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July 28, 2010

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“Weird Al” Yankovic Talks New Album, ATP, Upcoming Children’s Book

Revealed in this interview:  the children’s book, When I Grow Up, will be released on March 1, 2011 and will be a word-for-word duplication of the UHF script, oops no wait, I mean it’ll be about a curious monkey named George, no wait, it’s about a boy hoping to someday be the subject of a book by Weird Al and other careers.  Yeah, I think that’s it.

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July 24, 2010

Skipper Dan and Disney

“Inside the Magic”, the longest-running Disney podcast in the world, gets an intimate one-on-one interview with Weird Al just before his Orlando show and asks him all about one of my favorite songs “Skipper Dan” plus other Disney related connections with Al.

Super hush hush secret revealed:  The Skipper Dan costume used in concert is authentic and was recovered from the  grave of a former Skipper captain who met an untimely demise when battling those hungry, hungry hippos.  Amazing!

[Thanks Gil for the link]

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Twenty-Six and a Half: A Weird Al Tribute

Austin Aeschliman of Rycehat and Jace McLain of Nuclear Bubble Wrap are working on new Weird Al Tribute Album called “Twenty-Six and a Half.” They’ve already got over 20 deeeeeemented artists signed up to contribute, and here’s the cool part…. 40% of all sales are going to the Weird Al Star Fund!!

No release date yet, but they’re hoping to have it out by the end of 2010. Right now, they’re soliciting donations to help cover the cost of pressing the CDs. If you want to help, or see more about the project, you can do so here.

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July 17, 2010

Four more chances to see Al this summer

The tour’s not over yet! Al just added 4 more dates.

Sun Aug 8, 2010 Port Theatre Nanaimo, BC
Sat Aug 28, 2010 The Riverside Theater Milwaukee, WI
Sun Aug 29, 2010 The McAninch Center at College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL
Sat Sept 4, 2010 Sherman Theater Stroudsburg, PA

Interesting, all are on the weekend for your traveling convenience. And heads up for those interested, the presale for the Nanaimo started already on weirdal.com.

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July 13, 2010

San Antonio venue change

In case you only read this blog, but not Weird Al’s twitter (Why not?)…

Venue change! My show in San Antonio this Sunday will now be at the fabulous Majestic Theatre.


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July 06, 2010

Progress report

Al’s got a new blog up. Go read it. He talks a little about the tour, the European dates, the possibility of a new album, the aborted Cartoon Network film, his children’s book, and some other super secret projects he’s working on. Hmm, actually that about sums it nicely, so I guess you don’t have to go read it now after all. Never mind.

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June 26, 2010

Buddy Holly

Al has finally posted the long-coveted, ultra-rare, “Buddy Holly” snippet from “The Alternative Polka” on his YouTube. The story goes that at the very last minute, Weezer asked Al to pull the song from the polka. This was after all the artwork and liner notes for Bad Hair Day had been finalized, so, that’s why Weezer mysteriously appears in the liner notes for that album, as it was too late to edit their name out. It seems like there’s no bad blood between the two, because Weezer, later allowed Al to include “Beverly Hills” on “Polkarama!” for Straight Outta Lynwood.

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June 25, 2010

New Tour Dates

From Al himself:

New dates! 8/10 at the Warfield in San Francisco!
8/12 at the Phoenix Celebrity Theatre!
8/20 at the Henderson NV Pavilion!

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June 22, 2010

NPR: Tiny Desk Concert

Can’t make it to any concerts this year?  Seriously?  Not one of these?  Aw man, sorry to hear that.

Well, you can still get your concert fix thanks to NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series and even feel like you’re standing right next to him as he sings.  Here is Weird Al and the entire band playing “You Don’t Love Me Anymore,” “Good Old Days” and my favorite, an acoustic version of “CNR.”   Graciously, NPR also provides an audio version for download at the top of the page.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127983640&ft=1&f=1039

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June 19, 2010

NJ Venue Change Alert

If you’re planning on going to the June 27th show in Homdel, NJ, there has been a last-minute venue change.  The concert will now be held at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ.    According to that page, all tickets will be honored.

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