if it wasn't for your monotone voice and your noticeably moving head as you read the cue cards, people might not even notice your uncool awkwardness and your inappropriate questions like, "DMX, are you worried about the bootleggers?" How did he even get the job? I don't know, maybe his performance with Carson Daly on the casting couch was just that spectacular. Then came Sway - I sigh and shake my head. But it was Robertson himself and his sarcastic editorial comments on the "oh so fun music world" that were solely responsible for his early break. Where do you put him? You put him on the channel that you're trying to convince viewers an alternative guy like him would watch - MTV2. He's fat, bald, tattooed and hardcore as hell. Iann Robertson was the next to break, although his acceptance was more of a surprise. Don't be surprised if he's out from behind the news desk soon and involved in his own much larger venture.
He's the bigger-than-John-Norris straight man working for "MTV News" to cover the biggest stories and looks promisingly capable of outgrowing the format. He's a young, hip Kurt Loder with a cool name. The first to receive his push was Gideon Yago. Not since the days of Martha Quinn and Adam Curry and not after the death of the VJ has MTV pushed non-musical personalities so concretely. MTV has four people placed in a long-term, self-promoting marketing plan that allows for a common rise - the MTV News anchors. It doesn't come in the form of a week-long marathon of a promising anchor show. It doesn't come in the relentless promotion of a few bands rising simultaneously in a common genre. We are subjected to one of the largest orchestrated efforts by MTV to establish the face of their network. Be warned, a mic stand does fall over in the video and it will release within you a plea to reshoot the whole damn scene! But let it go. Its a Beck-meets-Buddy Holly sound from within a generation that consciously markets image before quality, but now that this country's at war, we're all ready for some good ol' American rock 'n' roll. Much like Nirvana's video for "In Bloom," The Strokes video offers a studio performance reminiscent of the sock hop era. Their video for "Last Nite" offers a low-fi sound with high-fi MTV-bright colors lighting up an Ed Sullivan stage. hype carry-on baggage, The Strokes have boarded the American pop culture express. Just make sure you don't get annoying and we'll get along just fine. You've got my approval, and I'm sure the JHU Gamers Club has noticed you as well. A movie, a video and your break into the mainstream all at once? Be prepared, it's time for Jack Black overload.
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Black has a new movie coming out called Shallow Hal. But all doubts of their madness escape when you realize that they're actually pretty damn good. 3), the self-involvement of a Magic player and the ulterior world of Dungeons & Dragons. Their new song "Wonderboy" has hit MTV with all the spectacle of The Never Ending Story (Black actually played Slip in Pt.
Packaged with Rocky Horror Picture Show-esque audience participation, Tenacious D has appeared in BioDome, on "Saturday Night Live" and even in their own HBO show chronicling the band's journey. What a great scam! Along with partner Kyle Gass, their two-man musical comedy act offers a satire of rock's common themes: draw off of a cult following, imply a sense of grandeur and mention the name of your band as many times as possible.
Jack Black went about pretending to be an actor so he could have his own rock band. Where Don Johnson failed, Black will succeed because of the immediacy of his band's popularity in his breaking career. The arrival of the self-proclaimed "Greatest Band on Earth" Tenacious D is the final masterminded installment in Black's rise to fame. And he's planned out his rise in a way that most of us never saw coming. His hilarious supporting performances in High Fidelity (for us Cuze fans) and Saving Silverman (for you low-brow pie loving fans) gave Black the opportunity to set his own course.