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==1972-04-04 Steve to Mom & Hank==
Steve wrote: "The weather here is moving very slowly in the direction of spring, but the change is hard to realize with most of us here down with colds. Still we continue, and Frank and I hope to turn the soil for a garden this week. We plan on vegetables like beans, carrots, parsley, collards, squash, also sunflowers (for the seeds), some herbs like basil, chives, thyme, spearmint. inside beverly has already planted pansies and choleus, she also has seeds for morning glories along the backyard fence. this past week we’ve been working on some furniture – refinishing a rocking chair and kitchen chair, and building a table for the living room. also some shelves and cabinets to make yet, and stain (French Walnut). the spring break for the Center is over, and the group is reforming again. there are 20 members now (grown from the 3 when I arrived) and the Center has designated us the Rochester Affiliate Group. We have a new title but no word yet on being accepted as members. We are becoming stronger though and patient in this all. our group had a pot-luck dinner last week for the residents and staff members at the Center who allowed us to sit during the break. frank made a soup, I made a bread, bev threw in a fine spread and some sprouts…there was a lot of food! more than enough for forty people."
Further Reading:Frank CuomoBeverly Shoenberger
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==Jake Sinclair==
Produced The white album, ok human, i love the usa. asdfasdf
Further Reading:OK Human
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==Kimiko Ito==
Kyoko's mom. She sings at local choir group.
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==Kyoko==
Kyoko Ito. My wife. Met her at The Middle East Downstairs then at TT & The Bears in Cambridge, Massachusetts in November, 1997.
Her father is Harutoshi. Mother is Kimiko. Sister is Yorkiko.
She's from Kumamoto, Japan. About a 2 hour flight from Tokyo.
She went to Junior College in Nagasaki. Santa Monica College. Then graduated from UCLA with a degree in design.
Further Reading:Yoriko ItoHarutoshi Ito
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==Wuggies==
Weezer Snuggie. Created as a promo for Raditude.
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==2914 Urban Avenue==
The guest room I moved into in Santa Monica.
There were chocolate labs there.
It was a loft.
google maps view here
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==6145 Rodgerton Drive==
The house I lived in around the time of the Green album. You can see it in the old 2000-2001 web clips from dot com. Around the original Hollywoodland development. It’s twisty and steep up there.
google maps view here
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==E.O. Smith==
A high school in Storrs, Connecticut. I went there.
google maps view here
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==My Home in the 80's==
google maps view
Where I lived from end of 6th through 12th grades.
It's the closest thing I had to a home, growing up.
When I was 13 or so I found a brand new pack of cigarettes on the road and went behind my house to try to smoke a cigarette. I took one puff, coughed intensely, and stopped.
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==Santa Monica College==
I went there in the early 90's, first as an English major, then as a music major. I wrote the Buddy Holly chorus melody while walking across one of the quads.
I performed at the 2018 Homecoming halftime show, along with a group of other “All-Star Alumni.”
google maps view here
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==The Amherst House==
2226 Amherst Avenue, West LA. Right on the border with Santa Monica. Close to Taco Bell, Chevron. We shot the Say It Ain’t So music video here.
We moved in shortly after Weezer formed in March of 1992. I moved out of there at the end of 1993.
google maps view here
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==The Shack==
The original shack was off to the side of Justin's house, on Chaffeeville Road in Storrs, CT. That's where our high school bands would practice.
Here's the view on google maps if you want to see it.
Isn't Connecticut beautiful?
Ha....I just noticed a horrific roadkill if you turn back over your left shoulder and look. Very Connecticut.
