Comments on: MTV’s Cameras and Crew Invade Market Hotel

By: Al

Al — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:53:38 +0000

Why is this site so willing to ask a question like, has “Bushwick really claimed the (dreaded) ‘New Williamsburg’ crown?” This site is a part of the “million media outlets” capable of focusing attention on Bushwick; the effects of the Market Hotel do not stop at the venue’s doors. It is dangerous not to realize the power you have as a member of this ‘new’ media, run around wielding it, and then, once things start to change and you’re not sure you like it, look around wondering what happened.

By: NFK

NFK — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:23:55 +0000

Why analyze something as meaningless as MTV’s cameras in the DIY scene. We make the scene what we want it to be. MTV has no influence over that.

By: in the know @ MTV

in the know @ MTV — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:10:09 +0000

they were only filming the Mae Shi, with no coverage of the location or the context, just about the band.

it’s wasn’t a film shoot about Bushwick or the Market Hotel or Todd P

By: Jessica Elsas

Jessica Elsas — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:09:30 +0000

is it def for MTV or for MTV2 or one of the many other channels they have which do play music?

By: Jeremy Sapienza

Jeremy Sapienza — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:17:33 +0000

This is SUCH a weird thread…

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:08:20 +0000

you are a damned fool if you think Japanther didn’t play because MTV or anyone was going to be there. Japanther didn’t play because they double booked themselves and they dropped off the bill 2 weeks before the show.

stop being so hysterical, this will be a 30 second or less clip that MTV runs one time at three am. not a biggie.

By: petebfd

petebfd — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:21:21 +0000

hopefully, it works out like todd says and there is little effect other than a few kids being turned on to the fact that, ‘hey, i can do this shit.’ or ‘wow, ponytail is amazing!’

but i don’t think they are there to document, they are there to collect some cultural capital and cash in on it. mtv isn’t interested in diy culture, they are interested in diy style (or bushwick style or brooklyn style, however they think they can market it best). i’d hate to see diy become just a catch word like “green” has, and if they decide to market bushwick or brooklyn i just hope it doesn’t have an adverse effect on all of the good things that people are doing around here, these shows being one of them.

@dresden,
do you know for sure that is why japanther didn’t play? i just said i WONDER IF that is why. perhaps they ate some of the new e.coli jalepenos and got a wicked case of the shits?

By: Dresden

Dresden — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:49:31 +0000

They don’t even have music on it anymore. It’s benn highjacked by the worst possible executive decisions.

I remember when MTV rocked – and then it ended, flat ended, when Fred Durst all of sudden was on it everyday.

In fact, that really when pop music took a nose dive, a lasting nose dive…

and luckily music has gone back underground… where MT TV can’t touch it -

until they start showing up at shows. Luckily Japanther and some other artists with integrity see them for what they are – PIMPS looking for WHORES.

By: Jeremy Sapienza

Jeremy Sapienza — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:17:09 +0000

I think you’re all being a little hysterical. MTV filming in Bushwick has absolutely no effect on the neighborhood, except maybe a few people will find out about it and think it’s cool. That was gonna happen anyhow. Besides, doesn’t MTV do all the silly political crap you like, Rock the Vote to get uninformed poeple to vote for the cutest candidate and all that other hopelessly trite “we the people” delusional democracy bullshit?

By: Dresden

Dresden — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:29:56 +0000

MT TV is more like it.

Fuck them. They are what’s WRONG with our culture, generation and country. They are, literally, the fucking enemy – they are why a lot of us move out here and live out here.

Cultureless, classless, without a loyal bone in their organization’s body – MT TV will bury Bushwick – after the fifteen minutes of pop culture hang time, the push pin will fall off the cork board and MT TV won’t be around to document that.