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…and they said the Internets would kill music.

Weird Al Yankovic, an idol of mine since 1984’s “Dare To Be Stupid” album, is releasing a new single on iTunes tomorrow…a parody of a song that is currently #1 on the charts.

According to his Myspace blog, this is a first for Al, as he typically must wait a couple years to release a parody on an album that takes many months to record, mix, master and release. Thanks to modern technology and his recent “White & Nerdy” video being a HUGE Internet smash, he got this whole project done (from permission to release) whittled down to an insane two weeks.

Musicians claiming to be losing money because of the Internet are now considered lazy in my book.

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