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Karl's Corner - 01/18/2001

...recording day 22...Today started with Rivers working on the Wurlitzer keyboard parts on the untitled new song, doing numerous attempts until he nailed it. Then the process of doing all the back up vocals was continued from yesterday, with both Rivers and Brian working all day on their parts. Many songs were in this way carried into the stratosphere as the well placed harmonies and stuff started adding up. Very cool to hear them starting to "flesh out"! This process should continue into tomorrow, and work into the lead guitar parts and solos...
...ok, there is a new "film" up on the "W.F.O." page , i really cant explain it at all, but I think you need to check it out...
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001
Karl's Corner - 01/18/2002

update: we're aware some of you are having problems getting into the mboard. it's being worked on!
...lots going on folks, keep your eyes open all over the site!
...some more info is in on how to request the "Photograph" video locally. (mucho thanks to the very helpful fans who went digging for info, esp. Jessi!) All request info will be compiled an the Photograph video page.
note: "Rage TV" airs throughout Eastern Massachusetts on channel 56 (the WB affiliate) at 2 am Saturdays. (not just in Brockton, MA) 
*Wichita's "Heavy Pork"
email requests to heavyporktv@yahoo.com.
*Rockamerica (New York, NY)
email requests to: ed@rockamericamusic.com. Website: here.
*Blastro (Austin, TX)
Website: here.
*InterneTV (Austin, TX)
Website: here.
*Music Link (Denver, CO)
info: Music Link is broadcast on KBDI Channel 12 TV and a local radio station.
no request info has surfaced yet.
*A/V Squad (NYC)
email requests to: avsquad@burlybear.com. Website: here.
*Power Play Music Video TV (Newark, NJ)
request line(?): 973-642-5747. Website: here.
*Sonic Ignition (Washington, DC)
DCTVCh. 5 & DCTV Ch. 10 Fri @ pm - 8:30 pm & Mon @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Website: here.
*All Hit Videos (Bangor, ME)
Saturday Night @ 12 midnight
email requests to: cfoster@allhitvideos.com. Website: here.
*VidDream (Wilmington, DE)
email requests to: VidDREAM@TheTINKsInc.com. Website: here.
*Video Hits (Rochester, NY)
email requests to: videohits7@hotmail.com.
*Bobby T Show (Birmingham, AL)
WABM TV-68 Sunday Nights @11pmTime Warner Cable TV-4 Wednesday Nights @ 10:30pmBIRMINGHAM, AL (205) 991-7000
email requests to: theBOBBYTshow@aol.com. Website: here.
*DoVidoX (Avondale Estates, GA)
email requests to: DoVidoX@SirManiac.com.
*Raw Time (Austin, TX)
"we return the 27th and it will air for the 1st time then. We are a weekly, live public access show with live calls." [no phone number given at this point]. Airs Sundays from Midnight:30-2AM cst.
email requests to: dave@rawtime.com. Website: here.
...the folks over at weezon have a treat for fans that missed the 10/24 Goat Punishment show. They have posted up full video clips of all the performances from that night!
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2002
Karl's Corner - 01/18/2012

2012/01/18 The Island Of The Day Before The Weezer Cruise
Well, what was once just an idea so crazy it just might work, now looms overhead, in the form of the Carnival Destiny cruise ship, home of the Weezer Cruise that launches tomorrow out of Miami Florida! Tomorrow? Yes indeed. Somehow the months of anticipation and preparation have finally ended, and its time to get on the boat and do the dang thing.
Unless youve been living on the Moon recently (and if you have, how was it?), you have probably heard about the cruise and all the amazing stuff thats gonna go down on it for 4 action packed days. We're super excited to be accompanied by Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Gene Ween and Dave Dreiwitz, Wavves, The Antlers, Yuck, Free Energy, Boom Bip, J. Mascis (Solo Acoustic), Lou Barlow, Keepaway, Ozma, The Nervous Wreckords, The Knocks, Sleeper Agent and Yacht Rock Revue, all of whom like weezer will be playing multiple shows over the 4 day adventure at sea.
Weezer's 3 shows will be featuring Blue and Pinkerton full album performances, and rarities and favorites as picked by cruise goers last month by poll, plus Memories style slideshows by yours truly during the Pinkerton show intermissions.
Then theres the photos with weezer, Q+A with weezer, Cozumel adventures, activities with all the bands including 5 with weezer: Scott's vow renewal, Pats Shuffleboard Tournament, Brians Movie night, Rivers's Pinkerton Diaries reading, and Cruise Family Feud with Magic Hugs, Pat, Scott, Brian, and Josh. Plus the weezer trivia contest I will be hosting. Plus 4 DJ sets (2 of which are by yours truly, spinning everything good under the sun including some weezer related rarities), a live podcast recording, a mini weezer museum of old and rare items, not to mention all the stuff thats normally on the Carnival Destiny - pools, waterslides, casinos, bars, nightclubs, sun deck, spas, unlimited free food, etc etc! Check the schedule out here.
Cruise People: we will be seeing you shortly! Everyone else: wish you were here! We'll post up pics, videos, etc here on weezer.com to share the fun... and we hope all you cruise goers do too!
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Category:Karl's Corner - January 2012
Karl's Corner - 01/19/2001

