It seems that someone (Tommy Maytola?) has been slipping the MTV execs some cash to put this Latin singer Shakira on the air every 5 minutes. I first caught a glimpse of this broad at the 2001 MTV Music Awards where she presented an award where she sort of looked like Brittney Spears' ugly older sister. Then, I noticed that her new video, "Wherever, Whenever", was in heavy rotation as a Buzzworthy video. Someone please tell this bitch that America already has the Cranberries and Tori Amos, and to go back to Univision. A month later MTV announced this year's lineup for Unplugged, which I have enjoyed since its conception. I was a little disappointed in this year's lineup: R.E.M (already done), Staind (yawn), Lauryn Hill (she was never plugged in), and last but not least, this stupid Shakira chic. When her 'Unplugged' finally aired, I almost shit my pants when I saw that it was entirely in Spanish!! What's next; Celine Dion Unplugged in French? If you come to this country and aspire to be a star, you better learn English and re-record your foreign album into our National language.

A little less annoying than that chic is MTV 2's new News anchor named Ian Robinson. They picked this bum off of the mosh pit of a Korn concert, shoved a mic in his hand and he went around and interviewed other fans at the concert he was at. Well the guy must have good drug connections or something because MTV2 hired him as a regular news correspondent. Talk about desperate.. He wears t-shirts of critically acclaimed bands like The Ramones, and some death metal bands but after his spots, they play Brittney Spears. He wants to let everyone know that he still has street credibility even though the company that he works for spews corporate pop music down our throats. He even went as far as to talk about some death metal bands that are out there and urged viewers to check them out stating, "There is much more music out there than on the radio, go find it". So as this fat, bald, and black clad freak gives the heavy metal "rock on" symbol at the end of his signoff of "On MTV 2", the world premiere of N'Sync's new video will be shown after a commercial. He must be a tortured soul…

Last but not least, MTV has a new show this year that had caught my eye. "Dismissed" is a cool show where teens learn about threesomes and pre marital sex, as a girl or a guy go out on a date with two people at the same time. Then at the end of the date, the person has to choose which of the two will be 'dismissed'. Excellent! Well as I was tuning in one night and the liberal freaks at MTV had a gay show with three guys!! This was shown on National primetime MTV. The same time that millions of teens and pre-teens tune in to watch videos!! How irresponsible can they get? I am all for freedom to do what you want in your life, but for MTV to advocate and promote this lifestyle for all of America's youth to see, is downright disgusting! They already show Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, and O-Town videos, is there any need to take this filth to the next level?