Post-pinkerton

Ep. 22. "Feels Like Summer" is a song that initially existed between albums, later becoming the lead single from PACIFIC DAYDREAM, the band's most recent album. Today, John talks about the song, why he's avoided that album to this point on the show, and what the song does to split casual and diehard fans apart.  LISTEN: 1. "Feels Like Summer" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Feels Like Summer" (Acoustic) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Feels Like Summer" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Feels Like Summer" at Weezerpedia 2. Pacific Daydream at Weezerpedia 3. Scott Shriner at Weezerpedia 4. The Black Album at Weezerpedia

Ep. 21. On the eve of the 2018 World Cup, John revisits "My Day Is Coming," a song Rivers Cuomo wrote about the 2006 US Men's National Soccer Team. Cuomo was asked to write an anthem for the team, but wound up writing a ballad about hope in the wake of failure.  LISTEN: 1. "My Day Is Coming" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 2. "My Day Is Coming" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "My Day Is Coming" on Weezerpedia 2. Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo on Weezerpedia 3. 2006 World Cup on Wikipedia 4. 2006 US Men's National Soccer Team in Group E on Wikipedia

Ep. 20. John is once again joined by Jenna Hall to discuss "The Girl Got Hot," a track off of the album Raditude. Warning: John and Jenna do not like this song, and are not afraid to tell you why. LISTEN: 1. "The Girl Got Hot" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "No One Else" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "The Girl Got Hot" on Genius.com 2. "No One Else" on Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "The Girl Got Hot" on Weezerpedia 2. Raditude on Weezerpedia 3. Butch Walker on Wikipedia 4. "No One Else" on Weezerpedia 5. Kiki Dee on Wikipedia 6. Rivers Cuomo on Wikipedia 7. "Sheila Can Do It" from Post-Pinkerton (hey, that's us!)

Ep. 19. Jenna Hall joins the show to talk about a favorite song off of a favorite album -- yup, Jenna is a Maladroit fan and "Fall Together" lover. Pretty unusual amongst Weezer fans. John and Jenna discuss why she digs this deep cut and they listen to some particularly interesting live performances of the song. LISTEN: 1. "Fall Together" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Fall Together" (Live on HBO's Reverb) on YouTube 3. "Fall Together" (from Video Capture Device DVD) on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Fall Together" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Fall Together" at Weezerpedia 2. Maladroit at Weezerpedia 3. Scott Shriner at Weezerpedia

Ep. 18. "Crazy One" is a Rivers Cuomo demo from 1998 written in the aftermath of a relationship he screwed up. While it sounds like material worthy of a classic, '90s-era Weezer tune, "Crazy One" reveals a lot about what's to come in the band's future. LISTEN: 1. "Crazy One" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Please Mr. Postman" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Crazy One" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Crazy One" at Weezerpedia 2. Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo at Weezerpedia 3. "Sheila Can Do (It)" at Post-Pinkerton

Ep. 17. We're making a bit of history on the show today, covering the first of only a few Weezer songs not written or co-written by Rivers Cuomo. "Yellow Camaro" is a Brian Bell demo that never made a Weezer album -- well, at least not in the United States. Learn all about its eight-year history in today's episode! LISTEN: 1. "Yellow Camaro" (March 2002 demo) on YouTube 2. "Yellow Camaro" (April 2002 demo) on YouTube 3. "Yellow Camaro" (by The Space Twins, from The End of Imagining) on YouTube 4. "Yellow Camaro" (Death to False Metal Japanese bonus track) on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Yellow Camaro" on Genius.com: Album 5 Demo version, Space Twins version, Death to False Metal version MORE INFO: 1. "Yellow Camaro" at Weezerpedia 2. Brian Bell at Weezerpedia 3. The Space Twins at Weezerpedia 4. Album 5 Demos at Weezerpedia

Ep. 16. John is once again joined by Coonoor Behal to talk about the 2016 single "I Love The USA," easily the band's most political work to date. Also, you'll learn what curse word Rivers uses for the first time! LISTEN: 1. "I Love The USA" (Explicit) on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube 2. "I Love The USA" (Clean) on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "I Love The USA" on Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "I Love The USA" at Weezerpedia 2. "I Love The USA" music video 3. NASA's Juno mission

