One week from today (Tuesday, August 25), my 5-track digital EP “Internet Leaks” will be officially released. It’ll be on iTunes, Amazon… you know, all the usual places.
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve already heard 4/5 of
the songs on it: My T.I. parody “Whatever You Like,” my Doors pastiche
“Craigslist,” my Jungle Cruise homage “Skipper Dan” and my Charles Nelson
Reilly tribute “CNR.”
The fifth and final track from “Internet Leaks” is called
“Ringtone.” It will be released
the same day as the EP – Tuesday the 25th. The video for it was done by the guys behind Current TV’s
hilarious show “SuperNews” – and it will world-premiere this Friday night as
part of a half-hour special show that I’m co-hosting with SuperNews creator
Josh Faure-Brac. For more info on
the show and where you can see it, go
here.
If you’ve been holding out on buying these tracks individually
up until now, you can pick all five up in one fell swoop on Tuesday. Who knows, maybe “Internet Leaks” will
even chart like a “real” album!
The songs on “Internet Leaks” will all show up again on my
next full album release, whenever that is (I’m assuming next year sometime, but
there’s no way to be sure). Some
people may say, “Why should I buy the ‘Internet Leaks’ tracks now when they’re
going to be on your next album anyway?”
Well, if all you’re interested in is the physical CD, and you don’t mind
waiting a year or so… you probably SHOULDN’T buy the tracks now. Nobody’s forcing you to buy the songs
twice - I just wanted to make the tracks available so everybody could enjoy
them as early as possible.
By the way, if you DO purchase “Internet Leaks” now, you’ll
be able to take advantage of iTunes’ “Complete My Album” function when the full
album becomes available. You’ll be
able to painlessly add the missing tracks, and the full purchase price of
“Internet Leaks” will be deducted from the cost of the album.
While I’m thinking of it, HUGE thanks go out to Liam Lynch,
Divya Srinivasan and the folks at JibJab, who made the videos for “Craigslist,”
“Skipper Dan” and “CNR,” respectively.
If you haven’t seen those videos yet, check them out on my
YouTube page. Or if YouTube won’t let you watch them
for some crazy reason, try
here.
In other news… “Al’s
Brain” finished up a successful run
at the Orange County Fair – a quarter of a million people so far have seen my
3-D movie, and the reviews have been fantastic. If you live in the Western Washington area, be sure to look
for it at the Puyallup Fair next month!
And last week, I passed the “one million followers”
threshold on Twitter. (Did Ashton
Kutcher beat me to it? I haven’t
really been paying attention.)
Anyway, I’ve really been enjoying Twitter… in an obsessive-compulsive
kind of way. If you’re not
following me there already, check it out – I’m at
twitter.com/alyankovic.
Other than that, I’ve been enjoying the summer with my
family, and I’ve had a great time reading everybody’s tweets, posts and
comments. Thanks so much for all
the kind words about the new songs and videos!
Al