...recording day 23...today tons and tons of vocal work was accomplished in a full day session that had everyone singing into the night...even me and Bobby the guitar tech got in on the action at one point, helping Brian out on some "gang" vocal backups on "If You Want It"... Fun!
...after a lot of debate and reshuffled planning, the plan for mixing the album has started to take shape...it may not happen in L.A. after all. details to come...
...(did I mention how excellent the album sounds so far?)
...tomorrow...lead guitar!
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001
Karl's Corner - 01/19/2002

...Thats right, it's official: Weezer's 4th album, currently in the mixing stage and due for release in April, is entitled "Maladroit" . This means that the 'color' theme will not be revisited this time round, (as fiercely debated by fans) and there will only be 2 self titled weezer records. (so far at least!)
The name was originally suggested on the weezer.com message boards by board member "lethe", who will be officially credited for the idea. Tracks will indeed include the barnstorming "Take Control", "Dope Nose" and "Keep Fishin'", all fan faves at live shows over the past year.
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2002
Karl's Corner - 01/19/2010

People, tommorrow at the TMobile FSU show we will be rolling video on everything, capturing footage to use in the upcoming "I'm Your Daddy" video! And we will be looking for Weezer Fans to do what Weezer Fans do - get stoked, get creative, get crazy - what will you do? make signs? wear costumes? spell out weezer with your bodies? make human pyramids? We dont know - but we havent been to Florida in a long time, and we've NEVER been to FSU before - so WHATS THE BEST THING YOU GOT? We'll be filming it!
Get your ticket to see tomorrow's FSU show in Tallahassee!
...We had an interesting adventure tonight in Tallahassee, called "searching for food after 11 PM". Not easy! After a lot of walking around going from red herring to red herring ("oh, no, you were misinformed, we stop serving food at 11", or "oh, no, this club has no food, it is rather a vortex of hellish nightlife, replete with Crazytown's "Butterfly" playing at 140 decibels and overpriced bad beer"), and then cabbing around with similar poor results, we finally struck gold at the 4th Quarter, serving food till 2, which oddly had over 25 TVs full of sports, yet a perfectly decent bar food menu with surprising variety, including tasty homemade potato chips hot and fresh out of the deep fryer.
...In historical news, no joke - a real ancestor of Pat Wilson, and the dude signed the Declaration of Independence!
...todays photo courtesy Mike J., whose cat Coco demonstrates one of the many benefits of the Weezer Snuggie.
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2010
Karl's Corner - 01/19/2013

2013/01/19 Australasia Tour 2013: Sydney, Australia: Sydney Entertainment Centre
Yesterday we arrived in Sydney, which happened to be the day of an all time record breaking high temperature of 45.8 degrees Celsius (114 F). Despite the heat, we quickly made friends with this beautiful city, and much walking around and exploring was done, albeit with sweaters to keep off the chill. Today we gathered our gear and our wits, then lost our wits again, and assembled down at the giant Sydney Entertainment Centre, home of the deeply beloved Sydney Kings basketball team, who have brought great joy to the world for countless decades. Oh, the ball they have played here. The legends speak for themselves. We are also thrilled to be playing at the site of the 1991 World Netball Championships.
Sydneysiders have been waiting since the morning of October 13, 1996 for Weezer to return to their fair city, and we are very happy to be back at last, and very thankful for the fans' patience, as well as their backbone, boldness, braveness, bravery, constancy, courage, dauntlessness, determination, endurance, fearlessness, firmness, grit, gutsiness, hardihood, heart, intrepidity, mettle, moxie, nerve, perseverance, pith, pluck, resoluteness, spine, spirit, spunk, stamina, starch, staying power, stick-to-itiveness, stomach, stoutheartedness, tenacity, true grit, valiancy, and valor.
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2013
Karl's Corner - 01/20/2001

