Monitor Comix
comic by | ryan moore comic by | dan fister
Cuomo
ly influenced Simon and Lightfoot. Cuomo for product they happily lap up whatever the It was refreshing to see Cuomo
from page 8
is no longer interested in content, just arti- band delivers, unable to distinguish a bland breaking from the mold on “Alone.” I

fice. Here’s the catchy single lazily written simulacra from the real thing. hoped he would branch out and make the
Similarly, for the first time Cuo-
about writing a catchy single. Here’s an- Of course, Cuomo isn’t Dylan. I’m great pop album he just might have in him.
mo lets his bandmates do some some writ-
other silly video. Here’s the colorful album just disappointed, and would like to believe Here he tries new things, and fails in the
ing. He is obviously comfortable enough
cover. All of which should be fine if didn’t that Rivers is just not trying rather than to same old way.
with his public image and legacy--he effec-
seem so...soulless. face the possibility that he is--that he has just I now doubt that Cuomo has an-
tively is Weezer--that he is willing to share
Maybe he took the 0.4 on Pitch- lost his melodic gifts. In 2008, Weezer has other great album in him. There will prob-
the spotlight, highlighting his own gifts
fork too hard? There he is smirking behind released twice as many albums since their ably no Blood on the Tracks ahead for
with the shortcomings of his songwriting
his mustache on the cover “If this is what hiatus as before. It seems unlikely now that him, but I can still at least hold out for a
progeny--clearly Cuomo has influenced
you want, here it is.” And it seems like it’s they will ever reach the dizzying highs of New Morning.
Bell, Wilson, and Shriner as Dylan similar-
worked. The Weezer die-hards are so starved the Blue Album or “Pinkerton” ever again.
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