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It’s the last day of May, and to quote Stanley Spadowski in UHF, “I know how you all probably like to wait until the last minute, well this is it! This IS the last minute!!!” If you haven’t sent in your donation yet, we’re waiting for it!!

Weird Al Star Fund’s end of May total is $18,290.11. (That doesn’t include any donations received today.) While we fell short of our goal of $25,000, it’s still quite an impressive number, considering we were totally surprised when the Hollywood Chamber Of Commerce substantially increased the price only last February. Thanks to everyone who pulled together and raised money so quickly one way or another. Whether you were a first time contributor, or reached into your pockets, two, three, or more times, please give yourself a round of applause and our greatest appreciation.

You may be asking what’s in store, now that June is practically upon us? First off, don’t stop or slow your fund raising efforts at all!! It’s not too late to raise the money! It’s very important to keep doing the good work you’ve all done so far!

We’ll have some colorful clothing, and a few pieces of new unique jewelry for sale on the website or eBay soon. Plus, we have some other treats in store for later in June or July. And don’t forget to pick up some super cool merchandise at our merchandise shop. There’s something there for everyone! (And if there isn’t, let us know, and we’ll make it for you!)

Don’t forget, concert season is in full swing in the U.S. now, and soon Canada, so if you’re going to one, have a blast! And what better place is there to talk up the star fund to whoever will listen?

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Al’s up again for world’s sexiest vegetarian celebrity on the PETA website. Let’s not have a repeat of last year, when Prince won, okay? PRINCE fer cryin’ out loud!! Oy.

Sweet!  Another addition to the Straight Outta Lynwood tour:  Aug 19 - Waukegan, IL - Genesee Theater

There’s only one week left in May! And that means that the Weird Al Star Fund has only one short week left before we need to make a final decision on what to do with Al’s application this year for his star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame!

If you haven’t donated to the Weird Al Star Fund yet, go there now and do so! Any amount is appreciated, $5, $10, $20, anything! We accept Paypal, check, or money order. Or, if donations aren’t your thing and you need to have something to show for it, you can go to the Star Fund’s Cafepress store and order some really cool authorized, licensed Weird Al merchandise! Choose from t-shirts, mousepads, mugs, stickers, calendars, and other neat Al stuff available nowhere else.

We’re still waiting to hear from many of you who pledged to raise at least $100 by the end of May. if you’re planning on mailing your pledge, keep in mind that the U.S. post office is closed this coming Monday for Memorial Day, so if you think your pledge might not make it to us in time, please send me or Vikki a note after you mail it, so we know to count it. Remember, even if you didn’t fully reach your goal, every dollar counts!

Now’s the time to help out the cause and help get Al a star!

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www.myspace.com/weirdalstar

Found by CatraDhtem:

For those of you with Fuse, Al will be on “Steven’s Untitled Rock Show” Tuesday night (May 22 at 7PM EST), supposedly interviewed at the Bamboozle Festival!

Update: Here’s the interview on Youtube.

Check out the online version of an article about Weird Al Star Fund from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune.

Wind up your radios everyone. Roving reporter, UHJeff, has let us know that Y-Rock on WXPN in Philadelphia will let our pal Al take over their radio airwaves this Friday. It even says so on their page:

Straight outta Lynnwood and onto XPN, “Weird Al” Yankovic sits down with fellow “white & nerdy” guy Joey O. this Friday night before taking over the radio station. The premier music parodist picked almost two hours worth of music and it all starts at 8pm this Friday, May 18th. Tune in at 88.5 XPN, 88.5 HD-2 and online at YRockonXPN.org. And listen to Y-Rock all week long for chances to win tickets for Weird Al’s August 15th show at the Keswick Theater before they become available this Thursday!

See that everyone? You can even listen online! That’s pretty cool. It sure saves most of us that annoying hassle of having to pack up everything (including my big leather suitcase and my garment bag and my tenor saxophone and my 12-pound bowlin’ ball and my lucky, lucky autographed glow-in-the-dark snorkel) and move to Philly for just a few hours.

I’ll be Iowa radio tomorrow morning at 9 A.M. (Iowa time) to talk about the Weird Al Star Fund. It’s Brian Marshall’s morning show on ROCK 108, KFMW, Waterloo-Cedar Falls / Cedar Rapids, IA. Tune in if you can!

Thanks to everyone who sent in your donations since my last message. We should have an updated total shortly, but if you haven’t donated to the Weird Al Star Fund yet, go there now and do so! Any amount is appreciated, $5, $10, $20, anything! We accept PayPal, check, or money order. And we’ve got some great merchandise for sale too to get you ready for concert season!

Woo! More tour dates have popped up on Weird Al’s Straight Outta Lynwood Tour, including some Canadian venues!

July 24 - Medicine Hat, Alberta - Esplanade Arts & Heritage Center
July 25 - Edmonton, Alberta - ED Fest
July 26 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Center
July 27 - Calgary, Alberta - Silver Dollar Casino
Aug 5 - Doswell, VA - Kings Dominion
Aug 6 - Wildwood, NJ - Wildwoods Convention Center
Aug 9 - Wilmington, DE - Grand Opera House
Aug 15 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre (Return engagement!)
Aug 22 - Ottowa, Ontario - Civic Center
Aug 25 - Mitchell, SD - Corn Palace Festival

Woo!  So how many are YOU going to?

Hey fans of Weird Al,

There’s only about two weeks left before we need to make a final decision on what to do with Al’s application this year for a star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame.

The Hollywood Chamber Of Commerce raised the price to $25,000 this year, and that only gave us a short time to raise a lot of money. The good news is we’re already at $17,559.65, but after what everyone did last year, I know we can all better that number by the end of May! The closer we get to $25,000, the less likely we’ll have to tell the Chamber to withdraw Al’s application.

So, you’re gonna be hearing from me a lot over the next couple weeks. Might as well get me off your back now. If you haven’t donated to the Weird Al Star Fund yet, go there now and do so! Any amount is appreciated, $5, $10, $20, anything! We accept Paypal, check, or money order.

Or, if donations aren’t your thing and you need to have something to show for it, you can go to the Star Fund’s Cafepress store and order some really cool authorized, licensed Weird Al merchandise! Choose from t-shirts, mousepads, mugs, stickers, calendars, and other neat Al stuff available nowhere else.

If you took our pledge to raise at least $100 by the end of May, you should start sending the pledges in this week so it’s gets to us on time. It’s still not too late to make a pledge either. Even if you don’t reach your goal, every dollar counts!

Now’s the time to help out the cause and help get Al a star!

www.weirdalstar.com
www.cafepress.com/weirdalstar
www.myspace.com/weirdalstar