...recording day 24...today there was a lot of bedlam at the studio, as down the hall there was this huge Hare Krishna Yogi chanting recording session going on, produced by none other than Rick Rubin (I am not making this up!)...so between Rick's parade of unusual friends dropping by, and the Yogi masters hordes of exotically dressed chanting disciples wandering about, it was a heavy scene...Anyway, today Rivers raged through tons and tons of guitar solos and lead guitar parts, I'm not sure but I think he did them all in one day! Also Brian did a bunch more backing vocals. And something else was recorded, that I'm going to keep mum about because it might not be used on the album...
...So, tomorrow is a day off, only the second one since this thing started! Ric is going back to New York tomorrow, we will meet back up with him at an as-yet-undetermined location to oversee the mixing process. This coming week will be a week of polishing up minor things, finishing various songs that will likely end up as B-sides, and possibly trying a few more songs if theres time. ...Workaholics!
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001
Karl's Corner - 01/20/2002

update:=rwa= news updated! 2/26 long beach show w/ no doubt & the offspring confirmed! see the tour page!
"...i got pulled over tonight for running a stop sign and the cop let me go because i "had a weezer sticker on my car"...no joke, just thought id share..." ---kate
...continued finishing/mixing work in Miami for Rivers, Brian, and Scott. Very long days in the studio. Brian says he's grown to like Miami.
...thanks to what must be quick ticket sales for the Hyper Extended Midget Tour, weezer has shot back up to #1 on the pollstar top 50, a chart thats based on touring bands. They even said: "There are 14 new acts on the chart but they can't match the power of Weezer."
wow..."the power of weezer"!...what a trip.
Interesting fact #1 "Just wanted to let you know that the Mr Taxman demo is actually getting some airtime on 97.7 WOXY in Oxford, Ohio. Here is request info: studio@woxy.com" ---J.R.
Interesting fact #2 Currently at the Newbury Comics in Braintree, MA, there is wide selection of import weezer singles in stock. In the racks right now are the El Scorcho Japanese Import, the Hashpipe and Island in the Sun imports from the UK and Japan, and the Good Life Australian import. Boston area collectors take note!
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2002
Karl's Corner - 01/20/2009

UPDATE 1/25 Hey, that Fresh Air episode is now avail both as a stream on the NPR site now, and as a podcast if you subscribe to the Fresh Air podcast. Meanwhile, heres a breif but cool video interview with Rivers, from Rockerazzi.com, shot at the recent Mia Hamm and Nomar Garciaparra Celebrity Soccer Challenge that Rivers played in:
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...folks, get your ears over to National Public Radio's "Fresh Air" program tomorrow (Wednesday Jan 21), for an informative and cool interview with Rivers. Terry Gross and Rivers - a devastating combination.
...weezer tribute band alert:
1. Atlanta based El Scorcho is playing The 5 Spot in Atlanta on Sunday 1/25 at 5PM. And check their site too, because it looks like they have a bunch of shows coming up after that.
2. Our Name Is Jonas is playing a show at The Screamin' Eagle in Ypsilanti, MI Next Saturday, the 24th at 10 pm.
3. Liverpool, England, Saturday 1/24: 10 bands play 10 minutes of weezer apiece at The Barfly, "every track off the Blue Album covered"! see poster below:
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2009
Karl's Corner - 01/20/2010

