Last night I went to see Blink 182 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Virginia Beach, and it completely blew my mind.

This past weekend, former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker, and DJ Adam Goldstein (better know as DJ AM) were in a devastating plane crash in South Carolina. The crash killed four (pilot Sarah Lemmon, co-pilot James Bland, Chris Baker, and Charles Still) and left Barker and DJ AM with severe second and third degree burns. [...]

I can’t pinpoint the exact moment when the VMAs lost their luster. I’m not sure if it came with my age or with MTV’s slow fall away from music. Anyway, the VMAs were last night, live from Hollywood, and I figured a quick recap would be proper.