FlexasaurusRex ⌐◨-◨
@flexasaurusrex.bsky.social
Art Rebel. On a mission to make connections between artist & collectors.
Working on https://wantmymtv.xyz/ (Founder/Dev)
Working on https://wantmymtv.xyz/ (Founder/Dev)
"Mom, does this mean I made it?" 👵
Feels surreal to be in the Rolling Stone
after starting a passion project literally 8 days ago
from a sleepy beach town in Albania. 🇦🇱
Completely free, no ads, still just trying
to bring back what we lost when MTV
stopped being about music. ✊
Feels surreal to be in the Rolling Stone
after starting a passion project literally 8 days ago
from a sleepy beach town in Albania. 🇦🇱
Completely free, no ads, still just trying
to bring back what we lost when MTV
stopped being about music. ✊
January 10, 2026 at 1:14 AM
"Mom, does this mean I made it?" 👵
Feels surreal to be in the Rolling Stone
after starting a passion project literally 8 days ago
from a sleepy beach town in Albania. 🇦🇱
Completely free, no ads, still just trying
to bring back what we lost when MTV
stopped being about music. ✊
Feels surreal to be in the Rolling Stone
after starting a passion project literally 8 days ago
from a sleepy beach town in Albania. 🇦🇱
Completely free, no ads, still just trying
to bring back what we lost when MTV
stopped being about music. ✊
MTV REWIND Update: 1 MILLION page visitors in 8 days 🚀
Started with 0 visitors on Jan 1
Hit 500K in 5 days
Now 1M in 8 days
Still 100% free, no ads, no tracking
Just added embeddable player + MTV2 channel
Started with 0 visitors on Jan 1
Hit 500K in 5 days
Now 1M in 8 days
Still 100% free, no ads, no tracking
Just added embeddable player + MTV2 channel
January 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
MTV REWIND Update: 1 MILLION page visitors in 8 days 🚀
Started with 0 visitors on Jan 1
Hit 500K in 5 days
Now 1M in 8 days
Still 100% free, no ads, no tracking
Just added embeddable player + MTV2 channel
Started with 0 visitors on Jan 1
Hit 500K in 5 days
Now 1M in 8 days
Still 100% free, no ads, no tracking
Just added embeddable player + MTV2 channel
You Won't Regret it. Just Embed it.
wantmymtv.xyz/get-embed.ht...
wantmymtv.xyz/get-embed.ht...
Embed MTV REWIND - Add 35K+ Music Videos to Your Site
Add MTV REWIND to your website with one line of code. 35,000+ music videos, 14 channels, zero ads, fully responsive.
wantmymtv.xyz
January 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
You Won't Regret it. Just Embed it.
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MTV REWIND update 🔥
✅ 500K visitors in 5 days
✅ Featured: Boston Globe, VICE, Billboard (and 30 more)
✅ Now as an embeddable player 🤯 🎵
35K+ music videos. One line of code. Zero ads.
✅ 500K visitors in 5 days
✅ Featured: Boston Globe, VICE, Billboard (and 30 more)
✅ Now as an embeddable player 🤯 🎵
35K+ music videos. One line of code. Zero ads.
January 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
MTV REWIND update 🔥
✅ 500K visitors in 5 days
✅ Featured: Boston Globe, VICE, Billboard (and 30 more)
✅ Now as an embeddable player 🤯 🎵
35K+ music videos. One line of code. Zero ads.
✅ 500K visitors in 5 days
✅ Featured: Boston Globe, VICE, Billboard (and 30 more)
✅ Now as an embeddable player 🤯 🎵
35K+ music videos. One line of code. Zero ads.
Fantastic feature in @BostonGlobe by @chrisvognar.bsky.social
He spent hours using it & captured exactly what I was going for: "it's about preserving a better way to discover music that's been lost to algorithms.
Thanks Chris, stellar work! 📺https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/arts/mtv-rewind/
He spent hours using it & captured exactly what I was going for: "it's about preserving a better way to discover music that's been lost to algorithms.
