I don't want my MTV

Finished my homework early today! Since I've become the queen and tyrant of scheduling, and now that I've got training, I have become insanely good at getting exactly what I want done.

So I checked my email and found that one of my friends had sent me a link to the MTV website, as they were having a special on the "first ladies of rock." She knows I like my chick rockers, which I suppose was a nice gesture...

But after watching the special online, I've come to a disappointing conclusion. Programs like MTV and VH1 and even certain magazines that promote the newest and hottest rock songs are showing all the intelligence of, well, a rock.

How else do you explain their pathetic choice in "women in rock?" Okay, I'll concede that Christina Aguilera has a very talented stylist and that Shakira is indeed wearing a Guns N Roses tee in the photo shoot, but the last time I checked, they weren't what anyone would call "rock" in the least. Maybe I'm a little naive to expect any glimmer of musical credibility OR sense from programs whose main features are reality shows featuring actors who appear to have seen too many reality shows themselves. The thing is, as a musician and self-proclaimed audiophile, it's incredibly hard to find any kind of recognition or respect for real talent. Especially if the performer with said real talent happens to have two X chromosomes. So, like so many times before, I find myself short thirty minutes of my precious time and majorly annoyed!

Okay, so Lindsay Lohan tries to sing and then gets into trouble for her drug use. So now she's "the voice of the rebellious youth?" Are you kidding me?? And can someone please explain to me why everyone keeps on referring to Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson as rock? Weren't they doing that whole ballad belting routine on American Idol a minute ago? Yeah, Kelly's started wearing a studded belt and picking up the tempo on her new album. Big deal. She was wearing an evening gown and crooning "A Moment Like This" before that. Whatever is trendy, I guess. But who cares? Their poor choice of "first ladies of rock" reminded me a lot of those asinine Sports Illustrated swimsuit editions. I suppose there's nothing necessarily wrong with the airbrushed models inside, but we all know they have, well, nothing to do with sports. Which is not doing anything for women who may be interested in sports or who play them for a living.

Amy Lee from Evanescence was the only actual "rock" artist featured on that program, and she was treated more like a novelty than a serious act. Fergie and Jessica Simpson, who have always been billed as "dance," were featured in greater depth and more seriously.

If the special had been called "First ladies of pop" or "Some cute young girls with new records out right now," I wouldn't have any problem with it. Call me crazy, but using the word rock is still taken seriously by some of us. Use it to describe Lindsay Lohan, and you've just turned your program into the joke of the century.

And by the way, I don't want my MTV.