Then I also had a shack outside my home in Malibu during the Red album years. It had a wooden sign hanging above the entrance that read “Peter’s room.” I had a poster of a pig hanging in the room along with some of my childhood heroes. I also had lots of Harmonicas, a drum set and guitars. Everything a growing rock star need
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==Tower 28==
Lifeguard tower on Santa Monica beach. Reference to it in LA Girlz. Appears in the California Kids video.
google maps view here
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==Will Rogers State Park==
One of our favorite hikes. There's poison oak.
google maps view here
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==Blue Album Artwork==
...when the Blue Album was being recorded, there was a lot of brainstorming going on as to what this record would look like. I kept coming up with what I can say in retrospect were some rather kooky ideas, and Rivers kept pushing for something simpler. Finally one day Rivers dug out a cassette (remember those?) he had bought around that time, a cheapo Best of Beach Boys collection called "Do It Again". "Do It Again" was never issued on vinyl or cd as far as i know, and is most likely to be found in those handy truck stop stores out in the boondocks. However, the cover was really cool in its own rather hokey way, featuring the Beach Boys smiling for the camera, standing in a line of sorts, with a soothing blue background. Rivers said we have to achieve this effect on our cover, and so the idea of lining the guys up in striped shirts in front of a blue background took form. The guys actually went out and found 4 matching striped button down shirts, and in fact in late 1993 played at least one show wearing them, much to the contempt of the LA scenesters of the era. Noted 60's fashion photographer Peter Gowland was contacted to do the shoot, as his mellow pastel colored shots of girls in bikinis and guys out golfing had the exact "anti-90's" feeling we needed. To Peters sprawling Lloyd Wright-esqe 50's house we went, which was complete with a near-clone of 'Alice' from Brady Bunch manning the kitchen. The guys started the shoot in the striped shirts, but everyone later concluded that the photos looked better with everyone wearing regular clothes. Next spring, when the cover started becoming known to the local LA scene, the band met with immediate flak for ripping off the Feelies' 1980 album cover for "Crazy Rhythms". This was baffling to the band, who had never even heard of the Feelies before that point! But sure enough, the resemblance was unmistakable. It just goes to show how difficult it is to do something new by doing something old.
More info about the Blue Album
Further Reading:
Rivers Cuomo
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==Mansfield Middle School==
I went there from 6 through 8th grade.
I was de-shorted twice. (When somebody suddenly pulls your shorts down .)
I met my best friend Justin there.
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==Blue Album Artwork==
...when the Blue Album was being recorded, there was a lot of brainstorming going on as to what this record would look like. I kept coming up with what I can say in retrospect were some rather kooky ideas, and Rivers kept pushing for something simpler. Finally one day Rivers dug out a cassette (remember those?) he had bought around that time, a cheapo Best of Beach Boys collection called "Do It Again". "Do It Again" was never issued on vinyl or cd as far as i know, and is most likely to be found in those handy truck stop stores out in the boondocks. However, the cover was really cool in its own rather hokey way, featuring the Beach Boys smiling for the camera, standing in a line of sorts, with a soothing blue background. Rivers said we have to achieve this effect on our cover, and so the idea of lining the guys up in striped shirts in front of a blue background took form. The guys actually went out and found 4 matching striped button down shirts, and in fact in late 1993 played at least one show wearing them, much to the contempt of the LA scenesters of the era. Noted 60's fashion photographer Peter Gowland was contacted to do the shoot, as his mellow pastel colored shots of girls in bikinis and guys out golfing had the exact "anti-90's" feeling we needed. To Peters sprawling Lloyd Wright-esqe 50's house we went, which was complete with a near-clone of 'Alice' from Brady Bunch manning the kitchen. The guys started the shoot in the striped shirts, but everyone later concluded that the photos looked better with everyone wearing regular clothes. Next spring, when the cover started becoming known to the local LA scene, the band met with immediate flak for ripping off the Feelies' 1980 album cover for "Crazy Rhythms". This was baffling to the band, who had never even heard of the Feelies before that point! But sure enough, the resemblance was unmistakable. It just goes to show how difficult it is to do something new by doing something old.
