Tag Archives: accordion

Noise of the Weird

Posted on February 7, 2023 by Nathan

Two movies, several SPOILERS. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – I was honestly a little nervous to watch this because I thought it might not be very good. I mean, I knew it was a parody biopic that mocked the … Continue reading →

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I Found My Thrill on Oregon Hill

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Nathan

I haven’t been listening to music all that much recently. That’s not to say that I couldn’t, just that I usually find myself doing other things that are difficult to do at the same time. But anyway, here are some … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Need a Rationale to Sing the Internationale

Posted on February 3, 2019 by Nathan

They Might Be Giants, My Murdered Remains – Even though TMBG’s albums tend to have a lot of songs, there are also quite a few they record that don’t make the cut, many of which are still quite good or … Continue reading →

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That’s Life, Isn’t It

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Nathan

The Magnetic Fields, 50 Song Memoir – This project was based on an idea someone suggested to Stephin Merritt in 2015, when he turned fifty. He would write and record one song to represent each year of his life, an … Continue reading →

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Who You Callin’ Cracker?

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Nathan

Here’s my review of the two albums I purchased at the Cracker show last week: Welcome to Cracker – This two-disc album consists of the entirety of the 2006 Greatest Hits Redux on the first disc, and recordings from the … Continue reading →

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We Take You to Brooklyn

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Nathan

They Might Be Giants have been doing shows at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on the last Sunday of pretty much every month this year, often with special themes. Beth and I saw the shows where they played their first … Continue reading →

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We’re Just Technologically Impaired

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Nathan

After Alapalooza, “Weird Al” Yankovic didn’t put out another album until 1996, although in the interim his label released a boxed set. It was all material from previous albums aside from the demo version of “My Bologna” and a new … Continue reading →

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Mashed Potatoes Can Be Your Friends

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Nathan

Released in 1985, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s third album, Dare to Be Stupid, showed higher production values than the first two. Al was more of an established artist by this time, and the label was presumably willing to spend more on … Continue reading →

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That’s Al, Folks!

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Nathan

“Weird Al” Yankovic’s album Even Worse came up randomly when I was driving to work a few days ago, and I realized that I still had something to say about several of the songs, despite having heard them thousands of … Continue reading →

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The World Accordion to Nerd Culture

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Nathan

The accordion is one of those instruments that has a reputation for being annoying, but seems to have grown in acceptance as of late. One major point in its favor is its versatility. I seem to recall hearing on NPR … Continue reading →

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