What’s up in Los Angeles
WORD ON THE STREET
The most ridiculous things we’ve overheard in Los Angeles lately
“I don’t follow
you on Instagram, but I totally follow your dog.”
“Can I have a
disgusting amount of ginger, please?”
“You’re the only other person I’ve seen
shake milk. The other was my ex. Are you a Sagittarius?”
IN CHARACTER
“Weird Al” Yankovic 57, musical satirist, Hollywood Hills
You’ve just announced the 2017 release of Squeeze Box, a 15-album box set. Why now? Frankly, I think it would have been better to release it after I’m dead, but apparently Legacy Records was getting impatient, so they’re putting it out now. It’s always a bummer when an artist puts out a “complete” box set and then messes it up by continuing to be productive and putting out more music. And, by the way, that’s still my plan.
What was it like growing up in L.A.? I lived in Lynwood, so I didn’t exactly grow up in the showbiz community—but I was showbiz adjacent. I was close enough to Hollywood that I could drive to Sunset Boulevard and knock on some doors. If I’d been born in Nebraska I probably wouldn’t have my current career because it wouldn’t have been geographically convenient for me to put myself out there.
Time Out Los Angeles January–March 2017
Where’s your favorite place to perform here? In the early days, I would busk on the sidewalk in Westwood Village. This year I had the opportunity to play the Hollywood Bowl, and there’s really nothing that compares to that. It’s a large venue and it’s so iconic, but there’s something about it that feels intimate. Maybe it’s because the people up in front are eating dinner while you’re playing, so it’s easy enough to just pretend you’re playing at a dinner theater somewhere in South Dakota.
Is there anywhere in L.A. you can go without being recognized? The corner of 75th [Street] and Eighth [Avenue] in Hyde Park. I can stand there all day long, and people won’t even make eye contact with me. ■Kate Wertheimer
à Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of “Weird Al” Yankovic will be released this fall and is available for preorder now at
weirdal.com.
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“He looks like a poor man’s Bob Saget.”
“Cycle House is the most expensive
habit ever. It’s worse than cocaine.”
“Were you alive in the 21st century?”
Overheard any
wacky exchanges? Tweet us
@timeoutlosangeles #wordonthestreet.
PHOTOGRAPH: MARK SELIGER
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