As a bonus, I've also included You Tubes of "Road to Nowhere" by the Talking Heads and "Talking Out the side of Yo Neck" by Cameo.

Happy Birthday Dissenters! When you stand up against tyranny and repression, you're in damned fine company:

They play a child's game. They toy with doomsday weapons and nuclear arms. All the while they never learned to mind their surroundings. For there is one force that trumps all the machinations of man and that is the force of nature. I alone, have the power to call forth the most devastating and destructive video. I alone yield the true weapon. I - a mere Blogslut - have called forth the lightning:

EDIT: Post Title Changed because Balloon Juice had it first.

Therefore, I will show my merciful side and aim this small selection directly at my spanky, new enemy:

When I joined the great VMD battle of early July '06, I never expected that I would be a victim of fallout. I launched the Nomi but I'm the one that can't. stop. thinking. about. Klaus.

I forgot just how good he was and how much work he put out before he died. Tiny Tim was a smirky falsetto faker. Klaus was a real, live countertenor and well, a frigging genius.

I know the Middle East is on fire. I know that Video wars are stupid and I should be blogging about important things. But today...for a few minutes, take a moment and give this YouTube a watch. If it's any consolation, it's erotic as hell:

By the time 1984 came around, I had become an agnostic. I no longer believed in the Rapture or the end times. That didn't stop me from thinking Jerry Falwell was a false prophet. It didn't stop me from thinking Ronald Reagan was a reasonable facsimile of the anti-Christ. My disbelief of organized religion didn't quell my fears that we humans would bring about our own destruction.

For all you folk out there fearing the Rapture or WWIII or whatever...I can see your point. Times are bad today. Very bad. I still have hope that humanity will stop this madness.

In the meantime, here's a little something from 1984 - starring John Lydon and Afrika Bambaataa:

President George W. Bush spoke before the N.A.A.C.P. today. His first time after he had refused the invitation five years straight. This is an election year and the Republicans aren't polling too well amongst black voters. Coincidence?

You can watch a re-play of the speech at C-SPAN. At approximately 32 minutes into the speech you'll get to see some patriots - the press calls them "hecklers" - speaking truth to power. Overall, it was damned chilly in that room.

Here's are some photos. courtesy of Yahoo/AP:

As for my opinion of Dubya and the black community? I'll defer to Kanye West:

At the moment, art and music are the only things that make sense to me. At the moment, all I can hear is Laurie Anderson: