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Karl's Corner - 06/25/2002

...cool news! Weezer will be performing on the Late Show with Dave Letterman, on Thursday, July 25! This show will also feature big time actress Julia Roberts. 
Studio Work Days 4+5: Los Angeles
*Day 4: Sunday, 6/23:
More of the same, only a lot of it. ALL the following songs got work done on them today!
192 Mad Kow
378 Running Man
353 Sacrifice
367
376 Steamroller
347 Misstep
380 Lullaby
379 Montana
371 Hey Domingo (also referred to as "The World Cup Song")
365 Sugar Cookie
284 Acapulco
360 Private Message
373 Booby Trap
368 Prodigy Lover
262 Mr Taxman
Needless to say it was a long day in the studio and the guys were sorely missing the foosball table, but they made do with basketball during the breaks. Things are going very well though, as is visible from the sheer amount of progress they are making. The Weezer machine’s wheels just keep on turning.... Summary: two big, fat productive thumbs up! 
...pix n' deets courtesy SB... 
*Day 5: Monday, 6/24:
Well, their wish was granted and the big news today: A FOOSBALL TABLE!! Okay, that wasn’t the BIG news but it was up there.
On the song front, it was more monster productivity and the guys worked on these songs today:
295 So Low
280 Saturday Night
362 Queen of Earth
197 Superstar
367
289 We Go Together
273 Listen Up
190 Modern Dukes
347 Misstep
192 Mad Kow
376 Steamroller
369 She Who is Militant
374 Buttafuoco
360 Private Message
A few older songs from previous sessions have been revisited and that is mainly due to the experimentation that is going on with the keyboard work. It’s taking some getting used to but Rivers said that he was "digging it", which seems to be the general consensus. 
...pix n' deets courtesy SB... 
Keep Fishin' report:
The first edit of the "Keep Fishin" video showed up at the studio on Monday, and everyone had the preliminary viewing to much amusement and awe. All witnesses agreed that for a rough edit it looked pretty darn good; there were some great moments captured and it seems like this video is going to live up to the hype...
As for the new 'Radio Action', LOTS of people from all over are reporting hearing the track on their local stations! More details to come in the 6/26 report...
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2002
Karl's Corner - 06/25/2005

...hello friends. While the band has had a semi-quiet week doing their individual thangs, the planning continues apace for the future, and the positive rewards for past work continue to come in. The tour schedule for July has been completed, with info on the opening acts firming up (though its not yet clear if several shows will have an additional opener (for a 3 band bill) or not):
7/02/05 - Las Vegas, NV - Vegas Rocks Festival - with The Red Hot Chili Peppers - free (but "sold out")
7/05/05 - Kansas City, KS - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - 96.5 Buzz Beach Ball, with Cake, Vendetta Red, Story Of The Year - tickets
7/07/05 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater - with The Pixies, The Fray - tickets
7/09/05 - Toronto, Canada - Molson Amphitheater - with The Pixies, The Fray - tickets
7/10/05 - Montreal, Canada - The Stade Uniprix - with The Pixies, The Fray - tickets
7/12/05 - Lewiston, ME - Central Maine Civic Center - with The Fray - tickets
7/13/05 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Coliseum - with Taking Back Sunday, The Fray - tickets
7/14/05 - Atlantic City, NJ - The Borgata - with The Fray - tickets
7/16/05 - Atlanta, GA - Underground Atlanta - 99x festival with The Bravery, others - tickets
7/17/05 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues - with The Fray - tickets
7/19/05 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live - with The Fray - tickets - SOLD OUT! (note: this show will be (partly?) broadcast on 8/3/05 on Mtv)
7/21/05 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium - with Ben Folds, The Fray - tickets
7/22/05 - St. Louis, MO - Savvis Center - with Ben Folds, The Fray - tickets
7/23/05 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park - Lollapalooza with The Pixies, The Killers, Death Cab, Dinosaur Jr, etc! - tickets
Looking ahead past July, we see the Summersonic shows coming up in Japan on August 13 and 14 , then a bit of a fuzzy patch later in August, which will turn out to be one of several different international tour plans - announcements coming soon on that! Beyond that there is a major tour in the works for Sept/Oct, but at present I cannot confirm nor reveal anything...
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2005
Karl's Corner - 06/25/2007

*update 7/11* Happy Birthday to Scott Shriner!
...folks - here's a message from Rivers...
"Hey Party-People,
Weezer is just polishing up a batch of songs for a recording session that is going to start at the beginning of July. This will be the final recording session for our 6th album which we aim to put out in the first half of 2008. We hope you are all having good times.
Love,
R-dawg"
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2007
Karl's Corner - 06/25/2011

above, the poster for a recent Anamanaguchi show has art that's based on the classic weezer 'superhero girls' design. pretty cool.
We've got some new 'adds' on Radio Weezer from the cover song contest! The next four cover bands to start airing on Radio Weezer are:
Simon Miles (Nottingham, England): "Only In Dreams"
RNA (Los Diego, CA): "Hash Pipe"
Superfriends (Japan): "Superfriend"
Neccos For Breakfast: "My Brain"
Your weezer cover could get added too! send 'em in to RadioWeezer (at) gmail.com
listen to Radio Weezer - streaming online - weezer's fave songs plus plenty of weezer related stuff: live, studio, new, old, rare, etc.
...As for the other recent contest, the Name That Tune contest - thanks to everyone for giving it their all! We are currently compiling the results and will be announcing winners soon!
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2011
Karl's Corner - 06/25/2012

2012/06/25 New Cruise Webisode #2
..New Webisode up now in our Media Section! Check out the second of 6 new Weezer Webisodes featuring thrills, chills, spills and of course the rock AND the roll from the January 2012 Weezer Cruise, which sailed from Miami to Cozumel and back on the Carnival Destiny cruise ship, loaded with 16 bands and thousands of fans. New Cruise Webisodes will roll out each Monday from now till 7/23, Premiering exclusively on weezer.com. The video is also embedded below for your convenience.
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Category:Karl's Corner - June 2012
Karl's Corner - 06/26/2001

...we arrived at the Terminus Nord hotel in Paris at about 6 AM, and had to disembark because there was no bus parking. Already it was really hot and muggy, so we were all looking forward to some air conditioned hotel rooms....except that the Terminus Nord is still stuck firmly in the late 1800's, and has no A.C... Bleh. One delerious, restless nap later, we assembled at the club, which seemed to date from the same time period as the hotel. Cool looking ceilings (see photo), but already super hot before anyone even got inside.
...Despite the heat, the show was a real corker, and the 1500-strong crowd flipped out with the best of them! This was the first headlining show for weezer in Paris since a small gig 5 years ago, so there was a lot of built up excitement. The guys did their best to stay on top of things up on stage, fighting the total lack of fresh air. Pat reported a feeling of "running out of gas" about 2/3rds of the way through the set, and later reported: "we were fortunate enough to experience first hand the quaint cooling system of a real historical Parisian music hall. In other words, we all nearly sweated to death in a building that had no air conditioning, and no windows. It was a great feeling to deliver the rock in spite of this, and an even greater feeling to step outside afterwards!"
...later that night we started a 15 hour overnight drive to Madrid, and immediately ran into a massive thunderstorm which flooded the underpasses and caused random blackouts around Paris. As we crept down the highway in slow moving traffic, the heat wave finally broke, just a bit too late...
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2001
Karl's Corner - 06/26/2002

...a fine establishment in Lexington, GA...a well named restaurant in Colorado, courtesy Bret P....
Keep Fishin' report:
*radio:
Well, Keep Fishin' has "gone" to radio officially in North America, and the reports are coming in strong. Heres a bunch of stations where people have heard it...Y100 in Philly (...went from 'not on the list' to NUMBER ONE on Y100's Top 7 @ 8)...99.3 CFOX in Vancouver (on the "New Rock Preview"...DJ said "Rivers stays at home all the time on his gaunch writing hits like this.")...the Edge 103.9 in Phoenix, Arizona (#1 on the "Top 10 freakin favorites"!)...94.5 in Houston....New Rock 97.9 KNRQ of Eugene Oregon (for the "Main Event", it won)...105.7 The Point in St. Louis, Missouri....92.1 KFMA in Tucson, AZ...105.9 the X in Pittsburgh...97X Woxy - Cincinnati, OH (album version; DJ sez "the Keep Fishin' video...going to be the next big thing." also , see Woxy.com, theyre auctioning off their Maladroit Radio Promo CD for charity)...live 105.3 in san francisco (played it along with buddy holly, take control, say it ain't so, the sweater song, dope nose, my name is jonas (called "the best song on the radio") and burndt jamb, as part of their Concord show related "weezer weekend")...91.3, wmuh (dj kevin says, "we usually try to stay away from the mainstream. this is proof that top 40 radio isn't all bad.")...Seattle's 107.7 The End. (#3 on 6/26 People's Choice CountdownDJ said that "Keep Fishin' just might be [his] new favorite Weezer song of all time")
*video:
The Keep Fishin' video is still under wraps, as the editing is further refined. But its already getting some attention. Mtv News ran both a TV news report and this article the other day. Viewers of mtv2 are in for a treat come July 14th. To celebrate "All Access Week" on the MTV networks, the "Keep Fishin'" video will premiere on MTV2 as part of a half-hour special that goes behind the scenes of the Keep Fishin' shoot. That special premieres July
14 at 10pm EST. We arent sure if this is officially a "making the video" program or not, but the effect should be about the same.
"[Weezer are] rock stars, they're used to being around animals, bears and egotistical pigs." -Kermit the Frog
...Meanwhile in other video news, "Dope Nose" has been cropping up on Mtv2's "Control Freak", and doing pretty good, thanks to fan's votes! A recent showdown had Dope Nose (with 62 percent) defeating Busta Rhymes featuring P.Diddy & Pharrel- "Pass the Courvoisier" (Part II), and No Doubt featuring Bounty Killer- "Hey Baby"...
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2002
Karl's Corner - 06/26/2023

