Results for Weird Al Yankovic

  • Dark Side of the Death Star (or How I Wasted Eleven Months of My Life)

    by James Greene, Jr.July 9, 2008Comments (10)

    White Zombie’s landmark 1992 album La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 certainly seemed like the type of sample-heavy rock freak-out that would align perfectly with a wild, outer space adventure starring Mark Hamill. Also, I figured it would be pretty cool watching Darth Vader parade around to all those bad-ass metal riffs. That alone might keep me from dozing off in the middle of said experiment. The following evening (read more)

  • Cover This: What Makes for a Definitive Version?

    by Denise SullivanMarch 12, 2008Comments (12)

    When I set out to take on the matter of cover songs, I thought I'd be seeking uncomplicated answers to simple questions like: Is there such a thing as a definitive version of a song? Who decides these things? And why do we care? (read more)