"Weird Al" Yankovic Friday, July 22, 2011
Pop-culture parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic broke big in 1984 with "Eat It," a fatso ode to mastication set to the tune of Michael Jackson's "Beat It." Now on his 13th studio album of satirical songwriting, Alpocalypse, the hits just keep on coming. His latest targets include Lady Gaga in "Perform This Way," Miley Cyrus in "Party in the CIA," Taylor Swift in "TMZ," and everyone from Gaga to Ke$ha to Britney in "Polka Face" (a hitmaker medley a la "Polkas on 45," "Hooked on Polkas" and "Polka Your Eyes Out"). Yankovic takes the stage at the Grammy Museum in "An Evening With Weird Al," a discussion of his career as a songwriter, record producer, actor, director, and children's book author with the museum's executive director Bob Santelli. Q&A with the audience follows the interview, so get your UHF trivia questions ready. Grammy Museum, Clive Davis Theater, 800 West Olympic Blvd., L.A.; Mon., July 25, 8 p.m.; $25. (213) 765-6803, grammymuseum.org. (Originally published in L.A. Weekly, July 22, 2011.)
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