

    “Oh, and TOTAL HOOKUP CITY.”

    The world has become a Mr. Show episode.

  2. loudersoft

    Wow, The Cool Kids on MTV. Finally, something GOOD.

  3. loudersoft

    Oh, nm, it was a Mountain Dew commercial. Fack.

  4. Maura Johnston

    Maggie is not taking the news of TAG Records well. She is calling for a cleansing fire.

  5. Maura Johnston

    Well, I just had the first “What am I doing with my life??” moment of the evening.

  6. loudersoft

    If anything could give us all pause to ask that question, the VMA’s would be it.

  7. Maura Johnston

    Wait really the opening segment was with JONAH HILL???

  8. Maura Johnston

    And Rihanna stole Leona Lewis’ cake-dress from the Olympics closing ceremony!

  9. Maura Johnston

    OK seriously I don’t know how much more of this I can take. Perhaps I should just YouTube the highlights.

  10. Dickdogfood

    @Maura Johnston: Which was stolen from Grace Jones!

  11. Maura Johnston

    Well, now I know why I got this e-mail:

    Vmas aren’t about politics. You let some foreigner disrespect the republican party and the president of the USA. I’m republican and you lost me as a viewer. I’m outraged and feel disrespected so I hope all the republicans watching never watch your again.

  12. Maura Johnston

    I wonder how dude feels about the Jonas Brothers dis?

  13. Maura Johnston

    Also, Kate, if you’re out there, I’m remembering your Diet Coke and red wine cocktail!

  14. Maura Johnston

    “I want to give it up for the ladies!”

    –cut to Zac Efron.

    OK that was awesome.

  15. Dickdogfood

    You know what was gratifying? Tiny Leona Lewis performance. Clive Davis, you have no power here! (Well, not MUCH power here. Temporarily so, perhaps.)

  16. Maura Johnston

    Demi Moore’s resemblance to Courteney Cox makes me think of people who didn’t show up on the red carpet as advertised:

    - Courtney Love
    - Fall Out Boy
    - the Jonas Brothers
    - T.I.
    - Taylor Swift (but she was busy)
    - Miley Cyrus

    OH and I saw Seth Green in person and he is SO TINY YOU GUYS.

  17. Maura Johnston

    Katy Perry cannot fucking sing for her life. Worst. Ever.

  18. Dickdogfood

    Miley and Taylor showed up on the pre-show thing, if not on the red carpet itself.

    I could’ve sworn I saw an internet ad for the 2008 VMAs with Amy Whitehouse, believe it or not.

  19. Maura Johnston

    Wait, really? They just bleeped out THE WORD PENIS? On a channel that made people EAT PIG’S VAGINA????

  20. Maura Johnston

    @Dickdogfood: If they didn’t make it to me, they didn’t count :P

  21. Maura Johnston

    Ne-Yo’s “A Milli” freestyle > anything involving Leona Lewis

  22. Maura Johnston

    Sigh.

  23. Maura Johnston

    I’m so bummed out you guys.

  24. Dickdogfood

    It’s OK. (What is the emoticon for hug?)

  25. Maura Johnston

    @Dickdogfood: I do not know.

    I do know that Slash did not say “fuckin’… oops” when he bluffed the teleprompter just now.

  26. Kate Richardson

    @Maura Johnston: Were you just REMEMBERING calimocho or were you consuming it? I hope the latter, for your sake.

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