Looks like Weird Al is back with a new album, Straight Outta Lynwood. The new single is Don’t Download This Song, which you can of course download in MP3 format. The video is going up Yahoo! Music tomorrow (23 August). Additional info is available on Al’s MySpace site.
I’ve been a Weird Al fan since I first heard Eat It in 1983/84. Just the other night I was watching the DVD of UHF with the commentary track on. Did you know that Trinidad Silva (Raul Hernandez, Raul’s Wild Kingdom) died during the filming of UHF?
At any rate, I look forward to seeing what Al’s got on the new album. Oh yeah, it better be available via iTunes so that I can download it :-)
I was driving home the other day and a song popped in to my head out of nowhere. After replaying it a few times in my head I realized that this would make the perfect theme song for Apple’s switch to using Intel CPUs. So what song am I thinking of? None other than “Weird Al” Yankovic’s geek inspired tune:
It’s All About The Pentiums!
If you are having a hard time remembering how this song goes check out the sample on the Amazon.com: Running With Scissors page.
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While your computer’s crashin’, mine’s multitaskin’
It does all my work without me even askin’
Got a flat-screen monitor forty inches wide wide
I believe that your says “Etch-A-Sketch” on the side
In a 32-bit world, you’re a 2-bit user
You’ve got your own newsgroup, “alt.total-loser”
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It’s all about the Pentiums, baby!
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