Weird Al

What, two lists of covers so close together? How is this possible? Actually, that’s pretty easy — I’ve been accumulating these for months. And coincidentally, there were 11 videos in the 11th list and 12 in this 12th list. What are the odds? Read More

For my Best of Geek Music 2014 list, I’ve decided to change a couple of things. First of all, I had to expand my list to twenty-five (!). Second, I decided to forego the ordering of the albums and instead put them in alphabetical order by artist, Read More

This week we talk about Dashcon, Marvel's new announcements, Weird Al's new album, 24, The Strain, and more! Read More

Weird Al Yankovic has been hard at work on his new album, Mandatory Fun, which just might be his final studio album with a major record label before he strikes out on his own to release his music through less corporate means. It should hardly be a Read More

Music geeks are a whole different breed. They vary because there are just so many genres out there, you can’t pin point one “type.” Metalheads don’t look like the super hipsters who flock to Coachella, and the purists who’ve been in band since before Read More

Thirty years ago, on Feb. 28, 1984, “Weird Al” released his second album, In 3-D. I remember listening to that album many, many times until I had all of the lyrics memorized. I recently decided to pick up a vinyl copy just for the heck of it. It’s still Read More

It’s that time of year again, time for my yearly Christmas music list. A couple of these didn’t quite make last year’s list in order to make room on an already huge list (and some were released just after I posted it; a hazard with trying to get the Read More

Geek Pride Day is May 25. I’ve previously celebrated nerd girls; this month, let’s celebrate all geeks and nerds with songs of all kinds. Read More

Having finished my first full year of writing this column, I figured it would be a good idea to put out my own “Best Of” list for 2011. So, without further ado, here’s my personal Top 15 Geek Music Releases for 2011. Read More

Like most “Weird Al” fans, I eagerly anticipated the new album. My enthusiasm was tempered somewhat, however, by the fact that the last couple of albums haven’t been that great. Thankfully, this album fully restores my enjoyment of the glory that Read More

I’ve been a fan of the podcast Coverville (as well as a Coverville citizen) for a long time and have been compiling lists of geek music related covers. First up is a list of covers of songs that were originally performed by geeky artists. I’ve also Read More

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Newtonmas, Noodlemas, Festivus, or any other holiday — or even none at all — if you’re a geek, you certainly need to have some music for the season. There are tons of songs to choose from, but I’ve decided to limit Read More