Well, all I can say is wow! What a crowd, what a show. Incredible energy tonight at the T-Mobile Moto Cliq Concert. No one quite knew what to expect for tonights show, with the band off of the scene since early December, and Rivers returning to the stage for the first time since the bus accident that 86'ed the December and January tour dates. Not even Rivers knew what to expect. He knew he was still in some pain despite the doctor's green light, and wasnt sure of what his limitations were nor how hard he should push against them.
One thing we were hopeful for was a big stoked crowd, which FSU delivered in spades! The press release said: "FSU’s student body and fan base rallied together to win the T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ Challenge, beating out over 1,000 schools including rivals University of Florida and University of Central Florida. The competition allowed students, faculty, alumni and fans to vote for the four-year school or university of their choice between Nov. 2 and Nov. 30, 2009. Hundreds of thousands logged onto T-Mobile’s Facebook page to build the largest online fan base and the Seminoles emerged victorious."
Because they were the victors, they got all that Weezer could deliver, including the FSU Pep Band playing the Seminole War Chant on stage to segue into the shows opening song, Hash Pipe. From there the fun escalated, with special guests Jermaine Dupri on 'Cant Stop Partying' (fresh from the VIP lounge downstairs where he was the star DJ), and Hayley Williams from Paramore guesting on her fave Weezer track 'Say It Aint So'!. That left "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to" needing a duet partner, so Rivers selected some kids from the front row to help out. It was a bit chaotic, but tons of fun (like the whole night!) Then there was DJ Aoki warming up the crowd, the toilet paper, the fake snow, the beach balls, the hand held spotlights, the high fives with the front row, The Pink Floyd, The Van Halen, The Led Zeppelin (in passing), filming footage for use in the next Weezer music video, and some only lightly scaled down feats of Raditude! Asked later if he felt he had ever pushed things too far for his healing body, Rivers said "yes, many times! But once I got out there and saw the crowd... I couldnt stop." Feats of Raditude, people.
Mtv.com: Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Talks About Returning To The Stage Tonight
...WEEZER: CONTEST OF AWESOME!
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Go to http://www.barelydigital.com/weezercontest and submit your nomination for the funniest music video of 2009. The winner will get to cameo in a Weezer video! For real!
(click on any photo for a full size version)
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2010
Karl's Corner - 01/21/2011

Today is the day people. The Hard Rock lobby is pumping the Aerosmith, the Carlos Santana and Ramones displays are polished up, the one armed bandits are parting the gamblers from their gold nuggets, and into this dusty western town rolls Weezer. The stage coach doors open and the antique weapons of rock n roll are drawn at high noon. Well, not high noon actually, more like 9:15 pm, after the opening set by Imagine Dragons.
Tonight's Memories show is unique in that its a combination Blue + Pinkerton dual album show. Its never been done before (by weezer) so there's bound to be some surprises...
(later...)
And in fact the main suprise was saved for the encore, with Rachel Haden joining the band onstage to sing the Pinkerton B-Side "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams". Rachel, one of the triplet daughters of jazz great Charlie Haden and original member of weezer buddies that dog., is the featured vocalist on that recording, and as such the song hasnt been performed since the mid 90's, as Rivers wrote the song from a girls point of view. It was so great to see Rachel again, and everyone had a chance to catch up with her after years of separation.
The rest of the show was understandably epic, with the entire Blue and Pinkerton albums performed in order (separated by my old time weezer memories slideshow). It had a slightly different feel from the previous two-night Memories shows, which had the wild first set of hits and b-sides. That created an immediate celebratory atmosphere, that for this show had to be slowly (but surely) built up to as the classic albums were laid out and the collective freak out gathered strength like a storm.
Big ups to Rachel Haden, Brian's sister Leia Bell and family, Michael McCarthy (=w= Flag Guy!); and Luis S., die-hard front and center man going big with the ILAA package!
Did you go? Comment here and/or in our message boards, tell your tale! Post your show pix on our photo page!
To see these pix individually and larger, click here.
Also, remember to check weezer's Twitter/Yfrog photo/video page for photos taken on the fly as things happen!
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2011
Karl's Corner - 01/22/2001

...recording day 25...well after a much needed day off (that still involved plenty of weez work for yours truly, and i apologize for not posting yesterday...), it was back into the studio, our second home. Today Rivers started tackling his big list of stuff to add, fix, and try, jumping between guitar solos, percussion overdubs, keyboard stuff, and more, all day and into the night (...hey, the Kinks!...sorry...) This kind of stuff should continue throughout the week, as well as more backing vocals, possible special guest appearances, and revised attempts at some unfinished tracks...
...finally, and just in time, a Mixing Engineer has been chosen to mix the record. He will begin work on Jan 31, in his home base of Miami, Florida. So, an unexpected pre-tour side trip to Miami is in the cards for the weez...details to come...
 
