Usually, when it comes to MTV I am always more then happy to take the position that they don't play music and instead supplement it with shitty reality shows. But somehow, MTV U(basically, MTV for college students) has managed to not fuck it up(yet, at least).
MTV U is an MTV channel broadcast to most colleges and universities in North America(as well as a few cable affiliates), and you know what? It kicks fucking ass! MTV U is what regular MTV should be. It plays music twenty-four hours, seven days a week with limited commercial interruption and a two-minute an hour MTV News update. When MTV U isn't playing just straight blocks of music videos, it's playing countdown shows of specific types of music, shows about emerging new artists, among other shows along that line.
It is also the only MTV channel that also streams online at www.mtvu.com. So you can go there right now and actually see actual, real music videos for yourself(I thought that this day would never come). Or to go to the live stream directly, click here: http://www.mtvu.com/player/html/popup/indexLive.jhtml?id=1556337&vid=141775 (it may take a minute or two to connect and buffer, depending on your Internet connection, but it's well worth it).
So go! Spread the word about MTV U to the masses who don't go to college and tell them that there is actually a place to find, not only music videos, but good music videos once again. To all the people at Viacom and MTV(U), I graciously tip my hat to you all. Now don't fuck it up!
