Results tagged “weirdal”

As far as we can tell, Icy Demons are neither icy nor demons. Instead, they are fronted by a guy playing upright bass and wearing panda pants who could easily be Wesley Willis' nephew. The Demons kinda remind us of The Unicorns, in that every song seems to contain bits and pieces of multiple songs from multiple genres, both hits and misses. For the final song of the Chicago band's all-over-the-place opening set, the aforementioned potentially crazy guy jumped into the Neumo's audience and got all up in our dear Donte's grill, the result of which is the photo on the left. According to Donte, he is indicating, "I want YOU to rock out to our fun, loud, weird music!" but we're pretty sure he was getting ready to attack, schizophrenic hobo-style.

think. It just made us wonder: if it were up to the -ist-a-verse, what would we be voting for?

Whenever a big-time sports team gets in some serious championship contention, local radio starts playing quickie novelty songs inspired by (or exploiting) the team in question. Usually some unknown artist will give a popular song the Weird Al treatment, altering its lyrics to fit the team, and often enhancing the tracks with fake play-by-play announcers and crowd cheers. The earliest example we recall is “Husky Fever,” adapted from "Boogie Fever,” the Sylvers’ #1 disco hit from 1976. It was played incessantly on local radio as the Huskies approached their 1978 Rose Bowl victory, and it’s still a staple of the UW marching band.