Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

The Big Squeeze Day Thirty-Three: "This Is The Life" from Dare To Be Stupid and the Johnny Dangerously soundtrack

He's an upwardly mobile dude!

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big SqueezeNathan RabinMay 21, 2020Joe Piscopo, The Weird Accordion To Al, The A.V. Club, Johnny Dangerously, Music

"Weird Al" Yankovic, the All-Star "Eat It" Cover and the Puncturing of Pop's Pretension and Pomposity

The all-star sing-along to “Eat It” spoofing Gal Gadot’s “Imagine” represents “Weird Al” Yankovic’s latest satirical assault on rock’s pretension and pomposity.

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big WhoopNathan RabinMay 18, 2020"Weird Al" Yankovic, Gal Gadot, "Eat It", "Imagine", COVID-19, quarantine, Music

The Big Squeeze Day Thirty One: "Slime Creatures From Outer Space" from Dare To Be Stupid

They're an inter-galactic disgrace!

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big SqueezeNathan RabinApril 29, 2020The Weird Accordion To Al, "Weird Al" Yankovic, science fiction, Music

Donald Trump, The Weird Accordion to Al and the Fallacy of Apolitical Entertainment

Some Trump fans feel politics has no business in a book about “Weird Al” Yankovic. These people are wrong.

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big Whoop, The Big SqueezeNathan RabinApril 29, 2020"Weird Al" Yankovic, The Weird Accordion to Al, The Weird Accordion to Al book, Literature

The Big Squeeze Day Thirty: "George Of The Jungle" from Dare To Be Stupid

Watch out for that—tree!

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big SqueezeNathan RabinApril 19, 2020Jay Ward, Brendan Fraser, Movie, cover, Music

The Big Squeeze Day Twenty-Nine: "Yoda" from Dare To Be Stupid

Our SECOND massive journey back through “Weird Al” Yankovic’s complete discography reflects on the long, strange, satisfying journey I have taken with "Yoda”, one of Al’s best and most influential and beloved songs.

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big SqueezeNathan RabinApril 13, 2020Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Yoda, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Weird Accordion To Al

The Big Squeeze: Day Twenty: Eight "One More Minute" from Dare To Be Stupid

Now seems like the PERFECT time to write about Al’s accidentally timely self-distancing anthem, “One More Minute”, his Tonight Show appearance and the big article about him in the New York Times magazine.