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  Leak Of The Day: Rivers Cuomo Takes A Trip To The Animal Farm
Leak Of The Day: Rivers Cuomo Takes A Trip To The Animal Farm
Our thanks to the tipster who sent along this MP3 of "Pig," a track purportedly taken from Rivers Cuomo's latest demo CD.
The recording itself is pretty bare—it's just piano and guitar, with a little bit of harmonica and a whole lotta man-as-animal metaphor—but it's a charmingly downbeat number, and an intriguing look at what's next for Weezer:
idolator.com /tunes/mp3/leak-of-the-day-rivers-cuomo-takes-a-trip-to-the-animal-farm-250650.php   (174 words)

  
  Rivers Cuomo's Encyclopedia of Pop : Rolling Stone
Rivers Cuomo stares at the screen of his laptop, its glow reflected in the lenses of his fl-rimmed glasses.
Rivers is an odd character, but not as odd as you might have heard.
Cuomo is deadly serious about unleashing his inner metalhead, which was, in fact, his outer metalhead as a teenager.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5933454/rivers_cuomos_encyclopedia_of_pop   (1466 words)

  
 Rivers in the Stream
Weezer front man Rivers Cuomo cultivates lovingkindness, mindfulness, and a vow of celibacy amid the madness of superstardom.
Until his recent marriage, Cuomo, a Vipassana practitioner and student of S. Goenka, had observed a vow of celibacy for almost three years—and it drove the media crazy.
But even as Cuomo was fulfilling his childhood dream, hints emerged that the material life of a celebrity did not sit well with him.
www.tricycle.com /issues/editors_pick/3546-1.html   (555 words)

  
 SteverOnline
Apparently the band’s record label heard the material brought forward for this album and told Weezer to write something “more commercial.” So Rivers Cuomo went back and wrote a song that’s (arguably) more commercial but with a bit of an F You in the lyrics.
Rivers wrote a song about songs that have meant the most to him in his life.
Rivers wrote about this song on his solo collection of demos (Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo) and mentioned he had to really fight for it to be included on this album instead of another song called This Is The Way, which the band wanted.
www.steveronline.com   (2344 words)

  
 Weezer – Listen free at Last.fm
Weezer formed on February 14, 1992, in Los Angeles, California by Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Matt Sharp, and Jason Cropper.
Five weeks after forming, they had their first gig, opening for Dogstar at Raji’s Bar and Ribshack on Hollywood Boulevard.
Including: Rivers Cuomo, Everclear, The Rentals, Ozma, Third Eye Blind and more
www.last.fm /music/Weezer   (844 words)

  
 Rivers Cuomo Says Weezer Is 'Done' - MSN Music News
NEW YORK -- Rivers Cuomo says that, for now, Weezer is "done." Cuomo, the band's bespectacled songwriter and frontman, told MTV that while he remains in touch with his bandmates, "we've never mentioned getting together."
Cuomo, 36, said he has been writing songs, but said, "I don't know what'll happen with these songs — if anything.
Cuomo recently graduated from Harvard and married his longtime girlfriend, Kyoko Ito.
music.msn.com /music/article.aspx?news=227513>1=7702   (405 words)

  
  Dear Superstar: Rivers Cuomo Article on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More
But unlike most students entering the final semester of college, Rivers Cuomo (Harvard University, Class of 2006) is also the 35-year-old singer of a rock band that’s sold over seven million albums and has a fortune lying virtually untouched in his bank account.
Though it may be unwise to glean significance from this break in sartorial form, both Cuomo and his band are currently standing at a crossroads — or a precipice, depending on whom you ask.
Cuomo’s ambivalence about Weezer’s future is especially puzzling given that he credits his recent immersion in the stringent form of meditation called Vipassana for making him feel more at ease with his songwriting, his bandmates (guitarist Brian Bell, drummer Pat Wilson and bassist Scott Shriner) and, you know, the universe in general.
www.blender.com /guide/articles.aspx?id=1837   (2490 words)

  
  Rivers Cuomo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rivers Cuomo (born June 13, 1970), is a singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Cuomo was born in a New York City hospital, and raised on an ashram run by the late yoga master H.H. Rev. Sri Swami Satchidananda in Northeastern Connecticut.
Cuomo's parents decided to stay in Connecticut when the ashram (known as Yogaville) was relocated to a plot of land along the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rivers_Cuomo   (1622 words)