More info about the Blue Album
Further Reading:
Rivers Cuomo
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==Blue Album Artwork==
When I was 7, my family built a house. My parents said I could paint my room any color I wanted. I painted it my favorite color, a specific shade of blue. When I was thinking about a cover for the first Weezer album, I wanted it to be that same shade of blue. This mode of nostalgia for the lost innocence of childhood was the same source of my "look" in the Blue album era--the glasses frames, bowl cut, dickies, blue t-shirt, and windbreaker from my childhood photos.
...when the Blue Album was being recorded, there was a lot of brainstorming going on as to what this record would look like. I kept coming up with what I can say in retrospect were some rather kooky ideas, and Rivers kept pushing for something simpler. Finally one day Rivers dug out a cassette (remember those?) he had bought around that time, a cheapo Best of Beach Boys collection called "Do It Again". "Do It Again" was never issued on vinyl or cd as far as i know, and is most likely to be found in those handy truck stop stores out in the boondocks. However, the cover was really cool in its own rather hokey way, featuring the Beach Boys smiling for the camera, standing in a line of sorts, with a soothing blue background. Rivers said we have to achieve this effect on our cover, and so the idea of lining the guys up in striped shirts in front of a blue background took form. The guys actually went out and found 4 matching striped button down shirts, and in fact in late 1993 played at least one show wearing them, much to the contempt of the LA scenesters of the era. Noted 60's fashion photographer Peter Gowland was contacted to do the shoot, as his mellow pastel colored shots of girls in bikinis and guys out golfing had the exact "anti-90's" feeling we needed. To Peters sprawling Lloyd Wright-esqe 50's house we went, which was complete with a near-clone of 'Alice' from Brady Bunch manning the kitchen. The guys started the shoot in the striped shirts, but everyone later concluded that the photos looked better with everyone wearing regular clothes. Next spring, when the cover started becoming known to the local LA scene, the band met with immediate flak for ripping off the Feelies' 1980 album cover for "Crazy Rhythms". This was baffling to the band, who had never even heard of the Feelies before that point! But sure enough, the resemblance was unmistakable. It just goes to show how difficult it is to do something new by doing something old.
More info about the Blue Album
listen to the Blue Album on Spotify
Further Reading:
Rivers Cuomo
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==Bunks==
 I always sleep in the bottom left one in the back ever since the first tour.
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==Undone - The Sweater Song==
listen to Undone - The Sweater Song on Spotify
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==Frank Cuomo==
My dad. My parents divorced when I was about 4.
Like his father, my father was violently assaulted in his 70's. In 2018, while I was in Denver on the Pixies tour. While coming home from work in the train station in downtown LA he was punched https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knockout_game Broken jaw. Hasn't been able to eat solid food since. Dramatic weight loss and cognitive decline.
Further Reading:Anthony Cuomo
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==Runner-Up==
One of my favorite songs from 2015 is called “Runner-Up,” and, I mean, when I wrote it on piano and vocal, it sounds — the first thing that comes to minds is Pinkerton-esque, but I hesitate to use that, because that means so much to people. It sounds very like that core, emotional Rivers that an old-school fan would love, but then the way it was produced — my piano is in there, but then there are all these electronic, dark elements that sound like nothing we’ve ever done. Same time as QB Blitz.
This song was originally title "Fireball" which makes more sense with the lyrics.
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==TikTok Live==
I’m performing on TikTok Live at 1pm PDT (4pm EDT) on Friday, October 2.
Click here to watch the show
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==Eyewear==
I wear a Japanese brand now. I'll have to look up the name — I forget. They're bigger thicker blacker than my previous frames.
Since the late 90s I've worn vintage frames. Mostly from the '60s I think. There was a place in Venice called For Your Eyes. They found a warehouse full of vintage glasses that had just been sitting there for decades. They were my go-to.
