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I’m writing this on Friday afternoon.  It was on Wednesday night that Kristen, Chad, Marissa and I saw “Weird Al” Yankovic and his band in concert as part of his Alpocalypse 2013 tour!  I’m still coming down from the high and I think everyone else is too (especially Marissa who was bouncing off the walls so hard during class at school yesterday that she reportedly had to be sedated with Valium).  And after seeing Al live for the seventh time I have to say: this was easily the best show I’ve seen him perform yet!  Weird Al and his band were positivalutely ablaze with energy and sheer fun.  They were electrified and enthused as I’ve never seen any performers in a live concert!  This is a man who obviously loves his work and that comes across very well.  I’ve also never seen an audience so “into it” as they ...

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Here’s the just-released music video for “Polka Face”, the medley from “Weird Al” Yankovic‘s latest album Alpocalypse! And with it, Al has achieved something that to the best of my knowledge has never been done before by any musical performance artist: producing a music video for EVERY track from a single album!

Congrats Al! And the “Polka Face” video is hilarious!! 🙂...

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Yesterday, June Twenty-First, Two Thousand and Eleven… was a date which will live in hilarity! It was almost five full years coming, but at last we “Yankovictims” (that term will make sense once you watch the accompanying DVD) got a new album from the crown prince of parody: “Weird Al” Yankovic!

Yes folks, the Alpocalypse has cometh!

I drove more than an hour and a half yesterday afternoon so a group of friends could party like true Al-oholics and enjoy listening to Alpocalypse together (contrary to rumor, Twinkie wiener sandwiches were not served… although they were contemplated during the planning stages).

So, what sayeth this life-long Weird Al fan? Alpocalypse was well worth the wait. And going further than that: this is some of Al’s freshest and most vibrant material ever. I must confess than when Al began releasing many of the songs from this album two years ...

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We are now just over three weeks away from the Alpocalypse!!!

Y’know, I’m still giggling more than is probably good for one’s health about how Weird Al has taken the place of Famine among the Four Horsemen 😛

So many people tried to access “Weird Al” Yankovic’s online store yesterday that they crashed the server!

And no wonder…

– Alpocalypse CD/DVD ($13.99)

– Alpocalypse CD ($10.99)

– Alpocalypse Deluxe Package ($29.99)

– Alpocalypse Super Deluxe Package ($99.99)

Most people will probably go for the CD/DVD set, which includes the standard music disc and a DVD containing music videos for ten of the songs. The Deluxe Package includes all that plus a limited edition 18″x24″ gallery quality Alpocalypse album art lithograph. And the Super Deluxe Package? It has the CD, the DVD, AND a limited edition SIGNED AND NUMBERED cover art lithograph, and also a “highly limited run 4’x4′ Alpocalypse ...

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Pestilence. War. Death. Weird Al?!?!?

Anyone else think it’s funny that the man famous for so many song parodies about food has taken the place of Famine among the Four Horsemen? 😛

(Gotta love the use of Orff’s “O Fortuna” too!)

Save the date! June 21st heralds the coming of Alpocalypse: the first original album that “Weird Al” Yankovic has produced in five years! And behold the album cover art!

Best. Weird Al. Cover. Ever!

And on a happy note, Al has announced that his parody of Lady Gaga’s hit “Born This Way” will be on the new album after all! Not only that but “Perform This Way” will be hitting iTunes on Monday. Turns out that Lady Gaga loved Al’s spoof (it was all a misunderstanding or miscommunication or something).

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Lynwood to be born? The Alpocalypse...

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