{"id":1516,"date":"2016-06-26T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T19:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2016-07-20T15:07:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T19:07:03","slug":"weird-al-still-the-best-way-i-know-michael-jackson-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=1516","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Weird Al&#8221;: still the best way I know Michael Jackson songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Rach and Weird Al\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ryanready\/776960613\/in\/photolist-2bE8jD-5cgkrX-eHL4cx-eHL4sK-5ckFj5-2bJh5q-5cgnGp-5ckFF9-eHL4yg-2bDJG6-5ckJEE-5ckHaU-5cgkd2-5cgtb4-5ckG5E-eHL3Tn-5ckFxo-eHS7rC-5ckGXd-eHSjzd-eHSjyb-eHL4hB-eHS78J-2bJeAU-2bJjbU-7tKpZ4-8qsWPd-eHL478-9h4KA4-2bDKg2-2bDNnR-2bJfX5-2bDMNc-2bJgxj-8XVwc4-u1XqYd-8qpQ6R-8qsWHQ-tmG9UF-7ywSd9-Gc9FTa-p5uWaC-qWniHz-qWnjGP-pjZgrP-pDvmbJ-7yt1hV-pjKWW9-7yt5UP-tmhc6J\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/2\/1396\/776960613_e01b79b4f1_q.jpg\" alt=\"Rach and Weird Al\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Weird Al\u201d Yankovic\u2019s Mandatory World Tour<\/strong> will tear the roof off the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capa.com\/presentations\/current-season-presentations\/weird-al\">Palace Theater in Columbus on July 6<\/a>. I got a chance to talk to the man behind &#8220;Eat It,&#8221; &#8220;White and Nerdy,&#8221; and tons of other songs that have impacted my twisted sense of humor since high school. And here&#8217;s the strangest thing: Over the phone, Al Yankovic sounds like Jeff Goldblum. 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