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Podcast: Ongoing History of New Music
Episode: Rivers Cuomo and Weezer - Alt-Rock's Nerd Heroes Part 1
Description: If Rivers Cuomo of Weezer were to walk past you on the street, you probably wouldnât notice himâŚif you did, you might think that this stranger kinda looked like Louis Tully, the nebbish accountant played by Rick Moranis in a couple of âGhostbustersâ movie.Chances are heâd be wearing skinny jeans, a t-shirt, a hoody, maybe a baseball cap, indistinguishable from a hundred other short, slight, guys with glasses that you encountered that dayâŚand thatâs just the way he likes it.But Rivers Cuomo is an unlikely sort of rock star and is ex...