Sept. 14, 1980
New York, N.Y.
I was born in New York, NY.
Sept. 14, 1980
Culver City, Calif.
Across the country in California, on that very day, Al met the man who, to this day is still his drummer, John "Bermuda" Schwartz. They played "Another One Rides the Bus" together on the Dr. Demento Show that night.
Aug. 30, 1987
Minneapolis, Minn.
6 years old. Saw Weird Al for the first time, accidentally, when I went with my mom to a Monkees concert and Al was also on stage there. I vaguely remembered some guy singing about food, then later, when I became a Weird Al fan in 1999, I realized that was him.
Aug. 14, 1999
Eureka, Mo.
First intentional Weird Al concert
April 26, 2000
St. Louis, Mo.
My first time at AlCon. It was a wonderful experience. I felt like I had found My People.
July 1, 2000
Chicago, Ill.
6:30 p.m.
July 1, 2000
Chicago, Ill.
9:30 p.m.
Sept. 22, 2000
Kansas City, Mo.
Sept. 30, 2000
Springfield, Ill.
Met Al, First time meeting Al and when he signed my leg
Nov. 3, 2000
Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Nov. 4, 2000
Bethlehem, Pa.
Met Al, He signed a record separator w/ "Weird" spelled wrong. Also when I gave him that Cosmo article with someone saying they would sleep with him.
April 26-27, 2002
Elk Grove Village, Ill.
AlCon 3, alas, the last AlCon. Al was there, so that was another time I met him.
July 25, 2002
Los Angeles, Calif.
The L.A. shows were at the Orange County Fair, which was featuring an exhibit called The Weird Al Experience. It had props and costumes from his videos, some of his actual Hawaiian shirts, his gold records, items from his childhood, etc.
July 26, 2002
Los Angeles, Calif.
July 27, 2002
Los Angeles, Calif.
8 p.m.
July 27, 2002
Los Angeles, Calif.
9:45 p.m., Met Al, Gave him the accordion shirt backstage.
July 26, 2003
Chicago, Ill.
7 p.m.
July 26, 2003
Chicago, Ill.
10 p.m.
Aug. 2, 2003
St. Louis, Mo.
7 p.m.
Aug. 2, 2003
St. Louis, Mo.
10 p.m., Met Al, He signed another record separator w/ "Weird" spelled wrong
Aug. 5, 2003
Kansas City, Mo.
Aug. 24, 2003
Minneapolis, Minn.
April 14, 2004
Topeka, Kan.
This was the show Heath and I went to after Al's parents passed away. We brought that card and had audience members sign it for him.
August 2004
Kansas City, Mo.
Al was Grand Marshal at the Elvis Parade in Kansas City, MO, where we lived at the time. I met him after the parade, and that's when we took that picture of him holding a sign that says "Katie is right!"
Aug. 21, 2004
Eureka, Mo.
Sept. 29, 2007
University Park, Ill.
Aug. 8, 2008
St. Charles, Mo.
I was 8 months pregnant with Ben during this concert. I remember the chair being very uncomfortable, sitting for that long.
July 12, 2010
St. Charles, Mo.
June 3, 2011
St. Charles, Mo.
Al sat on my lap during "Wanna B Ur Lovr." I was actually pregnant with Sam when that happened, but not really showing yet. So both of my boys went to Al concerts in utero. :)
April 19, 2013
St. Charles, Mo.
Ben's first concert