Tag: Weird Al

Oh, Midnight Star: Al in the age of A.I.

October 14, 2026

I was in middle school in the mid-1980s and spent a lot of time being picked on for being a weird nerd. Kids are exceptionally cruel. But I had some escapisms: comic books, old monster movies, and popping a...

My 10 favorite instances of “Weird Al” Yankovic as “Himself”

Tyler Maas

October 14, 2026

While my "Weird Al" Yankovic-related passion, knowledge, and appreciation all pale in comparison to that of my business partner (and like seven other freelancers we've paid to write about the guy through th...

Please put your cat in front of this 70-minute Weird Al Chia Pet video

Mitch DeSantis

October 13, 2026

This is a video for cats. Specifically, cats of Weird Al fans. Your time has finally come. If you are a human and you are reading this, please, please, PLEASE avert your eyes and quickly wrangle your cat...

What Would Weird Al Do? ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic as a force of good in a world gone weird (in a bad way)

Matt Wild

October 13, 2026

There's a running gag in the 1999 episode of VH1's Behind The Music on "Weird Al" Yankovic. The joke is simple: there's no drama. There's no sex and drugs, no self-destructive downfalls, no hard-earned rede...

Weird Al Week begins (again) with everything we’ve ever written about Weird Al (again)

Matt Wild

October 12, 2026

As we recently walked through the Menomonee Valley (where we harvest our grain), we took a look at the entertainment lineup for mid-October and realized it was very plain. Well, except for "Weird Al" Yankov...

I dropped by ‘What’s Brewing Wisconsin’ to talk about our upcoming Weird Al Week

Matt Wild

October 8, 2026

In case you missed it, next week is Weird Al Week! Buckle up! To celebrate the October 17 "Weird Al" Yankovic show at Fiserv Forum, your friendly Al fans at Milwaukee Record are pulling out all the stops. Fr...

We’ll have it all at our screening of ‘UHF,’ October 14 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 17, 2026

We know you've already cleared your calendars for Milwaukee Record's Weird Al Week, October 12-18. The glorious celebration—tied to Al's show at Fiserv Forum on October 17— will feature oodles of Al-related web...

Dare to be stupid during Milwaukee Record’s Weird Al Week, October 12-18

Matt Wild

September 8, 2026

As we recently walked through the Menomonee Valley (where we harvest our grain), we took a look at the entertainment lineup for mid-October and realized it was very plain. Well, except for "Weird Al" Yank...

“Weird Al” Yankovic will bring “Bigger & Weirder” tour to Fiserv Forum October 17

Matt Wild

November 17, 2025

It's been more than three years since Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic graced a Milwaukee stage and delighted fans with his beloved parody (and original!) songs about food, the internet, Star Wars, and the be...

Witness the absolutely true ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ August 20 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

July 24, 2025

Tickets HERE. Everyone knows the absolutely true story of music legend "Weird Al" Yankovic. How his parents disapproved of his accordion playing. How he rocketed to fame on the strength of his original song ...

Wisconsin radio station WKZG is now “Weird Al Radio” (for a few days)

Matt Wild

December 28, 2022

How do you follow up playing nothing but Christmas music for nearly two months? If you're Seymour/Green Bay radio station WKZG 104.3, you play nothing but "Weird Al" Yankovic music, of course. Yes, following...

Take me back to Summerfest 1984: “Weird Al” Yankovic at the Rock Stage

Matt Wild

June 30, 2022

I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I've seen "Weird Al" Yankovic approximately 78 times. From county fairs and tiny clubs to fancy ballrooms and performing arts centers, I've seen Al everywhere. Hell,...

Weird Al fortunately returns to Milwaukee with “Unfortunate Return” of non-parody tour

Cal Roach

May 25, 2022

broadstreet.zone(72091); Welcome to Milwaukee Record’s Weird Al Week, sponsored by Lakefront Brewery! Want daily Al-related articles culminating in a recap of Al’s May 24 show at the Marcus Performing Arts Cen...

What I’m hoping to hear at tonight’s “ridiculously self-indulgent, ill-advised” Weird Al show

Matt Wild

May 24, 2022

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The kids are alright: An interview with a 9-year-old Weird Al fan

Cal Roach

May 23, 2022

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A Weird Al album ranking that totally betrays the age of the author, and that’s it

Matt Wild

May 22, 2022

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7 things we want to see in the upcoming Weird Al biopic

Rob Wieland

May 21, 2022

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Childhood, change, and growing a Weird Al Chia Pet for 14 days

Mitch DeSantis

May 20, 2022

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13 pictures from our sold-out ‘UHF’ screening and Twinkie Wiener Sandwich afterparty

Matt Wild

May 19, 2022

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Weird Al Week (In 3-D) begins with a chat with Weird Al drummer Jon “Bermuda” Schwartz

Matt Wild

May 18, 2022

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