  
 The graduate - The Boston Globe
Rivers Cuomo, the rock star, is craning his neck to follow Lynn Festa, the English professor, who is delivering a whirlwind lecture in Harvard's Holden Chapel.
Cuomo, who was raised on an ashram in Yogaville, Conn., began his higher education in 1991 at Los Angeles City College.
In his dorm room after lunch, Cuomo sits down at his computer and pulls up a satellite map of the LA neighborhood where he and Ito are house hunting.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2006/05/08/the_graduate   (1253 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Rivers Cuomo's Encyclopedia of Pop   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rivers Cuomo stares at the screen of his laptop, its glow reflected in the lenses of his fl-rimmed glasses.
Rivers is an odd character, but not as odd as you might have heard.
Cuomo is deadly serious about unleashing his inner metalhead, which was, in fact, his outer metalhead as a teenager.
rollingstone.com /news/story/5933454/rivers_cuomos_encyclopedia_of_pop   (1487 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: The Grass Is Always Greener For Rivers Cuomo
Cuomo enrolled in college, but told Mean Magazine in 2000 that “I never actually went…basically it was a cover so I could tell my parents I was coming out here to ‘school,’ so they would pay my rent for a little while…It was a very irresponsible thing to do.
Cuomo was, as he told the L.A. Times in 2001, “writing and I was thinking and waiting and resting, just being patient.” Eventually music gained the upper hand once again, and he took an indefinite leave from Harvard.
Cuomo’s return to music and the good life of a rock star was fulfilling, at least temporarily.
www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=161825   (872 words)

  
 Weezer - RiffRaff
Rivers grew up in various farming communities in upstate Connecticut, attending the Integral Yoga School in Pomfret Center, Connecticut for a few years until age eleven when the school closed.
Rivers decided to expiriment with a guest keyboardist during one recording session, though the entire 2002 recording sessions proved fruitless and scrapped.
Rivers continues to be a bit mysterious, hardly ever talking to the press about the upcoming album, and preferring to stray from the habitual internet presence that he had during the Maladroit era to fully focus on his songwriting without the added opinions of his fans.
www.weezed.com /oldpage.php?id=rivers   (3085 words)

  
 Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo (born June 13, 1970) is a singer, songwriter and guitarist for American rock band Weezer.
Cuomo's parents decided to stay in Connecticut when the ashram (known as Yogaville) was relocated to a plot of land along the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
Cuomo said that his status as a rock star has not made avoiding sex difficult because Weezer "never had any serious groupies, anyway." [1].
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Rivers_Cuomo.php   (1381 words)

  
 Son of Tso
Since birth, Rivers' right leg had been 44 millimeters (about 2 inches) shorter than his left, though through an excruciating procedure of breaking apart the bone and winding screws to stretch his leg (1 millimeter per day for 44 days), Rivers was able to correct his natural imbalance.
Rivers was hit the hardest by this, perceiving Pinkerton's reception as total and utter rejection of his attempt to convey his feelings through his music.
Rivers then watches the site's message boards for thoughts and feedback on the tunes, and constructs the album with the fans' input (Maladroit was even named by a fan).
oak.cats.ohiou.edu /~af144102/features/rivers.html   (1496 words)

  
 Rivers Cuomo says Weezer is 'done' - Boston.com
Rivers Cuomo says that, for now, Weezer is "done." Cuomo, the band's bespectacled songwriter and frontman, told MTV that while he remains in touch with his bandmates, "we've never mentioned getting together."
Cuomo, 36, said he has been writing songs, but said, "I don't know what'll happen with these songs -- if anything.
Cuomo recently graduated from Harvard and married his longtime girlfriend, Kyoko Ito.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2006/07/13/rivers_cuomo_says_weezer_is_done   (258 words)

  
 Newsvine - Rivers Cuomo Says Weezer Is 'Done'   (Site not responding. Last check: )
NEW YORK — Rivers Cuomo says that, for now, Weezer is "done." Cuomo, the band's bespectacled songwriter and frontman, told MTV that while he remains in touch with his bandmates, "we've never mentioned getting together."
Cuomo, 36, said he has been writing songs, but said, "I don't know what'll happen with these songs — if anything.
Cuomo recently graduated from Harvard and married his longtime girlfriend, Kyoko Ito.
newsvine.com /_news/2006/07/13/287084-rivers-cuomo-says-weezer-is-done   (321 words)

  
 Rivers Cuomo
When that commune moved to Virginia, the Cuomo family did not, and Rivers graduated from a high school in Storrs.
Two years later in Los Angeles, the band Weezer was formed with Patrick Wilson (drummer), Matt Sharp (bassist), and Jason Cropper (guitarist).
By 1994 the band has hit it big, but seemingly dropped out of sight for five years after the release of their album Pinkerton in 1996 -- notably, Cuomo underwent painful surgery in 1995 to lengthen one of his mismatched legs.
www.nndb.com /people/185/000098888   (159 words)

