EAT IT—There are two camps of "Weird Al" Yankovic fans: those who loved him in middle school and then got over him, and the rest of us who just never got over him. In either case, the king of pop parody graces PDX tonight, with his songs, his characters, and his locks. His curly, curly locks. ND
Roseland, 8 NW 6th, 8 pm, $35-45, all ages
IN THE MOODY—Novelist Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm and The Diviners, reads from his latest: The Four Fingers of Death, a massive, hilarious book in the vein of Kurt Vonnegut, and miles away from Moody's previous work, embracing science fiction, horror movies, and a talking chimpanzee. NL
Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 pm, FREE
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