Thanks Chris, stellar work! 📺https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/arts/mtv-rewind/
January 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Fantastic feature in @BostonGlobe by @chrisvognar.bsky.social
He spent hours using it & captured exactly what I was going for: "it's about preserving a better way to discover music that's been lost to algorithms.
Thanks Chris, stellar work! 📺https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/arts/mtv-rewind/
He spent hours using it & captured exactly what I was going for: "it's about preserving a better way to discover music that's been lost to algorithms.
Thanks Chris, stellar work! 📺https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/09/arts/mtv-rewind/
GM
I think I may have accidentally created the most powerful archival music experience in history.
I think I may have accidentally created the most powerful archival music experience in history.
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
GM
I think I may have accidentally created the most powerful archival music experience in history.
I think I may have accidentally created the most powerful archival music experience in history.
I know what this art was.
I know what it meant.....
and I’m not letting it disappear without dignity.
I know what it meant.....
and I’m not letting it disappear without dignity.
January 8, 2026 at 11:54 PM
I know what this art was.
I know what it meant.....
and I’m not letting it disappear without dignity.
I know what it meant.....
and I’m not letting it disappear without dignity.
Remember rushing home to catch TRL at 3:30pm? Screaming fans.....
Times Square studio.......
Carson Daly......
The countdown......
We just added TRL to MTV REWIND. 🎤
1,000+ music videos. 🤯
Opens with Carson every time.
The mall era is back. 🛍️
Times Square studio.......
Carson Daly......
The countdown......
We just added TRL to MTV REWIND. 🎤
1,000+ music videos. 🤯
Opens with Carson every time.
The mall era is back. 🛍️
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Remember rushing home to catch TRL at 3:30pm? Screaming fans.....
Times Square studio.......
Carson Daly......
The countdown......
We just added TRL to MTV REWIND. 🎤
1,000+ music videos. 🤯
Opens with Carson every time.
The mall era is back. 🛍️
Times Square studio.......
Carson Daly......
The countdown......
We just added TRL to MTV REWIND. 🎤
1,000+ music videos. 🤯
Opens with Carson every time.
The mall era is back. 🛍️
Your CDM article nailed it. The academic references, the reality TV → current moment connection, all of it.
"The problem is too much corporate consolidation and finance. And unless we resist, the problem is us."
That's the thesis. Culture preservation as resistance.
"The problem is too much corporate consolidation and finance. And unless we resist, the problem is us."
That's the thesis. Culture preservation as resistance.
What really happened at MTV on New Year's Eve, why the demise of MTV started in 1992, what we gained and lost -- and how to get switch on 33,000 videos worth of MTV right now. (h/t @eyesack.bsky.social !)
Forget channel closures: watch every decade of MTV music videos online - CDM Create Digital Music
No, MTV is not shutting down, though Paramount Skydance did shutter some all-music video channels in various markets. But never mind: the internet can best even vintage MTV. Tune into MTV REWIND and h...
cdm.link
January 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Your CDM article nailed it. The academic references, the reality TV → current moment connection, all of it.
"The problem is too much corporate consolidation and finance. And unless we resist, the problem is us."
That's the thesis. Culture preservation as resistance.
"The problem is too much corporate consolidation and finance. And unless we resist, the problem is us."
That's the thesis. Culture preservation as resistance.
72 hours ago, MTV REWIND went viral on Reddit.
Since then:
- 322,000 people visited
- 78 countries reached
- $8,358 donated voluntarily
- 0 ads shown
- 0 algorithms used
For reference-
Instagram 75 days to hit 1M users.
ChatGPT 5 days (with OpenAI's resources).
We'll hit 1M in 8 days. 🤯
Since then:
- 322,000 people visited
- 78 countries reached
- $8,358 donated voluntarily
- 0 ads shown
- 0 algorithms used
For reference-
Instagram 75 days to hit 1M users.
ChatGPT 5 days (with OpenAI's resources).
We'll hit 1M in 8 days. 🤯
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 PM
72 hours ago, MTV REWIND went viral on Reddit.
