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We love Rivers Cuomo. He’s the world’s most commercial geek. Who else would send his Best of 2006 list to the Harvard Crimson? Who else would put Danity Kane, Sufjan Stevens, and Mandarin pop-star Fish Leong on that list? Only a nerdy pop-culture loving anti-elitist dude with a thing for Asian girls. Here are some of our favorite pics - with commentary- frm Rivers’ list. See all 19 after the jump — and tell us what you think.
- 1. Hall & Oates??Greatest Hits.? Man, did the 80s rule.
- 12. ?Lost??I?m just about finished with the first season but I think I?m going to have to give it up because it?s too violent.
- 15. Tim McGraw??Live Like You Were Dying? and ?My Little Girl.? Country music sounds good to me now that I?m a family man.
- 17. Yung Joc and Young Dro. Supplying my thug fix.
- 19. Sufjan Stevens??Come On! Feel the Illinoise!? For when populist art cloys.
1. Hall & Oates??Greatest Hits.? Man, did the 80s rule.
2. Nelly Furtedo??Promiscuous? and ?Maneater.? I admire her independence frm the expectations of her fanbase.
3. Chamillionaire & Krayzie Bone??Ridin.?? This song gets me pumped. I also love Weird Al?s version, ?White and Nerdy.?
4. Danity Kane??Show Stopper.? I am biologically incapable of not being attracted to thiz song.
5. Fish Leong??Yong Qi.? The best ballad I?ve heard in years comes frm China.
6. Gnarls Barkley??Crazy.? What the heck? Where did thiz song come frm?
7. Keane??Somewhere Only We Know.? I think thiz song was on my list last year but it still makes my heart beat fast.
8. Panic At The Disco??I Write Sins Not Tragedies.? This song seems so avant-garde and yet it?s structurally very simple and repetitive. Good job, kids.
9. Sam Harris??Letter to A Christian Nation.? Interesting.
10. Bob Woodward??State of Denial.? Seems like a pretty even-handed and well-informed account of the war. Then again, what do I know.
11. Ne-Yo. Besides the fact that his songs are catchy and soulful, I love the fact that they?re so anti-gangsta.
12. ?Lost??I?m just about finished with the first season but I think I?m going to have to give it up because it?s too violent.
13. Shakira??Hips Don?t Lie.? I?ve love the music for thiz song. Does anyone know where it?s frm? It sounds familiar.
14. The Fray??Over My Head.? I finally realized why thiz song sounded so right to me the first time I heard it on the radio: My drummer reminded me that Weezer toured with The Fray in 2004 and I so must have heard thiz song every night through the walls of my dressing room.
15. Tim McGraw??Live Like You Were Dying? and ?My Little Girl.? Country music sounds good to me now that I?m a family man.
16. Cassie??Me & U.? This was one of my favorite songs of the year before I knew it was produced by a Harvard alum!
17. Yung Joc and Young Dro. Supplying my thug fix.
18. Jojo??Too Little, Too Late.? A rare example of a chorus that starts on the II chord rather than the I chord.
19. Sufjan Stevens??Come On! Feel the Illinoise!? For when populist art cloys.
?Rivers Cuomo ?99-?06 is the former frontman of the band Weezer, but more recently a Cabot House celebrity. He was once interviewed by Abe J. Riesman ?08.
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Good for you. Now is your chance to put YOUR favorite album of the year at the top of our list. All you have to do is make a really cool Squidoo page (it sounds geeky and vaguely extraterrestrial and it totally IS - learn more 
VH1.com has put together a very well-organized breakdown of many cool records we have to look forward to next year. We appreciate that. But we know you guys know of others that deserve some anticipatory props. So, quick list of the top five records we’re psyched about that are expected to hit shelves/Amazon carts in 2007.
As those of you with calendars or highly developed circadian rhythms know, today is the shortest day of the year. Contrarily wise, that makes tonight the longest night. We’ll be spending it snuggled up with a malt beverage and jamming out to some thematically appropriate songs. We hope you’ll join us, metaphorically speaking.