weezer The #indierockroadtrip rolled into Atlanta’s @amerisbankamphitheatre last night (6/25/23) to raucous effect! Another loud crowd, thank you for giving it your all! We dodged a bullet as a severe thunderstorm hit right after the doors opened, but only ended up delaying things 20 minutes. #karlscorner
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2023
Karl's Corner - 06/27/2001

...today we awoke on the bus somewhere in the mountains, enroute to Madrid. we cruised all afternoon, enjoying the beautiful countryside and Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2... once in Madrid, the guys did several interviews, including a live web-chat with a Spanish website. The Spanish speaking world was ready for it, and the chat room attracted questions from all over the world, including Argentina! If anyone has more info or transcripts, let me know...
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 1: I've just learned that weezer has been forced to cancel their upcoming Manchester Academy and Scotland T In The Park shows. Since they were headlining the Manchester show, I imagine that refunds are available for that one, but I'm not sure about the Scotland festival. What the band wants to make very clear is two things: that they are sorry and regret having to cancel, and that they WILL return to make up for it! A more extensive UK/Europe tour is likely for later in 2001, and now with 2 shows to make up, its more likely than ever.
The reasons behind the cancellations boil down to the band having too much to do right now, and not enough "right now" to go around.
They just found out that in order to make the schedule work for the upcoming "Island In the Sun" single, the video has to be shot, like, NOW. They have been checking out ideas from a number of directors over the last couple weeks, but only one idea was sounding good, and that is by Marcos Siega, the same guy who did the "Hash Pipe" video. However, Marcos only has a few free days left in his schedule for the whole year, and they are coming up on July 7th. So, basically, the only way weezer can get a new video done on time is to cancel the two shows.
Beleive me, this has been FURIOUSLY debated in the last couple of days, as NO ONE likes to cancel shows and disappoint fans. Its really a case of "two evils", and the only thing that tipped it in favor of the video was the fact that the shows can be rescheduled/replaced, while the video is pretty much "now or never"....As I said, everyone is really sorry, and they promise to return soon to make up for it.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 2: Weezer is NOT confirmed to do the Jane's Addiction Tour. If you see tickets on sale for this tour that advertise weezer, TAKE WARNING that this is NOT confirmed! more on this ASAP... 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2001
Karl's Corner - 06/28/2001

..One of today's interviews was with MTV, and this time the VJ was an apparently very popular tall transvestite! I'm not sure who that is, but the guys reported having a very interesting interview...
...the band really dug todays show. Pat reported giving it all he had and still having energy left over. Everyone said they had a lot of fun onstage tonight, and that the setlist was really enjoyable. The audience was super stoked, and after the encore engaged in a 10 minute long cheer that didnt stop until the security guys started making people leave! They seemed to really like all the different songs, including the brand new ones.
...many here in Madrid were suprised at the strong response the show got. All tickets were sold out over 2 weeks prior to showtime, which is particularly encouraging for the band considering their last show here was so long ago, and quite a small show at that! 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2001
Karl's Corner - 06/28/2002

