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Songs from the Black Hole (or SFTBH) is an unreleased, unfinished Weezer album. This space themed rock opera/musical was originally envisioned as the follow-up album to The Blue Album, but during the course of songwriting/demoing, the concept was discarded, and the project evolved into the album Pinkerton. Several of the SFTBH songs ended up on Pinkerton or as single b-sides, some of which were slightly altered lyrically or sonically. SFTBH was, in the words of songwriter Rivers Cuomo was, "supposed to be a whole album of songs transed together," meaning a seamless flow from one song to the next (previous examples of this technique include the closing medley of The Beatles' Abbey Road and various Pink Floyd albums including The Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, and Wish You Were Here).

In a 2007 Rolling Stone magazine 'Rock & Roll Daily' feature the album was called one of rock music's "mythical lost masterpieces." In an April 2007 issue of the Australian weekly print mag "Zoo", the album was named number seven in their "Top Ten Never Released Albums" list.

The characters of the story were to be Jonas (voiced by Rivers), Laurel (voiced by Rachel Haden of that dog.), Maria (voiced by Joan Wasser of the Dambuilders), Wuan & Dondo (voiced by Brian Bell and Matt Sharp, respectively), and a robot called M1 (voiced by Karl Koch via the use of a vocoder). At the time, Wasser was unaware of Rivers' intention of having her play a role on the album.

In the words of Rivers, taken from an interview in the November 15, 2007 issue of Rolling Stone, "There's this crew - three guys and two girls and a mechanoid - that are on this mission in space to rescue somebody, or something. The whole thing was really an analog for taking off, going out on the road and up the charts with a rock band, which is what was happening to me at the time I was writing this and feeling like I was lost in space."

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"Susanne" (originally known as "Suzanne") is the second track from the deluxe edition of Weezer's self-titled debut album and a b-side to "Undone - The Sweater Song". It has proven to be one of, if not the, most oft-performed of Weezer's large number of non-album songs, particularly in the pre-Green era. The song was successfully returned to set lists on the 2008 Troublemaker Tour. According to the informational booklet included with the deluxe version of The Blue Album, "Suzanne was a talented A&R assistant at Geffen. in the long months of limbo between completing The Blue Album in October '93 and its eventual release in may '94 she became a big Weezer supporter, doing her best to keep the guys optimistic about their future with Geffen. As the lyrics imply, Suzanne did in fact help Rivers Cuomo out with her spare winter coat when he needed one, and made plates of brownies to cheer him up. Her devotion and aid were perfectly summed up in the song. Before she knew of the songs' existence the guys performed it a cappella for her in her Geffen office. Needless to say it surprised the hell out of her!"

The lyrics "even Izzy, Slash, and Axl Rose" were originally written as "even Kurt Cobain and Axl Rose," but Rivers decided to change it out of respect for the Nirvana front man after his early 1994 passing.

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• 2002 - Weezer performs in Wilkes-Barre, PA at the First Union Arena on the Hyper Extended Midget Tour.

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Happy Birthday to Pat

Patrick Wilson, Weezer's drummer/guitar player, turned 41 today! That is, if he's still currently living. Happy birthday, Pat! Your goofiness and musical abilities are a big part of what makes Weezer, Weezer.
--MyNameIsJason 21:27, 1 February 2010 (EST)

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Rivers Cuomo plans Japanese solo album

Rivers Cuomo announced on his Indaba his plans for a Japanese solo album. He's paying a fine price for anyone willing to record a high quality demo of his new song, but is warning amateurs to stay away.
--ohjonas (admin) 03:48, 29 December 2009 (EST)

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Weezerpedia catches up on news: Happy belated birthday to Brian, Rivers is okay, tour shows canceled

Our news section has a little bit of catch-up to do. Brian Bell turned 41 on December 9! Happy birthday to Weezer's longtime sassy guitarist.

As many of you may have heard, Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo was injured in a bus accident (see here for more info), but he is now doing much better! Weezer has uploaded a new webisode chronicling Karl and Rivers' trip back to LA.

Because of this injury to their lead singer and frontman, Weezer's shows in Boston, Baltimore, Camden, San Francisco, Irvine, La Jolla, and Phoenix are now cancelled. None of them have currently been rescheduled.
--MyNameIsJason 16:32, 21 December 2009 (EST)

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Listen to Weezer and Weezer-related music on Weezerpedia's Pandora station, Weezerpedia Radio.
--Soupandballoons 01:41, 9 November 2009 (EST)

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Raditude is here!

Weezer's seventh studio album, Raditude, has been released.
--Donny 05:20, 3 November 2009 (EST)

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