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-{{Featured article headline|[[Riverscuomo.com demos]]}}
+{{Featured article headline|[[Weezer (The Blue Album) Pitchfork Media record review]]}}
-[[Image:Rivers Cuomo website image.png|150px|right|link=Riverscuomo.com demos]]
+[[Image:Pitchfork.jpg|150px|right|link=Weezer (The Blue Album) Pitchfork Media record review]]
-[[Rivers Cuomo]] launched a '''demo storefront''' on his website, [[riverscuomo.com]], in [[2020]], as an assignment for an online web programming class. To date, hundreds of demos have since been distributed through the website.
+The following is an except from {{Possessive name|Pitchfork Media}} ten-star, retrospective review of ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'', written in 2017 by Jillian Mapes.
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+The desire to write a perfect song can drive some songwriters mad, as their belief in music as a vehicle for emotional expression reconciles itself with the belief that pop is a puzzle that can be solved. On ''Blue,'' [[Rivers|Cuomo]] found the ideal balance, as he rarely has since. He understood the rules so well that he also knew when to break them, from [[Matt Sharp|Sharp’s]] super silly new-wave keyboard in “[[Buddy Holly]]” to the mumbled dialogue that runs through “[[Undone]]” (the band and [[Karl Koch|their]] [[Mykel and Carli Allan|friends]] chatting were a backup plan after [[DGC]] refused to clear dialog from an old sci-fi film, “Peanuts”) and more.
-On [[November 7]], [[2020]], fans noticed hundreds of Dropbox links to demos viewable in the storefront's source code, which were quickly shared among fans. Cuomo was notified of the error the following morning, giving [[Riverpedia archive - 11/09/2020|an update on his wiki]] on [[November 9]], stating: "I'm hurt that someone downloaded and distributed the demos. I wish everyone would help me when I make mistakes in my code, rather than take advantage of me." Despite the leak, Cuomo proceeded to launch the demo storefront on [[November 11]], featuring over 300 of the nearly 500 songs that leaked initially, along with additional demos of "[[If I Fell]]", "[[Make Me a Pallet]]", and "[[Happy Trails]]". The songs sold out in less than two hours.
+The fact that “[[Only in Dreams]]” is eight glorious minutes long is ''Blue’s'' greatest example of self-indulgence gone right. It confronts the two most perilous teen-boy anxieties—talking to a girl you really like and dancing in public. It’s fiery, gorgeous, well-played, and devastatingly sad. Sharp’s trudging bassline guides the way forward for the narrator, whose fear of stepping on his crush’s toenails is temporarily silenced by the band’s total calamity. Rock’n’roll teaches us that extreme volume can quiet the voices of doubt inside our heads and numb the pain of living inside our awkward bodies. In this sense, the climaxes on “Only in Dreams,” starting around the song’s midpoint, are rock’n’roll lessons of a lifetime. But it’s the big build at the 6:45 mark that plays like a beta male transfiguration. Having re-recorded [[Jason Cropper|Cropper’s]] guitar parts in one take after essentially firing him following ''Blue’s'' [[1993]] recording at [[Electric Lady Studios|Electric Lady]], Cuomo ends up axe-battling himself until he’s soloing like the metal gods he grew up worshipping. [[Pat|Wilson’s]] drumming—an underrated and idiosyncratic force throughout [[Weezer’s]] discography—drives home the catharsis. His cymbals crash from every angle and his tricky rolls play like percussive triple axels. By the end of the song, you’re back to reality, exhausted but ready for a fight—even if it’s just against your own doubting voices.
-Cuomo explained the decision to be so generous with his demo collection in his website's [[Riverchat|chatroom]] on November 20:
+{{Featured article links|Weezer (The Blue Album) Pitchfork Media record review}}
-<blockquote>{{Interviewer|geewiz|Rivers, would you mind elucidating your mind frame right now? In the recent past you've kept these close to your chest. Why so open now?}}
-{{Rivers|Geewiz, good question. it might be as simple as: because i was able to code the market, we now have a way to make a fair, direct, simple and efficient exchange. also, we've developed a community around the market that is a good match for the demos. it's not like i'm going on good morning america trying to sell 10 lo-fi version of an obscure 20-year-old song to people who aren't even huge music fans.}}</blockquote>
-{{Featured article links|Riverscuomo.com demos}}
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