Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

Some updates on the Happy Place’s very first book, The Weird Accordion to Al.

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big SqueezeNathan RabinMarch 10, 2020The Weird Accordion to Al, The Weird Accordion to Al book, "Weird Al" Yankovic

The Big Squeeze Day Twenty-One: "Mr. Popeil" from In 3-D

Al, with help from an actual member of the Popeil family, pays simultaneously tongue-in-cheek homage to The B-52s and the King of kitchen gizmos.

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big SqueezeNathan RabinMarch 4, 2020Nathan Rabin, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Consumerism, Nathan Rabin's Happy Place, The B-52s, Music

The Big Squeeze Day Twenty: "Polkas on .45" from In 3-D

Al's first polka medley of classic hits cleverly takes the piss out of the entirety of rock music and rock pretension.

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big SqueezeNathan RabinMarch 3, 2020The Beatles, polka medley, The Weird Accordion to Al, Music

The Big Squeeze Day Nineteen: "I Lost On Jeopardy" from In 3-D

He was tense, he was nervous, it just wasn't his night...

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big SqueezeNathan RabinMarch 3, 2020Jeopardy, The Weird Accordion to Al, New Wave, Music

Teach The Weird Accordion to Al and Guffaw Your Way To Academic Fame!

Looking for an excuse to play “Dare To Be Stupid” in your classroom? I just gave you one!

The Big Whoop, The Big Squeeze, The Weird Accordion To AlNathan RabinMarch 2, 2020Music

The "Weird Al" Yankovic Filter

I see just about everything through the prism of “Weird Al” Yankovic these days and I gotta admit, it’s pretty great!

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big Squeeze, Book BusinessNathan RabinFebruary 27, 2020Music

The Big Squeeze Day Seventeen: "Buy Me A Condo" from In 3-D

A standout album track (and "This Is The Life" b-side) is quietly scathing in its satire of American uber-materialism.

The Weird Accordion To Al, The Big SqueezeNathan RabinFebruary 26, 2020Bob Marley, Reggae, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Weird Accordion to Al, Music

Why It Is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL That You See Me at A Weird and Insane Afternoon With Nathan Rabin This Saturday, 3:30 at Dynasty Typewriter

At the risk of being slightly repetitious you REALLY need to see me at Dynasty Typewriter this Saturday afternoon, as it’s one of my once-a-decade L.A events and another one won’t be happening any time soon.

The Big Whoop, The Big Squeeze, The Weird Accordion To AlNathan RabinFebruary 20, 2020The Weird Accordion to Al, A Weird and Insane Afternoon With Nathan Rabin

Come See Me at a Weird And Insane Afternoon With Nathan Rabin at Dynasty Typewriter, February 22nd, 3:30 PM!

For one enchanted afternoon, and one enchanted afternoon only, you can experience A Weird and Insane Afternoon with Nathan Rabin at 3:30 PM at Dynasty Typewriter, this Saturday, right before the second night of Juggalo Days in Los Angeles!

The Big Whoop, The Big Squeeze, The Weird Accordion To AlNathan RabinFebruary 19, 2020A Weird and Insane Afternoon With Nathan Rabin, Jamie Flam, The Long Shot, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Weird Accordion to Al, Los Angeles, self-promotion, Juggalos

The Big Squeeze Day Sixteen: "The Brady Bunch" from In 3-D

Did Al invent the mash-up? I'm probably wrong, but I'm gonna say yes.

The Big Squeeze, The Weird Accordion To AlNathan RabinFebruary 18, 2020Men Without Hats, New Wave, The Weird Accordion to Al, television