Question

This singer once maintained a huge spreadsheet listing all songs they have written called the Catalog O’Riffs. This singer repeats “I’ve got your letter, you’ve got my song” (15[1])on a song inspired (15[1])by (15[1])a fan letter he received (15[1])from a Japanese schoolgirl while attending (15[1])Harvard. (15[1])This singer on “Across the Sea” (15[1])laments “I’m dumb, (15[1])she’s a lesbian” about a woman (10[1])who was not actually a lesbian on the song (10[1])(*) “Pink Triangle”. As a featured artist, person boasts “every time I touch that track it turns into gold” on the B.o.B. song “Magic”. In another single, this frontman sings “flip on the telly, wrestle with Jimmy” and exclaims “your drug is a heartbreaker”. For 10 points, the songs “Beverly Hills” and “Say It Ain’t So” were written and performed by what lead singer of Weezer? ■END■

ANSWER: Rivers Cuomo [accept Peter Kitts]
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