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To continue the topic drift from day to day, I’ve gotten myself very excited about Weezer‘s new album. It rocks to beat the band. Mere mortals can pick it up in stores on tuesday. Also scope out the Rivers Cuomo correspondence archive, which relates the strange tale of a rockstar coming to value the opinions of his fans via the magic of the “Internet” thing we’ve all heard so much about. (Okay – it’s not a new link, but it’s a good one.)

update, friday:: fine, here’s some new stuff for ya. An interview with Cuomo in Billboard touches on some interesting things: Cuomo is now the band’s manager, Cuomo plays hardball with Geffen, Cuomo’s use of the web, Cuomo’s hidden love of the Scorpions.