Okay, I just watched this, like, VH-1 'Big in 2002' Awards. What a goddamn steaming turd. Highlights included seeing Jennifer Aniston and Yoda as two of the nominees for, like, 'Breakout Performance,' the painfully unfunny Wayne Brady number, an unidentified (that is, I had no idea who she was) starlet presenter who was visibly intoxicated, seeing Tori Amos and Frankie Muniz present some random award and seeing the same goddamn awful Chevrolet commercials over and over. Oh, and there was a tribute to Run-DMC. First, Ice Cube came up there and said some stuff about his childhood decision to 'dedicate [his] life to hip-hop', and about how Jay proved that, to quote Public Enemy, a DJ could be a band. Then, Cube introduced Grandmaster Flash, who in turn introduced Chuck D and Kid Rock. Rock's Twisted Brown Trucker Band, and why do I know the name of Kid Rock's band, wasn't introduced. Given what Mr. Anaconda had said not moments ago, it seems strange they were onstage at all. Anyway, the whole motley bunch played a medley of Run-DMC hits. They skipped 'Peter Piper,' inexplicably when one considers that the song's a tribute to Jam Master Jay. Then again, the decision to use a Bad Boy cracker like Rock and a shockingly-bad-voiced D when Run and D were in the freaking audience seems a little weird too. Finally, Rev. Run and Darryl Mac came up to accept some trumped-up award. Run started to say 'I would like to thank,' and D interrupted him: 'We.' Great moment. I think DMC was even tearing up a little. Maybe he was recollecting the sub-Mad-TV skits featuring minor Sopranos actors and Fred Willard, or 'Grand Theft Nolte'. Horrid.

This is already all over the place, but anyway: Bowling for Columbine named best documentary ever. At least the form's getting some exposure. It inspired me to learn that one can watch streaming 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot' online, and hipped me to a Frontline about Kip Kinkel, and to revisit TV Party.