There seems to be a sudden surge in interest in cultural artifacts (how's that for putting it diplomatically) from the 80s. I find this both extremely entertaining and horrifying.

Starting with the downright weird: a good friend of mine from college found this, and gave it to a mutual friend who posted it. Found at YouTube. The Dog Police were contestants in one of the MTV Basement Tapes competitions. I don't think they won, but they should have.

Now that you're warmed up....links to a couple of hundred 80s videos.

The Good

• A-Ha - Take On Me
• ABC - The Look of Love
• Altered Images - I Could Be Happy
• The Art of Noise - Paranoimia
• Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
• Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
• Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

The Bad

• A Flock of Seagulls - Space Age Love Song
• Aldo Nova - Fantasy
• After the Fire - Der Komissar
• Bon Jovi - Livin' On a Prayer
• Cheap Trick - The Flame

The Weird

• Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
• Barnes and Barnes - Fish Heads
• Big Audio Dynamite - E=mc2
• Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
• Burning Sensations - Belly of the Whale
• Captain Sensible - Wot
• Dominatrix - The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight

And that just got through the D's. Lots of good and goo here. Don't miss this one - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, White Lines. Directed by Spike Lee and starring a very young Lawrence Fishburne.

I also stumbled across this oddity recently, with more 80s videos and somewhat snarky commentary.