Word: mtv
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first moments of Freshman Week, we are showered with messages of praise and adulation that even the most doting grandparent would be hard-pressed to out do. You're the smartest! The elite of the country! You can get any kind of summer job you want! Even star in MTV's The Real World! After all, you go to Harvard...
...your computer screen. With a higher-speed connection (via cable modem or isdn line), you can even see music videos and live Netcasts, which, while still pretty herky-jerky, are a decent way to catch a concert if you're a continent away and it isn't carried on MTV...
...Internet. A fan in Hungary got hold of some private videotapes and uploaded 30-sec. audio clips from cuts called Discotheque and Wake Up Dead Man to his U2 Website. In cyberseconds, the clips were on sites worldwide and, despite their iffy quality, were playing on radio and mtv and selling on the streets of London for $10. U2 won't comment, but its label, Island Records, has asked that the songs not be aired anymore--and has refuted speculation that it engineered the stunt to create an early buzz for the album. Ironically, U2 has invested in software...
Then there's Beavis and Butt-head Do America--MTV's cartoon cretins on the big screen. Kids, it's probably best if the family splits up again. You don't want your parents to know what they're missing...
KENNEDY Oddball, retro MTV veejay made appearances with Dole; won't get to emcee Inaugural show...