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Newspaper & Magazine Clippings

You can read all about it in the weekly Midnight Star. Here are some transcripts from my collection of newspaper & magazines clippings.

• May 26, 1981: Article from US Weekly written before his first album was recorded.
• April 14, 1984: A New Zealand newpaper gives a quick review of "Eat It."
• April 16, 1984: Article from People about Al's early career.
• April 27, 1985: Article from TV Guide in which Al talks about beating out Bruce Springsteen at the American Video Awards.
• June 1985: Text from one of Al's early interviews in a magazine called Mix.
• December 1985: A little insight on what Al does in his spare time on the tour bus. From Playboy.
• May 4, 1988: Al worries about offending fat people in this article from East Coast Rocker.
• 1992: Text from a newspaper clipping interviewing Al.
• 1992: A review of The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library from The Star Ledger.
• 1995: An interview with Weird Al and Brad Roberts of the Crash Test Dummies.
• March 28, 1996: A review of Bad Hair Day printed in my college's newspaper, The Daily Targum. To put it mildly, it wasn't well received.
• July 6, 1996: An article in Billboard Magazine about Al's directing career.
• December 5, 1997: Article from The Woonsocket Call about The Weird Al Show.
• June 1998: Text from an article in "MAXIM" magazine about Tori Amos that mentions Weird Al.
• February 7, 1999: Text from an article about the resurgence of accordion music from The Star Ledger. Mentions Al, TMBG, Drew Carey and others.
• September 19, 1999: An article about Al hosting the world's largest chicken dance and kazoo band.
• April 26, 2000: Text from the pre-concert hype article in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
• April 29, 2000: Text from the post-concert article in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It's not so kind.
• September 22, 2000: Text from the after show article in The Kansas State Collegian.
• April 7, 2003: A picture of Al from a celebrity look-a-like pictorial in People.
• May 5, 2003: Text from an article on Al and his pets in In Touch Weekly.
• May 16, 2003: Text from a brief mention of Al in Entertainment Weekly.
• May 19, 2003: Text from an article about Al in Time about Poodle Hat.
• May 23, 2003: Text from a brief mention of Al in Entertainment Weekly.
• May 26, 2003: Text from a brief mention of Al in US Weekly.
• June 12, 2003: A review of Poodle Hat in Rolling Stone. They gave it two stars.
• August 2003: Al wishes Nickelodeon a happy 10th anniversary.
• September 2003: Some questions with Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz in Modern Drummer.
• October 18, 2003: Read about the detained keyboard player in an article in Australia's The Herald.
• January / February 2005: Eminem's response as to why there was no video for "Couch Potato." From XXL Magazine.
• December 2005: When great moments go bad. From ToyFare.
• March 2006: Suzanne and Al dressed as canned food. From Playboy.
• January / February 2007: "White & Nerdy" comes in as #76 on the greatest songs of 2006. From Blender.

Other stuff...

• Twenty questions with Weird Al from the 2001 book MTV Uncensored.
• The liner notes from Dr. Demento's Country Corn.
• Transcript of Al's version of Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion video.
• Bogus tour dates from the 1985 Stupid Tour tour shirt.
• Bogus tour dates from an Al-TV from around the release of "Even Worse."
• Bogus tour dates from the 1992 "Off The Deep End" tour shirt.
• Bogus tour dates from the 1994 "Alapalooza" tour shirt.
• Bogus tour dates from the 1995 Al-Can tour shirt.
• Bogus tour dates from the 1996 Bad Hair Tour tour shirt.
• Bogus tour dates from the 1999 Alakin t-shirt.
• The story behind the Amish Paradise parody controversy.
• The story behind The Yoda Chant. Includes lyrics from different versions.
• The Melissa Joan Hart Connection. See if Melissa is an Al fan, and vice versa.
• The Friends Connection. Find out if someone on the show likes Al, as a friend, of course.
• The "Weird Al" Yankovic spelling lesson.
• An archive of messages sent from Weird Al's mailing list.