Ep. 15. John is joined by Coonoor Behal to talk about "Perfect Situation," one of the singles off of the band's fifth album Make Believe. Learn about what makes this song such a throwback and how Coonoor knows a founder of the Rebel Weezer Alliance. LISTEN: 1. "Perfect Situation" (original) from first pressing of Make Believe 2. "Perfect Situation" (updated) from subsequent pressings of Make Believe 3. "Perfect Situation" (music video, slightly edited version) LYRICS: 1. "Perfect Situation" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Perfect Situation" at Weezerpedia

Ep. 14. What is Homie? Why do fans spell it HOMiE? And why are we talking about it on a Weezer podcast? John answers all of these questions (and more!) while discussing "Sheila Can Do (It)," one of the first songs written for Rivers Cuomo's Post-Pinkerton endeavors.  LISTEN: 1. "Sheila Can Do (It)" (Live) on YouTube 2. "Sheila Can Do (It)" (Homie cover album) on YouTube 3. "American Girls" on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Sheila Can Do (It)" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Sheila Can Do (It)" on Weezerpedia 2. Homie on Weezerpedia 3. Adam Orth on Weezerpedia 4. Meet the Deedles on Wikipedia 5. Mikey Welsh on Weezerpedia

Ep. 13. By the numbers, The Green Album is the best-selling album of the Post-Pinkerton era. But it left a lot of fans cold. John discusses the way that "Simple Pages" is indicative of some of the larger issues on the album. LISTEN: 1. "Simple Pages" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Simple Pages" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Simple Pages" at Weezerpedia 2. The Green Album at Weezerpedia 3. Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me" 4. Giuseppe Verdi at Wikipedia

Ep. 12. John is once again joined by his longtime friend Nick Klinger to talk about "We Are All On Drugs," a single off of the 2005 album Make Believe. Why did Nick want to discuss it? Because many consider it to be one of the worst Post-Pinkerton songs. LISTEN: 1. "We Are All On Drugs" (mistake version on first pressing of Make Believe) on YouTube 2. "We Are All On Drugs" (corrected version on every subsequent pressing of Make Believe) on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube 3. "We Are All In Love" (edited version) on Apple Music LYRICS: 1. "We Are All On Drugs" at Genius MORE INFO: 1. "We Are All On Drugs" at Weezerpedia 2. "We Are All On Drugs" music video (official version) 3. "We Are All On Drugs" placeholder music video

Ep. 11. John is joined by Nick Klinger, an old friend of his, to talk about "Everybody Get Dangerous," a song from 2008's Red Album. Listen to two friends discuss a song about the dangers and risks of teenage friendship. LISTEN: 1. "Everybody Get Dangerous" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Everybody Get Dangerous" at Genius MORE INFO: 1. "Everybody Get Dangerous" at Weezerpedia 2. Adam Orth's blog post about "Everybody Get Dangerous"

Ep. 10. "Teenage Dirtbag" is a song with a rich, complicated history for the band Weezer. Learn all about it in today's special BONUS episode! LISTEN: 1. "Teenage Dirtbag" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Teenage Dirtbag" (Live at Reading Festival) on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Teenage Dirtbag" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Teenage Dirtbag" at Weezerpedia

Ep. 9. If you're in that incredibly small demographic that's wanted a Weezer song about dog droppings and computer programming, today's show is for you. John listens to "Autopilot," a song from Death to False Metal, a collection of unreleased studio material. LISTEN: 1. "Autopilot" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Autopilot" at Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "Autopilot" on Weezerpedia 2. Death to False Metal on Weezerpedia

