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Karl's Corner - 01/11/2013

2013/01/11 Australasia Tour 2013: Auckland, New Zealand: Vector Arena
Today marks only the second time Weezer has ever played in New Zealand, the last time being way back in the 90's on the Pinkerton Tour. It feels great to finally be back here! It's a shame we cant just hang out here and look for Lord Of The Rings locations out in the countryside, but theres only so much time on the ground here, and ancient underground dwarven cities take time to explore. Anyway, there's hardly anything to do in Erebor anymore, plus the neighborhood has really gone downhill what with the orcs and all. By contrast, Auckland is a bit more modern and is a great city with good food, no demons from another age running around </nerd>, and everyone has been extremely friendly here.
Opening tonight are 2 bands, Australia's Cloud Control, who just turned in a fine performance, and New Zealand's own Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who are presently rocking out. Cloud Control will be joining us for all the Australia shows too.
Review:
http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/reviews/weezer-memories-tour-blue...
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2013
Karl's Corner - 01/12/2001

...recording day 16...the non-stop studio work continued at full speed today. First Brian finished up all his rhythm guitar parts, and then, after numerous experiments with different vocal microphones, and much strategizing and debate over how to go about doing it, Rivers finally got to cut loose on some vocal tracks, doing multiple takes on about 7 songs. At the end of the night, all were in agreement that Rivers's marathon singing session had nailed down the main vocal parts for those songs, and that everyone was ready to move on to the rest of them tomorrow. 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001
Karl's Corner - 01/12/2002

...hey, theres a new mini chat/interview with Rivers regarding the current recordings here.
...Kevin Ridel [am Radio] sez:
"As you may know both am Radio and Weezer are recording at [the same studio] this weekend. Earlier, before any Weezer peeps arrived on the scene, I hid my remote controlled fart machine in Weezer's lounge in the fruit bowl. Apparently I had decided to activate it in the midst of Pat and Rivers having a very serious conversation. [a friend] was sitting by the fruit bowl so they thought that it was her. lol. That thing rules !!"
...the "Muni Challenge" clip is under construction...
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2002
Karl's Corner - 01/13/2001

...recording day 17...today's sessions were interrupted by a new attack from mother nature: earthquakes! We received two "jolts" late in the afternoon, fortunately neither were serious enough to cut power or knock anything over. I hadnt felt one since '94, but I was on a hardwood floor and distinctly recognized the sensation of everything being lifted up a bit then set down again...sheesh...
...today some unexpected "repair work" was required; Mikey had to fix some bass stuff that sounded a hair out of tune on "Crab". It was meticulous work, matching up micro-tones and such, but it paid off with the song sounding right "in the pocket" in the end. Then Rivers tried recording some alternate takes of the acoustic guitar on "Always", trying some small but important variations on the guitar lines. Then the process of vocal "comping" started, a time consuming process where the various takes of Rivers vocal tracks from yesterday were compared with one another, to determine which is the best one. This process will continue for several days, while at the same time Rivers records the rest of the lead vocal parts on other songs.
...also today, weezer's manager stopped by with some cool info about the weez in 2001! While no details are known at this time , (....and EVERYTHING is dependent on the album being finished in time....), we learned some rough outlines for weezer's upcoming touring, beyond the Yahoo! tour. Once the Yahoo tour is done, there will be a short tour of Europe, that will mostly be for promotion purposes (radio and television stuff, interviews, etc), but should include some shows. From there we go to Japan (dates already posted). After that we will be hitting Australia and New Zealand, before going back to America for more extensive touring. Later in the summer we will be returning to Europe, and England and Ireland for festival dates and some regular shows too. Beyond that its all a blur....but needless to say the band is excited!!!
...Pat's surprise appearance on the Tonight Show (finally) posted! check out the "W.F.O." page for the clip.
 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001
Karl's Corner - 01/13/2002

