MTV Figures Out How To Get Its Viewers To Care About Music (Sort Of)

mjohnston — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:10:57 EDT

Love Singing in the Shower!?!

MTV is currently casting singers of all types for its new outrageous musical competition series,
"Shower Power Music Hour"

Get ready to show us what your shower has bared witness to time and time again! Think karaoke in a bathrobe; moon-walking in ducky slippers; grooving in a shower cap! Get ready to scrub-a-dub-dub and sing in the tub for a shot at $1000 and other great prizes!

Yes, that's right—everyday people singing while wearing even less clothing than usual. It's genius, really. We're just surprised that they haven't thought of this before—after all, the possibility for "super-steamy"^* crossover episodes with Room Raiders and Next can almost make up for the wretched voices the show's warbling hopefuls will have, right?

MTV seeking dynamic singers! [MySpace via Oh No They Didn't]
[Photo via mvhargan]

^* Oh, come on, you know that's what the ads will say.

Paul McCartney Wants His HSN

mjohnston — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:44:07 EDT

Paul McCartney has announced that he'll be hawking his forthcoming album, Memory Almost Full, on the Home Shopping Network in a special this week. While this news is being met with gnashed teeth in some quarters, we actually don't see much of a problem with the idea of McCartney taking to the airwaves for the purpose of moving units—hey, it even worked for Neil Sedaka. (However, we reserve the right to change our minds if Sir Paul devotes any of the half-hour to a rendition of "Freedom.")

Multichannel Retailer HSN Teams With Hear Music to Create 30-Minute Television Special in Honor of New Paul McCartney Release of Memory Almost Full, [PR Newswire, via Hypebot]
Earlier: Home Shoppers Clogging Up The Phones With Requests For Music

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MTV Figures Out How To Get Its Viewers To Care About Music (Sort Of)

Paul McCartney Wants His HSN