Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

The Big Squeeze: Day Seventy-Four: "Taco Grande" from Off the Deep End

His only obsession has to do with a flour tortilla: he needs a quesadilla!

The Big SqueezeNathan RabinNovember 9, 2020Gerardo, Mexican food, The Weird Accordion to Al expanded

The Big Squeeze: Day Seventy-Three-"When I Was Your Age" from Off the Deep End

Al and the gang give the business to Don Henley in “When I Was Your Age”, a subtle pastiche of “Dirty Laundry.”

The Big SqueezeNathan RabinNovember 3, 2020Don Henley, Off the Deep End, The Big Squeeze, pastiche

The Big Squeeze: Day Seventy-Two: "The White Stuff" from Off the Deep End

Al is addicted to the “white stuff” in a food-themed parody like many other.

The Big SqueezeNathan RabinNovember 2, 2020New Kids on the Block, boy bands, Oreos, food

The Big Squeeze: Day Seventy-One: "I Was Only Kidding" from Off the Deep End

You’re so gullible!

The Big SqueezeNathan RabinOctober 29, 2020

Why "Weird Al" Yankovic Isn't In the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Here’s a hint: it has NOTHING to do with not being good enough and everything to do with the Rock Hall taking itself way too seriously.

The Big Squeeze: Day Seventy: "Polka Your Eyes Out" from Off the Deep End

It’s a polka!

The Big SqueezeNathan RabinOctober 20, 2020polka, Billy Idol, The Divinyls

The Big Squeeze: Day Sixty-Nine: "I Can't Watch This" from Off The Deep End

Gathering memories and debilitating self-doubt characterize this look back at Al’s TV-themed parody of MC Hammer’s smash.

The Big Squeeze: Day Sixty-Eight: "Trigger Happy" from Off the Deep End

Watch out punk, or I’m gonna have to blow you away!

The Big SqueezeNathan RabinOctober 12, 2020

The Big Squeeze: Day Sixty-Seven "Smells Like Nirvana" from Off the Deep End

What is this song all about? Can’t figure any lyrics out.

The Big Squeeze, The Weird Accordion To AlNathan RabinOctober 6, 2020Music, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain

The Big Squeeze: Day 66 "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" from UHF

In this not at all self-indulgent post, your humble author discusses his extensive collection of “Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota”-themed tee shirts.