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Weird Al The Book
Weird Al The Book

Weird Al The Book

The undisputed king of pop-culture parody, “Weird Al” Yankovic has sold more comedy recordings than any other artist in history, receiving three Grammy Awards (and 14 nominations) in the process..

You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me

You Don't Know Me But You Don't Like Me

When memoirist and head writer for The A.V. Club Nathan Rabin first set out to write about obsessed music fans, he had no idea the journey would take him to the deepest recesses of both the pop culture universe and his own mind...

My Year of Flops

My Year of Flops

In 2007, Nathan Rabin set out to provide a revisionist look at the history of cinematic failure on a weekly basis. What began as a solitary ramble through the nooks and crannies of pop culture evolved into a way of life...

The Big Rewind, A Memoir Brought to You By Pop Culture

The Big Rewind, A Memoir Brought to You By Pop Culture

Nathan Rabin viewed pop culture as a life-affirming form of escape throughout his childhood and adolescence...

Kanye & Trump: a Novella

Kanye & Trump: a Novella

Kanye & Trump is a scathingly funny and satirical yet empathetic work of speculative fiction that imagines what might have happened behind closed doors when Kanye West shocked the world by meeting with Donald Trump at Trump Tower.

It's a funny, sad, angry and ferociously original and alive meditation on these strange times and two unique, towering cultural figures from a true pop culture original.

7 Days in Ohio

7 Days in Ohio

From Nathan Rabin, the original head writer of the A.V Club, coiner of the phrase "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" and the author of Weird Al: The Book (with Al Yankovic), comes 7 Days in Ohio, the riveting concluding entry in the "Trilogy of Psychological Terror."

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“This site was founded on the conviction that if I had complete creative freedom, I could create something special and rare in this crazy-making world of ours.

To that end, the Happy Place is a labor of love, an oasis of purity in an often compromised pop culture realm. It’s home to dozens of ongoing features immersing readers deep into weird, wild, and wonderful nooks & crannies of the entertainment universe. Think of it as an online pop culture treehouse you’re free to visit anytime the mood strikes you.

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