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Karl's Corner - 07/29/2000

...Tonite was the triumphant return of weezer to Sacramento, where they rocked the Crest Theater 
to the ground. Way back in '94 there were insurmountable technical difficulties that forced the band to leave a show early, to the great anger of the audience. It seems all is forgiven now, nothing but smiles and satisfaction. Of course, whats a Sacto show without at least a few technical foul ups? The monitor engineers did their best to spoil the bands mojo with horribly unpredictable monitors, but the band displayed adaptability 
by switching up where Rivers sang from for a while. Good job, men! 
Also tonight saw the public unveiling of another new song, "Your Sister"...The fantastic Ozma opened up the show, and will do so again at the Whiskey tomorrow (today). Check these guys out, they rock! 
...Already the stickers are flowing in, and being applied to the new guitar. Keep 'em coming folks! 
...Well, the producer votes are in! after over 250 emails chock full of good suggestions, the top 10 most wanted producers for the new weezer record are: 
#Ric Ocasek 
#Nigel Godrich 
#Butch Vig 
#Mark Trombino 
#J. Robbins 
#Jon Brion 
#Sean Slade and Paul Kolderie 
#Brendan O'Brien 
#Jay Baumgartner 
#Jerry Harrison 
(note that some names with heavy votes were excluded due to the preferences of the band, 
and that "produce it themselves" got serious votes as well, but is not being considered... ) 
So, as i write, new demo tapes are being sent out to these ten producers (as well as some others 
the band expressed interest in)...time will tell how you guys affected the process! 
...And now the big news. Below you will see a TENTATIVE, UNFINALIZED and SUBJECT TO CHANGE itinerary for the weezer "east coast" tour. Remember, this is NOT final, and ANY date could be dropped, changed or added still... 
The final schedule, when it becomes known, will be posted at the main RWA news page... 
Aug 23 New York: Irving Plaza (all ages) (note this show replaces the 2 Bowery Ballroom ones)
Aug 24 New Jersey: Stone Pony (18+) 
Aug 25 Boston: Axis (all ages) 
Aug 26 off (karl to Buffalo to attend his cousin's wedding!) (all ages, invite only, sold out) 
Aug 27 Providence, RI: Lupo's (all ages) 
Aug 28 Washington, DC: 9:30 Club (all ages) 
Aug 29 Philadelphia: T.L.A. (all ages) 
Aug 30 Cleveland: Odeon (all ages) 
Aug 31 off 
Sept 1 Buffalo, NY: ??? (all ages...?) 
Sept 2 Detroit: St. Andrews (all ages) 
Sept 3 Chicago: Metro (all ages) 
Sept 4 off 
Sept 5 Milwaukee, WI: ??? (all ages...?) 
Sept 6 Minneapolis: ??? (all ages...?) 
Sept 7 Lawrence, KS: ??? (all ages...?) 
Sept 8 off 
Sept 9 Denver, CO: ??? (all ages...?) 
Sept 10-?? ??????????????? 
...some folks are clamoring to know the titles of all the new songs that the band has been unveiling at the recent shows. There are a whopping TWELVE new songs that have been played live already, and here they are: 
Slob 
Mad Kow 
Superstar 
Your Sister 
O-Girl 
Preacher's Son 
My Brain Is Workin' Overtime 
Hash Pipe 
Dope Nose 
Too Late To Try 
Modern Dukes 
Ev'ry Nite
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2000
Karl's Corner - 07/29/2001

...in response to several questions, the maraca player on Leno was none other than our bass tech Bebee, whose breif description and photo is available in our "staff bios" section, under "info".
...in case you missed it, Mtv re-runs the "all access week" WHFS footage and maybe more late Monday night, technically Tuesday 7/31 at 12:30 AM EST
... for German fans: On Monday the 30th of July, there will be a one hour special about weezer on Viva 2 at 8 PM CET, and on the 18th of August there will be an Overdrive Special with weezer, which is a live show re-broadcasting, also on Viva 2
at 1 pm and 7 pm CET.
...L.A. area vinyl freaks: I was at Aron's Records in Hollywood on Saturday, and spotted over 10 copies of the Green Album on vinyl, all for only $10.99 each. This is the USA limited pressing on green wax. (Actually thats the only LP pressing there is!)
...Tomorrow, Rivers is going into a LA rehearsal studio to work on songs. He says he already has 16 brand new songs, and there are more to come. These 16 do not include any of the new songs that have been getting some exposure at recent shows nor any of the DC/BBC demos...these are so new, no one but Rivers has heard them yet! In a week's time, the rest of the band will join him and they will cut new demos of everything, getting a serious jump on the process of song selection for the 4th weezer album! There is no set time to make that album, but I've heard rumblings of doing it after the X-mas holidays...
...people have been waiting a long time for a "real" North American Tour for the Green Album, and planning is underway at last! The rest of the year looks to be divided up into one or more North American legs, as well as a return to Europe, and possible tours in other areas as well...As soon as we have dates they will be in the "Tour" section! For now, the only confirmed date on the roster is the August 25th KROQ Inland Empire show. Until that show, the band will be rehearsing and recording new demos...
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2001
Karl's Corner - 07/29/2010

