I spent my New Year's Eve at home this year watching Tila Tequila's Rockin' New Year's Masquerade Party. It was different for me to be watching New York City on TV instead of being there in person but I didn't feel like partying due to having a cold. At any rate I wasn't sure how the masquerade thing fit into New Year's Eve other than giving Tila the chance to change outfits every two minutes but whatever; it was mildly interesting.
It was better than her Celebreality show, Shot At Love, anyway. A lot of people, including me, are so disillusioned with those bullshitty celebrity matchmaking shows. Flava Flav (of Public Enemy) pioneered the way there and once he got to his third or fourth season I had kinda figured out that he wasn't really planning on finding Ms. Right. Same thing with Bret Michaels (of Poison) and now Tila. They're just D-list celebrities trying to make a comeback by playing on the emotions of gullible fans or fame-hungry suitors (whichever way you want to look at it). Hey, I know, let's hook up Tiffany "New York" Pollard of Flava of Love fame with Dominico from Tila's Shot At Love. Ahhhhh... now there's a match made in heaven.
MTV provided some reasonably good music acts. I especially liked seeing Run (from Run DMC) do a cover of a Run DMC song with Kid Rock. Run having his own kids do the song with them was fun. I especially liked his youngest son bustin' his moves. Okay, I know, Run has his own reality show and that his older son is trying to get his own big break in the music biz. Of course when your father is famous and you can play your first public gig on the stage at MTV on national television you really don't have to try that hard, do you?
Of the other acts that performed on Tila's show, Wycliff Jean was just plain cool as always. Mary J. Blige was great as you would expect and Kid Rock did a good version of "Cowboy". Paramore was interesting because I think their lead singer is hot. I wasn't that impressed with any of the other up and coming acts she had on the show. Sure they were good, but I know a lot of very good acts who could just as easily have been there instead.
Article comments
1 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
Ya know, it's funny how they dog my piece for the supposed grammar & spelling mistakes but they let this double take slide...Hmmm, Interesting.Maybe it should be filed under Deja Vu??
2 - Mike Johnston
Hey Brian, I saw that too. I didn't file the story that way so it must have been a cut n paste error in the editing. I will have to email someone on it. It never happened to me before either. I like the editor/writer relationship here overall.
3 - Tanya
Good Charlotte aren't "pushing" forty for your information. they are all in their late twenties except for the drummer. He is like thirty two. And Give Joel Madden a break. He may be a little chubby but he quit smoking recently. As for their music, I love it. They rock.
4 - Mike Johnston
Ok Tanya, maybe I should have said they LOOK like they are pushing 40 (which they do). Isn't Madden expecting a baby with Nicole Ritchie as well? I don't envy him being in that position either. Their music is basicly pop/punk, all nice and commercially sanitized and so...boring to me.