a two month old rundown of music television, this could be useful to someone like me who thought MTV had ruined music television. there really are alternatives (though given time, i'm sure MTV will ruin even that)! i actually figured that out last night when watching the TVGuide Channel (yeah, sometimes i just watch the listings scroll by. it's relaxing, almost mesmerizing...) and saw the listing for MTV Español. in two hours, there wasn't a single Shakira, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez or Enrique Iglesias video. i didn't recognize any of the artists, of course, but it was good stuff. the videos were fun to watch, without the "This Is High Drama/See How Deep and Real We Are" of too many of their American counterparts and the artists were chosen for their musical talent and not their ability to look good in a white tank and ballcap. because i couldn't understand what was being sung (me español is no muy good), i wasn't shouting "Who the @%$*! wrote these *&$%#! piece of ^&$*!#( lyrics?!?" and, when you don't know what they're singing about, you can make up your own storyline to the video.