...Today the band heads up to Paso Robles to play the California Mid-State Fair. Yours truly cannot be there today, so its on you to set the scene: people, we're asking you to help us document today's show! Please add your comments to this post if you are attending the show, and tell us how things went down! Paint us a picture with your words - what was the day like, how was Weezer's set, what happened before and after?
And, if you got any pictures, pick your best 1 or 2 and email them to me [karl (at) weezer (dot) com] - the 12 coolest fan submitted pix will be used for today's show photo gallery, with full credits given to you, the photographers!
(more later...)
Well, I must say, it was a real pleasure to sift thru the piles of great photos that you guys sent in! Its really cool how by combining fragments of everyones experiences, a picture of the night emerges. Todays super-size photo gallery courtesy of:
Jack Ellis
Adelita Subia
Sarah Hayter
Michael Cordsen
Kevin Klein
Madstick Cliff
Peer Johnson
Sean Murphy
Cristina Gonzalez
The Sundre Family
Amanda Winger
Sarah Tomasetti
Jennifer Manuo
Amber Grundman
Leslie, Samantha, and Art Kopp
Thanks Paso Robles peeps!!!
(click on any photo for a full size version)
Also see this photogallery from the San Luis Obispo Tribune newspaper!
...and a special message to Logan about the vuvuzelas: yes, they heard them loud and clear!
current merch - click pic to see larger
...REMINDER: Check out Weezer Webisode 18: Frippin' Down The Treeway!
...REMINDER: RECENT INTERVIEW ROUNDUP:
Scott | Brian | Pat (audio) | me (karl)
...REMINDER: Here's a cool article on Myspace Music about the Summer 2000 Warped Tour Weezer comeback. 
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2010
Karl's Corner - 07/29/2011

2011/07/29 Wantagh NY: Nikon Jones Beach Ampitheatre: Flaming Weezer Lips #2
...WOW folks, the show last night was right at the limits of what can be described in words. An amazing experience, lets call it for now. And tonight we do it all again but this time at Jones Beach! After yesterdays super hectic (yet kinda hilarious) soundcheck / rehearsal leading right into the showtime, today should hopefully be a bit calmer - till showtime of course, when all forms of calmness will be officially banished from the area till the last lights go down at the end of the night!
Attending tonight is Mikey Welsh, weezer alumnus from the class of 1998-2001. He picked a good one to come hang out at!
Photos later - are you going? Did you go? Comment here and/or in our message boards, tell your tale! Post your show pix on our photo page! Same goes for video clips if you got em!
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2011
Karl's Corner - 07/29/2012

2012/07/29 Show: Council Bluffs, IA: Stir Cove at Harrah's Council Bluffs
After a day of R&R&W (rest, relaxation... and work!) in the Chicago area, we got on the rock and roll bus and rolled overnight down to Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the other side of the Missouri river from Omaha, Nebraska. Here we found the Harrah's casino, where we are playing tonight at the outdoor area they call the Stir Cove. In this cove we expect the peoples will stir. Thankfully it will cool down a bit by the time the rock happens tonight, 97 is a bit toasty for good rocking.
Today we are happy to have Weezer Cruise alums Sleeper Agent opening the show - they were scheduled to open the Hammond Indiana show, but a snafu of The Law messed it up as 2 of the bandmembers were under 21 and werent even allowed to set foot in the venue! It was a bummer. A singer songwriter guy came in at the last minute to fill in, which was nice of the guy to do on short notice, but it didnt make up for the bum out for Sleeper Agent. 
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2012
Karl's Corner - 07/29/2023 (a)

