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Entries tagged “Red Album”

My 10 Favorite Albums of 2008

By Jim Shearer on 12/29/2008
Filed under: '08 WAS GREAT!, LISTS

The following is not a list of the Top-10 Albums of the Year (c'mon, I'm one man, who am I to say if these are the best albums of 2008?), instead, this is simply a list of my Top-10 favorite albums of the year: 10. Girl Talk, Feed The Animals Yes, he's just a mash-up artist, and what can a mash-up artist do besides layer acapellas over well-known instrumentals? Well, if you're Girl Talk you take hundreds and hundreds of not just instrumentals, but bleeps, breaks, and beats and masterfully intertwine them with the naughtiest dirty south rap lyrics you... MORE »

Weezer Premieres "Troublemaker"

By Jim Shearer on 10/07/2008
Filed under: NEWS

Still in the habit of making proper music videos--which may seem like an outdated thing to do in this day in age--Weezer premiered their "Troublemaker" clip yesterday. The band's second video from the Red Album features a giant W-shaped trough filled with nachos, a massive game of dodge ball, a pie-fight, and great big 'ol hootenanny (a bunch of different people, playing a bunch of different instruments). (left: Who's that guy in the hair-net with the neck tattoo? Duh, it's Rivers Cuomo.) Like Weezer's first single, "Pork and Beans"--showcasing various made-at-home internet superstars (which to date has collectively over... MORE »

I'm Addicted

By Jim Shearer on 06/11/2008
Filed under: HODGEPODGE

I'm lovin' Weezer's Red album--lovin' it I say!! Tomorrow I will tell you all why (in great depth no less). I'd do it today, but I have band practice right now. Music first my friends, music first... MORE »

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