...Scott sez (to everyone who have been sending him complements):
"...I cant tell you how much the positive feedback means to me. Making
this album is the best thing that I have ever been involved with. It is not
hard to come up with great parts when, a. Songs are amazing b. the people
are so supportive and inspiring c. the level of musicianship is so high. I
am very grateful to be involved, these are the greatest days of my life. thank
you."
update:=rwa= news updates
...If you look in the audio video section of the site you'll see the long promised, slow-in-coming "Muni Challenge" video clip, (dangerously) shot in the Municipal Arena in Kansas City before showtime on 11/30/01.
...So far Ive got request info on just 3 video shows, hopefully the rest will come soon! If you live somewhere where you get any of these 3 shows, let em know you want to see the Photograph video! And if you know how to get in touch with any of the other shows listed below, let us know how one requests with them!
*JBTV in Chicago says: "It will air again on JBTV over WJYS ch 62/34 Wednesday Night at 11pm, and additional airplays on our cable outlets 8pm Thursday and 7Pm Mondays. Our viewers are always requesting weezer!"
*FNV in Modesto, California: The email address is fnvonline@yahoo.com
*Bohemia Afterdark in Phoenix AZ: The email address is bohemiaafterdark@yahoo.com. They say " We will play this right away...[please] provide our email address on your website so people in the Phoenix Metro area can request it. 
Once again, the rest of the shows who recieved the video so far are:
A/V Squad (NYC),
Rage TV (Brockton, MA)
Music Mix USA (Naples, FL)
Power Play Music Video TV (Newark, NJ)
Sonic Ignition (Washington, DC)
All Hit Videos (Bangor, ME)
Metal Mania (dayton, OH)
Musical Mayhem (Poland, ME)
Sabroso Video (Allentown, PA)
Spin Off (Washington, DC)
T.A.K. Music (Brooklyn, NY)
VidDream (Wilmington, DE)
Video Hits (Rochester, NY)
Austin Music Network (Austin, TX)
Bobby T Show (Birmingham, AL)
DoVidoX (Avondale Estates, GA)
Raw Time (Austin, TX)
Soundcheck (Goodlettsville, TN)
Video Spot 1 (Lawerenccville, GA)
Heavy Pork (Wichita, KA)
High Voltage (Minneapolis, MN)
Rail 3 (Brookfield, Il)
Music Link (Denver, CO)
Music Link (Culver City, CA)
California Music Channel (Oakland, CA)
Hard Times (Eugene, OR)
Music Video 8 (San Francisco, CA)
NotesFrom The Underground (Long Beach, CA)
Pirate Television (Honolulu, HI)
Rhythems on The Rockside (San Diego, CA)
Smash Hits (Santa Monica, CA)
Top 40 Videos (Burbank CA)
In-Store Sports Network (New York, NY)
Channel M (Los Angeles, CA)
AEI Music (Seattle WA)
ETV (Burbank, CA)
Screen Play (Seattle, WA)
Promo Only (Orlando, FL)
Rockamerica (New York, NY)
Much Music USA (New York, NY)
Blastro (Austin, TX)
Rollingstone.com (Chicago, Il)
Sputnik 7 (NY, NY)
FMiTV (Burbank, CA)
InterneTV (Austin, TX)
...and I have passed on the new requests, from show programmers who want the video for their show, to those in charge of sending it out... thanks!
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2002
Karl's Corner - 01/13/2009

UPDATE 1/14: VIDEO: Rivers talks for 20 minutes about the making of "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived"! Courtesy KROQ L.A.
Now, watch this:
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...Hey, here's some belated credits for the Rivers Stereogum sessions:
* Pianist on “I Was Scared” – Sonya Lee
* A Cappella group for “I Was Scared” and “Don’t Worry Baby” – The Dartmouth Aires
...And here's a great pic from the fall tour, give the guy a vote if you like it!
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2009
Karl's Corner - 01/13/2013

2013/01/13 Australasia Tour 2013: Brisbane, Australia: Brisbane Entertainment Centre
At long last the Weezer train has stopped in Australia! 16 years is far too long to wait, but the much appreciated patience of the Australian fans is finally getting rewarded. Tonight we are in Australia's 3rd largest city Brisbane - or we were when we were at the hotel - now we're actually at an arena built way outside the city for the Commonwealth games some years ago. Eh, whatever works!
Opening for the Australia run are Ball Park Music, a talented band who just finished playing (causing favorable comparisons to the Fray to get tossed around), plus Cloud Control who have just taken the stage with their semi-psychedelic dreamy Shin's-ish harmonizing and 60s keyboard sounds (including a nice cover of the B. Surfers' "Pepper" somehow worked into things).
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2013
Karl's Corner - 01/14/2001