...ok, ok, these are from saturday...but I didnt have time to shoot anything today!...
Profile: Atom Willard: Drum Tech and all around "go-to" guy
Adam (Atom) Willard started his musician's life as a founding member of the infamous Rocket From The Crypt, playing on the first 3 (i think) of their albums, and touring with them for many years. Weezer first met him in 1996(?) at a shared show in Spain. He left the band about a year ago, and later fell in with Pat Wilson, with whom he shares a big love of hot-rod cars and trucks. (Pat couldnt help admiring Atom's wicked lowered 60's chevy truck.) Anyway, at first Atom was approached for the drummer slot in Pat's Special Goodness, but when the weez started taking off in early summer, Atom was asked to join the team for Tech duties and plenty more.
Yes, thats Atom in the numerous pictures and recent short films, his antics and humor are always appreciated. And dog #2 (the one wearing the sweater) is his too. It's name is "Moso".
...also, several people have recently written me from Brazil, regarding the Deftones set at the "Rock In Rio" festival...once again they covered "Say it Aint So"...only this time it was in front of 250,000 people! whoosh.
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001
Karl's Corner - 01/22/2007

...2/14 update: happy 15th anniversary to weezer! Plus happy weezer t-shirt day (rock one to show weez solidarity today)! and happy Valentine's day too of course.
...2/1 update: Happy Birthday to Patrick Wilson!
...1/29 update: Mtv viewers, listen for Weezer's "Beverly Hills" tonight on MTV's 'The Hills'. The show airs at 10pm EST.
..."Factory Girl" is finally out in limited release, and the word is in that Brian and Pat do make it on screen breifly (as Lou Reed and John Cale - see for a still [thanks to Sean for the pic]), but their cover of the Velvet Underground's "Heroin" is not in the film. Major bummer! The film it self is getting some fair reviews, some comparing it to 'Almost Famous' and 'I Shot Andy Warhol', but many saying it lacked authentic flavor of the 60's. Well, of course now the REAL question is "will there be a soundtrack CD - and will Brian and Pat's cool version of "Heroin" be on it?". At the very least it should be an extra on the DVD when it's released. Guess we'll have to see. Thanks to Greg from Weerez.com for on the spot reportage.
...2007: definitely more weez than 2006. Well, that's the smell of it so far, IMHO.
...weez fandom proceeds apace, even as the band has been quiet: (thanks to dad Mike S.), (thanks to Ron), a (by Kevin K.), from Kansas City a report that "96.5 The Buzz is doing a "My List Mornings" where listeners submit their top 10 songs to be played for the morning show and about 90% of them have at least one Weezer song in them, spanning every album and not just the singles." (thanks to Kris), and an odd report from Canada: "MuchMusic is running its top 100 videos today. Weezer's "Holiday" came in at #77. A short clip of Rivers runs right after." ...er, 'Holiday' video? Didn't know about that one, but thats awesome all the same! (thanks to Chris)
...I've been asked "why hasnt the Weezer Wikipedia page been updated?" The answer: I dont know - Wikipedia is open for everyone to participate and edit. If youve got facts its missing, go plug 'em in! (It looks pretty solid to me, as of 1/20/07...)
...weez cover band alert #23842 in a series: Douglas S. ('Millhouse' from WeezerJonas.com) has recorded some acoustic weezy covers for the masses. (He's usually in this band)
...and finally, in totally unrelated (yet somehow related) news, yours truly is about to release a new album in the coming days/weeks. Come be my friend and you'll know the latest.
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2007
Karl's Corner - 01/23/2001

...recording day 26...Today we got a call at the studio from a bedraggled Mikey, who had gotten such a bad case of food poisoning the night before that he went to the emergency room thinking his appendix had burst! Fortunately his appendix was fine, but he was out of commission with intense stomach pain until the doctors could help him. Watch out for that sushi, Mikey! He sat out todays studio activity, per doctor's orders. Now, Mikey is known to read the weezer message board, so I bet he'd love to see a "get well soon thread" on there...
Meanwhile, Rivers continued raging away on guitar solos and lead parts, as well as more vocals and some keyboard experiments. Tomorrow Brian comes back in to the vocal booth for a return engagement of backing vocals...
Category:Karl's Corner - January 2001