I saw a mini-marathon of old
Pop Up Video episodes on VH1 Classic the other day, and it made me a bit wistful for the days when the channel could be counted on to occasionally be informative. Sure,
Rock of Love has taught me quite a bit about what happened to the "band-aid" characters from
Almost Famous, but besides that, there's not much other than the blurbs between the videos during the Top 20 countdown. Well, color me surprised to see the notice that the guy behind
Pop Up Video and
Behind The Music has "left to pursue other opportunities." John Sykes, who also signed Counting Crows and Stone Temple Pilots while away from MTV in the '90s for a bit, was MTV's first promotions manager, a gig that probably involved following Randy of the Redwoods around a lot. Lately, however, he had the somewhat dubious responsibility of trying to expand MTV's reach to old people.
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