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Fellow Cal Polytechnic University State University Architecture grad and beloved parody songsmith, The man who would become "Weird Al" was born on this day in 1959 to Nick and Mary Elizabeth Yankovic, who raised young Al in Lynwood CA.
Though he wasn't related to the famous Accordion player Frank Yankovic, a crucial turning point in his life was when his parents bought lessons for that instrument from a door-to-door salesman.
Idolizing novelty song acts from the midcentury like Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer and many other acts featured on the Dr Demento novelty radio show, Al was developing similar parody songs while growing up and learning the accordion. A chance meeting with Demento during a high school speech gave Al the opportunity to get one of his songs played on the syndicated radio show.
Al officially became "Weird" as he earned the nickname during his time as a DJ at his college radio station, proudly adopting the wacky persona that would persist through his entire career.
Recording a parody of "My Sharona" in his radio station's bathroom, Weird Al's "My Bologna" became a hit on Dr. Demento's radio show, but it was with his parody of Michael Jackson's BEAT IT and accompanying video that he would achieve national fame. In a time before Youtube, Weird Al became a viral hit.
In the years that followed Weird Al has parodied many different artists and styles, and has adapted to the changes in popular music. It's something of a rite of passage in the music industry, with many like Kurt Cobain stating that "they only felt like they had really made it" once they had a song popular enough to get a parody.
Just as the novelty song greats of the past influenced Weird Al, you can see his influence on a generation of new recording artists creating parody remixes and playing popular songs in a new and weird new way.
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-Champion Cecil Damon monster name not localized, will be change it this week
-Jump event continues, still a great time to create a new character
-2013 Halloween quest with Costume: Whisper Mask reward
The quest begins by speaking to the coffin in Prontera
-The Kafra Corp joins in on the Monster's month fun with Creepy Kafra costumes
-Adding VIP NPC that will let you trade a Spooky box for a vendable version
-Talk like a Pirate Day ended
-Duration of HE BM/BG returns to 15 minutes
-Headgear Unbound:
- Costume: Heart Eyepatch
- Costume: Devoted Eyes
- Costume: Tiara
- Costume: Crown
Turn ins:
Bok Choy and Sunset on the Rocks pet food added to Pet Groomer in Prontera
Client Description fixes:
Champion Helm- removed Account Bound in the description and updated the weight to 30
Banaspaty Card- amended to state that burning status chance can occur on physical or ranged attacks
Unripe apple-fixed typos and changed name to Little Unripe apple for Little Poring tame version
3D Glasses- Fixed description: Increase 4% of the Magical Damage inflicted to Formless type monsters.
