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Veteran pop culture writer and former head writer of The A.V Club Nathan Rabin wrote the book on, and with, "Weird Al" Yankovic in the 2012 coffee table book Weird Al: The Book. He followed it up with 2020's The Weird Accordion to Al, an even more essential guide to an American original's life and work. Now he's back for more with the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Edition.The original The Weird Accordion to Al explored every ...

Eight years ago veteran pop culture writer Nathan Rabin, the original head writer for pop culture juggernaut the A.V Club and the man who coined the phrase "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" got a direct message on Twitter that changed his life. His childhood hero, "Weird Al" Yankovic, had hand-picked him to write a coffee table book about his life and career that would ultimately become 2012's Weird Al: The Book from Abrams Image. One book about Al jus...

One of Rolling Stone's 20 Best Music Books of 2013When memoirist and head writer for The A.V. Club Nathan Rabin first set out to write about obsessed music fans, he had no idea the journey would take him to the deepest recesses of both the pop culture universe and his own mind. For two very curious years, Rabin, who Mindy Kaling called "smart and funny” in The New Yorker, hit the road with two of music's most well-established fanbases: Phish's...

Based on the A.V. Club Web site column, "My Year of Flops" is head writer Rabin's romp through the most notorious movies in cinematic history.

The undisputed king of pop-culture parody, Yankovic has sold more comedy recordings than any other artist in history. Covering more than three decades of hilarious songs, videos, concert performances, and more, this is the ultimate companion piece to an extraordinary career.

From the head entertainment writer at "The Onion A.V. Club, " a hilarious and brutally-honest memoir told through the prism of pop culture.