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"In what may likely be the most regretful public appearance in the band's career, Rivers and Mikey appeared on an episode of the public access (??) local L.A. TV show, ''Colin's Sleazy Friends''. Aside from sitting there looking amused and confused, they contributed only minorly to a show widely considered to be an obnoxious waste of airtime. They were encouraged by the host to converse with and comment on the stripper guests, and they gave it an attempt. This episode was unfortunately included on the ''Colin's Sleazy Friends'' DVD collection." | "In what may likely be the most regretful public appearance in the band's career, Rivers and Mikey appeared on an episode of the public access (??) local L.A. TV show, ''Colin's Sleazy Friends''. Aside from sitting there looking amused and confused, they contributed only minorly to a show widely considered to be an obnoxious waste of airtime. They were encouraged by the host to converse with and comment on the stripper guests, and they gave it an attempt. This episode was unfortunately included on the ''Colin's Sleazy Friends'' DVD collection." | ||
===Goat Punishment=== | ===Goat Punishment and Hiatus Continues=== | ||
With band tensions high, recordings going nowhere, and the label growing concerned about the wasted studio money, Pat Wilson left rehearsals to return to Portland and work on [[The Special Goodness]]. | |||
Todd Philips, who was in {{PN|Juliana Hatfield}} with Mikey, replaced Pat on drums during this time. The band was anxious to get back to live performances, so spontaneously they created [[Goat Punishment]] to help them anonymously play shows and get back into the swing of things. Goat Punishment's first show was made up exclusively of Nirvana covers, and their second was similar, compromised solely of Oasis covers. <ref name="RHP11">[[Recording History - Page 11#spring 1999]]</ref><ref>[[Weezine Issue 14 - May 1999]]</ref> | |||
[[Image:Goat punishment.jpg|thumb|200px|Weezer's alter ego band, Goat Punishment gets a logo.]] | [[Image:Goat punishment.jpg|thumb|200px|Weezer's alter ego band, Goat Punishment gets a logo.]] | ||
After these shows (and further rehearsals), management suggested Weezer to take a break to alleviate their growing problems. So in spring 1999, Weezer went on hiatus once more.<ref name="RHP11" /> | |||
By 1999 Rivers was beginning to focus on songwriting like never before. Starting notebooks analyzing songs by Nirvana and Oasis, Rivers began to try and hone in on different songwriter's formulas. Rivers hoped that by doing so, he too would be able to find a formula and become a "songwriting machine". He holed himself up into his abode, covered the lights, and began to write song after song, documenting each one by writing it on the wall. By the end of 1999, Rivers had written 121 new songs, each song with several different reworkings. Many of these songs would go on to be recorded for the next Weezer album. | By 1999 Rivers was beginning to focus on songwriting like never before. Starting notebooks analyzing songs by Nirvana and Oasis, Rivers began to try and hone in on different songwriter's formulas. Rivers hoped that by doing so, he too would be able to find a formula and become a "songwriting machine". He holed himself up into his abode, covered the lights, and began to write song after song, documenting each one by writing it on the wall. By the end of 1999, Rivers had written 121 new songs, each song with several different reworkings. Many of these songs would go on to be recorded for the next Weezer album. | ||