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Ongoing History Daily: Weezer’s missing years

Weezer first appeared with their “blue” album in 1994 and followed it up with the Pinkerton record in 1996. Then

Weezer released their debut album–the so-called “blue” album–in May 1994. A bunch of hit singles later, the band disappeared for

Last year, Weezer started hinting that there would be four new albums in 2022, each corresponding to the various seasons.

When he’s not working on new Weezer material, frontman Rivers Cuomo has been learning the finer points of computer coding.

Weezer was officially formed on Valentine’s Day in 1992 and immediately faced a critical problem: What were they going to

If you ask the guys in Billy Talent about their all-time favourite albums, they will point to Weezer’s blue album.

Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is an interesting dude—and no wonder. First, why is he called “Rivers?” Because he was born in

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was born with his left leg 44 millimeters leg shorter than the other, something he had

Late in 2020, I did an Ongoing History of New Music program on great musical conspiracies. One of them involved

Weezer is at it again. After releasing the OK Human album last month and with the metal album, Van Weezer,

Saturday Night Live ended 2018 strong with an episode hosted by always likeable Matt Damon. Later in the show was

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
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Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver