I am pretty certain you missed this because, well, you had better things to do. so allow me to recap the important parts. with this handy list, you’ll be able to fudge your way through any VMA discussion at the watercooler today.

personal highlight: watching it on the brand new flat-panel tv at my job and having the screen be so wide, that everyone looked fat. [except for queen latifah, who looked thinner than everyone else on it] we nicknamed it “ass-o-vision.”

other fun moments:

- the dale chiluly glass/light sculpture as the backdrop [the fact that i list a gigantic piece of glass as a highlight first should say something about the quality of this years awards]

- ushers performance involving a simulated rainstorm and fireworks, but MTV being unable to operate the podium microphones for the first 10 minutes of the show

- hearing no doubt thank talk talk but thinking they say “tok tok” [like the awesome minimal electro group]

- jet looking downright lively, in comparison to the other two mall-emo bands they played with in the rock block, and thats being *kind*

- the kerry/bush daughters segment where it seemed like kerry’s daughters were being booed more than the bush twins [perhaps the audience wasnt aware who they were?]

- gratuitous bruce willis shots

- puff daddy’s mr t mohawk

- wishing jessica simpson would fall off the trapeze she was perched upon over the crowd

- tim delaughter of the polyphonic spree looking very scared when being held in mid-air at the end of their song

- how the entire program was a non-stop advertising about voting [not that i have a problem with this but you know…]

- chaka khan singing way way way off key

This entry was posted on Monday, August 30th, 2004 at 10:48 am and is filed under general.