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Dan Savage, Elizabeth Wurtzel, Jodie Foster, Jesse Camp, Lisa Germano, Steve Albini, Ted Raimi, Philip Glass, Kato Kaelin, Jonny Greenwood, GroverVIDEOS OF THE MOMENT
updated sporadically
Plasmastics "The Damned"
I remember seeing this on late night TV years ago, and I've been searching for it ever since. Wendy was pretty much the most badass chick ever. Dig the disclaimer at the beginning.
Unknown Country Crooner How to Handle a Heckler
This guy is my new hero. God, if only that had been Beatle Bob.
blancbonn Kitty Playing with a Theremin
What does it say about me that I find this absolutely hysterical?
Radiohead "Creep" (Late Night With Conan O'Brien, September 13 1993)
Can you imagine Radiohead being anyone's first musical guest these days? Conan really likes these guys. What a coincidence! I do, too.
Shirley Ellis "The Clapping Song" (American Bandstand)
Shirley Ellis is the shit.
OLDER VIDEOS
The artists in red are the ones without whom my life would be naught but a hollow shell.
4 Non Blondes : The 5.6.7.8's : 7 Shot Screamers : 13th Floor Elevators : 10,000 Maniacs
a-ha : AC/DC : Johnny Ace : Accept : Bryan Adams : Ryan Adams : Hasil Adkins : Aerosmith : The Afghan Whigs : Afrika Bambaataa : After The Fire : Afternoon Sister : Agnes Warhead : Air : Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan : Alice In Chains : The Allman Brothers Band : The Amboy Dukes : America : Los Angeles Negros : The Animals : Aphex Twin : Aphrodite's Child : Apotheosis : Aqueduct : At The Drive-In : Rich Aucoin : Autechre
The B-52's : Baby Gramps : Luis Enrique Bacalov : Bad Brains : Bad Company : Bad Ronald : Badly Drawn Boy : The Ballistics : The Barbarians : Basehead : The Beach Boys : Beastie Boys : The Beatles : Beck : Jeff Beck : Belle And Sebastian : The BellRays : Belly : Pat Benatar : Chuck Berry : The Beta Band : Better Than Ezra : The Beau Brummels : Big Black : The Big Bopper : Big Country : Björk : Black Flag : The Black Heart Procession : Black Marker Band : Black Oak Arkansas : Black Sabbath : Blind Melon : Blisterdick : Blood, Sweat & Tears : Bloodhound Gang : Bloodrock : Bon Jovi : Gary US Bonds : Bone Thugz N Harmony : Bonnie "Prince" Billy : Boogie Down Productions : Boredoms : Boston : Bow Wow Wow : David Bowie : Boys Don't Cry : Boys On Wheels : Brazilian Girls : The Breeders : Walter Brennan : The Brian Jonestown Massacre : Brides Of Science : Arthur Brown : Jackson Browne : James Brown : Jeff Buckley : Built To Spill : Basia Bulat : The Buoys : Burning Sensations : William S. Burroughs : Butthole Surfers : Carter Burwell : Buzzcocks : Buzzcuts : The Byrds : David Byrne
John Cage : Cake : Cab Calloway : Camper Van Beethoven : Can : Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band : The Cars : The Cascades : Johnny Cash : The Castaways : Chad & Jeremy : Benoit Charest : Ray Charles : Chubby Checker : The Chemical Brothers : Cody Chestnutt : Cher : Chicago : Chilliwack : Charlie Christian : Cibo Matto : Circle Jerks : Circulatory System : Eric Clapton : Patsy Cline : Eddie Cochran : Tom Cochrane : Leonard Cohen : Coil : Nat "King" Cole : Collective Soul : Colourbox : John Coltrane : Comalectric : Pascal Comelade : Comus : Concrete Blonde : Spade Cooley : Coolio : Core v Core : Cornershop : The Count 5 : The Cramps : Crazy Backwards Alphabet : Creedence Clearwater Revival : The Cranberries : The Cripplers : Jim Croce : Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young : Sheryl Crow : R. Crumb : The Cure : Cypress Hill
