CULTURAS IN VITRO
A Week When Punk Rules on MTV: Every afternoon "TRL" (for "Total Request Live") plays MTV's 10 most requested videos. "TRL" celebrated its fourth anniversary last September, and for most of its history the show has been closely associated with the teen-pop boom. There were times when "TRL" seemed like an hourlong commercial for Mr. Timberlake's boy band, 'N Sync.
These days, though, teen-pop is in remission, and MTV executives think they may have identified its successor: punk rock.