Ep. 8. "California Kids" is the first track off of The White Album, arguably the favorite Post-Pinkerton album amongst the band's most ardent fans. John explains what he likes so much about this song, and how it participates in a conversation that has stretched across the band's entire career. LISTEN: 1. "California Kids" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "California" on YouTube 3. "California Kids" (Spotify Session) on Spotify | YouTube 4. "The Ice of Boston" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 5. "East Coast vs. West Coast" on YouTube 6. "Longtime Sunshine" (Alone demo) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "California Kids" on Genius.com 2. "California" on Genius.com MORE INFO: 1. "California Kids" on Weezerpedia 2. The White Album on Weezerpedia 3. Scott & Rivers on Wikipedia 4. "Lonely Girl" episode of Post-Pinkerton 5. "Longtime Sunshine" on Weezerpedia 6. "East Coast vs. West Coast" on Weezerpedia

Ep. 7. John is once again joined by Scott Heisel, this time to discuss the Maladroit-era demo "Serendipity." The conversation leads to an extensive look into Scott's work writing about the band. LISTEN: 1. "Serendipity" on YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Serendipity" at Genius MORE INFO: 1. "Serendipity" at Weezerpedia 2. Scott's Review of The Green Album 3. Scott's review of Maladroit 4. Scott's review of Make Believe 5. Scott's review of The Red Album 6. Scott's review of Raditude 7. Scott's review of Hurley 8. Scott's review of Everything Will Be Alright in the End 9. Scott's review of The White Album 10. Scott's 2014 interview with Rivers Cuomo 11. Alternative Press #315

Ep. 6. Scott Heisel joins the show to talk to John about "Hang On," one of his favorite tracks off of Hurley, the band's 2010 album. Scott worked at Alternative Press for a decade, and continues working now as a freelance music journalist. LISTEN: 1. "Hang On" (album version) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Hang On" (single version) on YouTube LYRICS: "Hang On" lyrics at Genius MORE INFO: 1. Scott Heisel on Twitter 2. Scott's review of Hurley 3. The Pinkerton-era Alternative Press cover story 4. Scott's incomplete Pinkerton oral history 5. "Hang On" on Weezerpedia 6. Michael Cera's IMDB page

Ep. 5. "Lonely Girl" is the fourth track off of John's favorite Post-Pinkerton album. In today's episode, we learn about the song, the ambitious album it premiered on, and the Japanse language project Scott & Rivers. LISTEN: 1. "Lonely Girl" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. "Homely Girl" on Apple Music | YouTube 3. "Only in Dreams" on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube LYRICS: 1. "Lonely Girl" on Genius 2. "Only in Dreams" on Genius 3. "Homely Girl" on Genius  MORE INFO: 1. "Lonely Girl" on Weezerpedia 2. EWBAITE Teaser #20 3. "Lonely Girl" on Wikipedia 4. Everything Will Be Alright in the End on Weezerpedia 5. Catalog of Riffs on Weezerpedia 6. Scott & Rivers on Wikipedia

Ep. 4. "Modern Dukes" is the first track off of an unofficial Weezer album known as Summer Songs 2000. In today's episode, we learn about the history of SS2K and figure out why "Modern Dukes" and much of its SS2K brethren never made it to an official Weezer album. LISTEN: 1. "Modern Dukes" (Summer Songs 2000 version) on YouTube 2. "Modern Dukes" (2000 demo) on YouTube 3. "Modern Dukes" (March 2002 demo) on YouTube 4. "Modern Dukes" (July 2002 demo) on YouTube   LYRICS: "Modern Dukes" on Genius   MORE INFO: "Modern Dukes" on Weezerpedia Summer Songs 2000 on Weezerpedia Album 5 Demos on Weezerpedia

Ep. 3. "Can't Stop Partying" is the fourth track on Weezer's 2009 album Raditude. It was co-written by Jermain Dupri and features a guest verse from Lil' Wayne. Join us as we explore the complicated history of one of the stranger songs of the Post-Pinkerton era. LISTEN: 1. Can't Stop Partying (Alone II version) on Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 2. Can't Stop Partying (Coconut Teaser) on YouTube 3. Can't Stop Partying (Raditude version) Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube 4. Can't Stop Partying (Jacknife Lee demo) on YouTube   LYRICS: 1. Can't Stop Partying (Alone II version) on Genius 2. Can't Stop Partying (Raditude version) on Genius   MORE INFO: "Can't Stop Partying" on Weezerpedia