Both the east and west coast teams worked their butts off to get all this content together, and it makes me wonder how many people actually have checked it all out. With so many bloggers liveblogging the event and “indie” media sites doing their own coverage, do people even bother to check out articles written by “real” writers any more? From major corps like Viacom? I wonder…

But enough free promotion for my work. On to more important things…

This morning I found my old Donna’s CD under my bed and was listening to that awesome tune – Rock & Roll Machine.

“And I don’t wanna be just a weekend kid/I wanna party whenever I can/’Cause I don’t care about going to school/And I don’t care about having friends/And I don’t care ’cause I’m a rock ‘n’ roll machine”

What happened to the fantastic trashy/jailbate thing they had going on? Now their look is so… polished. Gone is the greasy hair, the smudgey “I’ve been borrowing my older sister’s eyeliner” underage prosti- look, the inappropriate “I’m ch ch ch checkin’ it out” lyrics. No, now when I check out their site I’m reminded of Lillix, or *cringe* Sahara Hotnights. Not that despise either of these bands, they are fine. I am not expecting them to ditch school to be bandaids, and then do something awesome like steal the guitars and key the van. No, these are polite rockin’ ladies.

But The Donnas… I never thought they were that great or even that much ”rock n roll”, but they had such a great, confident, slobbery shameless attitude on stage I couldn’t help but slide them in there with The Runaways and other awesome personifications of skankage. The first time I saw them was when Bratmobile opened for them, I think back in 2002, and I was like “whoah” (Joey Lawrence style), ‘these chicks are so slutty but I love ‘em”.

But now…. *sigh* The glorious, grimey veil of skank… No traces remain. In it’s place is TRL friendly Charlie’s Angels hair and the quasi naughty but still mom approved Spend the Night. Sure, their album cover isn’t exactly rated G with the whole sleepover thing, but look at them! Now, I’m thinking more Connie Francis than Bikini Kill.

It’s a damn shame.

Donnas - please bring skanky back. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KUzFGMLMC8

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I have seriously watched this like 12 times in a row. I will never forgive MTV for this. Or Tracy Adkins. Or Jennifer for sending this to me. Ever.

Someone, please help me.

Tonight I am at work, eastern standard time, prepping the content for MTV’s flipbook on the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards. It’s not done yet so you can check out the “hot off the presses” pre show red carpet action here, thanks to my lovely coworker sitting behind me.

I am lazily live blogging this, as the wire services have yet to post images of people actually walking away with their awards from the podiums so I am sort of killing time until then…

11:02pm – Before you fill your head with my incoherent ramblings, check out this article on early awards coverage…

..America Ferrera just won for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy series, and as soon as she got off the stage, she was bombarded with weird inappropriate questions about what did it feel like to “not” be the first choice for her role on Ugly Betty. Talk about raining on someone’s parade! Thanks, Debbie Downers! She responds with, ”uhhhh – I didn’t know that but I thank blah blah”, trying to smooth the moment over. Akward! Anyway, I like her on Ugly Betty a lot and feel she deserved to win…. Even if I do think the Golden Globes are the bootleg Oscars.

10:15pm

I’m annoyed that I didn’t write anything about Meryl Streep winning best performance by an actress in a Motion Picture, so here is the transcript from my ongoing chat session with a close friend (referred to as “X” so I don’t get my butt kicked:

x (8:46:51 PM): yes

x (8:46:52 PM): good

x  (8:46:54 PM): meryl

DanielaInfinity (8:47:01 PM): yayayayaay

x (8:47:02 PM): she was luscious

x (8:47:07 PM): devillish

x (8:47:15 PM): i liked that white hair, ice queen look on her

x (8:47:26 PM): ah, she’s wearing a maiden spring outfit

x (8:47:27 PM): hehehe

x (8:48:05 PM): i love how she always says random things when she gives speeches

DanielaInfinity (8:48:14 PM): i know its so endearing… i lerv her

x (8:48:15 PM): it’s so . . . appealing

DanielaInfinity (8:48:20 PM): yup

x (8:48:39 PM): like .. . scatter-brainy but coming from an intelligent place

x (8:48:50 PM): aw, kate winslet ..

x (8:49:24 PM): did you not think naomi watts’ dress was shapeless?

DanielaInfinity (8:49:33 PM): yeah gross

x (8:49:48 PM): maybe you need a waist for an empire waist-type dress

x (8:49:50 PM): or a chest

x (8:49:53 PM): or some shape

x (8:49:56 PM): or something

x (8:50:00 PM): and with that stiff material?

DanielaInfinity (8:50:05 PM): i cant believe you still havent seen a prairie home companion

x (8:50:14 PM): it was just like a heavy curtain

x (8:50:20 PM): well . .  i tried to dl it

x (8:50:28 PM): but it’s not dl-able

DanielaInfinity (8:50:44 PM): i love how meryl is advocating good films

x (8:50:48 PM): aw, she’s saying something nice

x (8:51:04 PM): did you see _sophie’s choice_?

DanielaInfinity (8:51:10 PM): yeah a million years ago

x (8:51:10 PM): she was beautiful in that

DanielaInfinity (8:51:12 PM): i know

x (8:51:19 PM): i never thought she was attractive

x (8:51:24 PM): but she was glowing in that

DanielaInfinity (8:51:32 PM): i fell in love with her though in death becomes her

x (8:51:34 PM): look at angie

DanielaInfinity (8:51:38 PM): not her best film but thats the one for me

x (8:51:46 PM): i’ve never seen it

x (8:51:54 PM): deer hunter

x (8:52:13 PM): what was the movie that made me go . . whoa

x (8:52:19 PM): hmmm

x (8:52:50 PM): maybe silkwood

DanielaInfinity (8:53:10 PM): her worst movie

x (8:53:14 PM): hey, i like _the river wild_

DanielaInfinity (8:53:14 PM): guess her worst movie

x (8:53:19 PM): i don’t know

x (8:53:28 PM): the house of the spirits?

x (8:53:30 PM): was pretty bad

x (8:53:58 PM): goddamn, she’s like in 10 upcoming movies

DanielaInfinity (8:54:01 PM): oh wait no never mind

DanielaInfinity (8:54:05 PM): that was cathy moriarty

DanielaInfinity (8:54:09 PM): in casper

x (8:54:15 PM): cathy moriarity . . she hasn’t been in that many films

DanielaInfinity (8:54:16 PM): heheh mi malo

x (8:54:52 PM): she was angelic-looking though in her youth

10:20pm

I was about to complain that Warren Beatty, Cecil B. DeMille Award winner, won’t shut up, but he just made a very cute comment to his wife Annette - “Thank you for always making me feel like a promising newcomer”…. aw.

11:03pm

Excerpts from Sasha Baron Cohen’s speech (winner for Borat)

“In the making of this film I saw an ugly side of America not normally seen by the light of day – my costar’s anus and testicles… faced with a choice – death or to breathe in the air that had been trapped in a small pocket between his buttocks for 30 years… if it was not for that rancid bubble, i would not be here today.”