It's a good thing that you float in the air. That way, there's no way I will crush your pretty toenails into a thousand pieces.

 



Weezer, The Kitchen Tape, (1992).
This is one of those albums that makes looking for bootlegs worth it. Kitchen Tape is essentially Weezer’s demo they shopped around, and named for where it was recorded. So none of the songs are professionally produced, but it’s a nice view into the early raw versions of some classic Weezer songs. Some of these appeared on the deluxe version of The Blue Album, but it wasn’t all of them - honestly why they didn’t release the entire thing is beyond me. Still, if you’re a fan of Weezer I feel like this is an important bootleg to have because it captures them at their peak of awkwardness and awesomeness.

Weezer, The Kitchen Tape, (1992).

This is one of those albums that makes looking for bootlegs worth it. Kitchen Tape is essentially Weezer’s demo they shopped around, and named for where it was recorded. So none of the songs are professionally produced, but it’s a nice view into the early raw versions of some classic Weezer songs. Some of these appeared on the deluxe version of The Blue Album, but it wasn’t all of them - honestly why they didn’t release the entire thing is beyond me. Still, if you’re a fan of Weezer I feel like this is an important bootleg to have because it captures them at their peak of awkwardness and awesomeness.

THE AESTHETICS CURATION: Upon returning to Harvard to finish an English degree, Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo writes for one of his classes:

aestheticscuration:

“At first I felt very strong and enjoyed the challenge of disciplining myself. When friends asked in amazement if I found it difficult to abstain under these conditions, I answered stoically, “It’s difficult, but probably not as difficult as kicking heroin”. Things got more difficult, however, as…

They’re finally getting along! (Taken with instagram)

They’re finally getting along! (Taken with instagram)



Photo of the Day: The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart (then Jon Leibowitz) as a young College of William & Mary student moshing at a Dead Kennedys show at Casablanca in Richmond, VA, c. 1982.
Photo by Irish Willis Peele.
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Photo of the Day: The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart (then Jon Leibowitz) as a young College of William & Mary student moshing at a Dead Kennedys show at Casablanca in Richmond, VA, c. 1982.

Photo by Irish Willis Peele.

[gawker.]