D-Form : Dada : The Charlie Daniels Band : David Gilmour's Phaser Pedal : Miles Davis : Ronnie Dawson : De La Soul : William De Vaughn : Dead Can Dance : Dead Kennedys : The Dead Milkmen : The Deadbolts : Dead Mom : Death From Above 1979 : Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich : Rick Dees : Deep Purple : Def Leppard : Deltron 3030 : John Denver : Depeche Mode : Detail : The Detroit Cobras : Devo : Devotchka : Neil Diamond : DJ Shadow : D.I. : Marlene Dietrich : Ani DiFranco : Digable Planets : Digital Underground : Dinosaur Jr. : Dire Straits : Fats Domino : The Doors : Doves : Dr. Octagon : The Dust Brothers : Bob Dylan
Eagles : Easy Star All-Stars : Echo & The Bunnymen : Duane Eddy : Dave Edmonds : Eels : Elastica : Electric Light Orchestra : The Elephant 6 : Danny Elfman : Elso Emelet : Emerson, Lake & Palmer : Eminem : En Vogue : The English Beat : Brian Eno : Entombed : Escape Club : Esquivel! : Melissa Etheridge : Bill Evans : The Everly Brothers : Evolution Control Committee : Explosions In The Sky : Eyes Are Magnets
Faces : The Fadeaways : Faith No More : Falco : The Fall : Fannypack : Fartgasm : Fastball : Fatboy Slim : Fear : Charlie Feathers : The Flaming Lips : Flatt & Scruggs : Fleetwood Mac : The Fleetwoods : Floodline : The Flying Burrito Bros : Foghat : Foo Fighters : Aretha Franklin : Kirk Franklin : Fugees : Funkadelic : Funky C Funky Do
Peter Gabriel : Diamanda Galás : Gandhi : The Gaslight Squares : Marvin Gaye : Geinoh Yamashirogumi : Oleg Georg : Lisa Germano : Germs : George Gershwin : Geto Boys : Philip Glass : Godspeed You Black Emperor! : Golden Earring : Eliot Goldenthal : Dickie Goodman : Henryk Gorecki : Grandaddy : Dobie Gray : Grateful Dead : Al Green : Griz Green : Green Day : The Greenskeepers : The Grunge Matters : The Guess Who : Guided By Voices : Guns N' Roses
The Hackensaw Boys : Petra Haden : Handsome Boy Modeling School : Hanson : Hapshash And The Coloured Coat : P J Harvey : Screamin' Jay Hawkins : Isaac Hayes : Heart : Don Henley : The Henschmen : Bernard Herrmann : Lauryn Hill : Robyn Hitchcock : Billie Holiday : The Hollies : Buddy Holly : Gustav Holst : Hootie & The Blowfish : Bruce Hornsby and the Range : Hudson And The Hoo Doo Cats : The Human League : Betty Hutton
Janis Ian : Billy Idol : The Inalienable Right To Eat Fred Astaire's Asshole : Los Incas : Incredible Bongo Band : India.Arie : Jørgen Ingmann : INXS : Iron Butterfly : Iron Maiden
George Michael Jackson : Jackson 5 : Mahalia Jackson : Michael Jackson : James Gang : Etta James : Jan & Dean : Jandek : Jane's Addiction : Jay-Z : Jefferson Airplane : Jesse & The 8th Street Kidz : Jesus Jones : Jethro Tull : Joel and the Joels : Eric Johnson : Johnnie Johnson : Robert Johnson : Daniel Johnston : Quincy Jones : Spike Jones : Tom Jones : Journey : Joy Grenade : Jumpin' Gene Simmons : Jurassic 5
Kajagoogoo : Kansas : Katrina and the Waves : Kid Koala : Carole King : King Crimson : King Missile : Harvey Knuckles : Koji Kondo : Kraftwerk : Kryptonite Cross : Kyuss
The La's : The Langley Schools Music Project : The Last Poets : Leadbelly : The Legendary Pink Dots : The Legendary Stardust Cowboy : Tom Lehrer : Leoncie : Jeffrey Lewis : Jerry Lee Lewis : Live : LL Cool J : Loggins & Messina : Louise Attaque : The Louvin Brothers : Love And Rockets : Lyle Lovett : Rev. W.J. Lumpkin : Lungfish : Lynyrd Skynyrd
