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OH NOOOES!!1!!!1!  This just in!  Breaking news!!!  Weird Al, who has been a vegan since 1992, has been tricked into drinking powdered bone slime!  GASP!!!

Yes, according to The Washington Post, his 2003 concert rider (page 5) specifically requests two bottles of good Chardonnay, especially Yellow Tail brand.  However, the Vegetarian Star reports that this particular brand uses gelatin (an animal byproduct) as part of the finishing process, thus making it not vegan-friendly.

Of course, the drinks specified in the rider aren’t just for Al alone.  That is unless he consumes all 48 cans of bottles of beer, plus two bottles of good red wine, AND the two bottles of Chardonnay after each show by himself.    Hmm, maybe.  Heck, that’s just a Tuesday night for me.

Anyway, where was I going with this?  Hmm, I forget.  Well, I got half a buffalo on the grill and a keg of vodka waiting for me.   Ta ta for now.

Jul 20, 2010 The Florida Theatre Jacksonville, FL
Jul 21, 2010 Hard Rock Live Orlando, FL
Jul 23, 2010 King Center Melbourne, FL TBA
Jul 24, 2010 Center for the Arts at Mizner Park Boca Raton, FL
Jul 25, 2010 Mahaffey Theater St. Petersburg, FL
Jul 28, 2010 Globe News Performing Arts Center Amarillo, TX
Sep 3, 2010 TWC Amphitheatre at Tower City Cleveland, OH

The Hanson video is out now!  See if you can recognize where Weird Al is:

If you remember this tweet from Al last month…

It’s a beautiful day – think I’ll fly out to Tulsa and be in a Hanson music video.

and wondered what that was about, wonder no more.   Hanson is releasing a new album called “Shout It Out” with a music video for its first single “Thinking ‘Bout Somethin”.  The video will recreate a scene from “The Blues Brothers” and have over 300 extras including, you guessed it, “Weird Al” Yankovic.

The single will available through iTunes on April 27th.

[source: PopEater.com]

That’s right kids, we’re selling out big time! Be sure to rummage through your parent’s wallets and purses and buy all our newest stuff like: Yank Blog Beer! Yank Blog Bags O’ Sugar! Yank Blog Books I’ve Already Read! Yank Blog Alpacas! (get one as a pet OR meat).  Yank Blog Bluetooth-enabled Dog Feeders!  Yank Blog plushies (modeled after your favorite YB author… no the other… NO the OTHER ONE)!  Yank Blog Trilobites!  Yank Blog 4-Dimensional HDTVs now in color.  Yank Blog autographed posters of Lady Gaga!  Yank Blog hundred dollar bills now half-off!  Yank Blog 99% Edible Energy Bars!  Yank Blog copper engravings of Abraham Lincoln ($50)!

What are you waiting for?  Buy! Buy! Buy!

Unsatisfied with having parodied only music and movies, Weird Al Yankovic has invested billions of dollars he found in his living room sofa to create parodies of everything else in the world.  For starters, he’s created a chain of “Beast Buy” stores, “Burper King” restaurants, and even “CitiYank” banks.  Next up on the list, Al says he plans on parodying more imaginative concepts like “euphoria” and “tastes like purple”.