Remember how
a ringing plurality of you wanted us to liveblog the Brad Paisley-tastic
41st Annual CMA Awards, which will be airing tonight at 8 p.m. ET? Well, your wish is granted: I'll be back on the live-blogging beat this evening, having finally cast off all the demons that attached themselves to my soul
the last time I did this sort of thing. (I do, however, have an emergency bottle of prosecco in the fridge, in case the Eagles' performance—oh
yes are they performing tonight—drags on for longer than 10 minutes.) And tomorrow, we're sending Kate to the taping of mtvU's
Woodies, since she's the only member of the Idolator staff who actually
gets the channel; not only will she be in the "liveblogging pit," which I am hoping comes equipped with those plastic balls that are in the IKEA playroom, we somehow got her red-carpet access, which means that she'll get to come face-to-face with all those dudes who she's only seen through the eyes of
bandom writers. And Annie Lennox. Suggest any questions you might have for them in the comments section!
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Well, I no longer live in student housing, Rilo Kiley is unfortunately not in the building, and I'll play the modesty card and argue that I'm not nearly as hilarious as Maura suggests, but yes, here I am again in the mtvU blogging pit (of doom). Oh, it's not all that bad. The music is really loud and the table is far too high (or maybe it's the chairs that are too low) to type comfortably, but the staff is very friendly and there are free mini-hamburgers so we'll call it even.
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Last year around this time, we sent Kate to the mtvU Woodies because a) she's freaking hilarious b) Rilo Kiley was playing and c) she was the only staff member who could actually get the channel, which at the time was exclusively beamed into America's dorms. (But mostly "a.") Thanks to the expansion of the digital-cable universe, mtvU is available on off-campus cable systems these days (what's up, Fios at my parents' house!), so you can get ready for what you're going to see next Wednesday night this evening, when we send Kate to liveblog the whole affair once again. Come back at 8 p.m. ET! Musical guests include the artist formerly known as Santogold (she goes by "Santi" now), Lykke Li, and Vampire Weekend with Chromeo, which oh boy that should be something. [
