At 06:45 AM 8/21/2004, Brian Jude wrote:
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> From: meowmeowgal@...
> To: weirdalyankovicfanclub@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:14 PM
> Subject: [Weird Al Yankovic Fan Club] Backstage
>
>
> Rather interesting...
> http://www.thesmokinggun.com/backstagetour/weirdal/weirdal1.html
>
>Very interesting indeed! Gives you a real insight to what the entourage's
>life on the road is like.
>
>As far as the "No Dasani" issue, I thought perhaps Al may have something
>against the Coca-Cola company, yet Coke and Sprite are indeed requested in
>the rider.
>
>I did find this theory by "Orthography Enthusiast" on
>http://www.weirdalforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=877&st=0
>
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>
>Okay, I've done a little web-surfing (on water, for a change!)
>
>Dasani is tap water as filtered, bottled, and marketed by Coca-Cola. And
>there's at least one scurrilous report on the Internet to suggest that
>their microbe-eradication efforts are sometimes inadequate.
>[...]
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Certainly the fact that it's basically filtered tap water, and not spring
water may have something to do with it. I'm sure Dasani isn't the only
brand, though.

>What I want to know is (other than the fact that Al doesn't eat cheese,
>but you can make it vegan style), what's he got against lasagna???
>(Avoiding turkey makes sense - you don't want the tryptophan to put
>everyone to sleep.)

Probably since he's got a *song* called Lasagna, everyone thought it would
be cute to serve it. Having half of your on-the-road meals be the same
thing can get tiresome.

Mike


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