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You Fucked the World Up Now, We’ll Fuck It All Back Down

Today, I offer my thoughts on two recent albums that are not that similar in style, but both are by women who brashly and sometimes humorously speak out against injustice and have “nell” in their first names, so that’s…something, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Current Events, Feminism, Gender, Humor, Music, Nellie McKay, Prejudice, Relationships, Video | Tagged aerosmith, afrofuturism, brian wilson, dirty computer, grimes, janelle monae, pharrell williams, prince, robots, science fiction, sister orchid, stevie wonder, tessa thompson, zoe kravitz |

Sign My Poodle, S’il Vous Plait

My look back at “Weird Al” Yankovic’s catalog moves into the new millennium with Poodle Hat from 2003. The title apparently derived from a time when Al’s poodle Bela sat on his head. It’s kind of unusual among his album … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Humor, Music, Television, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged avril lavigne, backstreet boys, beck, Ben Folds, billy joel, bo diddley, bob dylan, bruce springsteen, buddy holly, clarence clemons, dweezil zappa, eminem, frank zappa, hives, jerry lewis, kenny loggins, korn, limp bizkit, nelly, palindromes, parody, poodle hat, prince, sam raimi, spider-man, straight outta lynwood, strokes, uhf, vines, white stripes, willem dafoe |

I Get By on All My Prehistoric Knowhow

Alapalooza – “Weird Al” Yankovic’s eighth album, released in 1993, was named after the Lollapalooza music festival, but the cover design references Jurassic Park. In fact, some copies of it had a sticker clearly stating that it was NOT the … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Cartoons, Humor, Music, Television, The Flintstones, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged ac/dc, aerosmith, alapalooza, allan sherman, anthony kiedis, barney and friends, barry manilow, billy ray cyrus, dave barry, dick van patten, dinosaurs, donny osmond, fred flintstone, james taylor, jimmy webb, jurassic park, peter gabriel, prince, queen, red hot chili peppers, rem, richard harris, the weird al show, tiffany, village people, will vinton |

Prime Time Ain’t No Time to Think

1989 saw the release of the film UHF, which is funny and very quotable, but was not a commercial success. It starts “Weird Al” Yankovic as George Newman, a ne’er-do-well dreamer who finds himself managing a small television station, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Humor, Music, Television, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged 27, b.b. king, dire straits, fine young cannibals, fran drescher, gilligan's island, gordon lightfoot, harry chapin, kevin mccarthy, mark knopfler, michael richards, mohandas gandhi, prince, roadside america, rolling stones, the beverly hillbillies, tone loc, uhf, victoria jackson |

Cover Controversy

Just about every time we hear that Gotye song “Somebody That I Used to Know,” my wife points out how she thinks he’s mean because he mentioned he didn’t like the Glee version of his song. His complaint was something … Continue reading →

Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Humor, Music, Weird Al Yankovic | Tagged black flag, david lowery, glee, gotye, henry rollins, prince, sonic youth, status quo |