There was a time, when MTV’s series of Unplugged concerts and albums offered a unique look at bands and songwriters by taking them out of their comfort zones and stripping loud bands down to their barest elements (think of appearances by Nirvana, Alice in Chains and even Eric Clapton, for example).

However, in recent years, it seems that every two-bit pop-tart with a hit song gets this once reverential treatment, case in point: Katy Perry.

Having burst onto the pop scene in 2008 with the insufferable, and almost equally inescapable, “I Kissed a Girl,” Perry may be surpassed only by Lady Gaga in terms of vapid pop sensibilities.

These songs are hits, but hardly classics, and the idea of Continue reading »