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| Date = [[November 5]], [[1997]]<ref group=Note>This show is erroneously listed in the [[Recording History - Page 10#Rivers "solo" live show #3 ; bootleg tape, 11/4/97: Boston, MA : The Middle East|Recording History]] as having occurred the day before, [[November 4]], [[1997]].</ref><ref>[http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html] Rivers Cuomo Catalog O'Riffs archive. 1997-11-05 entry reads: "Boston, MA...MIDDLE EAST / Homie. A benefit for Central Square, maybe?</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/442228132/ Newspapers.com] archive of ''The Boston Globe'', Thursday, October 30, 1997, Page 129. Listing reads: "Middle East 472 Mass. Ave, Central Square, Cambridge...Nov. 5, Save Central Square Benefit with Rivers Cuomo, PermaFrost Ray Loves.</ref> | | Date = [[November 5]], [[1997]]<ref group=Note>This show is erroneously listed in the [[Recording History - Page 10#Rivers "solo" live show #3 ; bootleg tape, 11/4/97: Boston, MA : The Middle East|Recording History]] as having occurred the day before, [[November 4]], [[1997]].</ref><ref>[http://weezerpedia.com/catalogofriffs.html] Rivers Cuomo Catalog O'Riffs archive. 1997-11-05 entry reads: "Boston, MA...MIDDLE EAST / Homie. A benefit for Central Square, maybe?</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/442228132/ Newspapers.com] archive of ''The Boston Globe'', Thursday, October 30, 1997, Page 129. Listing reads: "Middle East 472 Mass. Ave, Central Square, Cambridge...Nov. 5, Save Central Square Benefit with Rivers Cuomo, PermaFrost Ray Loves.</ref> | ||
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| | | Other band(s) = Permafrost, the Ape Hangers, Nana, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Mile Wide, Lovewhip, the Ray Loves, Emily Grogan, and Penguin<ref name="Oct 31">[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/442228760/ Newspapers.com] archive of ''The Boston Globe'', Friday, October 31, 1997, Page 47.</ref> | ||
| Debuts = | | Debuts = | ||
| Guests = | | Guests = | ||
| Personnel = | | Personnel = | ||
| Bootleg = | | Bootleg = [[Image:Internetarchive.png|link=https://archive.org/details/homie-1997-11-04]] Archive.org (1)<br>[[Image:Internetarchive.png|link=https://archive.org/details/homie-1997-11-04_2]] Archive.org (2) | ||
| Attendance = | | Attendance = | ||
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| Next show = [[Homie concert: 11/21/1997|11/21/1997 - Cambridge, MA]] | | Next show = [[Homie concert: 11/21/1997|11/21/1997 - Cambridge, MA]] | ||
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'''[[Rivers Cuomo]] performed as [[Homie]] on [[November 5]], [[1997]] at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA.''' | '''[[Rivers Cuomo]] performed as [[Homie]] on [[November 5]], [[1997]] at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA.''' This performance was the first "[[Homie]] tryout" show (see [[#Recording History|Recording History]]). Cuomo scheduled these solo shows during the second half of [[1997]] to audition bassists to replace [[Matt Sharp]] in Weezer. This performance appears to not have been a more formal "try out" show, however, as [[Mikey Welsh]] was not involved,{{clarify}} and no record exists of who played bass. In addition to Cuomo, [[Kevin Stevenson]] of [[the Shods]] is known to have played guitar. The show was organized as a fundraiser to oppose "a plan to demolish a building at Massachusetts Avenue and Magazine Street in order to build a $20 million, multi-use complex."<ref name="Oct 31" /> | ||
This performance was the first "[[Homie]] tryout" show | |||
Cuomo | |||
This concert is most likely where Cuomo met his future wife, [[Kyoko Ito Cuomo|Kyoko Ito]].<ref>''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood''. Archived by ''Wayback Machine'' 6 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806142025/https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Kyoko from the original: https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Kyoko</ref> | This concert is most likely where Cuomo met his future wife, [[Kyoko Ito Cuomo|Kyoko Ito]].<ref>''Mister Rivers' Neighborhood''. Archived by ''Wayback Machine'' 6 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806142025/https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Kyoko from the original: https://books-r-fun.herokuapp.com/wiki/Kyoko</ref> | ||
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| title9 = [[Hot Tub]] | | title9 = [[Hot Tub]] | ||
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== | ==Recording History== | ||
< | {{Karl Koch quote|According to various conversations with [[Rivers]] at the time, the new material showcased at these shows was both "in consideration for new [[weezer]] songs " and, paradoxically also "goofy country songs that are not weezer" (i.e the Rivers-fronted project band, [[Homie]]). While songs from both "bands" (Weezer and Homie) seem to be mixed into all 5 shows, the main pattern is this:<br> | ||
Shows #1, 2, and 5 were primarily weezer try-out shows, all songs being either in consideration for use by weezer (i.e. "[[The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World|Prettiest Girl]]", "[[Rosemary]]", etc), or actual weezer songs. Shows number 3 and 4 were Homie, containing new, non-weezer Homie songs (such as "[[Hot Tub]]" or "[[I'll Think About You|Think About]]"), and a few "bonus" old weezer songs thrown in for whatever reason, perhaps crowd pleasing. Anyway, its taken a long time to nail down this info, and thanks go out to many helpful detail-obsessed weezer fans...|[[Recording History - Page 10#SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING THE 5 RIVERS "SOLO" SHOWS that follow below:|Recording History - Page 10]]}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Homie]] | *[[Homie]] | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==External links== | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/homie-1997-11-04 Bootleg on Archive.org] | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/homie-1997-11-04_2 Bootleg on Archive.org (alternate recording)] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo concerts]] | ||
[[Category:Homie concerts]] | [[Category:Homie concerts]] | ||