Despite the fact that I grew up in central New Jersey, it was only last night that I actually saw a concert at the PNC (nee Garden State) Arts Center -- the reasonably-sized outdoor-ish musical venue in the middle of the Garden State Parkway. In this case, I took in yet another Weird Al performance, fully embracing my nerd cred, knowing full well I'd fit in pretty well in this crowd. (It's hard to feel you're "too cool for school" here, mainly because you've spent decent money and had to trek down the Parkway to get to this concert in the first place.)
And having seen a couple of his shows in Atlanta, I pretty much got what I expected -- a ton of costume changes (marked by his faux interviews of celebrities), accompanying videos to most of his songs and one really long parody medley set. Also got some Storm Troopers and Darth Vader for "The Saga Begins" -- to ratchet up the geek factor even more -- and the requisite Segway for "White and Nerdy." Despite the relatively fun set, I'm still a bit thrown that his encore song was "Albuquerque" -- but at least he'll actually be playing there at the tail end of the tour.
He's actually returning to the area to play at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan next month (probably a better venue for his act), but I'm amused at the venues he's playing right around the New York City gig:
Sept 19 New Bedford, MA Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
Sept 20 New York City Beacon Theater
Sept 21 Ledyard, CT Foxwoods Casino
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