Stereogum — At the Third Man Records store in Nashville, there’s a refurbished 1947 Voice-o-Graph machine that lets visitors record up to two minutes of audio and receive a one-of-a-kind phonograph disc in return. Usually the record booth is home to wannabe mu... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Weird Al" Yankovic, who won a Grammy this year for Mandatory Fun, is out on his "Mandatory Tour" which hits NYC proper at Governors Ball. It will be back through the NY area later in the summer, stopping at... more info

Stereogum — “Weird Al” Yankovic’s Mandatory World Tour is underway, which means a lot of his latest parodies are getting their first live readings. Such was the case for “Word Crimes,” Yankovic’s canny “Blurred Lines” parody about grammatical err... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, Beach Boys creative leader Brian Wilson, Weird Al Yankovic, Social Distortion, Ramon Ayala, Barenaked Ladies, Ingrid Michaelson and Jackson Browne are among the acts slated to play the Greek Theatre in... more info

Stereogum — In a new video made for College Humor, Weird Al Yankovic inserts himself into one of the many band practice scenes from the Oscar-nominated film Whiplash. It’s kind of like an old Al TV sketch with better technology behind it. A good-natured Al pla... more info

TMZ — Abandon all hope of a "Weird Al" Super Bowl Halftime show ... 'cause the 4-time Grammy winner tells TMZ Sports it's NEVER gonna happen ... despite hardcore support from the fans.   Before the big game, more than 100,000 people signed a petition… ... more info

The Telegraph — Is it time to take US rock's Grammy-winning joker seriously? more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "Every time I put out an album," says Weird Al Yankovic, "people call it a comeback." Known for his parodies of pop songs like Michael Jackson's "Beat It" (which he remade as "Eat It") and Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" ("White & Nerdy"), the singer adds ... more info

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