MTV

On August 1st 1981 MTV was launched in an estimated 2 million homes at 12:01 A.M. It started off with the words, "Ladies and gentleman, rock and roll."

Tonight's MTV Movie Awards offered new trailers and footage from several upcoming Summer movies and among them was short new trailer JJ Abrams' 'Star Trek Into Darkness.' In the mood for big sci-fi action? Then this looks like the film for you.

The 2013 MTV Movie Awards winners, though by no means as hyped as, say, the 2013 Oscars, are a fun affair nonetheless. Most of the awards, with exceptions to the "specialty" categories, are voted on by the fans, which means many of the titles that got snubbed during awards season now have another chance for the recognition many believe they deserve.

Yesterday brought the bizarre and tragic news that 21 year-old 'Buckwild' star Shain Gandee had been found dead after 31 hours missing, along with his uncle and a third unidentified male inside an off-road truck. The truck's position within the muddy woods initially made the bodies difficult to retrieve, but the circumstance and autopsy results have conclusively revealed the three died of carbon m

Terrible, shocking news to report this afternoon that we sadly wish was an April Fools prank, but is instead all too real. 21 year-old West Virginia native Shain Gandee, memorable star of MTV's freshman reality series 'Buckwild' was found dead this morning in a vehicle, along with several others identified as his uncle, and an unidentified third man. The cause of death has yet to be reported, but

For anyone who is under the age of 35, you may not know that MTV used to actually play 'music videos'. Hour after hour you sat in front of the TV and watched your favorite artists and groups do their thing. One of the all-time best videos was the one for the song 'Take on Me' by the Norwegian pop band A-Ha!

'Jackass' star Steve-O is doing his stand-up comedy for two nights in Lubbock at Jake's Backroom. I spoke with Steve-O this morning. Here's what he had to say:

Advance Tickets are now gone for our big MTV filming and the 2011 Taste of Country Christmas Tour with Brantley Gilbert on Thursday, December 1 at Wild West. Tickets will still be available at the door though.

MTV will be in Lubbock on December 1, filming for their new show, Savage Univeristy hosted by Dan Savage. Savage will be filming Texas Tech students and concert goers on December 1 at Wild West during the 2011 Taste of Country Christmas Tour with Brantley Gilbert.

On August 1, 1981, television and music shacked up on a little cable channel called MTV, hosted by a collective of video jockeys or “VJs.” MTV has been through countless iterations and format changes ever since and as it shifted its focus to reality fare like 'Jersey Shore' and 'Teen Mom' in recent years, the VJs became less instrumental to the channel's brand. As MTV turns 30 today, let's take a

When something is so entrenched in our daily lives, it’s often hard to remember a time when it wasn’t ubiquitous. Such was the internet in 1995. In this archival clip from MTV — which celebrates its 30th birthday on August 1st — Kurt Loder gives us a primer on what exactly the internet is and how it’s being used, with stars like Sandra Bullock, Dave Matthews and Coolio weighing in.

We all remember this song from the 80’s that praised MTV and made moving refrigerators and color TV’s seem kind of chic. I played this song on my show this afternoon and just had one of those “take me back” moments. I remember where I bought the album, or rather, cassette.