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• Weezer, 'Raditude' (Geffen)

  November 2, 2009 – After listening to Weezer's seventh release, you may want to describe frontman Rivers Cuomo with one word: demented. The bespectacled, Harvard-groomed crooner has a sadistic streak; that's the easiest way to explain Raditude, an aggressively obnoxious 30-minute montage of FM-radio real-estate grabs, superficial genre-hopping, embarrassing diction -- "friends" are referred to as "homies," etc. …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  August 28, 2009 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! …
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  Rivers Meets Rainn, Captain Beefheart's 10 Commandments, and More

  April 3, 2009 – When nerds collide: Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo has teamed up with The Office star Rainn Wilson to record new songs. [Weezer] According to Captain Beefheart's 10 Commandments of Guitar Playing, thou shalt walk with the devil, listen to the birds, and practice in front of a bush. P.S., Moses slings a Strat. [WFMU] Wish you could growl like Mastodon's Brent Hinds? Screaming coach Susan M. Carr says practice makes perfect. …
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  In Love: Ryan Adams, Kelly Clarkson, Rivers Cuomo

  February 5, 2009 – Valentine's Day is nine days away, but a few musicians already have love on the brain. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week, December 1-7

  December 6, 2008 – As we here at SPIN.com sit back and look at the past week, we can't help but wonder: Is the U.K. planning a musical takeover?Oasis and Snow Patrol both kicked off massive North American tours; Lily Allen premiered a brand new single and video; Coldplay was slapped with a new lawsuit; and Robbie Williams revealed his, uh, weird drug habits. …
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  Weezer: Heck on Wheels

  May 26, 2008 – Our June cover story involves some old friends: Weezer. Deputy editor Steve Kandell checks in with the Weezer camp, taking stock of the power pop poobahs' perch at this point, six albums deep into their career. …
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  Rivers Cuomo's Harvard Graduation

  June 9, 2006 – Rivers Cuomo, the introverted frontman of nerdy power-pop quintet Weezer, finished his collegiate tour Thursday (June 8) when he graduated from Harvard. After wrapping up his other tour -- a massive road show in support of platinum-selling Make Believe -- Cuomo, 35, headed back to Harvard, the university he's been attending intermittently since 1995. …
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