...recording day 18...vocals vocals vocals...as predicted todays work involved either Rivers singing, or listening back to Rivers singing, or choosing which "takes" of Rivers's singing were best. Rivers sang most of the remaining lead vocal parts today, but reported that he wasnt satisfied with several of them and would have to try again tomorrow. Meanwhile tomfoolery erupted in the lounge, as it often does...Also I worked on several experimental song edits on my computer, so Rivers could hear a different version of a song without having to have the engineers edit the master tapes. I found this highly time consuming and headache inducing, but pretty fun!
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001
Karl's Corner - 01/14/2002

"hey Karl, i hate you man, i can't believe what you're doing to me, with all these updates i can barely study, i spend all my time on the site i'll never go to an ivy school now!" --T
...today the troops (well most of the troops) arrived in Miami for the mixing session, with Tom Lord-Alge. Like last time in Feb 2001, Tom will be mixing some songs whilst Rivers, Brian and Scott continue working on vocal and guitar overdubs on other songs that arent quite ready to hand over to Tom yet. No wasted time here, folks! Tom Lord-Alge mixed The Green Album, as well as the radio remix of "Pink Triangle" and about 3 million other albums. The whole mixing process is supposed to be done in about 10 days.
...UPDATED info re: Tickets for UK show: Glasgow Barrowlands: "The tickets aren't valid from the old show for the new one. The old tickets should be refunded and new ones should be purchased. the promoter is aware that not all tickets have been refunded from the old show. She is currently holding enough tickets to cover the not yet refunded ones. Thus, no one will need be turned away that shows up with an old ticket but they should definately refund them ahead of time."
...more Photograph requesting info has trickled in...
*Music Link (Denver): "Our phone request line is 303-458-LINK. E-Mail requests to: themusiclink@netscape.net
*CMC California Music Channel (KTSF Channel 26 San Francisco, Ch. 8 in Walnut Creek, CA: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)- Request Line: 1-800-286-5CMC; online request site: here.
...also, to answer some questions: the clip of "photograph" you see on the Mtv site is NOT the video. That is live extended midget footage they shot in San Diego, as part of their Mtv2 special. 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2002
Karl's Corner - 01/15/2001

...recording day 19...time marches on... didn't we just start this album? Some of it is already starting to sound pretty 'finished' to me. All the songs still require guitar embelleshments and backing vocals, and there is still some debate as to which songs will actually be on this thing...but I'm happy to report that it already sounds fantastic. Kudos must go to everyone involved, who are working like dogs to move it along. Just who is involved, you ask? I've decided to profile the people "behind the scene", some of who you may have glimpsed in recent photos. I'm going to try and get a little background info out of each of them over the next few days and post it up so you all know about the great folks who are helping out.
The "staff" (besides the band and myself) includes:
    Atom Willard, Drum Tech and all around assistant, driver of hot rod pickup truck
    Bobby Schneck, Guitar Tech (more like guitar wizard), champion coffee imbiber
    Ken Allerdies, Head Engineer, "getter of sounds", keen-eared multitrack bloodhound
    Alan (last name to come) Second Engineer, rolls tape, keeps track of everything.
    ...and of course Ric, the Producer (lets you know when its not good enough!)
 
 
...apparently the Tonight Show is repeated at 2 AM, one week after it initially airs, so I beleive that means that tomorrow (or Wednesday...?) you have a chance to see Pat's special appearence on the air again.
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001
Karl's Corner - 01/15/2002

...I finally got the Realplayer clip of the "Muni Challenge" video working, sorry if you had trouble with it.
...another UPDATE to the UK Tour Ticket Info: Apollo Theatre, Manchester: Way Ahead (the Ticket company ) has been sending out This email to those holding tickets from October: "The ticket(s) are NOT VALID for the new date as stated [previously], and will need to be exchanged for new tickets or face value refunds are available if the new date is unsuitable. All tickets need to be returned by 1st Febuary 2002. No refunds/exchanges will be issued after this date." Their email line for questions and problems (like if you have an old ticket and didnt get the email!) is: helpdesk@wayahead.com .
...and heres another request line, for requesting the "Photograph" video, This time for "RAGE TV" in Brockton.
The studio call line is: 1-(508)-584- 8888; the online request page is: here.
(Rage TV is on Brockton Cable Channel 9, Tues, Thurs, Fri, Sat from 10-11)
...also, some info from an Australian fan: The Triple J Australia's Hottest 100 online poll is in its final week. With your votes, maybe they could get into the top 100 before its too late! The Aussies need our help, as Its been quite a while since the last weezer tour there, and they may have lost some spark while waiting. But Triple J has been playing a lot of weezer according to the fans, so we still have a chance to affect the poll! Vote here. 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2002
Karl's Corner - 01/15/2003

