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Karl's Corner - 05/29/2011

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weezer covering "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead in the studio, 3 days ago.
with the B.O.M.B.fest gong tent still ringing in our ears, we packed up in Hartford and made tracks across the long state of Pennsylvania overnight, to make it to Pittsburgh in time to set up and play at Stage AE tonight.
Now the kids are coming in to the Stage AE, which as we've learned is a really neat mini outdoor ampitheater in the heart of the city, across the street from a classy sportsbar, with an ice cream truck circling the block incessantly. Its time for rock...
More 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!
Category:Karl's Corner - May 2011
Karl's Corner - 05/30/2001

"...just wanted to pass on a funny comment from my 3 year old boy.....As i was listening to the green Album, I asked him if he likes Weezer. Out of nowhere, he replied, "yeah, but why were they wearing diapers on tv?"--Patrick Mora, fan
...today took us out to beautiful Cape Cod, to the Beachcomber, a classic clam pit restaurant/bar located right on the awesome seashore. Mikey says he used to play shows here when he was a teenager just starting out! 5 or 6 busloads of the contest winners were sent out to this remote locale for a tight weezer set, autograph signing, and all the clam chowder and corn on the cob they could handle. Everyone was happily mellowed by the Edward Hopper-esque natural beauty surrounding the place, and stoked on the clam rock! 
Category:Karl's Corner - May 2001
Karl's Corner - 05/30/2002

Recording in Japan: day 3 (of 4)
...recording day 3; pix courtesy SK...
...speaking of Japan: 2 more summer tour dates have been confirmed, these being Summersonic '02 in Japan! This festival takes place on August 17 and 18, and features a pretty stellar line up. Here's how it looks:
The Outdoor Stage: Guns And Roses (Headliner), Weezer, No Doubt, the Offspring, NOFX, Sum 41, Andrew W.K., Disturbed, Hoobastank, Quarashi, A, Raging Speedhorn, Pleymo, Mongol800, and others.
The Indoor Stage: Morrissey (Headliner), Suede, Cornershop, the Hives, Haven, the Streets, Reindeer Section, Mum, Relish, Vex Red, and others.
The third stage, the "New Stage", includes Cave In, Ozma, Dog, Rival Schools, the Icarus Line, and Nananine. 
Category:Karl's Corner - May 2002
Karl's Corner - 05/30/2008

People of the satellite radio world, look out! Weezer will be hijacking Sirius Radio at 6pm today!! The channel known as Alternative Nation will hereby be declared Weezer Nation! It will stay Weezer Nation for days! Two days? Three days? Four days? More days? Until... well, until the guys get tired of being DJs and then... they will give it back. (Which is rather polite for hijackers actually). Anyway, however long the party lasts, they will be playing songs by their favorite bands, songs off their own about-to-be-released Red Album and theyll be talking about...whatever bands talk about when they hijack stuff. Weezer Nation! Today at 6PM till ? on Sirius Radio's Alternative Nation!
Category:Karl's Corner - May 2008
Karl's Corner - 05/30/2012

2012/05/30 HockeyFest Cancelled
Folks, we are sad to learn that The Hockeyfest music festival scheduled for June 1-3 in Brantford, Ontario has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances that are out of Weezer’s control. Refunds are available at point of purchase. The Festival is supposedly/apparently being rescheduled at some point but its impossible to predict what will happen down the line, so all we can say is we're just as disappointed as you today.
Category:Karl's Corner - May 2012
Karl's Corner - 05/31/2001

...today brought the weez train back to D.C., where the DC101 "Weez Bowl" took place. I didn't see too many people bowling, however, they were mostly just milling about waiting for the band to play. The lanes looked sweet though, I wish we'd had a chance to knock some pins down. Pat is famous for his wicked "slo-mo bo-bo" style, and frequently tops 200. Anyway, the rock was again delivered to a stoked little crowd, somewhere deep in the catacombs of George Washington U. Two "weezer" lime green bowling balls were given away as prizes, and both winners decided to get them signed as opposed to actually bowling with them. 
Category:Karl's Corner - May 2001
Karl's Corner - 05/31/2002

