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Remember that Sent: Americas’ first camera phone exhibition where Al was an included artist, that was a that was supposed to have started next week? Well, it’s now postponed to some unspecified date in the Spring of 2004.

As the Recording Academy Celebrates GRAMMY Week, we find that GRAMMY nominee “Weird Al” Yankovic, along with Bob Saget, Jon Lovitz, Dom Irrera and others will be headlining a night of stand up comedy at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood this coming February 4. For more info, check out the WOWAY Concert Tracker.

Just some web geek info for this entry. I’ve updated the blogging software for Yank Blog to the latest version of WordPress. Let me know if the site looks weird in your browser. Those of you using a news aggregator might suddenly see the last 10 posts showing up again. Disregard those. None of the content has changed. It’s just that the links have gotten more search-engine friendly. Also, now entries can belong to more than one category. For those who asked for it, there is now an ATOM Feed along with the RDF, RSS, RSS 2.0 feeds. What can these mixed-up jumble of alphabet soup do for you? Well, with the help of a news aggregator, you can use any one of the feeds to keep you informed whenever a new entry has been posted here. And you can do the same with practically any other blog or news site that also offers a similar feed. If there’s interest, I’ll show ya how.

Someone Steals Statue of Yoda

Someone lifted a 170-pound bronze statue of Yoda, the “Star Wars” Jedi master.

Happy Birthday, Stephen Jay!

Today’s “Al’s Site of the Moment” is Julie Rae Englesman: Costume Designer for The Weird Al Show. You can see exlusive shots of the costumes she designed, a sketch of Cousin Corky’s Valentine’s Day outfit, and even streaming video clips. You can also read an in-depth interview with her at All Things Yankovic.

Just wanted to wish all you loony monkeys a Happy Chinese New Year.

Due to unfortunate circumstances beyond my control, the radio interview scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled. Sorry for any inconvienience.

I will be interviewed regarding the Weird Al Star Fund this coming Thursday 1/22 at 5:30 PM on The Joel Oriend Show on AM1320 WHHO in upstate New York. Please tune in and show your support!

Weird Al Star Fund is auctioning off the following item:

“Weird Al” Yankovic Cal Poly cover & interview
Item #3380028421
Ends Jan-25-04 22:24:59 PST

You saw the winning January desktop calendar from Al-oholics Anonymous and thought “Gee, that wasn’t too difficult. I could’ve done that!” Well, the deadine for submitting your own design for the February calendar is only about a week away. You’re just sitting there doing nothing anyway, so why not have a little artistic fun and create some juice Al goodness. If your entry is chosen then come February first, everyone will be in awe of you. Read the offical rules. before starting so you don’t waste time on big mistakes. Good luck!