I didn't know where else to post this, but yesterday I stopped by my local record store in Boulder ("Albums on the Hill") to pick up "Patton Oswalt's Finest Hour" (after Tony Goldmark recommended it to me on Facebook) and I was just casually looking through their vinyl section to see if they had "Alpocalypse". They didn't have this, but strangely enough they did have a copy of
"Selections From Straight Outta Lywnood". This is a promotional record sent to radio stations that has W&N, Drive-Thru and Confessions Pt. III on it. I totally bought it even though I had nothing to play it on and $5.99 was a bargain for a rare collectible item! When I paid for it, the guy behind the counter asked me if I saw Al in Denver last month and I said of course. He put on a great show and I met him afterwards. He said he's saw him a few times, but just not on this current tour and even said he's a real professional and a lot of musicians could learn a thing or two from him about putting on a live concert and how it was more than just a novelty.
Life is a bowl of three-legged salamanders swimming around in an infinite ocean of strawberry jello...