Pop Candy — Happy Friday to you! I'm so thrilled this week is over -- man, it seemed like a long one. more info

Stereogum — Weird Al has a new album out next week and as you might’ve guessed it includes a medley of polka versions of recent pop hits. Check out the song below and see if you can name all fourteen songs he’s covering. Cheat sheet: (“Liechtensteiner Polk... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — You know what? You're great. And you deserve something nice. So here's a video of a kitten trapped inside a pink plastic hamster ball (has Weird Al used that title for a Radiohead parody yet?). Plus the Steve Miller soundtrack doesn't hurt this in te... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Weird Al Yankovic @ Fun Fun Fun Fest (more by Tim Griffin) Weird Al was scheduled to play a show at Monmouth University tonight (5/19), but at some point that show moved much closer to Rutgers University. Weird Al will... more info

Impose Magazine — The extremely prolific, Grammy nominated artist "Weird Al" Yankovic has been musically inactive ever since releasing his 12th studio album "Straight Outta Lynwood" in 2006 quite possibly because he was working on his recently published New York Times... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Remember when Weird Al reported that after a long struggle involving the jumping through of many hoops (some of which may have been on fire), his parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" was rejected by Gaga herself? Remember how sad he was that he woul... more info

Popdose — "Weird Al" Yankovic: he's not just about Lady Gaga parodies, you know. Join Popdose as we look back at 20 of Al's most memorable original compositions. more info

ContactMusic — Lady Gaga has stepped in to overrule her management team and sanction Weird Al Yankovic's cover of her hit song Born This Way. Spoof-master Yankovic spoke out earlier this week (beg18Apr11) to reveal Gaga's aides had banned him from including his.... more info

NME — Gaga 'loves' 'Perform This Way', apparently more info

E! Online — It's been a tough week for Lady Gaga. First, she takes a tumble onstage (again); then she gets taken to task by, of all people, Weird Al Yankovic; then she books the season finale... more info