Brand Eyevan model Sullivan eyesize 50
Rebecca and Eric
So I need 4 different types of glasses. ​Dailywear progressives going from 'reading' to a 'light distance' prescription. color: pbk ​Stage glasses progressives that go from an 6ft 'intermediate' to a 'light distance' prescription. color: tortoise ​Drivingor_Golf glasses would be only for distance. color: something sporty ​Pure reading/computer glasses. color: something studious
Problem 1 distance clarity does not feel comfortable when I'm moving around through space. I think I need a lighter prescription for distance then clarity of reading would give me.
Problem 2 a reading prescription doesn't work for reading stage lyrics on stage because the distance is more like eight feet rather than two.
If they haven't come in yet ask for street glasses in tortoise
Ray-Bans were a backup pair.
I wear Croakies with my glasses when performing to keep them in place so I can play without losing or having to constantly readjust my glasses. 
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=Pets=
In September of 2021, my family adopted two black cats. They were named "Spicy" and "Tuna," . They're brother and sister. I don't think they like me much.
I love dogs too.
I had a cat named Calvin when I was a senior in high school. He was named after Calvin & Hobbes. I did not train him properly.
My grandparents owned a black lab, and one time it cut its nose by getting it stuck in a can of pork and beans. 
I had a pet rabbit when I was a kid. Named Todd. 
I also had two gerbils which turned into 20.
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==Interviews==
Here’s a list of media interviews I’ve done. If you would like to add an interview but can’t edit the wiki, please list the info here to have it added to the list.
===Print Media===
Rivers' End: The Director's Cut, The Harvard Crimson, April 2006
Rivers Cuomo The Tweet Life, Huck Magazine, May 2011
Rivers Cuomo Is Trying to Be All Right, Rolling Stone, September 2014
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo explains 'Thank God For Girls', Upset Magazine, October 2015
The Enduring Adolescence of Rivers Cuomo, New York Times Magazine, February 2016
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo on Reviving the Spirit of the Nineties, Joining Tinder, Rolling Stone, February 2016
Rivers Cuomo of Weezer Taps His Inner Beach Boy, New York Times, March 2016
Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is getting ‘comeback’ fatigue, Los Angeles Times, March 2016
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo on How Meditation Helped Him Find Music Inspiration, ABC News, March 2016
The Brilliant Anxiety of Weezer’s White Album, The Atlantic, April 2016
The Dream Life of Rivers Cuomo, Rolling Stone, April 2016
All Songs Considered, Guest DJ Rivers Cuomo, NPR, May 2016
Rivers of Dreams, The Improper Bostonian, May 2017
How Weezer Trades Power Chords for Pop: A Conversation with Rivers Cuomo, NPR, All Songs Considered, October 2017
Rivers Cuomo on dark thoughts, Post Malone & being prolific, Dazed Digital, October 2017
Why Rivers Cuomo wanted to make ‘the most different-sounding Weezer record ever’, Los Angeles Times, October 2017
Rivers Cuomo Is Still Lonely, But he’s really into lifehacks, Vulture Magazine, November 2017
Only in Memes: How Rivers Cuomo Became King of the Internet, Kerrang!, July 2018
Rivers Cuomo digs deep into Weezer songbook at August Hall, Riff Magazine, September 2018
Being Rivers Cuomo: Why Weezer’s frontman put his life into a spreadsheet, Los Angeles Times, February 2019
Rivers Cuomo Prepackages His Internet Presence, New York Times Magazine, February 2019
Rivers Cuomo on His Data-Driven Approach to Weezer, Billboard, March 2019
At Home with Everyone: Rivers Cuomo, Q Magazine, April 2020
Unchained, Guitar Player Magazine, June 2020
===Podcasts===
Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Tries Reinvention, NPR, June 2008
Fresh Air Home Recordings From Weezer Frontman, NPR, January 2009
Sound Opinions Episode 221, February 2010
WTF with Mark Maron Podcast Episode 537, October 2014
Rolling Stone Music Now Podcast, Episode 5, March 2016
All Songs Considered, Guest DJ Rivers Cuomo, NPR, May 2016
You Made it Weird Podcast Episode 389, Nerdist, October 2017
How Weezer Trades Power Chords for Pop: A Conversation with Rivers Cuomo, NPR, All Songs Considered, October 2017
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==Anthony Cuomo==
My paternal grandfather.
