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Tom Chansky
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Some know me as King Tom. Hammock enthusiast. Curator. On a podcast or two.

Here for Star Wars, Weezer and other things that make me happy.

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This version is very close to the Alone 2 version. But there's a slight difference. Rivers adds an extra line to the chorus, just repeating some lines. This is good, but it doesn't flow as well as the Alone 2 take.

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November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
feelings that mattered to him. And I Was Scared is a great example of that.

We first heard IWS on Alone 2 back in 2008. It's a great song. The Make Believe bundle contains a few different takes, including acoustic demos. But for my money, the Alone 2 take is the definitive version of the song...
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
one of the 'non-A list contenders.' It was a song that meant a lot to Rivers. An apology to his brother for not sticking up for him in high school, it was written soon after his second Vipassana meditation course.

After Maladroit, Rivers returned to writing about 'real' things - events and...
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
songs/files at once. But I'm looking forward to whatever there is.

And until we get it, I can always go back and listen to Rivers singing a diss song about a kid in his daughter's kindergarten.
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
tunes on actual Weezer albums.

Rivers and Weezer had a lot of unreleased material. And giving this to the fans put a lot of that out there.

There are new bundles in the future (at least that's what Rivers say). I don't know if there will ever be another day when we just get a thousand new...
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The store has grown, with new bundles and songs added.

There's a lot of nothing. Rivers reciting his grocery list. Rivers beatboxing in a wind tunnel. But then there's a lot of great stuff. Early versions of some of Weezer's greatest songs. And finished left behind songs that were better than...
November 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
That's not where I thought that was going.
November 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM