Join MC Lars as he talks to friends and colleagues about their creative processes and influences. Featuring conversations with rappers, musicians, writers, educators and DIY mavericks, the MC Lars Podcast is sure to leave you thinking and smiling.
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Each week Matt Kelly (Geekscape) and Matthew Milligan (Wheatus) work their way through Weird Al's entire discography one track at a time. Logo from Little Yanks who can be found on IG under @littleyanks If you want to let us know your thoughts, stories, insights or anything else send us an email at [email protected]. Check us out on: Instagram - @weirdalgorithmpodcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1338865813603270 Or visit our brand new website where you can see ou ...
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Hear people share their passions and geek out about their favourite stories. The word ‘geek’ comes with a stereotype, let’s look beyond that and hear from the real people.
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A unique as heck solo podcast with my random chaotic mind unleashed inside a fictional treehouse setting for the vibe. New episodes of the most innovative podcast about everything on the internet.
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New Artist Model ( http://newartistmodel.com ) in an online music business school for independent musicians, performers, recording artists, producers, managers, and songwriters who are driven to succeed and want to work smarter. Taught by Dave Kusek, the founder of Berkleemusic, New Artist Model offers a variety of classes that let you learn anywhere, anytime and at a fraction of the cost of other classes. You pick what aspects of your career you need help with the most and New Artist Model ...
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Host Jeff Hall talks to guest about whatever topic, interest, profession, curiosity that they want to talk about. Take time to wind down and give a listen. Wine is optional but encouraged.
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Weird Al's Cameos on Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job (f/Chris Fafalios)
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46:45This week Chris Fafalios returns to discuss Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job, and all of Al's random cameos on the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week the Matts dive into the 3-D short film Al's Brain which features a great song called "The Brain Song" as well as the tone of what it feels like The Weird Al Show wanted to be! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Today we are joined again by Tony Hartman to discuss the FINAL EPISODE of ALTV made to promote Straight Outta Lynwood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Somehow we missed this way back when we discussed Running with Scissors so we had to fix the error and discuss the Behind the Music special on Weird Al! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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"You're Pitiful" (f/John Wlaysewski)
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1:08:42John Wlaysewski returns this week to discuss the Straight Outta Lynwood B-side You're Pitiful and the crazy story of why it didn't make the album! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Don't Download This Song (f/MC Lars)
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1:10:36We wrap our coverage of Straight Outta Lynwood today with MC Lars joining us to discuss "Don't Download This Song" which is a parody of charity singles. It also just happens to be the opposite message of Lars' hit "Download This Song" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Trapped in the Drive Thru (f/Nate Lopez)
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1:05:22Nate Lopez of Internet Supreme Court joins us to tackle the massive length parody known as TRAPPED IN THE DRIVE THRU. We discuss the cultural milestone that the original song was and how Al does the opposite of most of his parodies and actually makes this song less weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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This whole album we've been kinda baffled by the existence of this song, but now that we're here, do we actually like this and forgotten American Idol winner Taylor Hicks more than we realized? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week the Matt's dive into "Close But No Cigar" and discuss their love of the bizarre band Cake as well as their mixed feelings towards infamous creep John K. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week Tony Hartman joins us to discuss Robot Chicken, Animal Violence and the absolute animated chaos that is the Weasel Stomping Day song and music video! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week A.J. Santini returns to discuss Confessions Part III. This is one of the more interesting parodies in Al's career as it comedic SEQUEL to the original song by Usher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we are joined by Jacob Godbey to discuss the Sparks tribute "Virus Alert" and learn about the bizarre and complicated history of the group Sparks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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The Matt's Recap Their Weird Al Concert and SDCC Panel Experiences
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51:09HEY! It's a long delayed bonus episode! The Matt's both attended the Philadelphia leg of the Weird Al "Bigger & Weirder" tour as well as hosting their 2nd panel at San Diego Comic Con! In this bonus episode they break down the show and the panel and get interrupted by Jonathan London of Geekscape! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f…
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This week it's just the Matts talking Polka with the Straight Outta Lynwood polka "Polkarama!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we welcome back Dave & Ethan of Dave & Ethan's 2000" Weird Al Podcast to discuss the Rage Against the Machine style parody "I'll Sue Ya" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we are joined by Wheatus Vocalist and wife of Matthew Milligan, Joey Slater to discuss Al's Green Day parody "Canadian Idiot" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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After far too long, Mark Popeney returns to discuss Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the amazing song Pancreas! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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White & Nerdy (f/ Jeff "UHJeff" Nucera)
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1:07:20This week we are joined by returning guest UHJeff to kick off our Straight Outta Lynwood coverage by discussing the iconic and TOP 10 HIT "White & Nerdy" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This is arguably our largest MAL-Bag EVER as we discuss things like what a Beatles Polka would sound like, Al's appearances on Johnny Bravo and V.I.P. and answer questions for you listeners!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we tackle the first of two VH1 version of ALTV with writer Witney Seibold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we are joined by Lisa Hammer to discuss the final track of Poodle Hat. On this chaotic closure Al pays homage to Frank Zappa with Genius in France! Lisa Hammer is a New York independent filmmaker and musician. She is best known for her DIY/Punk/Surrealist/German Expressionist films, lush music videos, and experimental horror-fairy tales a…
