Playlist for 7/15/06

DJ TARA TURNS 21 TOMORROW THE 16TH!

Attention fans: This week bought with it some horrible news. Rivers Cuomo of the band Weezer forsoke his love with DJ Tara to marry his Japanese girlfriend, abandoning years of heartfelt emotions and happiness.

To put yet another nail in this coffin, he also announced that Weezer does not intend to release any more albums, effectively spelling the end of the band. Rivers also annonced that though he is still writing songs, he will not be pursuing a solo career.

Now, in tribute to one of the greatest bands of the 90's and early 00's, we present Terra-Firma's version of the 5 stages of grief, personified by selected Weezer songs.

Song - Artist
Gone Away - The Offspring
Broken Boy Soldier - The Raconteurs
E Man Sorrow - The Lovely Feathers
White Noise - The Vacation
Ava Adore - The Smashing Pumpkins
Atlantic - Keane
Barocco - Cassius
Crazy - Gnarles Barkley
The Time Warp - The Rocky Horror Picture Show
All the Money or the Simple Life Honey [acoustic version] - The Dandy Warhols
Diesel Power - Prodigy
Pickin' it Up - Hot Hot Heat
DENIAL: Perfect Situation - Weezer
Sandstorm - Darude
Brimful of Asha - Fatboy Slim
Temptation Waits - Garbage
Rocking the Suburbs - Ben Folds
Take a Chance - ABBA
ANGER: Why Bother? - Weezer
Ghost of You - My Chemical Romance
Fake Tales of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
We've Got a File on You - Blur
Julia - Low Millions
BARGAINING: Say It Ain't So - Weezer
9/4 Ladies - Balkan Beat Box
What It Means - Mates of State
Tokyo I'm on My Way - Hi-Hi Puffy AmiYumi
DEPRESSION: Undone (The Sweater Song) - Weezer
Fidelity - Regina Spektor
The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie
ACCEPTANCE: Haunt You Every Day - Weezer

But I still don't forgive Rivers for leaving me to marry someone else. Jerk!

Post Note: The quote was misinterpreted by the media, and Weezer is not broken up.