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En este capítulo escuchamos el cuarto disco homónimo de Weezer (disco blanco). Con su potente sonido y aire californiano playero logra ser un disco alegre y con temas pegajosos. Canciones: 1. California Kids 2. Wind In Our Sail 3. Thank God For Girls 4. (Girl We Got A) Good Thing 5. Do You Wanna Get High? 6. King Of The World 7. Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori 8. L.A. Girlz 9. Jacked Up 10. Endless Bummer
After ten months of silence, Jen and Patrick return with a NUMBERED LIST of things to talk about. One of those numbers? Weezer's biggest hit ever isn't even one of their songs. Weezer's cover of Africa by Toto is everywhere, and now it's even on this podcast! Plus, a Weezerton show in Fullerton! Another Weezer podcast! Toto covering Hashpipe! The Song Exploder about Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori! California Snow! The Rivers Cuomo solo tune Medicine for Melancholy!
Join the Acquired Limited Partner program! https://kimberlite.fm/acquired/ (works best on mobile) Topics covered include: Community Showcase: the Nexcast podcasting platform from listener Brian Sanders, along with their podcast chronicling the team’s journey building the company Waze’s origin in cofounder & CTO Ehud Shabtai’s desire to hack his portable GPS navigation unit Waze CEO Noam Bardin’s retrospective blog post on the Waze journey Waze’s Palo Alto office and the bizarre Silicon Valley phenomenon of tech companies being located in retail storefronts Apple’s ill-fated launch of Apple Maps as part of iOS 6 at WWDC 2012, Apple’s subsequent apology letter, and Scott Forstall’s ultimate ouster from the company The climax of the mobile platform wars… which it turns out Apple and Google both won Apple, Facebook, and Google all vying to acquire Waze throughout 2013 Google’s renewed design ethos under Larry Page Ben and David spontaneously agree (surprise) to create on a new category of acquisition for the show The increasing strategic value of data and data assets as technology enters the age of machine learning The coming mega trend of autonomous vehicles, and the role Israeli startups are playing in it (including the globalization of startups & innovation) The disruptive power of network and data-based business models Emergence of native as *the* definitive advertising medium on mobile, including ability to close the advertising loop via location-based products and services The Carve Out Ben: Weezer’s “Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori” on Song Exploder David: Simon Sinek’s “Start with Why” TED Talk Followups: None this week… coverage of Instagram Stories to come next time!
Weezer's 10th album, the self-titled "White" album, came out April 1, 2016. In this episode, Rivers Cuomo breaks down the meticulous process of making the song "Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori," through the different demo versions that the track went through, and the array of spreadsheets that he uses collect, analyze, and harvest his ideas.