Dick Clark's New Year's Rocking Eve?

What the hell is rockin about an invalid with a microphone? I wrote the post below last year on New Year's Day, so I was amazed Dick Clark was on again this year. C'mon, doesn't this guy have any family that gives a crap that watching him on TV is just sad at this point? Rule of thumb to all TV broadcasters: If they have to roll you in on a handtruck, perhaps your career is over.

I tried to watch some of Dick Clark's Rockin Eve on New Year's Eve. Holy crap! That dude should NOT be on TV - he's a mess. There are some cruel motherfuckers over there at NBC that let this happen. Watching him try to talk was painful - they might as well have had us watch him try to eat peas with a fork. Dick, you've had a good run. You had about 32 years during which you somehow seemed to have stopped the aging process - that's pretty fucking cool. Now it's time for you step back and watch Seacrest and Carson Daly battle it out for the reins in a steel-cage no-holds-barred death match.

I remember watching the Times Square coverage when I was a kid. It was cool - Times Square was PACKED; it was just a sea of people who've stupidly been standing out in the cold for hours (though a part of you was always a bit envious, because you've always thought that going to Times Square on NYE is something you really should do before you die). There was no real security. Security consisted of a handful to cops around just these 1,000,000 drunk freezing people don't riot. The announcers were on these tiny platforms above the crowd, freezing their asses off too. It was great.

Last night there was more empty street in Times Square than anything else (and what seems like miles upon miles of those annoying barracades). Where the hell were all the people? Lame. And now there's stages with bands performing? I'm usually all for bands playing anywhere, but it just ruins the whole feel of the Times Square thing. The bands aren't even playing for the people there, they're playing for the cameras. WHY DO THEY KEEPING FUCKING UP EVERYTHING THAT USED TO BE COOL?!? DAMMIT!