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  • May 2008
    • New Weezer Video Rules, Borrows From YouTube

      New Weezer Video Rules, Borrows From YouTube

      (Newser) - In less than a week, Weezer's video for the new single "Pork and Beans" has attracted more than 3 million viewers to YouTube—partly by featuring nearly that many existing YouTube sensations. Miss Teen South Carolina, aka Caitlin "the Iraq" Upton, appears, happily lip-syncing the catchy ditty, as does the star of the "Leave Britney Alone!" video, looking slightly less sunny. More »

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      YouTube   Britney Spears   music videos   viral video   Weezer   Rivers Cuomo   Chris Crocker   Lauren Caitlin Upton

  • March 2008
    • Weezer Star Needs Help Writing a Song

      Weezer Star Needs Help Writing a Song

      (Newser) - In yet another example of the Internet democratizing the music industry, Weezer's frontman is using YouTube to get some help writing a new song. Rivers Cuomo is broadcasting himself (don't miss the campy moustache) in a series he's dubbed "Let's Write a Sawng." His latest dispatch asks fans to "come up with some chords yo," Pitchfork Media reports. More »

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      music   YouTube   rock and roll   indie rock   Weezer   Rivers Cuomo

  • December 2007
    • All Rivers Cuomo, All Alone

      All Rivers Cuomo, All Alone

      (Newser) - Onetime geek gods Weezer have been nothing but disappointing this century, PopMatters’ Evan Sawdey says, so thank heaven for Alone , lead singer Rivers Cuomo’s solo “album of one-offs, hard-to-finds, and unreleased material.” Much of the record dates from the band’s Pinkerton golden age, and the eight (of 18) songs that are listenable are some of his “strongest material” ever. More »

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      music review   Weezer   Rivers Cuomo

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