Founding Idolator editor Brian Raftery chats up accordion-wielding parodymaster “Weird Al” Yankovic, and how the Internet has changed his business: “Back in the ’80s, ‘Purple Rain’ would be number one for half a year,” Yankovic says. “You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars. That makes it more difficult for me.” [Wired]
