Author Archives: Mark
October 14, 2013 Weird Al in Concert
No, no, we’re not doing two weeks of Weird Al Week, I just needed to finish off last week with one more entry because of the concert on Friday. I went with four friends, none of whom had been to a Weird Al concert before. We we sitting in row TT, which in that theater […]
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October 11, 2013 Weird Al By The Numbers
While I was doing my track rankings of Weird Al’s albums, I would frequently say “This is another food song” or “Another TV song here.” It got me wondering about how many of each of these things there were, so I decided to go through his 13 released studio albums (this includes “UHF” which […]
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October 10, 2013 High-Fived By Weird Al
I intended for today’s article to be a discussion of UHF, a breakdown of its strengths, its best lines, its staying power, and its willingness to speak to that within each of us which strives to carry on in the face of difficulty and terror. It was going to be epic in scope, heartfelt, […]
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October 9, 2013 The Weird Al Show
Remember when Weird Al had a Saturday morning show? If you’re a fan of Al and haven’t seen it, you’re missing out. If you’re not a fan of Al, first of all, that’s a strange life decision, and second, this show probably isn’t what you’re after, as it’s pretty much all Al doing Al […]
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October 8, 2013 Tuesday 10: Weird Al Songs
Putting together a Top Ten list of Weird Al songs is a task I’ve put off as long as possible, while still letting it simmer on the back burner. It’s just so daunting, you know? There are so many different ways to do it, too: favorite parodies, favorite originals, funniest, darkest, food-related, TV-related, relationship-related, most […]
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