Back Porch Videos "Way before the internet and YouTube, there was public access cable television. And so...we proudly present these vintage clips from the 1980's alternative music video show, "Back Porch Video." Premiering January 28, 1984, this pioneering program was crewed and hosted by high-school students from the Dearborn/Detroit, Michigan area. Stay tuned for the ultimate best (and ultimate tacky) in retro-80's videos - from pop alternative, to hair bands, to rock and some of the most exclusive hardcore!!!" Almost 700 videos of post punk brilliance. "Sharkey's Day" by Laurie Anderson: Rare Iggy and the Stooges - MC5 Footage: "Beat Box" by Art of Noise: "Kiss Me on the Bus" by The Replacements: "Our Lips are Sealed" by Funboy Three: "Let Me Be Your Pirate" by Nena: "Rainy Season" by Howard DeVoto: "Save it For Later" by the English Beat: "Boys in the Street" by Eddie Grant: "Too Loud" by Robert Plant Student Video
posted to MetaFilter by vronsky at 6:21 PM on February 25, 2008 (25 comments)

The Top 5 Game-Inspired Music Videos (via, with one more)
posted to MetaFilter by flatluigi at 7:41 PM on January 22, 2008 (30 comments)

Faithful live-action recreations of "classic" Garfield comic strips. (Quicktime required.)
posted to MetaFilter by Prospero at 1:57 PM on January 14, 2008 (83 comments)

Candidates on executive power: a full spectrum. Boston Globe reporter Charlie Savage, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his work on presidential signing statements, surveyed the major 2008 presidential candidates about their views on the limits of executive power. [BugMeNot, via Huffington Post.]
posted to MetaFilter by homunculus at 1:21 PM on December 26, 2007 (18 comments)

In Praise of Idleness, Why Crunch Mode Doesn't Work, and The Five Day Work Week. via
posted to MetaFilter by anotherpanacea at 8:00 AM on December 14, 2007 (24 comments)

Presenting hip-hop live and weird from cLOUDDEAD.
posted to MetaFilter by Bookhouse at 10:59 PM on November 9, 2007 (14 comments)

The Pardoner's Tale - adapted to rap by Baba Brinkman, who has been rapping Chaucer tales for a few years now. He's also released The Rap Canterbury Tales, a book that presents raps side by side with Chaucer's original Middle English. Both video and book are illustrated graffiti-style by his brother Erik. Discussed in a previous post by fatllama on hip hop classics.
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive at 12:33 AM on August 12, 2007 (18 comments)

Kasper Hauser's parody of this American Life :Episode 1 - Going Postal . Episode 2 - Phantom High School .
posted to MetaFilter by srboisvert at 11:58 AM on July 6, 2007 (24 comments)

Impale It With Mr Carrot! Our Masters Will Be So Proud!
posted to MetaFilter by Stynxno at 10:13 AM on July 5, 2007 (20 comments)

$15 microwave -- this is why I'm hot. Via. $15 microwave -- this is why I'm hot (break it down now)
posted to MetaFilter by parmanparman at 11:39 AM on May 24, 2007 (23 comments)

THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF AMERICA warning: sound, animated gifs, frontpage-1.0-ish
posted to MetaFilter by Stynxno at 12:29 PM on May 9, 2007 (65 comments)

Chrome Children, Volume 2. From the unlikely entertainment coalition of Stones Throw Records and Adult Swim ... the fine folks that brought you DangerDoom and Chrome Children, Volume 1 ... come sixteen glorious and eclectic tracks, each proving that hip-hop is alive, well and evolving. And you can have all sixteen for the low, low price of absolutely nothing.
posted to MetaFilter by grabbingsand at 9:32 AM on February 14, 2007 (10 comments)

London to Brighton in Two Minutes (2006) [HI Apple Quicktime, LO Adobe Flash] preceeded by London to Brighton in Three-and-a-Half Minutes (1983) [RealMedia, context] preceeded by London to Brighton in Four Minutes (1953) [RealMedia, context]
posted to MetaFilter by riotgrrl69 at 8:02 AM on October 1, 2006 (21 comments)

1970s toy commercials. From an era when things were more fun, cool, and fresh. Whether you were a hipster or a genius type, there was some creative and smart toy to be had. Many toys were educational and prepared you for the vicissitudes of adulthood. (YouTube alert!)
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive at 7:10 AM on September 10, 2006 (44 comments)