...CNN Headline News ticker: "Muppets join Weezer for "Keep Fishin'" video." Now that's big time football! 
Studio Work Day 9: Los Angeles
*Friday 6/28:
Songs worked on today:
1. 368 Prodigy Lover
2. 295 Mansion of Cardboard
3. 379 Fontana
4. 378 Running Man
5. 381 Organ Player
6. 380 Lullaby
7. 289 We Go Together
8. 371 Hey Domingo
...pix courtesy SK...
...a fresh variation on the theme, by pete cammarata of "weezer island", where, uh, weird comics exist.
...hey! we're working on revamping our links page. if you have a weezer-related web page, or a page about one of the guys and/or their respective bands (example: brian's " the spacetwins", or pat's "the special goodness"), let us know about it so we can link it. if your site is already linked in our links page, you don't need to email in on this. if you site isn't linked, let us know! [note! those who have recently emailed karl to check out their sites should ALSO now send an email to the link above. Thanks.]
...If you are in search of old mp3 or video files once hosted on the weezer.com audio-video page, you may want to check The Weezer Media Messanger List which is a group of fans sharing media through Aol Instant Messanger's send file feature. Its a good tool for tracking down what you may be missing, and sharing hard to find files you may have!
...Here's a site about a new weezer tribute album project, one called "Punkerton", a punk rock tribute to the "Pinkerton" album. Its a totally indie project that so far isnt officially liscenced or finished, but it looks like theyre working hard on it.
...And here's a grassroots fan project called "Karls' Kids!", where fans are organizing a (for fun only) name tag ID system, for members of the various message boards online to identify each other at weezer shows. (Karl isn't actually involved, but thinks its a cool idea...albeit unusually named, heh heh...)
...Accidentally unnanounced in the previous weeks is the original fans' "ID tag" collective, the .commer ID tag project. They have a big selection of ID tag images for weezer.com message boarders to identify each other with at weezer shows (and elsewhere!)
...A fan/scholar is making a documentary film, which is about the so called "cult of the Weez". In her words, "...Ive always found that the relationship that weezer has with their fans to be not only very interesting but a great reflection on the changing nature of the music industry. It will consist mostly of taped interviews, exploring the history of the relationship between weezer and its fans, from the begining to the present. Im also recruiting people from various weezer boards to answer questions about how they view the weezer fan base. I am also hoping to conduct some fan interviews when i attend the july 14th show in Toronto." So, if you would like to take part in this fan based documentary, email Michelle the filmmaker, and she will send you the list of interview questions to answer. 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2002
Karl's Corner - 06/28/2010

...Weezer Radio is now featuring the excellent "Barely Legal Radio" show, every Friday morning. "Barely Legal" is hosted by the acclaimed DJ Joe Escalante who was beloved as the morning commute DJ on Los Angeles' excellent Indie 103.1 station while it was still going. "Barely Legal Radio" is a caller driven show which provides legal and professional advice for people interested in show business. You can also hear "Barely Legal Radio" on L.A.'s KFWB 980 AM on Sundays at 5 PM beginning July 11, 2010.
...well, it was a sad day when Team USA got eliminated from the World Cup by Ghana in the second round. No doubt they gave it their all and did a great job, and we're proud of them "whether you win or lose", as Weezer's "Represent" song goes. Speaking of, "Represent" got a lot of exposure in a very short time as the unofficial rallying song for the team, stoking up the team in the locker room and the fans on Youtube. Even Bill Clinton got in on the action.
...Rivers joined DJ Aoki during his set at The Electric Daisy techno-fest in L.A. the other night. He sang on a new track that they collaborated on for Aoki's upcoming album, as well as a mosh and dance friendly rendition of "Hash Pipe". Spin mag has noted this guest appearance as one of the 10 best moments at this years Electric Daisy.
...nice interview with Brian on Knoxville's WBIR TV station, at Bonnaroo.
...Todays photo courtesy Richard V.
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2010
Karl's Corner - 06/28/2023

weezer Philadelphia! 6/27/23 at the @manncenter - thank you for your patience as the bad weather locked us down for a while pre-show (and for getting loud once things got underway!), thank you to Barry from @joycemanorofficial for your guest rocking, and thank you to @futureislands for bringing it! #karlscorner
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2023
Karl's Corner - 06/29/2001

