Update: Chester French and New Sunday Night Lineup on MTV

I was just surfing on the "interwebs" and decided to check out MTV.com to see the new sunday lineup of shows which include, "Fantasy Factory," "The College Humor Show," "Nitro Circus," and, "How's Your News?" all playing Sunday night in that order starting at 9. I know that I'm going to be watching all of the shows! In any case, while on the site, I noticed on the front page, there was a headline showing the new Chester French video for "She Loves Everybody." Very clever video. You think it's one of those normal cliche "guy loves girl" music videos from the 80's, but with a sado-masochistic twist! Let me give you a rundown on the other shows (sans College Humor since I already did a post on it):

Fantasy Factory - I couldn't find much information about this except for the fact that it's a show based on Rob Dyrdek of skateboarding and "Rob and Big" fame. The only information I could gather is that is that it's a reality show based around his new bulldog and him and a huge warehouse with a basketball facility and skate park.

Nitro Circus - Based more on the MTV orignal hit, "Jackass," it's apparantly pretty much the same show except jacked up on steroids, with more death-defying stunts and involvement in extreme sports. One of the cast members of the show is Travis Pastrana, who's a multiple winning X Games contestant in motorsports, hence his involvement in the show.

How's Your News? - Get ready for this: a show about people with Down Syndrome and other mentally disabled people interviewing celebrities like John Stamos and everyday folk about all things in life, with all of this being the demented and offensive brainchild of Matt Stone and Trey Parker of "South Park" fame. Sounds pretty messed up on all levels, right? Knowing Matt and Trey, chances are they're doing all of this to prove a point or show some message. If we're lucky, it'll be taken lightly like the Johnny Knoxville movie, "The Ringer."

P.S. As promising as these shows are, I really hope for more music and less TV on MTV. I'm starting to believe that the acronym actually stands for, "More TeleVision". Wasn't that the reason behind the creation of MTV2? Any thoughts?


Below I posted videos for both the music video and a trailer promoting the four shows.

Chester French - New Music - More Music Videos

MTV Shows

Chester French

With incredibly catchy and eclectic songs, this Cambridge, MA duo by the names Max Drummey and D.A. Wallach have been cranking out tunes great for either the dance clubs or just to rock out to. It started as two Harvard grads who while attending school, decided to create songs on their spare time. With their music garnering attention of the likes of Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D., they were soon booked for multiple shows. Fast foward a few months later, and they've opened up for the likes of N.E.R.D., Matisyahu, and currently with Lady Gaga. I would say they combine the sounds of Junior Senior, the Beach Boys and a missing link that I can't seem to figure out at the moment. I know I'm going to see them at the House of Blues March 30th. Check out some of their live shows on YouTube to see their killer live performances, or surprise yourself by seeing them live! You're bound to hear more of these guys in the near future so keep your ears open!



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Does It Offend You, Yeah?

Many weeks ago, when I heard about the band, "Chester French," (who I'll mention in a future post because they're amazing!) they were on a list of "Artists to Look Out For" in Rolling Stone, Spin, or one of the other credible music magazines out there. I checked these guys out on the list and at first glance, I wasn't impressed. This was also at a time where I was very narrow-minded about the music I listened to. I remembered there name the other day and decided to take a listen to them again and see if my musical palate had changed. After listening to the song, "Dawn Of The Dead," I was immediately hooked! Many consider them to be electro rock, with is an accurate description of the group. While getting many of their influences from electronic/dance groups like Daft Punk, Justice and Ratatat, you can hear the subtle 80's one hit wondery in songs like, "Dawn of the Dead," and influence from their contemporaries like Bloc Party which you can hear in songs like, "Epic Last Song." Regardless, these English gents definitely have more than one hit on their hands. No tour for them as of yet, since they finished their '08 tour back in August, but let's hope they come back to tour soon!

Does It Offend You, Yeah? Main Site
Does It Offend You, Yeah? Myspace
Does It Offend You, Yeah? Wiki