Ever since I left the dinosaur-like state of dial up and switched to a cable modem my online experience has been simply amazing. I had no idea videos could be so seamless, webpages now load at breakneck speed and I can actually send an email without waiting for that damn hourglass to disappear in a moment's time. I was also thrilled that my new digital cable came with a myriad of choices in video entertainment that I had never experienced with my ghetto basic set up. One of my most beloved channels was VH1 Mega Hits, for you Adelphia subscribers you'd know it better as channel 155. I readily admit that I'd sit for hours on end sometimes watching all the videos rotate that were so much more entertaining than anything that MTV had to offer and was always the first place I'd see new Garbage vids! My friend Sofi and I would often be talking online late at night and IM each other with cries of "OMG Mega Hits..NOW" and enjoy the latest technicolor explosion. At times they'd show commercialized stuff but when I was healing from surgery and off work for 3 weeks back in November that was really one of the only channels I kept as a constant selection. They didn't have any lame ass reality crap--just straight up videos from a mix of artists. I got a notice from Adelphia informing me that Mega Hits was going to be purchased by some bigwig MTV outfit later this summer and in the blink of an eye was transformed overnight into LOGO which is gay and lesbian programming. I've been a self-proclaimed fag hag from my earliest memory on this earth and when I learned that this new station was in the works it made me happier than a drag queen at a Madonna-thon convention! How cool is a station that actually shows such classics as Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Torch Song Trilogy and Heavenly Creatures as well as featurettes on the best gay discos worldwide and a campy committment ceremony offering that rivals TLC's "A Wedding Story?" However, given the fact that I do have SEVERAL hundred channels on my premium cable, isn't it possible to keep my Mega Hits channel AND provide me with a groovy gay gala as well? L.A. is an entertainment mecca so why are they pulling the plug on a video network??? I haven't been this bummed since KDL folded and became Indie 103.1 and before I get bashed by all the kids who love that station this is the exact same point I've been trying to make since I started typing: that I love Indie 103.1 but I also loved KDL and why couldn't those two stations have been neighbors on the radio dial instead of an all or nothing takeover??? Maybe my friend Sofi and I were the only two people who cared about or even watched Mega Hits but I for one am disappointed that it's gone. There's a snowball's chance in hell of me ever seeing any quality videos on MTV since 120 Minutes and Alternative Nation have disappeared faster than a new supply of Lamb of God t-shirts at Hot Topic. Well I guess I can just console myself that the sole purpose of me getting digital cable was to have a faster and more user friendly internet experience including anything and everything relating to music so I'll just kick back in front of my monitor and watch videos that way. R.I.P. VH1 Mega Hits....