M/A/R/R/S : Madonna : The Magnetic Fields : Main Source : The Majestic Arrows : Manshee : April March : Bob Marley & The Wailers : Massive Attack : Mastodon : Meat Loaf : Medeski, Martin & Wood : Men At Work : Men Without Hats : Mercury Rev : MF Doom : Charles Mingus : The Misunderstood : Joni Mitchell : The Modern Lovers : Lou Monte : Giorgio Moroder : Ennio Morricone : Alanis Morrisette : Bill Moss : Motörhead : Mr. Mister : Murder By Death : Eddie Murray : My Bloody Valentine : Alannah Myles
N.W.A. : Nada Surf : Napalm Death : Nas : Nato Caliph : Nazareth : Nazz : Negativland : Willie Nelson : New Order : Randy Newman : Nico : Harry Nilsson : Nirvana : Nirvana (60's) : No Alternative : Noir Desir : Noisy Stylus : NoMeansNo : Ted Nugent
Jim O'Rourke : Oasis : Phil Ochs : Oingo Boingo : Olivia Tremor Control : Orchestra Manoeuvers In The Dark : Joan Osborne : Ozzy Osbourne : John Oswald : Our Last Naked Embrace : Outkast
Paleface : Harry Partch : Dolly Parton : Pet Shop Boys : Peter Bjorn And John : Liz Phair : The Phantom : Phantom Rockers : Pink Floyd : The Pipettes : Gene Pitney : Pixies : Plamo : Plan 9 : Plasmatics : Plastic Ono Band : The Plugz : The Police : Portishead : Elvis Presley : Billy Preston : Primus : Prince : The Prodigy : The Psychedelic Furs : Public Enemy : Public Image, Ltd.
Quarashi : Queen : Queen Latifah : Queens Of The Stone Age : ? And The Mysterians : Quiet Riot : Robert Quine
R.E.M. : Rabbit Sees Stars : Radar Jensen : Radiohead : Bonnie Raitt : Ram Luv : Ramones : The Rascals : Red Hot Chili Peppers : Red Ryder : Otis Redding : Lou Reed : Relatively Painless : The Repellents : The Replacements : The Residents : The Residuals : Rezillos : Zoogz Rift : Right Said Fred : The Righteous Brothers : LeAnn Rimes : Linda Ronstadt : Nino Rota : Roxy Music : Run-DMC : Runaways : Todd Rundgren : RZA
Sad Kermit : Santo & Johnny : Peter Schilling : Diane Schurr : Scratch Acid : See-Thrus : Pete Seeger : The Self-Evident Trio : Sex Pistols : The Shaggs : The Shangri-Las : William Shatner : silverchair : Carly Simon : Simon & Garfunkel : Simple Minds : Sleepytime Gorilla Museum : Slint : Slovenly : Sly And The Family Stone : Smashing Pumpkins : Sneaker Pimps : Sniff'n' the Tears : B.J. Snowden : Soft Cell : Sonic Youth : The Sonics : Soundgarden : Spanky & Our Gang : Bruce Springsteen : Spooky Tooth : Squarepusher : SSQ : Jim Stafford : Carl Stalling : Steinski : Stereolab : Rod Stewart : Karlheinz Stockhausen : Peter Storch : Stray : Stray Cats : The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs : Strong Bad : Subdermals : Sugarhill Gang : Suicidal Tendencies : Suicycle : The Supremes : Swans : Sweet
Taco : Talk Talk : Talking Heads : James Taylor : Shooby Taylor : Tommy Tee : Television : The Temptations : They Might Be Giants : Third Roar Theory : Throwing Muses : Tiger Army : Timbuk 3 : Tiny Tim : Toad The Wet Sprocket : Toadies : Toots & The Maytals : Traffic : Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players : A Tribe Called Quest : The Trip Daddys : The Marshall Tucker Band : The Turtles : TV On The Radio : Twisted Sister
Ultramagnetic MC's : The Unarmed Civilians : Jay Ungar : Unit : The Urge : Urge Overkill : The Utilities