weezer On night 1 of the @fujirock_jp Festival, during the @foofighters set, Dave Grohl introduced Patrick Wilson as “The 7th Foo Fighter…. we stole him from weezer!” Patrick played “Big Me” on guitar and then Dave said “You can see him with his other band tomorrow night!” 📸: Sophie O’Keefe #karlscorner
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2023
Karl's Corner - 07/29/2023 (b)

weezer Brian rolled into Japan a few days early to take in the sights, as well as taking in a new guitar! Brian visited Fender Flagship Tokyo @fender_jp where they connected him with this Stratocaster, a custom shop heavy relic ‘59 body with a ‘70’s reverse head stock with a DiMarzio bridge pickup. It’s a signature model of Japanese guitarist Muchiya Haruhata. Brian is excited to add this beauty to his stage show, starting today at the @fujirock_jp Festival!
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2023
Karl's Corner - 07/30/2000

I write this after the second L.A. show at the Troubador of Hollywood. Both tonight's show and last night's at the Whiskey ROCKED OUT! Thanks to all the fans in attendance for freaking out with the best of them! ...It seems our light-up "=W=" sign had a few glitches at the Whiskey, and didnt always activate. I think it worked better at the Troubador. No new songs were debuted at either show; both sets included "Your Sister", "Superstar", "Too Late to Try", and "Slob". Mikey went for another Surf Wax stage dive, and seemed to get pretty far out there this time. I helped reel him back in, and people didnt seem to want to let go!... The wild and provocative Third Grade Teacher opened the show, and slowly won people over with their freaky rock music and Catholic girl school outfits.
...Solving the mystery section: A lot of people have been saying that they've downloaded an mp3 of a song from February 2000 titled "Game Over". And everyone insisted that its a Rivers demo. Rivers, however, had no memory of such a song. Well, after witnessing two sets from Ozma, I can safely say that "Game Over" is by Ozma, and the mp3 must be simply mis-labeled....Also, there is another mp3 out there that everyone was saying was weezer: "Why Cant You". This is actually by a band called Iboldtrain.
...We fly to Japan on Wednesday, and everyone is super excited. We now have 2 days to run around like headless chickens, trying to get a million things done before we go. I'm not sure I'll be able to post updates when I'm over there, but if I cant I'll simply write a nightly entry, and post it all at once when we return to the USA (the Hawaii show)...
...The previously promised mpegs and still shots from our show home videos will have to wait a while longer. Tomorrow I'm returning the unhappy video capture stuff I bought, and ordering a better system. It will be worth the wait, I promise... 
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2000
Karl's Corner - 07/30/2005

...recent weezer tourmates The Fray have a cool Weezer/Fray contest going on over on their site. Check it out here!
...more tour dates, presales, etc coming soon. Sign up on the mailing list for presale passwords, etc. Note that we have determined that the several people who didnt recieve the recent mass email signed up right before it went out, so their registration wasnt processed in time. If you had this problem, rest assured you will get the next email. And if you havent signed up yet, dont wait till the last minute!
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2005
Karl's Corner - 07/30/2009

...today the band was back in the studio, working with ´Butch Walker who has been overseeing the more recent sessions of the Album 7 material. The guys worked on a whole new song today as well as finished a demo of yet another song which may be tried out tomorrow. These are very likely the final days of what is known as "tracking", where new music performances are laid down on, er, 'tape' (really on hard drives). By the middle of next week the 7th weezer album will likely be a wrap aside from the mixing, tweaks, and alchemy that goes on before its ready for prime time. Some of the album is already finished, from work done over the winter and mixing done in the Spring by Rich Costey in NYC. Since then, some (about half) of those songs were touched up/re-worked, and a clutch of new eggs were hatched by the chicken coop. Now comes the omlettes.
...Check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2009
Karl's Corner - 07/31/2009

...more studio work today, first working on the brand new song that was first demoed yesterday. Everyone was grooving on this one! Then back to yesterdays song to sort out guitar parts and what not. A busy day involving every instrument within arms reach. Also our budrow Adam Orth came by to check out the proceedings. Adam is a longtime aquaintance of the band who grew up with Rivers back in Connecticut way back in the day. He has branched out into rock photography in recent years and we'll be sharing some of his Weezer work down the line, somehow someway, just like Dr. Dre.
...Check out Weezer's "Why Bother?" in the upcoming Guitar Hero 5 game coming on September 1st! For more on GH5 click here.
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2009
Karl's Corner - 07/31/2010

