Live blogging 1-1-11

  • 10:52: Wait … Dick Clark is still alive and kicking?
  • 10:54: Train … seriously, don’t they have other songs in the repertoire?
  • 11:01: And now, a cutaway to WSBTV’s coverage of Atlanta’s Peach Drop. Tangerines take to the streets in protest.
  • 11:03: Local news reminds us that it’s already 2011 in places like Russia and New Zealand. Brilliant. Thanks for the info.
  • 11:10: Oh man, local news is unwatchable. We have to endure this for 25 more minutes before Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve is back. That’s sacrilege.
  • 11:18: Ok, local news until 11:30. Switching to MTV’s New Year’s show for a few minutes.
  • 11:19: Ugh, some sort of Old Spice Jersey Shore skit on MTV. Society is crumbling.
  • 11:20: Best Internet clips from MTV’s show — Bieber fever. Yeah, society is crumbling.
  • 11:23: One of the clips featured that kid who so deftly covered Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi.”
  • 11:31: OK, back to NYRE. Dick Clack, bless your soul.
  • 11:32: New Kids on the Block? WTF? I thought I had thoroughly suppressed those memories.
  • 11:34: About to pour up a glass of Port. It’s pretty tart.
  • 11:36: Warmest New Year’s Eve in NYC was 58 degrees and the coldest was 1 degree, according to Ryan Seacrest.
  • 11:38: New Kids on the Block and the Back Street Boys! Yeah, society is crumbling. OMG, I’m getting bad junior high flashbacks.
  • 11:42: Ut Oh, here we go. Folks kissing in Times Square. “Please don’t go girl …”
  • 11:43: “The Right Stuff. … Uh oh oh oh oh, the right stuff. …”
  • 11:45: Ahh, it’s done. I was hoping for “Hangin’ Tough”
  • 11:50: Jenny McCarthy? Well, it makes sense. She’s an MTV vet.
  • 11:58: Bubbly ready. It’s about to be on.
  • 11:59: “The energy, the magic is about to happen.” – Seacrest