...after a 5 year absence, the weez returned to this wild little town on the sea to offer a night of rock once again. While rambling near the Ramblas that afternoon, Mikey and I were stopped by a group of American fans who had altered their European travel plans to make it to the show. Actually it seems that at most of these shows, several Americans always seem to turn up, as well as some people from distant parts of Europe. All these weez-pilgramages just seem to underscore the band's need to tour everywhere more often, because there seem to be a lot of fans all over the place!
...today the band did a photo shoot and interview with the British magazine Q, which is one of the few music magazines I find myself actually reading when I pick it up. It will be cool to see weezer in there!
...speaking of mags, weezer has a short article in the new (US) Rolling Stone, and the Kerrang mag with weezer on the cover is slated to come out any day now...
..after the show we packed up and got back in the bus for a 15 hour drive back up North to Brussels, Belgium, for Sunday's Werchter Festival...
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2001
Karl's Corner - 06/29/2002

Studio Work Day 10: Los Angeles
*Saturday 6/29:
They worked on overdubs and vocals on "Hey Domingo!" and "Mansion of Cardboard" on Saturday, and after slaving away in the studio for a few hours, burned off some steam in a high-stakes foosball tournament (uh...yeah, real high stakes, heh). Scott is really getting into the foos now. He was getting so worked up everyone was afraid he was going to break the table! After two rounds, the teams were tied, and shirts and jackets were removed for the final. This was a serious competition. Todd (a+r) and Scott emerged victorious in a very close and exciting game with Rod (C., helping with production) and Rivers. But while the battle is over, the war continues! 
...pix n' deetz courtesy SK... 
...so, with the upcoming Enlightenment Tour, some fan-organized "weezerfest" announcements are cropping up, for events put together by fans for fans. (Remember these are not shows! and also there is a website devoted to keeping people up on these things.)
::: weezerfest Nashville:
::: "...come be a part of the first-ever nashville weezerfest. meet other =w= fans and get pumped before the concert. share stories such as the best show you’ve been to or how you first got into the band’s music. play =w= trivia games. join in an acoustic weezer sing-a-long.
::: when: 2 p.m. july 30. the day weezer plays amsouth.
::: where: pinkerton park (from I-65 south, take exit 65, travel west and turn right into pinkerton park (on the right before the harpeth river bridge.)
::: bring: anything you want! stuff to trade, =w= inspired art, a hacky sack, a guitar, snacks to share, =w= poetry, etc. subscribe to the weezerfest nashville mailing list:e-mail here.
P.S. "Insomnia" is a very cool film.
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2002
Karl's Corner - 06/29/2005

...today was the third of 4 days of production and band rehearsals. While the sound and light guys get everything sorted out production wise (got a new look coming in for this tour, not to mention a sweet PA), the band is working on getting some more tunes ready, for a mo' better show. So far, so good...
...ticket alert - Florida peeps (and those who can make it to Orlando), stay tuned to your inboxes for an exclusive chance to claim one of 20 pairs of Hard Rock Live tickets (the Orlando, FL show on 7/19). This show sold out instantly and many Weezer fans missed out because it was onsale before we were told here at weezer.com. So we have scored these tix just for you, the loyal fans who are signed up on the weezer mailing list. So keep an eye on your inboxes, the email going out next will include instructions you will need to follow to try and claim these tickets! There's no other way!
...ticket alert #2: 88.3 WMTS Murfreesboro, MTSU's college radio station, is giving away some tickets to the 7/21 Nashville show. One pair will be given away during each "Fascination Street" show between now and July 21st. This show airs every Sunday night from 8-10pm CDT. Good luck Tennessee fans!
...In SPIN mag's "100 greatest albums 1985-now" list (July 05), Weezer's "Pinkerton" came in at #61.
Canadian Beverly Hills video love: up to #22 fro #26 on the MuchMusic Top 30 Countdown (where only 3 other Weezer videos have spent any time), and debuted at #20 on the MusiquePlus countdown.
...two more 'Make Believe' reviews, one on powerofpop.com, the other on MusiquePlus.
...tribute band alert: Utah's Say It Ain't Weezer is playing on friday 7/1, all ages and free! check the site for the details.
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2005
Karl's Corner - 06/29/2023

weezer Fun times in Bridgeport CT 6/28/23 at the @hartfordhealthcareamp as the #indierockroadtrip hit the old stomping grounds of @rivers_cuomo , some old and new friends and family were on the scene, and we once again threaded the bad weather needle, with crazy storms hitting just before and just after the concert! Thanks for coming and thanks again to @futureislands and @joycemanorofficial ! #weezerpedia #weezerfanclub #karlscorner
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2023