Yank Blog

The new May 2004 Al themed desktop wallpaper is now up. Sean “It’s Not Art” Peterson created this touching and endearing wallpaper of Al and his parents. Congratulations and Al-oholics Anonymous thanks you for the wonderful submission. If you’ve got a great idea for a calendar, why not learn how you can create and submit your own calendar for June! Good luck!

Al’s week 6 comments on “American Idol” are up on the USA Today website.

In the spirit of my favorite song on Al’s most recent album Poodle Hat, this blog’s style now has a Hardware Store theme. Whee!

Not sure how long this style will last. I’m just experimenting with CSS and such. Kinda like a mini-version of CSS Zen Garden, a cool site that let’s people submit different styles of the same front page.

Update: Now you can choose the style you want! Just click on the style name on the side.

Three new concert dates have been added to the Poodle Hat Tour:

July 8, Westbury, NY – Westbury Music Fair
July 10, Verona, NY – Turning Stone Casino
July 14, Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

Find your closest venue with the nearly all-powerful, but still unofficial Concert Finder.

With the addresses from the UHF DVD and some screenshots, Rob “Flack” O’Hara set out to Oklahoma City to find out how these places look today, 15 years later. My how we’ve all grown.

Check out his incredible journey on his website, UHF – 15 Years Later

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Personally, I’m going to skip past the mention of Al in a certain satirical online humor news site and instead bring you a page I just recently came across…

A Weird Night! – September 9th, 2003, Garrison Titan (Seattle based group of Stormtroopers) had the privilege of performing on stage with the one and only, Weird Al Yankovic during his encore. Includes lots and lots of photos!

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For the fan who needs to collect everything, here are some magazines to track down on your next trip to the magazine stand.

• Playboy, May 2004, page 13, picture of Suzanne and Al
• Memory Makers, June 2004, page 94, Weird Al concert scrapbook. Look for it with the other scrapbooking magazines.
• People, April 26, 2004, page 71, parents death
• US Weekly, April 26, 2004, page 34, parents death
• In Touch, April 26, 2004, page 91, parents death
• Entertainment Weekly, April 23, 2004, page 22, parents death
• Uncut Legends #2 Kurt Cobain, page 54, brief mention. This one might be hard to find, it’s from England.

And don’t forget Al’s weekly comments every Tuesday is USA Today!

Al’s week 5 comments on “American Idol” are up on the USA Today website.

Weird, yeah, and better than Cher from the Topeka Capital-Journal.

For a guy who sings about things like constipation, leprosy and stalking, “Weird Al” Yankovic puts on a beautiful show.

Al’s week 4 comments on “American Idol” are up on the USA Today website.