from “Weird Al” Yankovic:
One week from today (Tuesday, August 25), my 5-track digital EP Internet Leaks will be officially released. It’ll be on iTunes, Amazon… you know, all the usual places.
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve already heard 4/5 of the songs on it: My T.I. parody “Whatever You Like,” my Doors pastiche “Craigslist,” my Jungle Cruise homage “Skipper Dan” and my Charles Nelson Reilly tribute “CNR.”
The fifth and final track from Internet Leaks is called “Ringtone.” It will be released the same day as the EP — Tuesday the 25th. The video for it was done by the guys behind Current TV’s hilarious show SuperNews — and it will world-premiere this Friday night as part of a half-hour special show that I’m co-hosting with SuperNews creator Josh Faure-Brac. For more info on the show and where you can see it, go here.
If you’ve been holding out on buying these tracks individually up until now, you can pick all five up in one fell swoop on Tuesday. Who knows, maybe Internet Leaks will even chart like a “real” album!
The songs on Internet Leaks will all show up again on my next full album release, whenever that is (I’m assuming next year sometime, but there’s no way to be sure). Some people may say, “Why should I buy the Internet Leaks tracks now when they’re going to be on your next album anyway?” Well, if all you’re interested in is the physical CD, and you don’t mind waiting a year or so… you probably SHOULDN’T buy the tracks now. Nobody’s forcing you to buy the songs twice — I just wanted to make the tracks available so everybody could enjoy them as early as possible.
By the way, if you DO purchase Internet Leaks now, you’ll be able to take advantage of iTunes’ “Complete My Album” function when the full album becomes available. You’ll be able to painlessly add the missing tracks, and the full purchase price of Internet Leaks will be deducted from the cost of the album.
While I’m thinking of it, HUGE thanks go out to Liam Lynch, Divya Srinivasan and the folks at JibJab, who made the videos for “Craigslist,” “Skipper Dan” and “CNR,” respectively. If you haven’t seen those videos yet, check them out on my YouTube page. Or if YouTube won’t let you watch them for some crazy reason, try here.
In other news… Al’s Brain finished up a successful run at the Orange County Fair — a quarter of a million people so far have seen my 3-D movie, and the reviews have been fantastic. If you live in the Western Washington area, be sure to look for it at the Puyallup Fair next month!
And last week, I passed the “one million followers” threshold on Twitter. (Did Ashton Kutcher beat me to it? I haven’t really been paying attention.) Anyway, I’ve really been enjoying Twitter… in an obsessive/compulsive kind of way. If you’re not following me there already, check it out — I’m at twitter.com/alyankovic.
Other than that, I’ve been enjoying the summer with my family, and I’ve had a great time reading everybody’s tweets, posts and comments. Thanks so much for all the kind words about the new songs and videos!
Al