OT: Weird Al Yankovic in concert
I just wrapped up yet another weekend in Calgary. It ended with my sister, brother and me attending a Weird Al Yankovic concert at the Jack Singer Hall on the evening of July 6. It was the third time seeing Weird Al in concert and this show was markedly different than the other two times I saw him - Calgary in 1996 and Ottawa in August of 2007. Those shows featured plenty of theatrics, clips from his movie UHF and televised faux interviews with other famous musicians, and a cornucopia of costume changes. At one point in the Calgary show, Al cavorted around the stage with one ankle behind his neck. But this most recent show was a more stripped down affair. It was just Al and his band onstage, sitting down for the entire performance. No parodies either. Not an Eat it or a Fat or an Amish Paradise to be heard. This show focused on his original material, songs that were style pastiches rather than direct parodies. There was lots of material from in 1984 offering, In 3D,...