Recording in Japan: day 4 (of 4)
...Im not sure if today was the last day of recording or not. However, I did get word from Pat that he was very pleased with his drum tracking, and has high expectations of this recording session.
...no pics today, apologies...
...note that the "Peace and Quiet" mp3 on the audio video page has been re-uploaded at the usual bitrate (128kbps). apologies about the sub=par 96kbps version.
...also a note that the Mykel and Carli memorial concert T-shirts, leftover from the 1997 concert have just sold out, after a slow n steady sell-off, all for the Memorial Fund set in place in their honor. If this news is confusing to you, read up on the subject over in the "weezer fans" section.
...one of the 2 fans' "Maladroit Numbering Projects" has had a site upgrade. Its pretty cool now, and its easy to add in your own copy for the list. Check it out here.
...the fans concert reports from Japan have been wrapped up, theres a bunch of additional Japanese fans reports now under the Osaka #2, 5/26 tokyo, and 5/27 Budokan shows. Thanks to all who wrote in, braving the language barrier! Your work is greatly appreciated.
...Maladroit opening week chart wrap up
*USA: #3 debut, second week #16 (ow!)
*Canada: #2!!!
*UK: #16 (highest ever in the UK) (was #8 at midweek; note 'Green' debuted at #35 last year)
*Ireland: #15 (highest ever in ireland)
*Japan: #7!! (wow)
*Australia: #11! [#3 in the 'alternative' album chart] (Green debuted at #25 last year)
*Germany: #29
*Norway: #4!!
*Finland #23, rose to #11 in second week!
*Iceland #7!!
*Sweden: 22
*France, #42 (was #80 on its first day, and #20 at mid week)(#7 at Fnac, a huge record chain)
*Australia: #11! on the mainstream album top 50 (at #27 in its second week). debuted at #3! on the alternative charts (at #4 this week)
*Switzerland #44
*Denmark: #87
*Austria: #22
*Spain ? Italy? New Zealand? others? 
Category:Karl's Corner - May 2002
Karl's Corner - 05/31/2012

2012/05/31 Show Day: Uncasville, CT: Mohegan Sun Arena
Well here we are! Team Weezer has reassembled in Eastern Connecticut at the rather gigantic and somewhat extravagantly appointed Mohegan Sun Casino for a night of rock - AND roll. Tonight is the first weezer show since the Cruise back in January (was it really over 4 months ago already? how is that?), and theres some changes to note, mainly that Josh Freese is not with us on drum duties. Thats right, weezer is back to a 4 piece this summer. Rehearsals in the old-is-new-again format went well, and according to Pat, it sounds "thick and meaty". So head on down to the buffet for some Mohegan Stew, and then over to the Arena for some Weezer Stew, and compare your results. We think youll prefer Weezer Stew.
***please note the set times have been moved earlier: Sleeper Agent 7:45, Weezer 9 PM***
...Mohegan Sun attendees: heres what *not* to do!
Category:Karl's Corner - May 2012
Karl's Corner - 06/01/2001

The day started in D.C., on very little sleep, boarding some early flights to get over to Los Angeles where the MTV Movie Awards rehearsals were happening. I slept as much as I could on the plane, so I can only assume it was a good flight. Anyway, everyone eventually congregated down at the Shrine Auditorium on the USC campus in downtown L.A., where we were subjected to mass confusion as we tried to check in and get orientated. Finally we were assigned a "holding room" where we could put our bags, and eat slowly fermenting deli platters. The "Moulin Rouge" routine was behind schedule, so we watched Lil' Kim and Christina Aguliera and two other girls sing and dance their way through that remade "Lady Marmalade" song they do. I can report with some suprise that "Li'l" Kim is "Li'l" only in height, and Miss Aguliera is unsettlingly petite. Finally, they had it "down", and the set was changed over to the weezer stuff, complete with our old freind the "giant" =w= sign, which came out of hiding and learned some new tricks especially for the show! The guys ran through the song several times as technical guys and cameramen sorted out their moves, and within an hour they were done for the day. Mikey Pat and Brian did a bunch of various interviews as well, in an adjoining room filled with the weirdest furniture and sculpture I've seen in a long time...
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2001
Karl's Corner - 06/01/2005

*updated* with 7/9 Toronto show info, below...
...currently in frantic preparations for todays flight to Frankfurt Germany, to start Leg #2 of the 2005 Make Believe Tour: Europe in June. (ahh, how romantic.) Not much sleeping happening right now, but thats what 10 hour flights are for, right?
...okay, by now I was expecting to receive the rest of the July tour dates, and pass them on to you. But they are not quite ready yet, it seems....HOWEVER we do have confirmation of a show on 7/9 in Toronto at the Molson Ampitheatre, with alt-godz The Pixies! The main ticket onsale will be on Monday, 6/6, starting at noon. However, there will be a 102.1 The Edge PRESALE this Friday, 6/3, at 10 AM! The info you need will be on their 'Inside Edge' section, so go there and sign up if you want in. Also, there was/is some sort of House Of Blues Canada presale going on today, but it was an HOB email only campaign, so it took some time for word to spread. As of noon Wednesday, it looks like its still going on, but theres no way to tell what type of tickets are being offered (pit or seats etc.)
NOTE that with 6/1 being a major travel day, I may be 'in the air' when new tour info comes to light, and thus unable to immediately update. Keep an eye on the Weezer Ticketmaster page for any possible suprises!
Meanwhile, tickets for the 7/7 show (with many bands incl. the Pixies!) at Milwaukee Summerfest look to still be on sale and available here.
*****WEEZER = MSN ARTIST OF THE MONTH! Thanks to YOUR votes and a huge effort from the Weezer Jonas Street Team!
...another clever Pat interview, this time with FHM mag, here. (Its also in the June newsstand issue of FHM, for those lovers of paper ephemera.)
...theres lots of interesting radio and chart action going on these past few days, with no less than 4 Make Believe songs getting noticable playlist-level play on a good amount of stations and the ol' juggernaut 'Beverly Hills' continuing to kick some ass in the big weird world of pop radio. I'll keep updating as the info piles in. For now, a catnap before the travel insanity begins...
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2005
Karl's Corner - 06/01/2011

