Matt Dusk's Uber Canadian Mashup

I didn't think it could be done but Matt Dusk has made an incredible mash-up of some huge Canadian talents like Serena Ryder, Drake and half of Robin Thicke!

Matt Dusk visited our neck of the woods back in December with Melanie Doane as part of the Holiday Train. He just realeased this awesome new mash up of hit songs to help celebrate the Junos coming up at the end of the month. 

The Junos are in Winnipeg this year, you can catch them coming up on March 30th! 

The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs)

I get it; Miley resents her Hannah Montana roots. She really wants to separate herself from the role that really defined the early part of her career, the role that made her a household name and filled her bank account with more money than the average person makes in their entire lifetime. I can understand that, truly you when you're her age it is important to figure out who you are for yourself. With that being said her performance on the VMAs was disturbing, as I have stated previously I actually really like her song 'We Can't Stop' and I am really disappointed with the way she is portraying a song that is a fun summer song. MTV even had to bleep her. The more Miley acts like this crazy bimbo that needs to prove she's an adult that can do grown-up things, the more I want Hannah Montana back. 

I love the crowd shot, between astonished celebrities and celebrities in awe of what is happening there is a shot of Drake and he looks so embarrassed to be in a room where these shenanigans are going on…

While we are on the topic of things I don't like, I would like to mention the new 'Moon Man' (the VMA trophy), and I really do not like the redesigned trophy. It is terrifying! 

Here are the clips you need to see from the 2013 VMAs:

All that Miley action I previously mentioned, including a performance by Robin Thicke. 

The rumours earlier this week were true, NSYNC made an appearence.

And that Daft Punk moment that was so important they had to cancel on Stephen Colbert, well here that is.

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And then Katy Perry's impressive VMA finale performance.

How To Feel Super Old In One Simple Step: Watch The Teen Choice Awards

I had a pretty embarrassing Sunday. As you can read in my previous post found here, I spent the day learning about the world of competitive video gaming. Once that was finally over, I was excited to watch Big Brother and reenter my world of pointless girl drama. Little did I know I would have to cross through the torturous world that is teenagerdom first. That’s right, I suffered through a whole 20 minutes of the ‘Teen Choice Awards’.

Yes, it was suffering. I love award shows, but the ‘Teen Choice Awards’ is unbearable to adult-Kate. It is unfortunate because the same people who did a horrible job voting for the awards are the people attending the awards moshpit; teen girls. Here is the Kate Bruce magic equation for understanding teen girls, it all is based on how many you have to deal with.

1 teen girl – potential to be best friends for an afternoon, day or weekend, she will love everything you do and say you are the coolest

2 teen girls – they don’t like you, they ARE whispering about you and nothing you do is cool

3 teen girls – two of them are horrible (read above), one of them understands your pain and is surprisingly bearable

4 teen girls - just put on ‘Mean Girls’ (every girls guilty pleasure) and try to pull out the coolest crap you have to impress them

5+ teen girls – host and award show where they decide who is nominated and who wins the world… the biggest popularity party on earth

Always try to limit talking, on both sides of the equation.

After watching the horrible tail end of the program, including lots of unfamiliar faces presenting awards (seriously, I am a radio host I should know who these people are) and Miley Cyrus winning the inexplicable ‘Candies Fashion Trendsetter’ award (issue #1: 1998 called and wants it’s relevant sponsor back and issue #2: seriously the girl wearing a dog collar?). I was a little sour and depressed, when did I get so old?

But, then the ‘Teen Choice Awards’ redeemed itself… kind of. I caught a re-stream of Ashton (Chris) Kutcher’s speech that was surpisingly great. If you have no idea what I am talking about watch this (skip to 1:50):

Work hard, be sexy (by being smart) and don’t be afraid to stand out. Seriously an amazing message, from a not-so-serious guy; I am not a huge Ashton Kutcher fan but I am a big fan of this message (even though it was totally a plug for his new Steve Jobs bio-pic). A little more intelligent than Miley’s, “Thank you guys so much! You little kids having fun this year at the Teen Choice Awards?” 

The worst really won’t and can’t stop, right?

This blog was totally spurred on by these kiddos total lack of judgment; everyone knows ‘Get Lucky’ and ‘Blurred Lines’ are the songs of the summer… chosing ‘We Can’t Stop’ just shows how bad their judgment is.

Also, it made me feel really old.