For those placing bets on if MTV would change the name of, or delay giving out, the MICHAEL JACKSON VIDEO VANGUARD AWARD: It is going to the deeply deserving MISSY ELLIOTT this year and will retain its original name. This begs several big questions, like one raised by DARCIE WILDER about why changing the MOON MAN to a moon person was a thing, but dropping an accused sexual predator isn't. Or one from CLAIRE LOBENFELD on why the network don't simply rename it the Missy Elliott Video Vanguard award as "a gesture for taking so dang long to give it to her." I'm mulling over several questions about what this says about the reach of #MeToo and who is too big to be canceled. After having worked at MTV while R. KELLY was allowed to perform at the 2005 VMAs, despite being charged with child pornography in 2002 and facing continued charges and a trial through 2004, I rather hoped MTV would have got the idea of believing survivors right this time. It feels like the network is hedging its bets, or perhaps not taking the allegations from men who survived abuse as seriously. Either way, it doesn't feel great. The one small acknowledgment MTV is making in the aftermath of LEAVING NEVERLAND? It's referring to the honor as simply the Video Vanguard Award in a teaser trailer (and in the most of the press release I got about it). Wonder what it will inscribe on the trophy. And say in the broadcast... I spent my weekend binging season 3 of GLOW on NETFLIX (been a fan since the O.G. cable show as a kid) and two things struck me. First, the music got a major upgrade of the sort that says the show had a bigger music budget (and wow, so many HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS shoutouts!). And second, the bed music was so on point with actual '80s productions. I alternately felt as if I were watching TUFF TURF (a classic and I won't hear otherwise) and an episode of GROWING PAINS. The moody cheesiness was pitch-perfect, giving it a more authentic '80s feel than I get from, say, STRANGER THINGS. This pairs nicely with THR's story on how pop stars are finding new sync opportunities on Netflix, where budgets are big. I'm waiting with bated breath to see which song becomes the breakout hit from season 3 of 13 REASONS WHY—and kicking myself for thinking the first two seasons would be anything less than a career-making moment for LORD HURON, whose "The Night We Met" is now a prom classic. And I want to know if podcasts can be the next frontier for breaking bands, especially with so many narrative-driven ones like HOMECOMING and DIRTY JOHN gaining huge audiences. If you dropped the right song into a tense moment on just one of the numerous audio dramas out there, could it go viral? SOUNDEXCHANGE is place some bets that it could, by partnering with SOURCEAUDIO to license music to podcasters. If podcast music supervisor becomes a career, I'm available... If you're planning to take your horse down to the old town road before the summer is over, check GOOGLE MAPS because the street sign is probably missing... Can somebody check on FOSTER THE PEOPLE? The band's conspiracy theory TWITTER moves are cause for concern... JENNY LEWIS has a history with pot that's wilder and deeper than I could have imagined. That's more than significant on a weekend when OUTSIDE LANDS in San Francisco sold cannabis legally for the first time to a crowd of over 200,000 (it was a big hit, of course). Musicians who are looking to diversify your income streams, maybe it's time to start cultivating your own strains (where it's legal).