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weezer covering "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead in the studio, last week.
...Another addition to the '11 weezer concert calendar - Weezer will be playing the Minnesota State Fair on September 3rd! the tickets will go on sale June 10th. Here's the fair website for more info.
...Speaking of shows, the next show on the calendar is the Summerfest in Houston's Eleanor Tinsley Park, this coming Sunday 6/5! Some tix are still available, so come on down! Tickets here.
 
...New Rivers cover article/interview, in the May/June issue of the U.K. Huck magazine, focusing on the stories behind some of Rivers's mysterious tweets of the last 2 years! See a preview here.
 
 
...5/20 Philly show photos are up! D.C., Atlantic City, Hartford BOMBfest, and Pittsburgh pix are on the way...
...Coming very soon: new official bootleg CDs! Watch for an annoucement and ordering info here on weezer.com.
...thanks to everyone who has sent in their weezer cover versions so far! We are in the process of selecting the first batch of tracks to be added to the Radio Weezer playlist. If you havent sent a cover in, theres still time - its an ongoing thing - but the sooner you submit the better. Send mp3s to RadioWeezer (at) gmail.com
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2011
Karl's Corner - 06/01/2012

2012/06/01 Show Day: Atlantic City, NJ: Borgata Events Center
Its day 2 of what was supposed to be a 3 day power weez show weekend, but now its the final day of the run, as the HockeyFest cancellation hath dampened our Canadian Rock dreams. But the crowd here in the AC is ready to rock in classic New Jersey style, at our old stomping grounds the Borgata. So, we focus on the Now, because now is when we are! Cruise mates Sleeper Agent have taken the stage and are delivering their saucy rock payload right now, while the weezer men assemble and warm it up backstage (Rivers has the live Ustream going from his dressing room, as indicated by the Ustream icon on the left side of this window showing a green light).
Onward!
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2012
Karl's Corner - 06/02/2001

We arrived early in the afternoon and proceded to hurry up and wait. the "Moulin Rouge" routine was still being tweaked. Dan insists that they got a different "Pink" today, but I say they can work wonders with the right wigs. Me and Pat ended up hackey-sacking in the basement below the stage as they rehearsed the routine, and as it turns out we were hacking in the Moulin Rouge extras' room, so we were soon "vibed" out of there by a hoarde of girls dressed up in garters and such. Later. Finally weezer took the stage for their final dress rehearsal, banged out the song again, made sure the flame was.. flaming, and then we went back to waiting.
But not for long. Next was the "red carpet walk", which, we discovered, is quite staged. The guys basically drove around the block in a limo, joining a long line of waiting limos. I waited for them by the "entrance", then followed them in and shot video and pics of the ensuing madness. The cool part was that there were in fact some true fans in the screaming "stands", and Pat had a chance to lay a few autographs down in between a bunch of breif little photo shoots and interviews with such outfits as TV Guide. Finally the "carpet walk" was over and we were hustled to the audience zone to take our seats. The guys could only stay and watch part of the show, as they were then needed backstage. I decided the only chance to take pictures of the performance was right where I sat, as backstage security was utterly impregnable. So I waited, and in the process saw a pretty good show. Various skits and pre-filmed sequences starring Jimmy Fallon, Snoop Dogg, Andy Dick, and Will Farrell were all funny as hell. Also George Lucas presented an award, just being 20 yards from the guy felt insane! The 3 music performances were summed up as follows: Moulin Rouge: kinda exactly like the video. Raunchy. Dave Matthews Band: technical difficulties forced 2 restarts (they will be edited out on TV), and were, uh...kinda boring. ...But not Weezer!!! Weezers perfomance was the last of the 3 and RULED! Fire! Brimstone! "Hash Pipe"! Check it out this coming Thursday the 7th!
After the show we got to hang out a bit with (amongst many others) Spike Jonez and "****" (an old buddy of ours now known as Johhny Knoxville), and it was awesome to have a few minutes to catch up on things. Then I sought out George Lucas, but failed to find him. Blast! There is no try!
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2001
Karl's Corner - 06/02/2002

