Go out and vote, as long as you have some thought behind it.

Severed Heads - Heart of the Party

TOM ELLARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon

Lost song of the 80s...at least for me.

Greater Than One - I Don't Need God - Waxtrax! Records 1989

All I need is an amoeba.

Chapterhouse - We Are The Beautiful

More classic tunes.

Chapterhouse - Pearl

A barrage of good music from years ago. If you somehow missed it the first time, take some time to enjoy it now.

AC Marias - One of our girls has gone missing

One of the under-appreciated songs from the golden age of Alternative music in the U.S.

Opie, Andy, Richie, The Fonz, and Ron Howard say...

See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die

David Byrne-Psycho Killer

In case you had any doubts, David Byrne is a freak.

David Byrne-Dance On Vaseline

David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame...

New Order Every Little Counts Reading 1989

Not the best video/audio, but one of the best songs and part of what went into the name of this blog. Enjoy.

Beaker does Beethoven

A different set of liberties and protections for the religious...

That is right. West Virginia is planning on granting extra privacy protection to religious people. Never mind the rational reason to be concerned about a government database linking personal information with photos. You people have nothing legitimate to be concerned about. Get used to a government that wants all your information and will likely put it all on CDs or laptops and leave them laying about. You don't have any way to stop them...unless you happen to be part of a religion that is against it. Apparently that is the only way to get out from under the thumb of these ever more oppressive governments in this nation. If you happen to have the right religion, you get special protection in a myriad of circumstances. Here is one more of those:

West Virginia started a pilot project Friday to keep driver's license photos out of a computer database to accommodate members of a small religious group, who believe digital storage is a "mark of the beast" that evokes biblical prophecy.

State Division of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joseph Cicchirillo said Friday the group of Christians, who are not affiliated with a particular church, contacted the agency two or three years ago to object to their pictures "being on a database that can be exchanged throughout the world or hacked into."

Hudok and other members of his group have said bar codes and digital storage of photos are a way of numbering people, which they liken to a warning in the Bible's book of Revelation about a "mark of the beast" indicating the arrival of the Antichrist.

To accommodate their beliefs, state officials decided to issue licenses to the group members that are exactly like other West Virginia licenses except that the individual photos will be removed from the computer immediately after they are taken by a digital camera.

So, if I just don't trust the government, what is my recourse? Not to get a license, obviously. If I know they will eventually screw up security and give this information to unknown individuals, what is my recourse? Don't live in that state, obviously. Have some mythological fantasy that involves the fear of some "mark of the beast" thing going on? You get government protection, buddy! You get to opt out of a bad system that the rest of us get screwed on. Power goes to the nutty types out there, apparently.

Some insight from LEAP about the impact of the War on Drugs...

Is it really entry level if it requires experience?

Perhaps I have a completely different idea of what "entry level" means, but I think it is logical that "entry level (x)" would not require you to have experience doing (x).

I just perused a job posting for "Entry Level Help desk", which then had a stated requirement of 2 years experience in "help desk." Surely, after 2 years, you would not still be considered to be "entry level", right?

Armand van Helden - Koochy

Ok. Apparently it isn't really family or kid friendly, but it features video of "Box" (the robot) from the great film "Logan's Run." Not to mention any song based on a Gary Numan song ("Cars") is worth taking note of.

Serenity Con 2007 Nathan Fillion Surprises Alan Tudyk

He really does seem surprised...

Book Of Love - Pretty Boys And Pretty Girls

Only one of the best songs ever made. Let it into your soul.

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie

Good band from Scotland, circa 1989/1990 or so. Yes, that was Shirley Manson singing backing vocals in her pre-Garbage days.

Barrow voters say ‘No’ to Brain Train...Or do they?

The headline is very deceptive, because I know I did not say "no" to the "Brain Train" and a careful reading of the ballot question reveals that you cannot determine whether people are opposed to the concept or not from this result. See, here is the question as it was asked on the ballot:

Would you favor raising any local taxes to pay Barrow's portion of the proposed Brain Train between Atlanta and Athens?

So, you can determine whether someone would be willing to have their taxes raised to pay for the Brain Train, but you cannot tell whether they support the concept of the Brain Train or not.

I like the concept, but if it has to be paid for with tax money then I expect them to cut something else to finance it. These "journalists" out there can't seem to prevent themselves from making up the news from time to time.

Kristi Reed gets it right in the article, but a lot of people will see the headline and think it means exactly what it says.

Barrow County residents will not be catching the Brain Train if current voter sentiment holds sway.

The Barrow County Republican Party included three non-binding questions on this year’s primary ballot. One of the questions was an attempt to determine county support for the Atlanta to Athens Brain Train.

By a large majority, citizens opposed raising local taxes to pay for Barrow’s portion of the proposed rail line.