Van Halen : The Vanishing Thumbs : Vaselines : The Velvet Underground : Velvet Warhead : Veruca Salt : The Ventures : Violent Femmes : The Void
Tom Waits : Jr. Walker and the All Stars : Wall Of Voodoo : Joe Walsh : War On War : Was (Not Was) : The Waterboys : We All Together : The White Stripes : The Who : Hank Williams : Wesley Willis : Brian Wilson : Wire : Bill Withers : Stevie Wonder : The Wonder Stuff : Brian Woodbury : Link Wray
X : XOC : XTC : X-Ray Spex
"Weird Al" Yankovic : Yes : Neil Young : Young Marble Giants : Ypsilanti All-Stars
Zamfir : Frank Zappa : The Zombies : ZZ Top
The films in red helped to turn me into the social deviant that I am today.
28 Days Later : 1991: The Year Punk Broke : 2001: A Space Odyssey
The Adventures Of Prince Achmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) : Akira : Almost Famous : Alone In The Dark [Jack Sholder] : Amadeus : Amazon Women On The Moon : American Psycho : An American Werewolf In London : Anchorman: The Passion Of Ron Burgundy : Andy's Funhouse : The Atomic Cafe
Bad Taste : Beginning Of The End : Begotten : Best In Show : Better Off Dead : The Big Lebowski : Billy Madison : Blood Simple : Bloody Mallory : Bones [Ernest R. Dickerson] : The Boondock Saints : Bowling For Columbine : A Boy And His Dog : Boys Don't Cry : Boyz N The Hood : Brick : The Butterfly Effect
Cabaret : Cane Toads : The Castle : Cat's Eye : The Celluloid Closet : The Changeling : Chaplin : Children Of The Corn : Chinatown : Chopping Mall : C.H.U.D. : City Of God [Cidade de Deus] : City Slickers : A Clockwork Orange : Crash [David Cronenberg] : Creepshow
Dead Alive : The Deer Hunter : Deliverance : Demons : The Devil And Daniel Johnston : DiG! : Dog Day Afternoon : Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb : Dude, Where's My Car?
Ed's Next Move : Electrocuting An Elephant : Eraserhead : The Evil Dead : Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn : Das Experiment : The Eye (Jian Gui)
The Faculty : Fahrenheit 9/11 : Fargo : Ferris Bueller's Day Off : Five Easy Pieces : The Fly [David Cronenberg] : Forbidden Zone : Freaks : Fried Green Tomatoes : Fright Night
Ghostbusters : Gift : Gigantic: A Tale Of Two Johns : Gimme Shelter : God Told Me To : The Godfather (Pts. 1 & 2) : The Gods Must Be Crazy : Good Night, And Good Luck. : Grave Of The Fireflies : Grease : Gremlins : The Groove Tube : Grosse Pointe Blank
HairKutt : Hairspray [John Waters] : Happiness : Happy Gilmore : Henry Fool : Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer : High Anxiety : Hope And Glory : Hotel Rwanda : House
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka : In America : Invasion Of The Body Snatchers [Philip Kaufman]
Jaws : La Jetée : The Judas Project
Kids : Kindergarten Cop : King Kong [Willis O'Brien] : Kill Bill : Koyaanisqatsi
Lady In White : The Last Detail : The Last Man [Harry Ralston] : The Last Party : The Last Remake Of Beau Geste : The Life And Death Of 9413, A Hollywood Extra : A Life Less Ordinary : Little Man Tate : Little Miss Sunshine : The Lost Boys : The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra
M : Man On The Moon : Man With The Screaming Brain : Manos: The Hands Of Fate : Meeting People Is Easy : A Mighty Wind : Mondo Cane : Monster In The Closet : The Monster Squad : Monty Python And The Holy Grail : The Motel : Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House : Mr. Holland's Opus : My Life As A Dog : My Own Private Idaho : Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie : Mystic Pizza
