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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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  SPIN's Week in Review, May 26-30

  May 30, 2008 – Granted, it was a short week, and one that reminded us of summer's impending arrival -- mmm, barbecue -- but we did learn many things this week, with lessons coming from Weezer's Brian Bell, the commenters over at Deadspin, New Jersey punk rockers the Gaslight Anthem, pop duo She & Him, and... another pop duo, the Submarines. …
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  "Y.M.C.A." (An Oral History)

  May 27, 2008 – Henri Belolo (music producer, from a 2000 interview with disco-disco.com): [In 1975] I was talking to the gay community about what they liked, what they wanted to listen to musically, and what was their dream, their fantasy. One day [producer Jacques Morali and I] were walking in the streets of New York. I remember clearly it was down in the Village, and we saw an Indian walking down the street and heard the bells on his feet. …
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