Results tagged “summertime”

Let’s be honest. You don’t listen to the New Kids On The Block for musical mastery. You listen to them for fun. We tried hard to keep that principle in mind when checking out The Block, but found ourselves generally more disgusted than entertained. It’s one thing for teenage boys to indulge in fluffy, female-focused pop; it’s another for mature men to make a record in which nearly every song seems to contain the word “girl,” “sexy,” or “hottie." Shouldn’t near-40-year-olds be singing about women by this point? Shouldn’t the Kids’ former fans be more self-respecting than to put up with such misogynistic nonsense? And shouldn't young girls be listening to music that contains better messages than "men value girls with hot bods"?

What's the trashiest TV show concept you can think of? MTV's The Real World probably comes close. Though it used to feature real people with occupations, brains, and sometimes even college degrees (from Harvard, no less), the show has degenerated over the years into alcoholism-condoning, hookup-filled, cancer-causing trash. And what better place for a trashy show than the fakest location of all: Hollywood?