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Mike, MTV, 24 Hours. God, man, are you insane?

― Freaky Trigger, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You stole this idea from an article in Melody Maker by Simon Price, did you not!?

It was quite a funny article, and I think that afterwards he was no longer a goth, which can only be a good thing...

― Robin, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I remember the Simon Price article too! I do respect the sacrifice Mike is making for art here (personally, while I enjoy videos if I had to watch more than an hour block of mtv I would start going mad). I know I couldn't sit through Spyder Games. It's so nice to have his writing back, hopefully he won't have more problems with his internet connection.

― Nicole, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The whole Simon Price thing crossed my mind the moment he first mentioned it! But it was about time for an update -- that was eight years ago, after all. I might have to dig out the old one and type it up when Mike's done, and we'll see what has actually changed. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not as funny as when Hip Hop Connection made three people listen to Ruff Ryders for 24 hours solid.

― Greg, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Simon Price ?

― Patrick, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What the fuck IS the point behind that "Becoming the Band" show? Even I have a hard time understanding why anyone not commited to 24 hours of sensual immolation would want to watch that.

― Kris, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Now that it's finished, I just have to congratulate Mike on doing such a great job (especially given the material he had to work with). It's also been the most humorous thing I've read on FT in a while -- the part with Josh and the Weezer video was laugh out loud funny.

Now he should do 24 hours of VH1! Just kidding, the mtv ordeal should be all Mike should have to handle in this lifetime.

― Nicole, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

actually, his original idea was to get each of the mtv music networks covered: vh1, mtv, mtv europe, and m2. but mike only has the one tv in his room, ha-cha-cha.

― fred solinger, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Good work Mike!

Would anyone like to see more of these 24-hour events? Not that I'm suggesting poor Mr Daddino should be forced to do it again....

― Tom, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I know I would like to see it. It would be fun with different writers as well, sort of a recurring feature.

― Nicole, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I thought it was pretty grim, not through any fault of Mike's. You'd think MTV could've helped us out by being better, but I guess they forgot we were doing this. ;)

― Josh, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Actually, I had been thinking about recommending Josh to review mtv2 or something similar. A cumudgeon's perspective would be fun. ;-)

― Nicole, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Buy me a TV (and, uh, get me MTV2) and I'll do it.

― Josh, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What I'd like to do is take one piece of music... an album, or maybe even just one song... and lock someone in a room with it for 24 hours, and have them weblog how their ideas of that piece of music change... if they still love Baby One More Time at the end of it, mwah hah hah.

Or maybe I'm just thinking this, because I've basically been listening to Amnesiac straight for about 5 days at this point.

― masonic boom, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Actually I think I should say at this point that Mike told me ages ago that he wanted to take part in an experiment akin to TV24 (http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/tv24.htm) which I was involved in last year. So now you know!

― Robin Carmody, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

it was fun to see how some videos you hate grow on you after watching them over and over and..so..whens the VH1 24 hours?

― kevin enas, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Now that I finally have a chance to read the whole thing -- that 'Becoming Blink 182' show he deservedly trashes? Would you believe that those fuckers were from UC Irvine, WHERE I WORK? And I only know this because I walk into the on-campus pub for a post-work get-together and those guys and all their fucking buddies and dates and whatever are all there watching themselves on the screen. ARGH.

And I'm in Orange County! Where Alien Ant Farm are from! Etc! Help me!

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I sort of did that last summer, Kate, when I listened to Steve Reich for a few days. There were times when I was away from my stereo, though.

But almost any album I buy and like a lot ends up being played for like a few days straight. I didn't even have to turn the new Amanset album off in favor of something quieter when I went to sleep.

― Josh, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

An interesting thing to do might be to have someone listen to a group's / artist's discography in chronological order & document the experience. Radiohead (having 5 albums + an EP or two) would be an ideal subject.

Anyone want to take dibs on Chicago? Bob Dylan? Elvis Costello? Jandek? The Ex? (Oh, I can only imagine what a 24 hour Ramones blog would be like.)

Make sure to NOT schedule the VH1 blog during a weekend - they're bound to play one of their Top 100 Craps Taken on a 7" countdowns. And an Original VH1 Movie - oh, crap.

Now, MuchMusic - that'd be something to document.

― David Raposa, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd do the Ex if someone bought me all the albums. Which is something I sure as hell wouldn't do for Chicago or Jandek (actually with Jandek I could probably fake the whole thing).

― Kris, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Thank you, everyone. Thank you.

I wouldn't mind doing it again. I'd be more than happy to do this next year as part of an armada of bloggers, each one covering a different music channel. I also like the idea (of other people) tackling similarly masochistic feats -- blogging 24 hours of Dylan, 24 hours of pop radio, 24 hours of pop USENET groups, 24 hours of...blogs!

Incidentally, recently Jazziz Magazine had one of its writers listen to the entire Kenny G.

― Michael Daddino, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd do that for Kenny G, or Jandek (have never heard any Jandek though). Or the Ex too since Kris would do it - he's got good taste. I'd do the Chicago too but the idea of doing it doesn't really appeal to me. What am I talking about? I'd do this with just about any artist.

― Josh, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd be interested to what MTV producers would get from reading ILM for 24 hours.

― K-reg, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think the thing about doing one of these 24-hour deals is that whatever is reviewed has to be uncontrollable, like MTV -- in otherwards, you can't determine what happens next, nor can you stop it and come back later. Provides much more focus. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd be *very* interested in taking part in a pop radio 24-hour thing. Maybe a combined UK-US venture?

― Robin Carmody, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And to top it all off, the whole thing made _USA Today_, as Fred pointed out:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/columns/hipclicks.htm

Link likely not valid after today, Monday the 25th.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And helping us to FT's first ever 3000 hit day, I might add.

― Tom, Monday, 25 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)


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