I spend most Saturday mornings watching the local UHF channel's presentation of the best of
Soul Train—entire episodes, including the Scramble Board!—and occasionally I wonder what happened to the teen dance show?
Club MTV is long gone and
American Bandstand didn't make it into the 90's, but the reasonably-priced nature of throwing some teenagers on a soundstage somewhere in Studio City to dance to various pop and urban hits seems like a can't miss programming decision. Apparently, someone at Nickelodeon has discovered a way to remotely read my thoughts (this isn't the first time I've suspected this), as they've announced 12 original episodes of
Dance on Sunset! Sure, Don Cornelius won't be there or the
Soul Train line, but you have to take what you can get. Instead, there's some sort of Youtubeish element involved. Plus, we get to see the Akon and Colbie Calliat duet we've all been waiting for! And Menudo! And crossover promotion for other Nickelodeon programming!
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Just in time for the closing bell of Yet Another Bad Day On Wall And Main Streets, here's "I'm So Paid," an airy, sprawling track where Akon and Lil Wayne muse over the finer points of counting their money, buying expensive shit, and flouting the speed limit, all because they have enough cash to get their way every day. (The use of a credit card for the single's art is a nice touch, too.) It's songs like these that make me wonder if we'll be hearing about another series of Behind The Music, filled with artists who were once on top of the world (or at least featured on Cribs once or twice) talk about how they're dead broke, sometime soon. OK, back to cringing my way through All Things Considered's latest recession special! [Nah Right]
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ARTIST: Michael Jackson feat. will.i.am., Akon, Fergie, and Kanye West
