vulcans? wha?

good ol' todd enlightened me to the existence of "vulcans" who live in the metro area, who are the firetruck-riding hooligans in question. and i ask, what is the purpose of the vulcans? anyone?
 
in a frenzy of "i need to do something to not think about smoking," i went to the plaza maplewood cheap theater and saw (i  know, i know) "13 going on 30." my 1980s nostalgia got the best of me and, even though it directly stole from "big" (the protaganist standing up in the limo -- or maybe it was a creative "nod"), mark ruffalo is goodness and who can't resist a mob of people dancing the "thriller" dance?
 
however, liz phair has put the same damn song in yet ANOTHER movie.
 
i love liz. i love older liz more than new, shiny liz, but i understand that a musician sometimes wants to be popular. i understand that she wants to be able to put her little boy through any college he wants when he gets older.
 
but "why can't i" has been in THREE MOVIES NOW. it's (i heard) in some mandy moore "how to deal" movie, it was in "win a date with tad hamilton" and now in "13 going on 30" WTF?
 
and "extraordinary" was somehow on a commercial for the A&E channel. craziness.
what next? pj harvey does a sitcom jingle?