Sunday, July 27, 2025

Flopcast 690: Weird Al Speedwagon

We're packing all our summer concert reports into one big show! First it's Aimee Mann in New Hampshire with her regular opener (and no stranger to the nerd world) Jonathan Coulton. (As longtime Aimee fans, we're still a little grumpy about missing the recent 'Til Tuesday reunion show...) Then we have two shows from the same exhausting weekend! First up is "Weird Al" Yankovic, who brought his Bigger and Weirder Tour (with weird opening act Puddles Pity Party) to a giant casino in Connecticut. Then the very next night, there was REO Speedwagon (sort of) and Styx, with opener Don Felder of the Eagles, at Great Woods back here in Massachusetts. (Mr. Roboto, we've missed you.) It was a fine bunch of super-fun nostalgic shows (including some random meetups with old friends of the Flopcast), and now we're ready to flop over and relax until Dragon Con. But do you still have any summer concerts coming up? If you're planning to Wang Chung tonight, do please let us know.

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Show Notes

Aimee Mann and Jonathan Coulton:

Coulton's fine album of cover songs (Rolling Stones fans will recognize the inspiration):

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With new additions to his band, Weird Al gets more Devolution!

"Amish Paradise" also takes advantage of the expansion.

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The Eagles' Don Felder busts out the double-neck for "Hotel California".

This is not REO Speedwagon (but it really is).

This is Styx (but not Dennis DeYoung).