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Make Believe dotmusic record review

Weezer chieftain Rivers Cuomo has his own pace. Slow. It's over a decade since their debut struck platinum but you could never call him a "workaholic". The emotional investment leaves him constantly on the brink once promo duties cease. Cue lengthy sabbaticals between albums. Either that or he's just plain lazy.
This time it's been a (relatively short) three-year hiatus including another stint at Harvard. The wait heightens expectations amongst Weezerites, not to mention test the patience of his bandmates. Or maybe Cuomo is testing their many imitators, offering a challenge that he knows will never be met.
Any such opposition is futile. "Make Believe" is classic Weezer, further refining the template of unthreatening heavy metal riffs - thanks to uber-rock producer Rick Rubin - welded to smart lyrics, largely of satirical nature, and infectious melody. Take the lead-off single "Beverley Hills", a Joan Jett romp that triumphs in its simplicity, while introducing the album's underlying themes. "I might as well enjoy my life/And watch the stars play" positions "Make Believe" as a largely positive and retrospective album where Cuomo beats himself up (the norm) but then partly forgives himself or at least accepts how things pan out (the new part).
"Hold Me", "Haunt You Every Day" and "Perfect Situation" which opens with the self-explanatory "Why am I so obviously insane?" house the vicious self-attacks. That said, "This Is Such A Pity" is the musical equivalent of a shoulder shrug, a plea that ends with a definite "let's move on" conclusion. Fear of loneliness and closure also loom large. "Peace" ("And all the broken tethers/We can bring together") is reassuring even if his "brain is gonna pop" while on "Pardon Me" and "The Other Way", Cuomo confronts past mistakes, taking responsibility for hurt he's inflicted on loved ones and friends.
However, it's not all doom and gloom thanks to the swaggering "We Are All On Drugs". The message is thinly veiled as Cuomo swipes at chemical recreation with satire ("And you show up late for school/'cause you think you're really cool") making way for paranoia ("And you cause such a fuss/'cause there's no-one you can trust"). It's "Just Say No" with balls that few would attempt, let alone pull off so spectacularly.
Weezer don't suit everyone - you've probably decided already - but few bands have enjoyed such longevity with such consistency of output. It's not complex - their quality control has never dipped once and look at the results. And if Rivers is relaxing a bit then maybe he'll give college a break for good this time. We can only hope.
— Chris Heath, May 16, 2005
==See also==
*More reviews of Make Believe
*Reviews of individual Make Believe tracks
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review (Archived webpage)
Category:Dotmusic
Make Her Mine

"Make Her Mine" is the sixth track on self-titled debut album.
==Overview==
==Personnel==
* Adam Orth - Vocals, guitar
* Justin Fisher - Guitar, vocals
* Ed Alexander - Bass
* Keith Fallis - Drums, vocals
*Jim Wirt - Producer
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
==See also==
*Shufflepuck
*Shufflepuck
*Adam Orth
*Justin Fisher
Category:Shufflepuck songs 
Category:Songs on Shufflepuck 
Category:Shufflepuck songs produced by Jim Wirt
Category:Adam Orth
Category:Justin Fisher
Make Me a Pallet

"Make Me a Pallet" is an instrumental demo recorded by Rivers Cuomo.
===Appearances===
*Alone V: Before Weezer (2020)
==Overview==
"Make Me a Pallet" was written in late 1991 or early 1992.Weezer Recording History - Page 2 The Weezer Recording History lists the song as part of Cuomo and informal "50 Song Project," wherein the two attempted to compose fifty new songs in order to form a new band (the band that would ultimately become Weezer), though the Recording History concedes that "Make Me a Pallet" was a "silly song" that "[didn't] really count as one of the '50'". The song appeared on a demo cassette tape by Cuomo titled Weezer (prior to the formation of the band of the same name). The song is an instrumental, featuring acoustic guitar, harmonica, and nonverbal vocalizations.
"Make Me a Pallet" was first heard by fans on November 11, 2020, when it was sold to a user on the then-newly-launched demo storefront on riverscuomo.com. Days later, the song was made widely available for purchase as part of the demo compilation Alone V: Before Weezer.
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
*The 50 Song Project
*Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)
*Alone V: Before Weezer
==References==
Category:Rivers Cuomo songsCategory:50 Song Project songsCategory:Instrumentals
Make Some Noise for That

