It seems someone handed out notification that everyone was supposed to act like a complete dickweed this weekend. First we had Michael Jordan's acceptance speech when he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Now, I've seen several of these when players I love have gone in (Larry Bird rocks!) and often they make me teary eyed. Jordan's left me disappointed.
How wank-ish is it to fly in your former high school teammate just to essentially say "I'm better than you are at basketball..." No shit, really? Now, if he wanted to make the point that disappointment can make a great motivator, he could have said something along the lines of "thanks to the coach picking you over me I learned that I had to improve my skills, improve myself and show that I deserved to be a starter...thanks for giving me the chance to pick myself up after being knocked back a few." How hard would it have been to take the high road and not the douche road?
Next, we had Kayne West at the MTV VMA's. Now, I don't watch this show live because it usually gets too annoying. I taped it so I could see Muse live (they were fabulous by the way...see below). While zipping through, I saw Kayne take the mike from Taylor Swift and rant about how Beyonce had the better video. Seriously? You can think of nothing better to do than hop up on stage, snag the mike from a sweet 17 yr. old kid and act like a jerk? Poor Taylor looked like a deer in headlights. If Beyonce really wanted to help, she should have hopped up on stage right then, slapped Kayne upside the head and gave the mike back to Taylor.
Lady Gaga, Pink and Muse gave the best performances of the evening. I'm not a fan of Lady G, but she did the one song I do like from her, Paparazzi. And, her performance was enjoyably strange and she sang really well. Pink also pulled a weird one out of her hat. I give her major points for being able to sing while paying tribute to Circus of the Stars. (Note that Beyonce only really sang for part of her song...most of the time she just danced. Pink was flipping all over the place and held her own vocally.)
Here's Muse's performance.
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