“Hellooo!” called out John O’Donnell, in an exaggerated, almost Cookie-Monster-like voice. “Hellooo!” called back the crowd, matching his energy and tone. It was weird, wacky, and wildly entertaining, ...

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Ten years ago, “Weird Al” Yankovic made history, as he is wont to do. “Mandatory Fun,” his 14th and final studio album, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. It was not only unprecedented for ...

There was a brief moment, near the start of the San Francisco Tape Music Festival on Jan. 9, when I despaired. Minutes earlier, I had lodged myself into my narrow seat at the Victoria Theatre in the ...