"Make Some Noise for That" is a demo by Rivers Cuomo. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years on October 18, 2021.
===Appearances===
*Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years (2021)
==Overview==
==Lyrics==
===Make Some Noise for That (ver. 4)===
Drag my bag across the floor
Clunk, clunk, clunk
I don't even say "Good morning"
"Goodbye," "I love you," "Have a nice day"
I'm embarrassed for the whole wide world
I need a victory ... on my world
I cheer up, I cheer up, I cheer up
Make some noise for that, make some noise for that
Make some whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Make some noise for that, make some noise for that
Make some whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Got the morning over
Jump in a time machine
Go back to 7 A.M.
I'm pricklier than a porcupine
More vengeful than a ...
Sorry, I'm so annoying
I don't know what to say
But at least I'm trying
Make some noise for that, make some noise for that
Make some whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Make some noise for that, make some noise for that
Make some whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Songs on Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Black Years
Maladroit Allmusic record review

Bands used to make records like this all the time. They'd release an album, tour all year, write a bunch of songs, record 'em, release another album a year later. Since hardly anybody — not even indie bands — did that in 2002, it's a remarkable event when Weezer does exactly that, especially following a half a decade of inactivity. But, it's hard not to think that this is the way it should be done by all bands, since Maladroit retains the high quality of The Green Album. True, it doesn't offer much that's new — it has a similarly short length, clocking in at 33 minutes, it favors riff-heavy, melodic rockers and has a lack of ballads, while Rivers Cuomo is doggedly avoiding the exposed-nerve confessions of Pinkerton — but there are a couple notable differences that give it its own character. Since the band has returned to self-producing, there's a tougher sound — nowhere near as raw as Pinkerton, yet similarly loud and raucous, overflowing with guitars spitting out riffs and solos with a gleeful abandon. So, it's essentially a harder-rocking version of the last album. But you know what? It doesn't matter because the band is at a peak. Cuomo continues to write consistently strong songs, occasionally penning a flat-out stunner ("Dope Nose" is one of Weezer's all-time greatest songs), the band is tighter than ever, and the record crackles with energy — nothing new, per se, but still vibrant, catchy, and satisfying. It's so good, it's hard not to think that it offers definitive proof that even in 2002, it's best for a band to keep going once they've hit a peak, to turn out a bunch of records that find them at the top of their game instead of waiting three or four years to craft a follow-up. After all, that's what builds not only a body of work, but a legacy.
===Track picks for Maladroit===
*"Dope Nose"
*"Keep Fishin'"
*"Slave"
— Stephen Thomas Erlewine
==See also==
*More reviews of Maladroit
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review
Category:Allmusic
Maladroit E! Online record review

Talk about making up for lost time. Only a year and a day after the release of 2001's long-delayed Green Album, L.A.'s Weezer returns full steam ahead with this edgier new disc. Maladroit is anything but, packed tightly with bouncing power-pop chords, a slew of metal riffs as seen through frontman Rivers Cuomo's thick Buddy Holly glasses and some of the happiest backing vocals you'll hear this year. And if you think another album this soon could mean too much Weezer, think again: nearly all of the songs clock in at less than three minutes, and the disc is over before you know it. Perfect pop fun for short attention spans.
— Author unknown
==See also==
*More reviews of Maladroit
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review (Archived webpage)
Category:E! Online
Maladroit NME record review

Ah, Mr Cuomo, come in, hop up on the couch, we’re just checking your file. Interesting beard, by the way. Now let’s see: chronic mysanthropy, rampant persecution complex, dropped out of rock band to run away to college, currently devoted to internet girlfriend you’ve never met. Patient also displays deviant self-judgement issues (he insists that his greatest opus and the pinnacle of emo majesty, 1996’s ‘Pinkerton’, is “a shit album”) and congenital fear of bees. Okay then, El Batso, how can we help today? What’s that? You’re releasing a fourth album within a year of your third, you’ve already posted it free on your website and, er, it sounds like ‘Pinkerton’? Nurse! The trepanning drill! Quick, we’ve got a live one!
Rivers Cuomo has long dallied on the ‘DROP THE NAILGUN AND LET THE LITTLE GIRL GO!’ side of the genius/madman divide, but ‘Maladroit’ is by far his most welcome psychotic moodswing to date. Recorded in a manic three-month burst of melodic biliousness, as though physically reacting against the saccharine emo-syrup of 2001’s ‘The Green Album’, ‘Maladroit’ is the world’s first truly interactive album – the tracks were posted on weezer.com as they were completed and visitors were asked to choose the tracklisting and album title. Emo Idol a-go-go, then, and the result is the impeccably filthy, gobby and hypercharged grimepop massacre that ‘Green…’ should’ve been. The polite “woo-hooo”s are now malodorous “WOAH-HOAHH!”s, the twangly-wangly ‘hello birds! Hello trees! Hello monstrous bank balance!’ guitars now emit thunderous rockfalls from the peak of Mount Nerdangst. If ‘The Green Album’ was the charming bouquet to apologise for not calling for five years, ‘Maladroit’ is the rigorous porking in the back of a second-hand Fiesta we’ve been gagging for since 1996. It’s almost as if Rivers cares about music again.
Of course, Emo Law No 1 reads ‘Contentment Breeds Billy Ray Cyrus’, so it helps that ‘Maladroit”s lyrics appear to reflect a life turned unexpectedly to shit. No longer hooked on his harmless ‘Hash-Pipe’, now Rivers is lumbered with a ‘Dope Nose’; no more jolly frolics on his ‘Island In The Sun’, now Rivers squirms tunefully amidst ‘Death And Destruction’ as a ‘Slave’ and a ‘Slob’. The merest sniff of the blood of a cheery vibe brings out the slavering Albini-hound in him, battering The Proclaimers’ ‘Five Hundred Miles’ to a bouncy Scottish pulp on ‘Keep Fishin” and derailing ‘The Locomotion’ on ‘Love Explosion’. We’re hardly talking Tool here, but Weezer have certainly had a few revitalising crowbar blows across the temple and their bruises are beauties.
A misery-affirming, gut-pummeling, soul-ragged and triumphant return to form, then. That mad fuck-freak Cuomo will probably think it’s bollocks in a week. 
— Mark Beaumont, September 12, 2005
==See also==
*More reviews of Maladroit
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review
Category:NME
Maladroit dotmusic record review

Three albums in seven years hardly qualifies as a hectic work-rate but Weezer's 'quality over quantity' approach has done them no harm. And let's not forget that Weezer, or more accurately 'the moodiest man in rock' Rivers Cuomo, opted out of the rat race. It's not like they've spent the intervening year scrounging around for ideas or twiddling their collective thumbs.
Bearing this in mind, it came as a shock when Weezer announced that, instead of a half-decade hibernation, 'Maladroit' would follow the widely adored 'Green' album in less than a year. What's wrong with them?
Even though the album's title might set the odd alarm bell ringing, it's not a major course for concern. Sure, it's fuelled by bitterness and recrimination, paranoia and romantic instability but haven't they always been? Record company politics (which prompted the band to stream demos of this album from their official site) and the general hijacking of Weezer's business model i.e. Emo-Rock have sparked Cuomo back into life.
Inevitably but not predictably, 'Maladroit' follows roughly along the lines of its immediate predecessor, which is no bad thing. But 'Maladroit' is a more satisfying half an hour than the often-impersonal 'Green' album. Quick-fire melody-driven, riff-heavy pop songs that resurrect the gritty, edginess of 'Pinkerton'. The best of both worlds basically.
There are so many tracks on 'Maladroit' that should be squeezed into your list of favourite Weezer songs. A rotation system would probably make things a lot easier. Try the 'Hash Pipe' of this album 'Dope Nose' and the bouncing 'Keep Fishin' for starters. Then move on to teary 'Slob', the jiggy 'Burndt Jamb' and hug-your-partner feel of 'Slave'. They're all contenders.
If the 'Green' album was a slap around the face as a reminder of how great this band can be, then 'Maladroit' shoves ice cubes down your pants and sets fire to your hair. It sticks two fingers up to the copycats and makes some sense of the incomprehensible. Expect laughter, tears, angry, hurt, and happiness at the same time and life's little injustices picked over in Weezer's own unique way.
So that's the fourth classic album out of the way. Same time next year, lads.
— Chris Heath, May 30, 2002
==See also==
*More reviews of Maladroit
*All Weezer album reviews
==External links==
*Original review (Archived webpage)
Category:dotmusic
Mallrats: Music from the Motion Picture

Mallrats: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album released alongside the eponymous film from 1995. It contains a remixed version of the Weezer song "Susanne", which originally appeared as a B-side on "Undone - The Sweater Song" CD singles. Other notable artists include Wax (several members of which once roomed with the Weezer gang at Amherst House) and Archers of Loaf (who opened the spring 1995 leg of the ).
==Track listing==
==See also==
* "Susanne"
* Angus: Music from the Motion Picture
Category:Weezer compilation/soundtrack appearances
Category:1995 releases
Man Down

Man Down is a 2001 skateboarding video by Tilt Mode Army.
==Overview==
Man Down is a video collection of skateboarding clips by members of street-skating group Tilt Mode Army.Naz Kawakami. "THE ORAL HISTORY OF THE TILTMODE ARMY". 10 June 2021. https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2021/06/10/oral-history-tiltmode-army/ Each skater featured in the video has their own unique segment set to music. Caswell Berry's segment, the fifteenth featured in the video, is set to "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here".
==Featured music==
*parentheses next to the song title indicate the title of the video segment
==Video==
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Note: Caswell Berry's part begins at 39:16 in this video.
==See also==
*"The World Has Turned and Left Me Here"
*Video Capture Device
==References==
Category:Films
Manabu Akishige

