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[rubykatewriting]

I'm about halfway through all the TV I recorded this week. I just finished watching Ok Go's performance on the VMAs. I love the video, but to see them do that LIVE?! It was bloody fantastic.

I adored their debut, which I recommend to anyone who loves really smart pop. Now I'm definitely going to have to check out their second disc Oh No.

Other gems in TV LAND this week:

On Eureka, Henry, resident go-to guy to figure out what the hell happened, has been running some tests with a dummy head. After Henry goes through the this's and that's of what exactly happened to the victim, Jack asks, re: the dummy head, "Why does it look like me?"

Henry responds, "It's generic."

That probably doesn't read very funny, as it has a lot to do with Jack's reaction, but also in context. Some reviewer (I cannot place which one) made this comment about the recent downpour of generically good looking blondes when Eureka first came out, referring to Joel Gretsch (of The 4400) and Mark Valley (of Keen Eddie and Once and Again) specifically. I have to give the Eureka writers some major props for that.

Then on Bones, when the new boss lays a smackdown on Bones, Hodge and Zach for performing an experiment without her permission, she alludes to a more New York-type smackdown in the future. When she asks them if they know what that means, Zach, looking more than a little freaked, replies, "I'm from Michigan." Again, all in the delivery, but I had to stop the DVR so I wouldn’t miss the next bit of dialogue.

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[halfway2home.livejournal.com]

I could watch that video on a continuous loop. They rocked at the VMAs, which were otherwise unbearably boring.

[rubykatewriting.livejournal.com]

It's especially amusing following that bullshit Jay-Z was trying to sell at the beginning of the ceremonies. Whatever, dude. There is nothing even a little bit fresh about the VMAs anymore. They're no better than any other awards show out there, and the second they wake up to that reality, maybe then we could actually start rewarding actual music again.

And so endeth the rant.