  
 The Rivers Cuomo Correspondence Archive
Whether or not Cuomo plans to continue this interaction as long as he's making albums remains to be seen.
The emails are unedited and legitimized by Koch, who assisted Rivers by siphoning through a number of letters and forwarding the more topic relevant ones to him, then forwarding Rivers' replies back to the sender.
If you have any correspondence you have exchanged with Rivers Cuomo that is currently not a part of this archive, please contact me.
members.shaw.ca /ridd2/rca.html   (682 words)

  
 Rivers Cuomo MP3 Downloads - Rivers Cuomo Music Downloads - Rivers Cuomo Music Videos
The singer/guitarist/songwriter of Weezer, Rivers Cuomo was born June 13, 1970, and grew up in Connecticut.
After the yearlong tour wrapped up, Cuomo retreated from the music world and began studying at Harvard; growing a beard to protect his anonymity and having surgery on his leg (when he was born, one leg was shorter than the other), which resulted in Cuomo having to wear a leg brace for a while.
This didn't prove to be the case; Cuomo gave a few surprise solo shows in Boston during 1999, and in early 2000, Cuomo stated to the press that a third Weezer release was forthcoming.
www.mp3.com /artist/rivers-cuomo/summary   (438 words)

  
 Rivers Cuomo and the Search for the Perfect Hook
Somehow, though, Rivers Cuomo’s brand of eccentricity brings out the mean streak in journos, and overtakes almost everything that’s written about him.
Cuomo stands in for every boy who ever had a metal cover band, dressed poorly and couldn’t talk to girls.
Cuomo is a deeply devoted student of songwriting, and has gone as far as anyone in the quest for the perfect pop song: seclusion, drugs, meticulous charting of Nirvana songs, attending Harvard to study classical composition.
members.tripod.com /alwaysweezin/id31.html   (3188 words)

  
 MTV News | Rivers Cuomo Says Weezer Are 'Done' For Now — Again
At the moment, Rivers Cuomo could not be further removed from the other members of Weezer.
In the past month, he has graduated from Harvard (completing an on-again, off-again decade-long run at the university; see "Rivers Cuomo: Coming To A Dorm Room Near You?") and gotten married.
While Cuomo isn't exactly at odds with anyone in his band, and all three current members — guitarist Brian Bell, bassist Scott Shriner and drummer Pat Wilson — did serve as groomsmen at his June wedding, he's not exactly speaking to them every day, either.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1536119/20060711/weezer.jhtml?headlines=true   (728 words)

  
 U-WIRE.com/INTERVIEW: The grass is always greener for Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo
Cuomo enrolled in college, but told Mean Magazine in 2000 that "I never actually went.
In terms of the reverse -- rock stars who dream of monk-like academic celibacy -- Cuomo appears to be the exception, not the rule.
Originally credited to Verdi, Cuomo told the BBC that the quote -- "Torniamo all antico e sara un progresso" -- loosely translates to "Let us return to old times and that will be progress." For now, Cuomo wishes to return to old times -- that is, until wannabe rockstardom comes calling again.
www.uwire.com /content/topae022202001.html   (1198 words)

  
 Newsvine - Rivers Cuomo Says Weezer Is 'Done'
NEW YORK — Rivers Cuomo says that, for now, Weezer is "done." Cuomo, the band's bespectacled songwriter and frontman, told MTV that while he remains in touch with his bandmates, "we've never mentioned getting together."
Cuomo, 36, said he has been writing songs, but said, "I don't know what'll happen with these songs — if anything.
Weezer was "done" when Rivers turned into a geek rock diva.
www.newsvine.com /_news/2006/07/13/287084-rivers-cuomo-says-weezer-is-done   (321 words)

  
 MTVAsia.com - Welcome!   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At the moment, Rivers Cuomo could not be further removed from the other members of Weezer.
He's sitting in his in-laws' house in southern Japan, fiddling with his wife's guitar ("She never learned how to play it," he laughed) and leafing through his composition book, talking about the songs he's been writing over the past few months.
While Cuomo isn't exactly at odds with anyone in his band, and all three current members — guitarist Brian Bell, bassist Scott Shriner and drummer Pat Wilson — did serve as groomsmen at his June wedding, he's not exactly speaking to them every day, either.
www.mtvasia.com /News/200607/13013557.html   (645 words)

  
 LA Weekly - I, Songwriter   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Somehow, though, Rivers Cuomo’s brand of eccentricity brings out the mean streak in journos, and overtakes almost everything that’s written about him.
Cuomo stands in for every boy who ever had a metal cover band, dressed poorly and couldn’t talk to girls.
Cuomo is a deeply devoted student of songwriting, and has gone as far as anyone in the quest for the perfect pop song: seclusion, drugs, meticulous charting of Nirvana songs, attending Harvard to study classical composition.
www.laweekly.com /ink/05/29/features-sullivan.php   (3874 words)

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