OHMIGOSH!!!
No posts for a few days, okay?
(Kidding, but… y’know. Seriously. This is what my special edition of the Blue Album with the second disk of demos only hinted at. It’s also good practice for the red album which is supposed to be out end of June. Of course if that sounds anything like Make Believe I might have to swear off weezing forever. The first single ‘Pork & Beans’ can be heard over at weezer.com)
Edit: There’s a free album of Weezer tributes floating around. It’s a great download. Probably not until after sefirah for most of you, but give it a listen when you can. Very well done.
A Frum Punk 
April 24, 2008 at 4:02 am
i havent made up my mind about ‘pork and beans’ yet.
Make Believe sucked so bad! i do love weezer though
April 24, 2008 at 4:08 am
I know what you mean. Its got the classic hooks but the lyrics make me a bit queasy.
April 24, 2008 at 5:31 am
what’s with not until after sefirah for some people? am I missing something, or is this related to the part about not getting married in the spring unless it’s L’ag B’Omer? Weezer is good. Thanks for the link.
April 24, 2008 at 5:36 am
Most people don’t listen to music during sefirah. Some, including myself do listen to pre-recorded music but not live.
Maybe I’m overestimating the frumness of my readers.
April 24, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Or maybe I’m not necessarily representative of your readers? I don’t know. Since you mentioned it, I did a little research, though. It’s not a minhag I hold (nor is it one my MO father holds, as far as I know). My philosophy remains — less mourning, more preventive tikkun olam — great to know what one is mourning, now what can one do to prevent that from happening again? My answer is to do stuff to make the world a better place. A little is a lot. I have my work cut out for me. Thanks for the learning opportunity (seriously).
April 25, 2008 at 2:48 am
minhagim of sefirah with which I am familiar are not getting haircuts or getting married (except for l’ag b’omer, of course). My ancestry is yekke (my father’s pop was born in Poland, raised in Germany), sfard and russian, fwiw.
April 25, 2008 at 4:43 am
Haven’t read the post yet, just the comments and I don’t listen to music during the first half of sefira.
May 5, 2008 at 4:28 pm
you rock frum punk
May 25, 2008 at 3:59 am
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