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If anyone is wondering where we are on a scale of 1 to fucked, Weird Al Yankovic just did a full cover of Rage Against the Machine - Killing In the Name
In this man's 46 year long career, through everything, he has NEVER spoken about politics. He has NEVER spoken harshly to anyone. He has NEVER performed songs with heavy swearing or forceful lyrics. This man guest starred on My Little Pony as "Cheese Sandwich," the only other party pony as fun as Pinkie Pie!
When THIS man stops laughing, we are in trouble.
i would trust weird al with my drink at a party. granted he may put one of those capsules that expands into a sponge animal in it,
Weird Al Yankovic doesn't do albums anymore because the musical monoculture has evaporated. Even the most popular Top 40 hits exist within narrow niches nowadays, with very little overlap between fans of different genres. He says it's next to impossible to stay relevant with his parodies because by the time he's written and produced one everyone has moved on to something else. There aren't really any big summer songs that get played nationally, everyone just listens to their own curated playlists, so writing five or six parodies for an album would be an exercise in futility. He only does sporadic singles now, and that's a damn shame.
For this reason, I propose he return to his roots in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, and start parodying classic songs he never got around to back in the day. He could release a throwback album called "What Did I Miss?" to capitalize on nostalgia. Instead of chasing a moving goalpost, he can go after existing tentpoles, win-win, instant brand recognition, eternal relevancy.
Weird Al playing with signs: a collection
(Huntr/x's penthouse apartment, sometime hopefully in the near future)
Rumi, checking her emails: Bills, fanmail, bills, stupid ad deals, something that probably should have gone to Bobby, fanmail... oh huh. Someone is asking if they can make a parody of one or more of our songs.
Mira: People already do that, don't they? We encourage it.
Rumi: Yeah, but this guy's asking anyway.
Mira: Huh. That's considerate of them. Who is it?
Rumi: Some parody artist named Alfred Yankovic.
Mira: Oh, I think I've heard of him, isn't he kind of a big deal in the states-
Zoey, kicking open the door: YES YES YES TELL HIM YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES A MILLION TIMES YES LET HIM DO WHATEVER HE WANTS WITH OUR MUSIC
Mira: Definitely a big deal.
Zoey: ASK HIM IF HE'S DOING A POLKA MEDLEY PLEASE I NEED TO HEAR GOLDEN ON THE ACCORDION THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE OH MY GOSH DO YOU THINK HE'LL LET ME CAMEO IN THE MUSIC VIDEO-
Rumi: So... we tell him yes?
Mira: We tell him yes.
Zoey: EEEEEEEEEEE WEIRD AL KNOWS WHO I AM THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE