TRL R.I.P.
It's dia de los muertos in Times Square today. TRL, MTV's decade-old daily countdown show, is calling it quits. After 10 years, it will air its final episode sometime in November. (MTV News' James Montgomery gives a thoughtful appraisal of the show here). Yes, TRL was little more than tweens and teens caterwauling inside a studio, interspersed with occasional appearances by music videos (often in truncated form). But it did have its pop-culture charms; moments like the above, wherein Soulja Boy teaches Natalie Portman how to superman the women of the night, or the infamous Mariah Carey Ice Cream Meltdown, which was seemingly fueled by a couple of pints of Ben & Jerry's short-lived Xanax Attack flavor.
Good times. There have also been a smattering of decent to awesome live performances. After the jump, check out two of them -- Paramore and Alicia Keys - -from what would be TRL's final year.
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