2013 MTV VMA Ticket Info (Barclays Center)

MTV VMA Awards @ Barclays Center (08/25/13) In case you hadn’t heard, MTV is holding the 2013 Video Music Awards (VMAs) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on August 25. While tickets aren’t available to the general public yet, follow 1iota on Twitter and Facebook for more info on how to score a free seats. (I’ll…

May 2013 NYC Bookstore Events

  A couple of musical luminaries (Burt Bacharach, Lou Gramm), a Nobel Peace Prize nominee (Dr. Paul Farmer), and David Sedaris make the book tour rounds this month. Here’s a few May 2013 events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes & Noble NYC 05/06 Granta: Best Young British Novelists (USQ) 05/06…

Skins Series 4 Premieres Tonight on e4 (UK)

Skins Series 4 on e4 Tonight (Jan 28) is the long awaited premiere of the fourth season (aka series 4) of the UK teen drama Skins. You can check out the e4 site for some episode 1 spoilers, or for those of who are a little more “adventurous”, I’ve heard of these things called torrents….

TRL Has Been Canceled

I suppose the other surprising thing I learned while researching this story was that MTV’s TRL is actually still on the air. The music video show will conclude in a two-hour special on a Saturday afternoon in November, Dave Sirulnick, executive producer of “TRL,” said Monday. He stressed that the show wasn’t ending for good,…