When there is nothing good on the tube... there's ME TV Channel 15

It's crazy. There are some weeks where I'm begging to be bored. All I need is just an hour to myself, oh and to veg out in front of the television. Ah the TV. A luxury (a vacuum of potential, of productivity) when you've been going one hundred miles an hour with just enough time to get seven hours of sleep the TV offers an outlet to just zone out. But I'm picky to what I like to veg to.

I tell you, I don't watch TV that often but when I do, there are a couple of channels that I rely on to make me feel good about my boobtube experience. Besides Maury on KXAN Channel 12 (I just love the drama even though I know it turns my brain into garbage), one of those channels is ME TV, Music and Entertainment Television, a local channel whose station is located on South Congress in what I heard was once a studio for porno films. I smile every time I see the message in the marquee "ME TV TURN ME ON."

I like this channel for several reasons.

1) Music videos! Woohoo! With the true spirit of MTV long forgotten, ME TV brings back an authentic interest into what musicians are doing--making albums, playing shows, and making music videos.

2)The variety of videos is impressive too. I find myself always tuning in to the popular rap/hip-hop which, depending on my mood, I get or don't get. ME TV has a bunch of programs such as Airwaves which plays the more popular videos along with new indie videos and Tex-Mix which exclusively features Texan artists. Lately, what I've been catching are in-studio/live performances from bands I've never heard of or seen. There's nothing more stimulating than seeing new music and the musicians who craft it. And finally

3)When they say Music and Entertainment, they actually mean what they say. During SXSW and other Austin music festivals, their VJ's work around the clock catching interviews with any artist/filmmaker that has something to say. More importantly, if you like going to shows, ME has something as indispensable as the Austin Chronicle and that is its show ticker which scrolls across the bottom of the screen listing the day's shows at each venue. Yup, it's pretty freaking sweet.

Although I know fashion addictions have people watching reruns of Project Runway, jonesing for more, I write to offer another option. ME TV. If you're going to be watching something just for the sake of watching something, watch this. And check out the website too-- points of interest: interviews with Sharon Jones, Erykah Badu, and Will Ferrell ME Television