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As featured in Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The A.V. Club,
Consequence, Mashable, Mental Floss, Book Riot and more! "Weird Al"
Yankovic continues as one of our most beloved comedians, actors,
and musicians. A skilled accordion player and lyricist, the
California native not only crafts meticulous parodies, but also
creates hilarious originals and pop culture-themed polkas. Now in
his fifth decade of recording and performing, Al has maintained a
career that has outlasted many of the artists that he has
lampooned. Since 1980, Al's drummer Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz has been
by his side, photographing and documenting his career. Jon has
taken more than 20,000 images of Al in his element: on tour, in the
studio, on video sets, and backstage. Lights, Camera, Accordion!
presents over 300 images of Al, culled from Jon's personal
collection of color photography, all restored from the original
negatives. This exhaustive volume represents the 25 years that Jon
shot Al on 35mm color film, from 1981 to 2006, before switching to
digital photography. Jon additionally provides previously unheard
stories and anecdotes throughout. From "Eat It" and "Like a
Surgeon" to later classics such as "Smells Like Nirvana," "Amish
Paradise," and the Star Wars parody "The Saga Begins," Lights,
Camera, Accordion! showcases a body of work that spans ten albums,
five Grammys, and nearly 2,000 concerts to millions of fans - and
is packed with the weirdness and fun that always surrounds the
undisputed king of comedic music.
For Weird Al's graphic novel debut Z2 has gathered some of the top
living cartoonists to express Al's "Yankovisions" visually with the
new THE ILLUSTRATED AL: The Songs of "Weird Al" Yankovic graphic
novel. Winner of five Grammy Awards and 11 notations, "Weird Al"
Yankovic has written some ALL of the greatest songs of both the
20th and 21st centuries. Z2 has gathered some of the top living
cartoonists to express Al's "Yankovisions" visually within this
book's pages. The great Al-merican songbook features 20+ classic
songs interpreted by such artists as Drew Friedman, Mike &
Laura Allred, Bill Plympton, Aaron Augenblick, Peter Bagge, Sam
Viviano, Steve Chanks, Danny Hellman, Felipe Sobreiro, Gideon
Kendall, Michael Kupperman, Wes Hargis + many more! Full Creator
List: Drew Freidman Mike & Laura Allred Emo Philips Sam Viviano
Jesse Philips Danny Hellman Aaron Augenblick Steve Chanks Peter
Bagge Bill Plympton Gideon Kendall FELIPE SOBREIRO WES HARGIS
MICHAEL KUPPERMAN RUBEN BOLLING ROB SIKORYAK FRED HARPER Bob
Fingerman Ryan Dunlavey Jeff McClelland Hilary Barta
As featured in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, The A.V. Club,
Nerdist, Gizmodo, Ultimate Classic Rock, and more! "Weird Al"
Yankovic is one of music's most beloved figures. A skilled
accordion player and songwriter, the California native is known for
his meticulous parodies of popular songs, hilarious originals, and,
of course, for upbeat polkas! For much of Al's career, one man has
been by his side, photographing and documenting the fun and
weirdness: longtime drummer Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz. Since meeting
Al in 1980, Jon has taken more than 20,000 images of Al in his
element: on tour, in the studio, and on video sets. Black &
White & Weird All Over presents hundreds of images of Al,
culled from Jon's personal collection of black-and-white
photography. These photos only existed on contact sheets - out of
mind and out of sight - until now! From behind-the-scenes shots
taken on the sets of Al's iconic videos for "Ricky," "I Love Rocky
Road," "Eat It," and "Living With A Hernia," to studio sessions for
Al's IN 3-D and Polka Party! LPs, Black & White & Weird All
Over is the ultimate photographic essay of Weird Al's undisputed
comedic genius.
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When I Grow Up (Hardcover)
Al Yankovic; Illustrated by Wes Hargis
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R389
R295
Discovery Miles 2 950
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Grammy Award winner and pop culture icon "Weird Al" Yankovic
delivers his first picture book, bringing his trademark wit,
wordplay, and silliness to a story that explores the timeless
question "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Funny and
charming, this is a celebration of creativity and possibility. An
Amazon Best Book of the Month! "The farce and parody make this a
rare book with appeal to both kids and adults" (Booklist). It's
Show-and-Tell time in Mrs. Krupp's class, and Billy just can't wait
for his turn! Today the class is discussing what they want to be
when they grow up, and our exuberant eight-year-old hero is
bursting to tell everyone about his future career plans. In
dazzling wordplay and delicious rhymes, Billy regales his patient
teacher and amazed classmates with tales of the variety of careers
he wants to pursue-each more outlandish and wildly imaginative than
the last!
I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've got. Could see all
kinds of things other people could not! Billy is a small boy with a
big imagination. Mr. Booth is a serious teacher with a strict
lesson plan. When the irresistible force of Billy's unrestrained
creativity meets the immovable object of Mr. Booth's fixed
worldview, one thing is obvious: someone is going to learn a lot
this school year! The irrepressible Billy, star of the New York
Times bestselling When I Grow Up, returns in an uproarious
back-to-school tale from the uniquely inspired Weird Al Yankovic.
Dazzling wordplay and sparkling rhyme combine in this appreciation
of the rewards of unabashed originality and the special joy of
viewing the world gently askew.
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