...weezer in space!
On Thursday, Jan 16th, Space Shuttle mission STS-107 is slated to lift off at 10:39 a.m. EST for a 16 day orbital mission. Why is this weezer news? Well, this missions pilot is Cmdr. William McCool, USN, who [besides having a pretty fresh name for an astronaut], happens to be a big weezer fan. William brought his kids to the Enlightenment Tour when it hit Texas last summer, and hes bringing his copy of the blue album up in space with him as one of his personal items. Shuttle astronauts are only allowed a handful of small items for personal use while on a mission, so Commander McCool thought he better bring something worthy! William explained that he would attempt to get a good photo of ol' Blue, floating with Big 'Ol Blue [er, Earth], so we're keeping our fingers crossed. Best wishes to the crew and support teams of STS-107! 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2003
Karl's Corner - 01/15/2004

well, its been a long time coming, but from 'on high', we have a tentative release date for BOTH "Video Capture Device" (the Weezer DVD), AND The Blue Album Deluxe Edition: March 23, 2004. (Now, "tentative" means they have put them on their release schedule, and this date is subject to revision. But - if the release date is in fact changed, it won't be changed by much.)
Thats right, The DVD and the Deluxe Blue Album are coming out on the same day. As previously reported here, the DVD will have over 3 hours of videos, mini-documentaries, live footage, and behind the scenes action dating from 1991-2002, and will have optional band member commentary on many of the DVD's selections. The Deluxe Blue Album will be a 2 disc set that includes the blue album and a disc with all the b-sides and a selection of rare and very rare tracks, plus a big fat booklet with lots of stuff to read and tons of pix, many never before seen.
In the coming weeks/months, the release date will be confirmed and youll see the cover art for the dvd. At the moment, the DVD's final assembly and production session is slated for the beginning of February. As more info becomes known it will appear on this news page. Thanks to all the fans for your support and patience on these projects!
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2004
Karl's Corner - 01/15/2005

...Theres a fun new weezer flash game online at newgrounds.com, (also available at flashplayer.com.) Thanks to the many fans who have been sending in their recommendations for this one. Get your thumbs and space bar ready, your percussive keyboard skills will be needed to emulate Pat Wilson and win huge prizes! (just kidding about the prizes. but it is fun!) 
...recent site updates: the recording history has seen a number of additions (see page 14 in particular) with more on the way. And check the Stoke Factor page for fresh insights into whats doing it for the band and its associates these days. 
more website updates and improvements to come as we get closer to the new album this spring.
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2005
Karl's Corner - 01/16/2000

What do "black fur in the hour of chaos", "master of the long boats", "Somebody told me Ben Gay doesnt work", "conversationalist", "please pick up the phone", "a day in the life", "negativland", "frisbee days", "nobody acts like this", and "blast off!" all have in common? They are all titles of songs that members of weezer (and in many cases, the whole band together) have recorded! What are these songs? Where? When? How? The answers are in "Weezer and its cousins: A Recording History", coming soon to this space. 
Essential for the serious weezer song completists and trainspotters out there...and who isn't one? 
hey: Steve (of the frozen north) and Justin (of the milk boats) took some cool pictures when the S.G. tour came to the towns nearest them (tour detailed below) , and posted them for everyone to check out. 
click here to go to Steves big library of photos from the Minneapolis show 
click here to go to Justins smaller but still cool selection of shots from when the SG crashed at his pad after the Pittsburgh show. 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2000
Karl's Corner - 01/16/2001

