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YouTube video by Freshy Kanal Homelander vs Zoolander - RAP BATTLE! - ft. Cam Steady & Flecks

On a final geekier note but still costume related, ERB is normally my go-to for this sort of thing, but Freshy Kanal really brought it with their latest that makes no sense on paper other than the names but has standout lines and performances for fans of The Boys and Zoolander.

YouTube video by Electric Callboy Electric Callboy - TANZNEID (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Thanks to @causticmf.bsky.social to sharing this band on his socials awhile back, been following them since. Their latest is Tanzneid which /r/ElectricCallboy thinks is mostly made up but maybe translates to Dance Envy? Anyhow, fun vid and good timing for Halloween. Warning: Kinda NSFW?

YouTube video by T Pain T-Pain - Club Husband (Official Music Video)

What's with all the artists releasing fantastic wholesome music these days? It's almost like they know we're in serious pain and need something distracting and healing at the same time. Shared when the music starts but it's all fun.

T-Pain - Club Husband (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by sombody Oingo Boingo Live At The Ritz 1985, NOT 1987 (Reupload) [Best Quality]

Happy Oingo Boingo Day to all those who celebrate.

The mix is noteworthy too. You have Anita Baker & Phil Collins, Warrant & Bobby Brown, Bette Midler & Gloria Estefan, etc. When people are looking at that era, they're also remembering it as the last years before the collapse of music diversity on radio with the 1996 Telecommunications Act.

I don't care that it was primarily a video game hit, "My Favorite Game" was a great song.

I was going to say no, but turns out I was thinking of The Cardigans.

A lot of people are about to be surprised (or fake it) at exactly how much the government subsidizes low wages.

Oh oh oh...a horror movie anthology where each segment is told from the view of and narrated by a different stuffed animal.

Unfortunately I think the far right wing is the best chance we have to get ranked voting enabled. There will come a point where they'll realize that's the only way they'll get a voice in elections. It'll get some bad guys in short term, but progressives will finally get chance as well.

Waiting for glorious leader to start complaining that the World Series should only feature American teams and that the Jays should be grateful for even letting them play in the first place.

A better version would separate the syllables in Putin to Pu-tin to set up Poo-ing. I need an Edit button!

Yakov Smirnoff (still alive and working!) should create a whole new stand-up on Trump's ties to the current leader of the former Soviet Republic. For example...

In Soviet Russia, glorious leader is Putin. After the No Kings rally, glorious leader Trump is Poo-ing.

"-Salt particles left at the scene are only used on peanuts grown in the southeastern Georgia region by the Nuttin' Matters company. A perusal of employee records showed...
- Detective? We found a rental receipt for the ladder with the theives' credit card and address listed...
- Son of a biscuit!"

This would be hilarious if it weren't so tragic.

Sorry you lost the chance to further reconnect.

If you visit the Mustard Museum in Middleton, WI you can get a museum t-shirt and have a hors d'oeuvre selection.

I know they just came out with a new trailer today, is this a tie-in promo for The Running Man?

YouTube video by RoyalRepublic Royal Republic - Venus (Official Video)

It's nearly the end of the start of the week, enjoy some wholesome thrash music!
(seriously, it's a blast and I fell down a rabbit hole listening to them last night. also not their normal look, it seems to be something they're doing for this specific cover album)

Although there were padded shoulders. It was a different time.

My daughter and I were looking at Halloween decorations and costumes today, and we passed a section of 80s costumes that were all headbands, wristbands, and neon colors. I told her it was interesting, but I was pretty much wearing dark t-shirts and jeans in the 80s too.

YouTube video by FalcoVEVO Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (Official 4k Music Video)

Rock Me Amadeus isn't as good IMO, but it works the format with David as Falco and Jimmy as Amadeus, especially with the switches back and forth between the two and spoofing opportunities with the biker gangs, 18th century nobility, and gratuitous cleavage shots. But I still want Vienna Calling.

YouTube video by Enhanced Music Videos Falco - Vienna Calling (Music Video), Full HD (Digitally Remastered and Upscaled)

Random Thought #452 - David Dastmalchian would be perfect in a recreation of Falco's Vienna Calling music video for the Tonight Show, except there isn't a good secondary role for Fallon.
(No shade on Fallon, that's just their parody format)

Culture Erasure
Talking Talk
Men Without Wang
Foo Fountains

Picture of the front of a Kwik Trip gasoline station

Unsolicited Kwik Trip pic

YouTube video by StingVEVO Sting - I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying

On a side note, here is Sting's weirdest music video (and that's apart from his hair cut.) Originally hated the dad "baby sitting" his kids, but now see it as his thoughts and sadness on society's expectations of his situation. Another in the "Happy Beat, F'ed Lyrics" genre.

YouTube video by ThePoliceVEVO The Police - Roxanne (Official Music Video)

The official (and only) version of Roxanne listed on their YT channel for those interested.

YouTube video by bigotito657 The Police - Roxanne(Video Original)

It's weird that The Police memory holed this version off their official YouTube channel, especially since this was the first Police music video for most older fans. Supposedly they did a video for "So Lonely" using the same set/clothes, but I haven't found that one yet.

UPDATE!
(i've completely forgotten what that idea was. i should have written it down. number 358,028 in a series of forgotten ideas.)