It's a No Go on the Dub, Yo!

Light up another clove cigarette and get ready for more anti-establishment grousing: MTV and Nine Inch Nails are squabbling, too!

NIN will not be performing on the MTV Movie Awards show, which as we all know, is the bastion of critical, cultural commentary.

"We were set to perform 'The Hand That Feeds' with an unmolested, straightforward image of George W. Bush as the backdrop. Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me," Nine Inch Nails' leader Trent Reznor said in a statement posted on the band's Web site.

MTV said in a statement: "While we respect Nine Inch Nails' point of view, we were uncomfortable with their performance being built around a partisan political statement. When we discussed our discomfort with the band, their choice was to unfortunately pull out of the Movie Awards."

May I ask a question after reading all these "statements": does anybody believe that "discomfort" was ever "discussed"? Don't you think it went like this:

MTV: It's a no go on the Dub, yo.....

Trent: ******[UNINTELLIGIBLE SCREECHING FOR 4 MINUTES]********

As we wrap up this Memorial Day weekend, let's take a moment to reflect on the courage of MTV executives who, though "discomforted" by "political statements", do take a stand on what's right in America with shows like:

I Want a Famous Face
...follow the transformations of twelve young people who have chosen to use plastic surgery to look like their celebrity idols

Laguna Beach
It's one of the wealthiest beach communities in the world and MTV has unlimited access to the tight-knit power clique of eight rich, beautiful teens who live there.

Newlyweds
America's favorite couple is back for a new season. Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey has stolen the hearts of audiences everywhere and the success of the show has left people cheering for another season of Newlyweds.

Meet The Barkers
The mohawked drummer of blink-182 has found true love with a former Miss USA turned TV actress, and they've invited the whole world to watch as they begin their hectic lives together.

I guess MTV doesn't believe that they're making any sort of political statement by creating programming centered around rich, beautiful, thin white people who live near a beach or are in a rock group or have been Miss U.S. of A.

And God bless you MTV for providing a haven of self-expression for those folks who will allow surgeons to hack off body parts until they look like MTV superstars who are incapable of not only expressing a political view, but in some cases, a complete sentence.

Thanks, MTV, for protecting us from free thought and individual expression.

Thanks, so....so....much.

Read the press release with the Reuter's byline here...

Posted May 30, 2005 10:27 PM