In my mind, a good litmus test of when a person has lost their soul is when that person grows tired of Weird Al Yankovic. But one of Yankovic's bigger problems has always been spoofing songs while they were still culturally relevant, as waiting a year for a song spoof is no longer really feasible in the YouTube era. Well, count in Weird Al with the likes of Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and the Raconteurs in mainstream artists interested in new media techniques for releasing material.
"Certainly there is the possibility of me being a lot more topical," Yankovic tells Billboard.com. "Before I would have to wait until I was getting ready to put an album out and hope I'd be able to latch onto something that was topical and timely -- and even then it would be a couple months before I'd be able to get an album in stores.
"Now, with iTunes and portals like that, ostensibly I could come up with an idea, record it and get it out in the marketplace within a week. That's exciting."
No word yet on how such a plan would jive with Weird Al's label, Volcano Records, owned by Sony BMG. Still, if this means we could hear a Weird Al track called "Viva La VP" next week, I wouldn't complain.
hahaha, just had to check out the article because of the first line, classic.