Manabu Akishige (秋重学, born August 24, 1967) is a manga artist from Japan. He has worked with Weezer on numerous occasions.
==Overview==
Akishige first collaborated with Weezer through his manga series Go-On!, notable for featuring numerous real Weezer albums (specifically, The Blue Album and The Red Album) as integral plot elements.6月12日、ウィーザーと『GO-ON!』が誌面でコラボレーション！. Universal Music Japan. (2008, May 10). Retrieved September 14, 2021, from https://www.universal-music.co.jp/weezer/news/2012-03-2008news/. It was serialized between 2007 and 2009, with tankōbon releases beginning in April, 2008.GO-ON! (manga) [Release dates]. Anime News Network. Retrieved September 14, 2021, from https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=16220&page=28. The tankōbon release of volume 2 in Japan included an obi advertising the release of The Red Album, alongside a quote from Rivers Cuomo praising the manga.7月も、やっぱりウィーザーでしょ！. Universal Music Japan. (2008, July 9). Retrieved September 14, 2021, from https://www.universal-music.co.jp/weezer/news/2012-03-2008news/.
Around June, 2008, a promotional poster featuring Akishige's art of two Go-On! characters listening to The Red Album was created and used to advertise the album's recent release.ウィーザーがロック漫画「GO-ON！」とコラボ！. Universal Music Japan. (2008, June 6). Retrieved September 14, 2021, from https://www.universal-music.co.jp/weezer/news/2012-03-2008news/.
On June 20, 2008, a Japan-exclusive iTunes single for "Troublemaker" was released.日本限定デジタル・シングル「トラブルメイカー」本日発売！. Universal Music Japan. (2008, August 20). Retrieved September 14, 2021, from https://www.universal-music.co.jp/weezer/news/2012-03-2008news/. The cover featured an illustration by Akishige, depicting a high school-aged girl holding a =W= branded purse.ウィーザー、待望の東京公演が遂に発表！＆週刊ヤングサンデー連載中の人気ロック漫画「GO-ON!」作家との新たなコラボレーションも決定！. Universal Music Japan. (2008, July 24). Retrieved September 14, 2021, from https://www.universal-music.co.jp/weezer/news/2012-03-2008news/. This art was later used for the promotional EP Troublemaker Remixes, and on the Mexican release of the compilation CD Six Hits. The back cover of both releases included the Go-On! art used on the The Red Album poster.
A promotional poster for "Troublemaker" featuring the full illustration used on the Japanese iTunes single was created at some point during 2008.
==Gallery==
Image:Go On Red poster.png|Japanese promotional poster for The Red Album, featuring Go-On! characters
Image:Weezertroublemakerjpn.jpg|Japanese promotional poster for "Troublemaker", featuring art from the Japanese iTunes single
Image:Troublemaker iTunes Japan Cover.jpg|"Troublemaker" cover (Japanese iTunes single)
Image:Troublemaker-cover.jpg|Troublemaker Remixes cover
Image:Sixhits mexico.jpg|Six Hits cover (Mexican variant)
Image:Full Troublemaker Girl image.jpg|Unedited "Troublemaker" art
==See also==
*Go-On!
*Weezer (The Red Album)
*Alec Longstreth
==External links==
*Manabu Akishige on Twitter
*Manabu Akishige on blog.livedoor.jp
==References==
Category:Manabu Akishige
Category:Visual artists
Mansion of Cardboard