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This week we discuss Al's Backstreet Boys parody "eBay" a song that seems to get better the more out dated it becomes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we are joined by Podcaster and Less Than Jake front-man Chris DeMakes to discuss Al's tribute to Bob Dylan and Palindromes... Bob! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we tackle Al's second Billy Joel parody (but first one officially released) which takes his signature song "Piano Man" and makes it a tribute to the Sam Raimi/Tobey McGuire Spiderman movies. It's ... something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Why Does This Always Happen To Me? (f/Allie Goertz)
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49:57Past guest and Ben Folds superfan Allie Goertz is back to talk about the song "Why Does This Always Happen To Me?" The song is an homage to Ben Folds Five and in a rare situation, Al is accompanied by Ben Folds on piano for this track! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we are joined by Robert Bacon of the Internet Supreme Court to discuss the Avril Lavigne parody A Complicated Song Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Today we discuss Prince and Beck and the weird cross section you find both of them in the Weird Al original "Wanna B UR Lovr" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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The Matts discuss the angriest whitest polka in Al's catalogue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we were joined by Loz City to discuss Party at the Leper Colony which is a very mixed bag of a song full of puns and misinformation on medical diagnoses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Last album coverage we discussed the recent video for Horoscope for Today and suddenly one of the directors Josh Pilch was reaching out to us to discuss about today's song ... TRASH DAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Is this the most impressive Al original ever? It's a strong contender!!! The Matts deep dive into the track to discuss what works and what doesn't and what group the song was originally supposed to be a style parody of! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week the Matt's kick off their Poodle Hat coverage, this may be one of the most infamous situations Al ever found himself in. At the last second Eminem pulled his music video approval effectively killing the promotion for the album .... but was this really the best lead off single? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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This week the Matts did a MAL-Bag under rushed circumstances ... Milligan was stuck in an airport gearing up for the big Wheatus tour and we tackle emails from listeners like yourself as well as some great forgotten Al content!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we are joined by Michael Forsch (creator of A-List Casting) to discuss Al's final AL-TV special of the 90's. This one was released in December of 1999 to promote the then new release "Running with Scissors" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we dive into one of the deepest cuts in Al's catalogue, Polkamon off the Pokemon The Movie 2000 soundtrack. This soundtrack seems to be wiped from all streaming services so you can only hear it on a YouTube upload which is ... rare for Al! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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We are finally at the end of the 90's years for Weird Al with this little talked about forgotten song that closes out the album. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Levi Wilson is BACK to discuss another controversial food song in Al's catalogue.... Grapefruit Diet! Is this song outdated and offensive or secretly brilliant? All this and some mediocre Rodney Dangerfield impressions on Weird Al-Gorithm! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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We are joined again by Jeff "UHJeff' Nucera to discuss one of the more divisive songs in Al's catalogue "Truck Drivin' Song". What actually is this song about? Is it problematic or empowering? We try to figure that out this week on Weird Al-Gorithm! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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For our 150th episode we are releasing the audio from our draft in December for the Geekscape Holiday Livestream event! We were joined by Dave & Ethan, Kelly Philips and UHJeff to draft our ultimate 5 song Weird Al set for a personal backyard concert. Feel free to watch the video here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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"It's All About the Pentiums" (f/Eric Conner)
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1:00:09This week we tackle one of Al's bigger hits and fan favorites "It's All About the Pentiums" and we are excited to be joined by Eric Conner of the Marvel Movie Talk podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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"Your Horoscope For Today" (f/Gary Mastriano)
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1:03:00We are joined by Backyard Superheroes saxophone player Gary Mastriano about Al's tribute to Third Wave Ska and the Zodiac! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we're back to talking Polkas with Christian Bladt (who's our most prolific polka guest!) to cover Polka Power! It's easy to argue this being the Polka from Al with the most stacked set list! We dive in song by song to figure out which (if any) is the weakest link! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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MC Lars is back for the 5th time... this time he joins us to discuss the Nine Inch Nails inspired style parody "Germs" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we are joined by comedian Curtis Fortier who is our first guest who OPENED FOR WEIRD AL! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we go back to the Weird Al Show well one last time to discus the Weird Al Show Theme! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Check out Matt's new podcast "Christian Cringe" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Pretty Fly (for a Rabbi) (f/James L Sutter)
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1:00:24This week we are joined by Author and all-round great guy James L. Sutter to discuss the "is this offensive" song "Pretty Fly (For a Rabbi)", Al's parody of The Offspring! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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This week we tackle the first original on the classic Running with Scissors album.... My Baby's In Love with Eddie Vedder. The song pays tribute to both the beloved grunge frontman and the massively popular genre Zydeco! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Geekscape
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Today we finally begin diving into Al's last album of the 90's with one of his biggest songs "The Saga Begins". A song this big also calls for a big guest so we are thrilled to be joined by Rob Harvilla host of 60 Songs That Explain the 90s! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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This week before we dive into Running with Scissors we focus on all the random Al stuff we've missed throughout the 80s/90s including his cameos in other people's music videos, him appearing on The Drew Carey Show and getting Lasek surgery on live TV as well as the handful of music videos Al personally directed for someone else! Learn more about yo…
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