When I first started working at the City Paper in 2011, I told our then-music editor that I was calling dibs on an interview with Weird Al Yankovic if he ever came to town. That day has finally come.
Better than: Being a nerd in high school. First, “Weird Al” Yankovic turned Lady Gaga's “Poker Face” into a pop-skewering polka. Then, he ribbed Taylor Swift with a song called “TMZ,” about public ...
Like most members of the early-MTV generation, I took in Weird Al Yankovic's seminal hits with prepubescent glee. Though "Video Killed the Radio Star," pop parodies like "Eat It" and "Like a Surgeon" ...
When having a conversation with “Weird Al” Yankovic, it’s hard not to notice how, well, not weird he is. He comes off as sincere, engaging and down to earth — call him “Normal Al.” Of course, that ...