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Paul Gleason died last Monday at the age of 67 of mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer linked to asbestos. Gleason was perhaps best known for his role as Principal Vernon in The Breakfast Club (seen at right), but he also played many other movie and TV roles. I’m a little dismayed that I didn’t hear about this until today, as it is quite sad news…
trashfan.com is “A refuge for neglected 80s video trash.” It’s chock full of reviews of the best of the worst ‘80s music videos with videocaps and links to YouTube videos; the Video Of The Week feature allows you to download a QuickTime video of the featured song. Very well done…
Milinkito has compiled a huge list of ’80s videos available on YouTube. In case you didn’t see my earlier posts on downloading YouTube videos, the excellent Firefox extension VideoDownloader makes it a snap, or visit the site Keepvid.
Dinosaur Gardens has an interesting post about the “album” Conquer The Video Craze:
Conquer the Video Craze was issued in 1982, at the height of arcade games’ popularity. Over a background of ambient arcade noise, Curtis Hoard, “Atari Champion finalist,” reads convoluted game tips in a slow nasal monotone.
The entire album is available for download, including the cover art. Maybe not for everyone, but I thought it was cool… 
Gapminder is:
a non-profit venture that develops information technology for provision of free statistics in new visual and animated ways. In short, it enables you to make sense of the world by having fun with statistics. Our method is to turn boring data into enjoyable interactive animations using Flash technology.
There is a lot of information here, and the interface really is fun to play around with; check it out!
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency offers some Reasons Not to Fear the Reaper:
His ex-girlfriend said he has a really small penis.
He drives a 1982 Camaro.
He eats tofu.
He has adult braces.
He thinks it’s nice that Rachel and Ross ended up together.
He wears one specially fitted orthopedic shoe.
He TiVos Will & Grace.
He can’t read.
Girl on the Right announces the formation of the elite United States Redneck Special Forces:
These Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, West Virginia, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas boys will be dropped off into Iraq and have been given only the following facts about terrorists:
1. The season opened today.
2. There is no limit.
3. They taste like chicken.
4. They don’t like beer, pickups, country music or Jesus.
5. They are DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE for the death of Dale Earnhardt.The Pentagon expects the problem in Iraq to be over by Friday.
Captain Picard’s Journal will probably only make sense and/or be humorous to hardcore Trekkies. Sadly, I got most of it and thought it was kind of funny…
Not sure what all the controversy over The Da Vinci Code is about? Then check out holyoffice’s LiveJournal entry The Internet Theologian Explains The Da Vinci Code, which clears it all up…
The Springfield Files has a large archive of Itchy And Scratchy episodes available for download, as well as lots of other multimedia and information on The Simpsons.