Since then:
- 322,000 people visited
- 78 countries reached
- $8,358 donated voluntarily
- 0 ads shown
- 0 algorithms used
For reference-
Instagram 75 days to hit 1M users.
ChatGPT 5 days (with OpenAI's resources).
We'll hit 1M in 8 days. 🤯
Since then:
- 322,000 people visited
- 78 countries reached
- $8,358 donated voluntarily
- 0 ads shown
- 0 algorithms used
For reference-
Instagram 75 days to hit 1M users.
ChatGPT 5 days (with OpenAI's resources).
We'll hit 1M in 8 days. 🤯
MTV belonged to all of us.
Then they turned it into reality TV.
Week 1: 311,683 people came to take it back.
$8K in donations. Zero ads. Zero algorithms.
Built in 48 hours. Solo.
This is what happens when you build for culture, not profit.
wantmymtv.xyz
Then they turned it into reality TV.
Week 1: 311,683 people came to take it back.
$8K in donations. Zero ads. Zero algorithms.
Built in 48 hours. Solo.
This is what happens when you build for culture, not profit.
wantmymtv.xyz
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
MTV belonged to all of us.
Then they turned it into reality TV.
Week 1: 311,683 people came to take it back.
$8K in donations. Zero ads. Zero algorithms.
Built in 48 hours. Solo.
This is what happens when you build for culture, not profit.
wantmymtv.xyz
Then they turned it into reality TV.
Week 1: 311,683 people came to take it back.
$8K in donations. Zero ads. Zero algorithms.
Built in 48 hours. Solo.
This is what happens when you build for culture, not profit.
wantmymtv.xyz
Thanks for the article @gizmodo.com
This is one of my favorite write ups yet as it covered my ethos of living on the punk rock fringe.
As an archivist- as someone who believes in culture, art and expression.
Not algorithms choking the life out of creativity.✊🦖
gizmodo.com/mtv-is-offic...
This is one of my favorite write ups yet as it covered my ethos of living on the punk rock fringe.
As an archivist- as someone who believes in culture, art and expression.
Not algorithms choking the life out of creativity.✊🦖
gizmodo.com/mtv-is-offic...
MTV Is Officially Dead. It's Time for Zombie MTV to Live in Your Browser
MTV Rewind is the closest thing you can get to glory days of the boob tube.
gizmodo.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Thanks for the article @gizmodo.com
This is one of my favorite write ups yet as it covered my ethos of living on the punk rock fringe.
As an archivist- as someone who believes in culture, art and expression.
Not algorithms choking the life out of creativity.✊🦖
gizmodo.com/mtv-is-offic...
This is one of my favorite write ups yet as it covered my ethos of living on the punk rock fringe.
As an archivist- as someone who believes in culture, art and expression.
Not algorithms choking the life out of creativity.✊🦖
gizmodo.com/mtv-is-offic...
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So hyped to be able to watch MTV's 120 Minutes alternative music video show again, big shoutout to @flexasaurusrex.bsky.social for building MTV Rewind!
wantmymtv.xyz
wantmymtv.xyz
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
So hyped to be able to watch MTV's 120 Minutes alternative music video show again, big shoutout to @flexasaurusrex.bsky.social for building MTV Rewind!
wantmymtv.xyz
wantmymtv.xyz
Shout out to Vice Magainze
and @luisprada.bsky.social
for the great article and encouragement.
Someone has to be out there building
that cool stuff on the internet still right?
I don't want to live in a world where
that's not the case, do you?
and @luisprada.bsky.social
for the great article and encouragement.
Someone has to be out there building
that cool stuff on the internet still right?
I don't want to live in a world where
that's not the case, do you?
January 8, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Shout out to Vice Magainze
and @luisprada.bsky.social
for the great article and encouragement.
Someone has to be out there building
that cool stuff on the internet still right?
I don't want to live in a world where
that's not the case, do you?
and @luisprada.bsky.social
for the great article and encouragement.
Someone has to be out there building
that cool stuff on the internet still right?
I don't want to live in a world where
that's not the case, do you?
Billboard just called me an 'enterprising superfan' which is probably the nicest thing anyone's ever said about my coding at 3 AM in Albania 😂
Thank you @billboard.com for the coverage. Still broke and exhausted, but this helps. 🎸
Thank you @billboard.com for the coverage. Still broke and exhausted, but this helps. 🎸
January 7, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Billboard just called me an 'enterprising superfan' which is probably the nicest thing anyone's ever said about my coding at 3 AM in Albania 😂
Thank you @billboard.com for the coverage. Still broke and exhausted, but this helps. 🎸
Thank you @billboard.com for the coverage. Still broke and exhausted, but this helps. 🎸
@krisholt.bsky.social killed this Engadget piece about MTV REWIND 🎸 Really appreciate you actually exploring the site and catching details like the Walter Weatherman reference. Also publicly asked Paramount not to sue me on Twitter so... that happened 😂
wantmymtv.xyz"
wantmymtv.xyz"
January 7, 2026 at 1:25 PM
@krisholt.bsky.social killed this Engadget piece about MTV REWIND 🎸 Really appreciate you actually exploring the site and catching details like the Walter Weatherman reference. Also publicly asked Paramount not to sue me on Twitter so... that happened 😂
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wantmymtv.xyz"
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Reposted by FlexasaurusRex ⌐◨-◨
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FlexasaurusRex
Builder. Conceptual Creator. Collector/Curator.Ethnomusicologist (accidentally)Archivist.Artist and just a guy that is always learning, tinkering and creating.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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MTV REWIND press update:
15 publications in 3 days:
→Mainstream (Parade, Yahoo, Upworthy)
→Music press (NME, Consequence, Billboard)
→Entertainment (IMDb News)
→Editorial (Paste, Substack)
→International (Japan, Philippines, UK, Ireland, Australia)
No Paid Ads.
Building in public.🎸
wantmymtv.xyz
15 publications in 3 days:
→Mainstream (Parade, Yahoo, Upworthy)
→Music press (NME, Consequence, Billboard)
→Entertainment (IMDb News)
→Editorial (Paste, Substack)
→International (Japan, Philippines, UK, Ireland, Australia)
No Paid Ads.
Building in public.🎸
wantmymtv.xyz
MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV
Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.
wantmymtv.xyz
January 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM
MTV REWIND press update:
15 publications in 3 days:
→Mainstream (Parade, Yahoo, Upworthy)
→Music press (NME, Consequence, Billboard)
→Entertainment (IMDb News)
→Editorial (Paste, Substack)
→International (Japan, Philippines, UK, Ireland, Australia)
No Paid Ads.
Building in public.🎸
wantmymtv.xyz
15 publications in 3 days:
→Mainstream (Parade, Yahoo, Upworthy)
→Music press (NME, Consequence, Billboard)
→Entertainment (IMDb News)
→Editorial (Paste, Substack)
→International (Japan, Philippines, UK, Ireland, Australia)
No Paid Ads.
Building in public.🎸
wantmymtv.xyz
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This is really, really great.
wantmymtv.vercel.app
wantmymtv.vercel.app
MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV
Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.
wantmymtv.vercel.app
January 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
This is really, really great.
wantmymtv.vercel.app
wantmymtv.vercel.app
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It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
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Congrats to @flexasaurusrex.bsky.social for building MTV Rewind over the weekend. The app pulls music videos by decade from YouTube, playing them in random order to simulate the MTV video watching experience. Fantastic idea!
wantmymtv.xyz
wantmymtv.xyz
MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV
Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.
wantmymtv.xyz
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Congrats to @flexasaurusrex.bsky.social for building MTV Rewind over the weekend. The app pulls music videos by decade from YouTube, playing them in random order to simulate the MTV video watching experience. Fantastic idea!
wantmymtv.xyz
wantmymtv.xyz
I’ll be honest again…..
I forgot this app even existed.
I forgot this app even existed.
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I’ll be honest again…..
I forgot this app even existed.
I forgot this app even existed.
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Maybe the sky is bluer over here 🤔
November 28, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Maybe the sky is bluer over here 🤔