...recording day 20...Today Ric and the engineers continued the time-consuming process of "comping" vocal tracks, to compare and choose the best attempts from the various takes. Also, there was a last minuite decision made to change the key of "O Girlfriend", which required everyone (except Pat) to re-do their parts in a different key. Then Rivers re-sang it too...good as new! I kind of missed some of the details as I was buried in T-shirt design work and other hectic buisness all day. But I did get a chance to do the first mini-profile of our excellent album crew.
Bobby Schneck
Guitar Technician, Amplifier repair, pedal board rebuilder
Bobby has been working in the music buisness for a while now, originally as a musician, and in recent years as an in-demand guitar tech. In recent times he has worked both on the road and in the studio with The Cult, Fiona Apple, Alanis Morrissette, The Goo Goo Dolls, Poison (!), Tsar, and The Inflatable Party Sheep (the Reunion Album). He is a certified "gear head", lovingly collecting, playing, and fixing all kinds of guitars, and the mutitudinous pedals and amps that go with them. Of all the guitars he's had the chance to play and work on, he says his favorite is Billy Duffy's (of the Cult) 1962 Gretsch White Falcon (the guitar you hear on "She Sells Sanctuary").
album quote: "I'll take a double cheeseburger with fried onions, and a large onion rings"
favorite new phrase: "Let's F*** all and bung the bass over"
...also, I am happy to report that weezer has donated the proceeds from the Dec 30th Goat Punishment show to Petra Hayden's medical bill fund, as the guys were unable to make the Benefit show in late November, and wanted to help out. This donation would not have been possible (nor sizable) without the very generous actions of Pat, the band's manager, Jenna, their booking agent, and Shelly their accountant, all of whom waived their fees for this show, to help weezer help out Petra. Thanks!
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001
Karl's Corner - 01/16/2013

2013/01/16 Australasia Tour 2013: Melbourne, Australia: Sidney Myer Music Bowl
...After a day off in the fine metropolis of Melbourne, which included a visit to JJJ Radio from Pat and Scott, and Rivers and Brian attending the David Byrne show, and yours truly battling a nasty cold (joy joy), we have re-assembled at the impressive Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Its a magnificent sunshiney day today, and the sonorous echoes of the various bands' soundchecks are reflecting to and fro thru the concrete canyons of the Bowl, as the final preparations are made for this evening's rock extravaganza. Onward!
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2013
Karl's Corner - 01/17/2001

...recording day 21...today the weezer recordings advanced like a conquering army, temporarily taking over a second recording studio nearby! While Ric and the engineers spent the day finishing the "comping" of the lead vocals at the main studio, The band trekked a few blocks away to another venerable L.A. recording studio (this one having seen the likes of the Doors and Van Halen over the years!), to do backing vocals. Also Rivers tried to re-do the Wurlitzer part on the new (still untitled song), but all 3 Wurlitzer keyboards we tried to rent had various problems that scrapped the attempt after several frustrating hours. Any way over half of the albums back-up vocal parts were done, and to blow off steam in between takes, the in-house enclosed basketball area was utilized to good effect...
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Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001
Karl's Corner - 01/17/2011

Folks, tonight - Monday night - tune into the geekbeatradio online radio show at 11pm EST! They will be having many of Rivers's "lets write a sawng" project contributors guesting on the show via Skype. They will discuss the whole process and how each of them was involved with general discussion about the whole experience. So far Taylor2d2, Pgrizzlie, Danthawelch, PKgannon, Capn'Crunchitize, BleedOrange, Cameron Maris and the host (songsforsongs) will be there. The show airs live and there will be a podcast posted afterwards.
Note that the corresponding chat room is located at #geekbeatradio on the freenode server. 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2011
Karl's Corner - 01/17/2013

2013/01/17 Australasia Tour 2013: Melbourne, Australia: Palais Theatre
...Today's show is unique on this tour, its the only Pinkerton Memories night. Its taking place at the historic and beautiful Palais Theatre, which is in the St. Kilda area, and is right next door to the site of one of the original 1996 Melbourne weezer shows at the Palace club, which burned down several years ago. So, we came pretty close to recreating the original experience, but I think we upped the ante, with the set of "lesser known fan fave classics and b-sides", followed by the Pinkerton Album in full. Its strange to think how its come full circle at last - no one expected it would take a Memories show to finally return to the scene of the original Australian Pinkerton Tour, but I think it worked out about as cool as it could have.
People were only trickling in as Ball Park Music and Cloud Control were playing, and I gotta say they missed out! These two bands are terrific and their songs are really sticking with me on this tour. Ill be picking up all their albums.
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2013