5/2/2023 0 Comments Weird al headline news cameo![]() ![]() I even showed up on TV once at this point. By this point, I had started to do comedy and performed with people he knows. I was leaning against the counter, mentally counting the minutes ’til I could sneak a beer on my dinner break when all of a sudden, I see Al walk in. But, if you see me geek out on ‘Weird Al’…well…I have a feeling that will ruin any chance of a smooch sesh.”įive years later, I’m working the evening shift at Amoeba Records in Hollywood. ![]() ![]() I really wanna make out with you tonight. We see Al in the parking lot and she says “Go tell him you’re a big fan!” I said “Nah, let’s just go back to my apartment.” But what I really meant was “Listen, I think you are very cute. This is the greatest city ever.” After the show, I was leaving with a girl that I had brought that I wanted to make out with. I had only lived in Los Angeles for a month at this point, but remember thinking to myself “I bet this shit happens all the time here. The man whips his hair back and it’s fucking “WEIRD AL.” He has long hair over his face and for a second, I’m thinking “Is Chris Cornell about to sing with Ben Folds?” But we gotta guest singer for this one…” Somebody saunters into the “stage area” (there wasn’t really a stage). It’s a killer set and gets even more killer…er when they start to play the intro to “SONG FOR THE DUMPED” one of my favorite Ben Folds Five songs off of “Whatever and Ever, Amen.” He yells into the mic “Hope you don’t mind. Ben is doing this show to promote his debut solo record ROCKING THE SUBURBS. Two years later, I’m at a secret Ben Folds show at ALL STAR LANES in Los Angeles. Retina (from Plaid Retina of course.) The show was incredible and when I saw a bunch of kids rush to the side of the stage, spatulas in hand, I thought…no…I’m not gonna go and meet him this way.Īlso Read Hear New “Weird Al” Yankovic Song From Roku Biopic End Credits It was Dave Mello (formerly of OPERATION IVY & SCHLONG), Boyde Wenger (formally of Las Vegas’ BOBA FETT YOUTH) and Travis T. I was visiting people in Lake Tahoe and when I found out he was playing somewhat nearby, I hitched a ride with the crew from the MAD ABOUT MUSIC record store up. The first time I saw him was in 1999 at the Sacramento County Fair. If he had played, would I have become friends with him then? A gawky teenager wearing his Garth from Wayne’s World glasses and a Screeching Weasel shirt that’s a size too small? Is that something he would have thought “Close Personal Friend Worthy?” “Weird Al” never played a show where I grew up and I was slightly insulted as he wore “Hawaiian” shirts but never played Hawaii. I was 1.) Afraid of putting effort into something that might get lost in the mail and 2.) I knew it was just a clever name for a fan club and wasn’t an actual invitation to what I REALLY wanted as a kid: to be a close, personal friend of Al. As a kid who was a fan, I was always very close to sending in my membership application but never did. “Close Personal Friend Of Al” was the name of “Weird Al” Yankovic’s fan club. Imagine that, a feast for yer eyes and ears at the SAME TIME.) Feel free to immerse yourself and listen while reading. ![]() (Like all of Jonah’s articles, there is a corresponding Spotify playlist of all the bands he mentions. ![]()
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