Near Dark : Night Of The Living Dead [1968] : A Nightmare On Elm Street : No Country For Old Men : North By Northwest
One Day In September : One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest : Overdrawn At The Memory Bank
Phantom Of The Paradise : Picnic At Hanging Rock : Pieces : Pink Flamingos : The Player : Popcorn [Mark Herrier] : The Princess Bride : Pulp Fiction : Purple Rain
Ramones: End Of The Century : Raising Arizona : Rear Window : Repo Man : Rivers And Tides : Robot Monster : Roger & Me : Run [Geoff Burrowes] : Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt) : The Rundown
Salvador : The Savages [Tamara Jenkins]: Say Anything... : Scanners : Scarface [Brian De Palma]: Scream : The Shining : Sick : The Sixth Sense : Slacker : So I Married An Axe Murderer : So Wrong They're Right : Solarbabies : Spirited Away : Stir Of Echoes : Storytelling : Strangers On A Train : Strictly Ballroom : Suburbia [Penelope Spheeris]
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie : Tales From The Hood : Tapeheads : Tarnation : Terror In The Aisles : The Texas Chainsaw Massacre [Tobe Hooper] : There Will Be Blood : They Shoot Horses, Don't They? : The Thing [John Carpenter] : The Third Man : This Is Spinal Tap : Thou Shalt Not Kill...Except : The Times Of Harvey Milk : The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel): Trainspotting : Transamerica : Triumph Of The Will : The Truman Show
UHF : Unforgiven
Waiting For Guffman : Walking Tall [Kevin Bray] : Waxwork : Wedding Crashers : The Wedding Singer : West Side Story : The Wicker Man : Without A Paddle
The Young Lions
The shows in red have done an especially good job of rotting my brain.
20/20 [with Hugh Downs and Barbara Walters] : 48 Hours: Mystery : 60 Minutes : 120 Minutes
The Adventures Of Pete & Pete : Alfred Hitchcock Presents : Amazing Stories : Antiques Roadshow : Are You Afraid Of The Dark? : Are You Being Served? : Arrested Development
Barney And Friends : Beyond Belief: Fact Or Fiction? : Biorhythm : Bobby's World : Boston Legal : Buffy the Vampire Slayer : Bump In The Night
Clerks: The Animated Series : The Colbert Report : Connections : Cop Rock : The Critic : Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart : Daria : David The Gnome : Desperate Housewives : Double Dare
Eek the Cat : Eerie, Indiana
Family Guy : Family Matters : Frasier : The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air : Futurama
Garfield and Friends : Ghost Writer
Home Movies
The Jeffersons : The Jerry Springer Show
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp : Law & Order
Malcolm In The Middle : Mama's Family : Muppet Babies : My So-Called Life
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Reading Rainbow : The Ren & Stimpy Show : Road Rules : Rugrats
Sabado Gigante : Salute Your Shorts : Saturday Night Live : Seinfeld : Sightings : Simply Painting With Frank : The Simpsons [Seasons 1-8] : Supermarket Sweep
Tales From The Crypt : Tales From The Cryptkeeper : Talk Soup : Teletubbies : The Tick : The Twilight Zone
Unsolved Mysteries : U.S. Acres
V
The X-Files
You Can't Do That On Television
The books in red expedited my indoctrination into the tree-hugging, baby-killing lifestyle that I currently embrace.