"Mansion of Cardboard" is a song demoed by Weezer in 2002 in early contention for the band's planned fifth album.
===Appearances===
*MP3s released on weezer.com
*Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years (2020)
==Overview==
Following completion on the band's fourth album, Maladroit, Weezer immediately began work on a planned fifth album, recording new demos throughout the spring and summer of 2002. Three demos of "Mansion of Cardboard" were shared with fans on the band's official website. Ultimately, all of the demos from the aforementioned sessions were scrapped, and the band's fifth album would not see release until 2005.
"Mansion of Cardboard" is a lyrical reworking of the song "So Low," which was performed live by the band several times in 2001 and demoed in consideration for Maladroit.
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo - lead guitar, lead vocals
*Brian Bell - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Scott Shriner - bass, backing vocals
*Patrick Wilson - drums
*Ryan "Shmedly" Maynes - piano
==Lyrics==
Overcoat
Old wool cap
Leather gloves
Hide the fat
In a world made of tears
He is safe from his fears
On his own
He's on his own
And he likes it that way
Thoughts arise
Theories gel
Bearing fruit
Giving smell
It's the happiest day
When he moves far away
From the crowd
The curious crowd
And he wants them to
Stand back, the old man's snoring heavy
Down underneath the bridge, he's got his
Mansion of cardboard slats
And it's enough
It's the happiest day
When he moves far away
From the crowd
The curious crowd
And he wants them to
Stand back, the old man's snoring heavy
Down underneath the bridge, he's got his
Mansion of cardboard slats
And it's enough
Stand back, the old man's snoring heavy
Down underneath the bridge, he's got his
Mansion of cardboard slats
And it's enough
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*Album 5 demos
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:Weezer songsCategory:Rivers Cuomo songsCategory:Songs on Alone VIII: The Maladroit Years
March 1

*1995 - Weezer performs at El Sol in Madrid, Spain on the World Domination Tour.
*2001 - Weezer performs in Charlotte, NC at the Grady Cole Center on the Yahoo! Outloud Tour in support of The Green Album.
*2004 - The BBC publishes its review of the deluxe reissue of the The Blue Album.
*2019 - Weezer releases their thirteenth studio album, Weezer (The Black Album). The band performs "Living in L.A." and "Take On Me" on Good Morning America.
*2020 - Weezer performs at Innings Festival at Tempe Beach Park in Tempe, AZ, the last performance by the band at a live venue before the COVID-19 pandemic hits the United States.
Category:March
March 10

*1995 - Weezer plays the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Two of the songs were taped for MTV.
*2001 - Weezer performs in Milwaukee, WI at the Eagles Ballroom on the Yahoo! Outloud Tour.
*2018 - Rivers Cuomo plays an acoustic solo show in Los Angeles, CA at The Hi Hat.
*2019 - Weezer performs at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, SC on the Spring 2019 tour.
*2020 - The Rentals release the song "Another World."
Category:March
March 11

*1995 - Weezer performs in San Francisco, CA at the Fillmore on the World Domination Tour.
*2000 - short-lived band Fliptop performs on the Ska Parade Radio Show at the college radio station KUCI in Irvine, CA.
*2001 - Weezer performs in Columbia, MO at the Hearnes Center on the Yahoo! Outloud Tour.
*2002 - Weezer performs in Lisbon, Portugal at Lisbon Coliseum on the band's tour of Europe.
*2014 - Weezer performs at The Ritz Carltonin Dana Point, CA on the 2014 Tour.
Category:March
*2016 - Nerf Herder release the album Rockingham, which features the track "We Opened for Weezer."
*2022 - SZNZ is officially unveiled by Weezer on Twitter, and a release date for SZNZ: Spring and its lead single, "A Little Bit of Love", are given.
*2024 - Weezer announces the Voyage to the Blue Planet tour.
March 12

*2001 - Weezer performs in Kansas City, KS at the Memorial Auditorium on the Yahoo! Outloud Tour.
*2002 - Weezer performs in Oporto, Portugal at Oporto Coliseum on the band's Europe Tour.
*2019 - Weezer performs at Madison Square Garden on the band's Spring Tour with the Pixies.
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March 13

*1993 - Weezer performs at Bogart's in Long Beach, CA.
*1995 - Weezer performs at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the World Domination Tour.
*2002 - Weezer performs in Madrid, Spain, at the Palacio Vistalegre on the band's Europe Tour.
*2018 - Weezer performs at the Los Angeles Fire Department Museum.
*2019 - Weezer performs at Bell Centre in Montreal on the band's Spring Tour with the Pixies.
Category:March
March 14

*1995 - Weezer performs at DV8 in Seattle, WA on the World Domination Tour.
*2001 - Weezer performs in Denver, CO at The Fillmore on the Yahoo! Outloud Tour.
*2017 - "Feels Like Summer" leaks on the Russian social network VKontakte.
*2019 - Weezer performs at Times Union Center in Albany, NY on the band's Spring Tour with the Pixies. "High as a Kite" is performed live for the first time.
Category:March
March 15

*1993 - Weezer performs at Club Lingerie in Los Angeles, CA. 
*1995 - Weezer performs at Paradigm Conference Center in Portland, OR on the World Domination Tour.
*2002 - Weezer performs at Palau Saint Jordi in Barcelona, Spain on the band's Europe Tour.
*2019 - Weezer's cover of "Africa" is certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
*2024 - Weezer performs at the Lodge Room in Los Angeles, CA.
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