"Oakley makes the shades that transform a tool," Rivers Cuomo sings in "Pork and Beans." "You'd hate for the kids to think that you'd lost your cool." If that's so, Cuomo might want to don some sunglasses to compensate for that tool-ish 'stache he's sporting of late. I can't find fault with "Pork," though, which is as crunchy, formulaic and effective as usual. Got some cute pop culture referencing lines, too: "Timbaland knows the way to reach the top of the chart/Maybe if I work with him I can perfect the art." The Matthew Cullen-directed video for the first single from the third album to be called Weezer, which is due out on Tuesday and destined to be known as "the Red Album," is a compendium of Internet memes, a savvy if cynical marketing strategy that might have something to do with seeing to it that 3.9 million and counting people had watched it on YouTube when I last checked. Read all about it in Wired. Look at it here. Watch below to see if, when put to the test, Weezer and pork and beans will "blend."
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