My name is Jim Brown. I received my Ph.D. in English with a specialization in Digital Literacies and Literatures from the University of Texas. In September 2009, I will join the English Department at Wayne State University as an Assistant Professor. I write for multiple blogs, and you can see all of my blog writings via this RSS feed. Clinamen focuses mostly on my research interests, and its title is explained in this post from January 2008. SearchRecent comments
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The Red Album
Weezer's new Red Album is out, and The Valve has something to say about it. I think I pretty much agree with this assessment. I hate "Heart Songs," but I kinda love "Everybody Get Dangerous" even if it is "forgettably adolescent." This one is MUCH better than Make Believe even if it doesn't quite hit the level of Pinkerton or The Blue Album...but not much ever will. Plus, I'm 30 years old. If I was 18, I'm betting I'd love everything about the more recent Weezer efforts. People grow out of stuff.
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If you were 18
...you'd be listening to hiphop. :P
Now Jim, because you are
Now Jim, because you are old, you should admire and RES-PECT Rivers even more now.
"NO, this is WEEZER......"
Have some respect for yourself
You're a graduate student now. Do yourself a favor and buy a couple albums by The Weakerthans, and stop trying to pretend that this is anything like the same Weezer we knew in the 1990s.
To be fair, Sage...Weezer
To be fair, Sage...Weezer has taken a back seat to my indie rock preferences in recent years: Neutral Milk Hotel, Phosphorescent, The Shins, Death Cab, etc.
Still, I can't give up on Weezer altogether. Have you listened to "Variations on a Shaker Hymn" from The Red Album? It's pretty awesome.