Here we are in the Heartland of America, gearing up to go to the Ohio State Fair. Weezer and state fairs: could a more classic combo exist?
(later...)
The answer to the above question is a solid "No!" and the evidence was all over today's events. When you have the original Bat-Copter giving rides, a gospel choir singing, a circus sideshow, and people of every shape and size walking the lanes eating every conceivable kind of fair food, well, adding weezer to the scene couldn't be a more perfect fit. For a weezer show has feats of strength, wide variety, profound and wonderful strangeness, and something for almost everybody. The fun was infectious, with people dancing and running around after Rivers like he was the Pied Piper. Read the comments on this post for a taste of the flava from tonight, including a word from Rivers himself!
Tonight's show was opened by Motion City Soundtrack, who also opened up last December's dates. Thanks to them for rocking the fair with us!
Comment here if you went, tell your tale!
(click on any photo for a full size version)
current merch - click pic to see larger
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2010
Karl's Corner - 07/31/2012

2012/07/31 Show Announcements: Florida, SoCal!
Folks, we're adding 2 more concert dates to the weezer calendar, more details and ticket links to follow asap.
10/13 Valley Center, CA – Harrah's Rincon - Open Sky Theater - Onsale 8/4
11/8 Hollywood, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Onsale NOW! tickets here. 
Category:Karl's Corner - July 2012
Karl's Corner - 08/01/2001

...Heres a new video clip! This is one of the several attempts by the band to get an interview that TRL would play before premiering the "Island" video. (As we now know, Mtv never ended up using any of them, and this one is pretty funny...) It will be linked over in the Audio Video section shortly, but I just finished it and wanted you to have immediate access. There will be a RealPlayer version in the Audio Video section too. This is an Mpeg. Its pretty "lo-fi", to keep its download size down. The RealPlayer (streaming) version will be much more detailed...
so click here for the "Banned TRL Interview"! NOTE: TO DOWNLOAD THIS TO YOUR COMPUTER, RIGHT CLICK, AND "SAVE AS". please do this if you plan on watching more than once.thanks!
Category:Karl's Corner - August 2001
Karl's Corner - 08/01/2005

...The 'We Are All On Drugs" video shoot (for what I'm calling "V2.0", the version for USA [and other places if they prefer it over the 'Reaper' version 1.0]) took place last Monday and Tuesday in Los Angeles, and reportedly went very well. The video was directed by Justin Francis. Heres a mini bio of Justin, (found here): "Justin Francis is a New York-based Director and Cinematographer. A graduate of NYU's Grad Film Program, he has photographed over thirty short films and directed four of his own. Justin worked closely under DP Matthew Libatique on Requiem For A Dream and acted as a camera intern on Spike Lee's Freak for HBO. While currently developing his own projects, Justin has shot and directed spots for Kenneth Cole NY, Reaction, Sony Music, MCA Records, Fubu, and Lifetime Television."
The video is in the editing process now and we are hoping to see it on the air by mid August!
...Sept tour note: Should be a mailing list email going out shortly for the Dallas show presale info. Stay tuned. Note that we have learned that the Dallas show is the only show going on sale Dallas is the only new show going onsale this week, so there wont be any new suprises yet. Though we are hoping to announce new confirmed dates on the tour asap! 
current known tour info:
Japan:
8/13/05 - Osaka, Japan - Summersonic: WTC Open Air and INTEX
8/14/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Summersonic - Marine Stadium
8/15/05 - Tokyo, Japan - Zepp - sold out? 
Europe:
8/18/05 - Salzburg, Austria - Frequency
8/19/05 - Munich, Germany - Muffathalle - tickets 1, 2
8/20/05 - Hohenfelden, Germany - Highfield
8/22/05 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo - tickets - with Nine Black Alps, The Kooks
8/24/05 - Dublin, Ireland - The Point - tickets onsale July 8th at 9AM - with Nine Black Alps
8/25/05 - Manchester, UK - The Academy - tickets - with Nine Black Alps
8/26/05 - Edinburgh, UK - T in the Fringe Festival @ Corn Exchange - tickets - with Nine Black Alps
September+October: Foozer/Weez Fighters North America + Weezer South of the Border...
9/08/05 - Atlanta GA - Gwinnett Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets
9/10/05 - Sunrise FL - Office Depot Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets
9/11/05 - Tampa FL - St. Petersburg Times Forum - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets
9/13/05 - Houston TX - Woodlands Arena - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets (also here)
9/14/05 - Austin TX - Frank Erwin Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets
9/15/05 - Dallas TX - Smirnoff Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets TBA 
9/21/05 - Mexico City, Mexico - Palacio de los Deportes - tickets
9/24/05 - Curitiba, Brazil - Curitiba Festival (see festival site for ticket info)
9/30/05 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center - co-headline w/ Foo Fighters + TBA - tickets
(more Foozer in North America TBA, incl these confirmed cities: San Diego, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Chicago, Champaign IL, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus, Baltimore, Worcester, New York, Philadelphia, Fresno, Seattle and Portland OR.
Category:Karl's Corner - August 2005
Karl's Corner - 08/01/2010

