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“Weird Al” Yankovic is coming to Cal Poly for student media’s 100 Year Celebration
Yankovic’s journey to becoming Weird Al started in the strangest of places— a men’s bathroom at Cal Poly.
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From Cal Poly bathrooms to No. 1 on Billboard 200: Weird Al through the years
He attended Cal Poly more than 30 years ago. He’s still pretty weird.
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It's the 'Alpocalypse': Weird Al brings funny back to the PAC
On a nationwide tour for his 13th studio album, “Weird Al” Yankovic, 52, wanted to do something special for the sold-out crowd at the Christopher A. Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) Wednesday, Nov. 2. “I don’t know how relevant these lyrics are anymore, but 30 years ago they were hilarious” Yankovic said, introducing a song […]
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Weird Al Yankovic returns to Cal Poly
“Weird Al,” the nickname, originated in Sierra Madre Tower 4, room 43G, where young Alfred Yankovic lived, learned and, ultimately, became Weird Al in 1976. “I didn’t do anything drastic or dramatic like fill the hallway with Jello,” Yankovic said. “I just didn’t fit in, more than anything.” Weird Al Yankovic is now a Grammy […]
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Putting the 'Al' in 'alumnus': Weird Al at the PAC
Grammy Award-winning legend “Weird Al” Yankovic, the biggest selling comedy recording artist of all time, will return to his alma mater, Cal Poly, for his Alpocalypse Tour on Nov. 2 in the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center. Yankovic graduated from Cal Poly in 1980 with a B.S. in architecture, but found that architecture wasn’t in his […]
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Reviving the state of music with KCPR
On any given day, at almost any time, even in the wee hours of the morning, anyone can walk up to the windows of KCPR and watch disc jockeys on-air.