Came from Fossacesia, Italy. The Cuomos had long been tailors. 'Tony' broke with tradition to become a shoemaker,.
He emigrated to the US when he was 16. Possibly illegally. Definitely didn't come through Ellis Island, but rather Toronto to Buffalo, then Rochester, NY.
He served in the US army during world war II even though he was not a citizen. He was honorably discharged for some problem with his breathing. He was granted citizenship after his time in the army.
When I was a toddler, I call him "doot-doo" after the sound of his hammer, working on the shoes. And we all called him that thereafter.
His shop was in the front room of the their house, on Moran Street, Rochester New York.
In the mid 1970's, after my parents split up, he was assaulted in his shop. He eye was carved out and his throat was slit. Luckily my uncle Michael found him and his life was saved. He had a glass eye from then on.
His didn't speak much English (Italian being his native language) but he smiled a lot and radiated warmth.
Further reading:
Frank Cuomo<Br>
Denise Cuomo
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==Jobs==
Jonathan's Restaurant Cutco Construction Domino's Pizza SMC Art Gallery Latino Literary Center Dishwasher in Italian Restaurant on Santa Monica
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==My dad's nicknames for people and things==
My dad has a fantastic ability to give people nicknames that stuck. And to coin alternate words for things.
Drums .. da blams His son Shannon.... Bones da stickman - tissue -- "hornblowers" - slippers -- "slinkers" - peanut butter -- "peenter bunter" - my uncle Michael -- "Ralphie" - my aunt Joanne -- "Dodo" - my mom -- "Choofie" and "Magenta" - me -- "Weezer" and sometimes, "Botch" - the latter because the sound made me laugh as a baby
Further Reading:
Beverly Shoenberger
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==TikTok Live==
I’m performing on TikTok Live at 1pm PDT (4pm EDT) on Friday, October 2.
Click here to watch the show
Visit Rivers on TikTok
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==TikTok Live==
I’m performing on TikTok Live again soon. Dress nice and be interesting.
Visit me on TikTok
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==Pig==
A bonus track from the Red Album. I had previously shared the demo online in the Spring of 2007.
Some of the baby pigs mentioned in the lyrics share names with some of my siblings (Gina, Shannon, Gabe).
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=Jobs=
Cutco
Construction
Dishwasher in Italian Restaurant on Santa Monica
Domino's Pizza in Newington, CT
Jonathan's Restaurant on UConn campus
Latino Literary Center
Roadied for King Size in Guatemala
SMC Art Gallery
Tower Records on Sunset Blvd
Tower Records in Anaheim
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=My dad's nicknames for people and things=
My dad has a fantastic ability to give people and things alternate nicknames.
Alternative Words:
 Crocodile: "coocoodrill" Drums: "da blams"
 Piano: "pinano"
 Tissue: "hornblowers"
 Slippers: "slinkers"
 Peanut Butter: "peenter bunter"
 Sandwich: "sanguiladoche"
Family Nicknames:
 His son Shannon: "Bones da stickman"
 My uncle Michael: "Ralphie"
 My aunt Joanne: "Dodo"
 My mom: "Choofie" and "Magenta"
 Me: "Weezer" and sometimes, "Botch" - the latter because the sound made me laugh as a baby
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==Demos==
I'll let you guys know when the store is functional. It's going to take some time.
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==Riverchat==
Most of the messages posted under the name "Rivers" are not actually from me. Most are pulled from databases of movie scripts. They are just for your entertainment and not to be taken seriously. I've done my best to ensure all the 'Rivers' posts are neighborly but occasionally something inappropriate sneaks through.
Please keep all your communications here neighborly.
Here is a video presenting the first published version.
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