I managed to make it into Amy Carlson Gustafson's roundup of MTV memories, meaning that the Pioneer Press has totally made up for spelling my name wrong earlier.

Far more awesome, however, is the NPR.org retrospective expertly done by the lovely Neda Ulaby, and right there in the first box, discussing Kennedy and the need to heal? Dear pal of F&D Stephen Thompson. I have seen the 7 1/2 Harrowing Minutes With Kennedy footage, and I am here to tell you, it is much funnier than he gives it credit for being in this piece. Including the part where Kennedy "breaks in" while he's pretending to "sleep," sending him into vaudevillian fits of sputtering, the part where he winds up saying to her, "Hey, I'm going for it," and ESPECIALLY the part where he cannot think of the name of a single band while sitting in a room full of CDs and music posters. The Couch Baron likes to explain this moment as, "What are the kids listening to these days? [endless silence] Oh, what AREN'T they listening to?"

As you'll note in the piece, it's his birthday, too. Wooooooo! Put on your party hat!