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"Weird Al" Yankovic rides the storm on the cover of his newest album, "Alpocalypse."  (weirdal.com)

'Weird Al' outweirds Lada Gaga, almost

After a five-year delay, with some singles here and there to keep us interested, "Weird Al" Yankovic returns in full force to remind us that it takes more than just a cute idea, a microphone and a YouTube account to be a music parody master.
June 21, 2011 1:30 PM
Ryan Reynolds as "Green Lantern." (Warner Bros.)

What's up? Beatles singles, Green Lantern, Jim Morrison pardon

The Beatles charting (barely) on iTunes, Ryan Reynolds goes green, Hulu Plus is live, and Jim Morrison might get pardoned.
November 17, 2010 9:42 AM

iTunes' new Ping may be the most unsocial social network ever

So it's been a week since Steve Job descended from the mountain and brought us redesigned iPods, a smaller AppleTV thing, and (gasp!) a brand new social network! "Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes," Jobs declaimed, "but it's not Facebook, it's not Twitter. It's a social network all about music."
September 8, 2010 8:54 AM
"Weird" Al Yankovic (Photo: Paradise Artists)

Hard Rock Orlando ready to get 'Weird'

This Thursday night Orlando will explode with a non-stop, sight and sound, rock and roll extravaganza. Or, more accurately, a parody of a rock and roll extravaganza that's also pretty darn extravaganzy in its own right. "Weird Al" Yankovic is returning to Central Florida.
July 19, 2010 10:25 AM

Erica Lee is gone from MIX105.1, and so am I

A co-host of one of the area's longest-running, most popular radio shows is gone, and I don't see much reason not to follow her.
January 8, 2010 10:32 AM

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