Paul Auster: City Of Glass
Michael Azerrad: Our Band Could Be Your Life
Clive Barker: Books Of Blood
Peter Biskind: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Joe Bob Briggs: Profoundly Disturbing
Dee Brown: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Charles Burns: Black Hole
Irwin Chusid: Songs In The Key Of Z
Daniel Clowes: Ghost World
Stephen Colbert: I Am America (And So Can You!)
Michael Crichton: The Great Train Robbery
Roald Dahl: The BFG : Charlie And The Chocolate Factory : George's Marvellous Medicine : Matilda : The Witches
Henry Darger: The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion
Jim DeRogatis: Turn On Your Mind
Larry Doyle: I Love You, Beth Cooper
Harlan Ellison: The Beast That Shouted Love At The Heart Of The World : The Essential Ellison : I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream : Shatterday : Slippage : Strange Wine
Tim Footman : Radiohead: Welcome To The Machine
Esther Forbes: Johnny Deformed
Thomas Frank: What's The Matter With Kansas?
Alona Frankel: Once Upon a Potty
William Golding: Lord Of The Flies
Crockett Johnson: Harold And The Purple Crayon
Steven Johnson: Everything Bad Is Good For You
Norton Juster: The Phantom Tollbooth
Ken Kesey: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Daniel Keyes: Flowers For Algernon
Andreas Killen: 1973 Nervous Breakdown
Stephen King: Carrie : Creepshow : Cycle Of The Werewolf : Danse Macabre : Different Seasons : It : Misery : Night Shift : On Writing : The Shining
Paul Kirchner: The Big Book Of Losers
Naomi Klein: No Logo
Chuck Klosterman: IV : Killing Yourself To Live : Sex, Drugs, And Cocoa Puffs
Joe R. Lansdale: High Cotton
Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird
Ariel Levy: Female Chauvinist Pigs
Mark Lewison: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions
Arnold Lobel: Frog And Toad Are Friends : Owl At Home
Griel Marcus: Lipstick Traces
George Martin: With A Little Help From My Friends
Doug Moench: The Big Book Of Conspiracies : The Big Book Of The Unexplained
James Mottram: The Sundance Kids
George Orwell: Animal Farm
Chuck Palahniuk: Fight Club
Antoinette Portis: Not A Box
Dave Praeger: Poop Culture
Jack Prelutsky: Nightmares
Mario Puzo: The Godfather
Mary Roach: Stiff
Robert Rodriguez: Rebel Without A Crew
Louis Sachar: The Boy Who Lost His Face : Sideways Stories From Wayside School : Someday Angeline : There's A Boy In The Girl's Bathroom : Wayside School Is Falling Down
Dan Savage: Skipping Towards Gomorrah
Claudia Schmölders: Hitler's Face
Alvin Schwartz: Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
David Sedaris: Me Talk Pretty One Day
Maurice Sendak: In The Night Kitchen : Where The Wild Things Are
Shel Silverstein: The Giving Tree : A Light In The Attic : Uncle Shelby's A B Z Book : Where The Sidewalk Ends
David J. Skal: The Monster Show
Jerry Spinelli: Maniac Magee
John Steinbeck: East Of Eden : The Grapes Of Wrath : Of Mice And Men : The Pearl : Travels With Charley In Search Of America
Whitley Streiber: Communion
Yaron Svoray: Gods Of Death
Shaun Tan: The Red Tree
Studs Terkel: Working
Adrian Tomine: Summer Blonde : Shortcomings
Dalton Trumbo: Johnny Got His Gun
Sara Varon: Robot Dreams
E.B. White: Charlotte's Web
Gene Wilder: Kiss Me Like A Stranger
Gahan Wilson: The Big Book Of Freaks
Elizabeth Wurtzel: Bitch : Prozac Nation
Mark Zepezauer: The CIA's Greatest Hits
Richard Zoglin: Comedy at the Edge
Harlan Ellison, some other people who aren't Harlan Ellison.