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-'''''Weezer - Video Capture Device: Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002''''' (or simply '''''Video Capture Device''''', abbrieviated '''''VCD''''') is [[Weezer]]'s first proper video release.  Available only on DVD, ''VCD'' was compiled by [[Karl Koch]], and released in the spring of [[2004]], on the same day as the Deluxe Edition of ''[[The Blue Album]]''. Aside from all of the band's promotional music videos from that album through ''[[Maladroit]]'', it also contains rare live performances, interviews, TV commercials, backstage moments, and documentary footage of the making of albums and videos.  It even includes some hilarious band member antics caught on tape, paticularly those of [[Patrick Wilson]], and Koch edited two new videos for "[[Pink Triangle]]" and "[[Slob]]" using material he'd shot over the years.  As of early [[2009]], Koch has spoken of making another DVD.
+The '''Flying =W=''' is an iconic [[Weezer]] logo.  The famous Flying =W= was designed by [[Patrick Wilson]] during the making of [[Weezer's third demo]], when he and [[Karl Koch]] were 'drawing' by dispersing fuzz that had collected on the studio walls.  They found it amusing, and Koch reproduced the logo onto the back of lead singer [[Rivers Cuomo]]'s jacket using the engineer's labeling tape.  Supposedly, Cuomo wore it around LA until the tape fell off.  It is a simultaneous homage and spoof of Van Halen's classic logo, which featured 'wings' protruding from the band's initials "VH."
-Chapters "Saction" and "Weezer goes to Van Nuys: The Making of Pinkerton" include snippets of the then-unheard song "[[Superfriend]]", a song that would not be officially released until the 2007 demo album ''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''.
+The logo was 'officially' employed immediately, and Wilson applied it to his drumhead, alongside [[Bokkus]].  It appears on a wide array of merchandise, including CDs, T-shirts, and more - including this website's logo.  An offshoot of this logo was created in conjunction with the band's appearances under the moniker [[Goat Punishment]].  The wings were attached to the G and P to form =GP=, and featured on a limited run of Goat Punishment T-shirts.
-Brief snippets of unheard, unreleased songs "No Way" and "No More Confusin" can be heard during the "Stoopid Fresh" chapter.
-The keyboardist playing during "Prodigy Lover" is Ryan Maynes.
-Deleted scenes and extra footage were released via the band's [http://www.weezer.com/default.asp|official website] and are still available for free download in the media archive.
-The commentary tracks on the DVD were recorded on September 11th, 2002.
-On the audio commentary for "Keep Fishin," the band refers to Muppets creator Jim Henson as "the guy who died" and laments that Muppeteer Frank Oz is "also no longer with us" despite the fact Oz is alive and well. The band may have been confusing Oz with Richard Hunt, who is, in fact, deceased.
-Highlighting ''Maladroit'' on the TV Promos section and pressing right will make a large [[Flying =W=]] symbol appear.  Clicking on it allows you to see the bonus feature "Wig Fishin" featuring Weezer frontman [[Rivers Cuomo]] wearing a long blonde wig during an appearance on British television program, Popworld. The European edition of the DVD is lacking this bonus feature.
+Weezer fans, in the band's early touring days, were known to flash a "W" during shows as a tribute to their heroes - almost as much as applause.  This is achieved by touching the tips of one's thumbs at an approximate 90 degree angle, and pointing the index fingers outward at 90 degree angles, to form a W.  In the years since the band's triumphant return to form in 2000, this tribute evolved to include one's middle fingers also pointing outward, parallel to the index fingers, in an effort to simulate the wings of the Flying =W=.  A depiction of this was used as the band's Fan Club logo upon its relaunch in the early 2000s.
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