After a somewhat crusty day of travel up from Ohio, we've been enjoying the fine city of Montreal, where its been 5 years since Weezer has last visited. Tonight we perform at the mighty Osheaga, along such greats as Sonic Youth, Devo, Snoop Dogg, and the Black Keys...
(later...)
"To see a weezer concert in 2010 is to witness something extraordinary" - Me
We rolled over to the Osheaga Festival to discover the artist area was totally separate from the stage and audience zone, and it took a dusty golf cart ride thru the mosquito-laden woods to get over to where the action was. But all the festival people were super friendly and the bands were great. Snoop Dogg killed it and watching Sonic Youth shred their way through the waves of feedback was just amazing. Weezer got a dressing room visit from Sonic Youth before they went onstage and all reported it was great. Josh Freese is rumored to have superpowers but even he couldnt be in 2 places at once as Devo and Weezer were both on tonight's bill. Weezer asked him first in this case so Devo had a substitute in for Josh.
This was a HUGE festival, reminiscent of some of the massive Euro and UK summer festivals. Nonetheless, weezer dove right into the action and showed the Montreal people how they rock it whether small medium large, or, like tonight, super-size. Everyone was having a great time tonight, and Rivers pushed the envelope even further than ever, making it up into the distant bleachers to sing with the crowd and pouring and serving a (gratis) beer to a fan in the vip drink tent - all while singing the song! And the Montreal crowd really took it up a notch, which is saying something considering how good and crazy the crowds have been this summer. Thank you Montreal!
To those who were asking if I was injured during the show, the answer is yes but I'm fine now, thanks. while down int he photo pit, a security guy decided to do a roundhouse kick on one of our giant beachballs that came back from the crowd, but he miscalculated and caught me broadside in the face at point blank range, as i was aiming for a photo. So my camera cracked me in the eye and bent my glasses. I was out for about half a song while i got my scene back together, but like most show injuries, it all melts away in the chaotic pure rock froth!
The next morning in the Montreal airport I ran into our 2000-2005 lighting man Dan Hadley, who introduced me to Mark Ibold of Sonic Youth and Pavement. One wonderful Burger King breakfast with Mark later, we said bye and at that moment I spotted Snoop Dogg walking by grinning ear to ear! I said to Mark "did you see Snoop?" and he said "no, I didn't know that was him ...I, er, I really don't watch much TV." Classic! Big ups to Mark, Dan, Sonic Youth, Snoop Dogg and Pavement! And the Crossan'wich, hold the bacon!
Comment here if you went, tell your tale!
(click on any photo for a full size version)
current merch - click pic to see larger
Category:Karl's Corner - August 2010
Karl's Corner - 08/01/2023 (a)

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weezer @fujirock_jp 2023 is in the books! Big rock on a big mountain, with a very very big crowd. What else could one hope for? 📸: Sophie O’Keefe and weezer Fan Club member #6331 Yoga Nandiwardhana, 📹: Benjamin Baile! #karlscorner
Category:Karl's Corner - August 2023
Karl's Corner - 08/02/2000 (a)

Our flight was cancelled due to a broken part, that they needed to replace and didn't have on hand. Were still in LA, we leave early tommorow morning. Which will kinda suck, 'cos its the same day as the first show... fly 12 hours then do a show all jet lagged... sheesh!
..but whatever. Rock! A few things for the tour schedule that you can consider to be corrections to the list on the news page:
...#1, South Korea is cancelled. Promoter's fault.
...#2, Hawaii is cancelled. Apparently just couldn't be rescheduled to fit into the revised plan.
...#3 the stone pony show is now ALL AGES. And the whole tour now is guaranteed all ages as well.
Ok I gotta get some sleep! 
Category:Karl's Corner - August 2000