"the key to making a successful re-recording is almost entirely decided by how much cumulative plane travel is involved. in this case the number is large. very large. mind-bogglingly large. let's just say it's bigger than that. and also rod played piano. --love, pat"
...and with those words we speculate on the Tokyo session, which has produced a spiffy new version of the Maladroit track "Keep Fishin'". It rocks, plain and simple. It already rocked. But now it rocks more! I got a sneak preview, and I dont think i heard any piano, however. But I did hear a totally ripping performance, crisp and clean with no caffeine! So I guess that answers the "whats the next single?" question. More tomorrow. Many news tidbits coming in from around the world, its past time we got caught up!
...the 4 days of recording culminated with most of the band and crew returning to the USA for a bit of personal time. Rivers is staying in Japan and Korea for a bit to attend the FIFA world cup. Later in June the band will reunite, record some demos, and hit the road in early July! 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2002
Karl's Corner - 06/02/2005

...back in Germany!
The day started 'yesterday', on 6/1, in Los Angeles (except for Rivers who flew in to Germany a few days early) (and Brian who is arriving on 6/3) (ok, i concede - tours are more complicated than they appear), with the gang (the ausgang) assembling at the Lufthansa terminal, where we ran into all of Velvet Revolver except for Scott Wieland, who are also going to Europe for their own tour and ended up being on the same flight as us. It was cool. Despite it being a packed to the gills 10 hour flight, Scott got to catch up with his old buddy Dave Kushner who plays guitar in VR, and it was fun hanging out with Slash n' co., if mostly just for a little while at baggage claim. 2 iffy meals, 2 even iffier movies, and a lot of extra-iffy fitful non-sleep-ish nap attempts later, we landed in Frankfurt, got on the waiting tourbus, and drove 2 hours to Koln, where we are staying till we trek over to the Rock Am Ring festival grounds about an hour away on 6/3. Confused yet? Me too.
Hey, they got German hip-hop now, or at least now they play it on the music video stations. Hmm. Ok, my impressions from past tours need to be modified. Its not all dance & techno music over here. But it does feel like rock n roll is fighting an uphill battle sometimes. (Then again, this feels true in the USA sometimes too!) Weezer hasn't always had the best luck in Germany, with experiences ranging from the excellent Visions100 gig in '01 to some unfortunate cancellations at other times. But we are back, to rock it out! We're hoping to find that the German peeps feel the same way...
...side note - to those missing the multi-picture karls corner of old (and believe me, that includes me), I am close to heshing it out work-around style. Once i get it sorted there will be more pix per post, and Ill be able to go back and add more pix (including the large size versions in all their detail) to the past stories that have been lacking. Thanks for your understanding.
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2005
Karl's Corner - 06/02/2008

By now you might be aware that Weezer is releasing their 6th album tomorrow. Tomorrow! The wait is over. It doesnt seem possible, but its been over 3 years since the release of 'Make Believe'. So much has changed in the last few years, but happily a renewed commitment to rocking out and exploring new musical territory has taken a strong hold. Get ready to rock!
iTunes people: While this link will NOT be active till early morning tuesday, I'm putting it here now because I may not have access to my computer later tonight. So note that until it works, it ain't gonna work! Here's THE ITUNES WEEZER RED ALBUM LINK (a bit early).
Weezer is Mtv's Artist of the week! Many many HOURS of NEW and classic weezer material on Mtv all this week!!!
Photo of Sena the greyhound (who loves weezer) courtesy Juana from Spain! Thanks! 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2008
Karl's Corner - 06/02/2009

...another round of presale info has been released, all those on the Weezer Mailing List should be shortly recieving their emails with the presale password and ticket links. Note that the Weezer Mailing List is signed up for simply by clicking on the "Join The Community" link (top right on weezer.com). By registering as a fan (which signs you up for the fan forums), you also automatically are signed up for the email list (unless you click off a box that opts you out of it). Several shows have not yet been added to the presale list, so another round of emails will go out soon.
WEEZER/BLINK-182 TOUR DATES
DATE CITY VENUE
Sun 8/23 Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheater
Mon 8/24 OFF
Tues 8/25 Wantagh, NY - Nikon Theater @ Jones Beach
Wed 8/26 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Thu 8/27 Camden, PA - Susquehanna Bank Center
Fri 8/28 OFF
Sat 8/29 Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center
Sun 8/30 Washington DC - TBA (venue to be announced)
Mon 8/31 Saratoga, NY - SPAC
Tues 9/1 OFF
Wed 9/2 Cleveland, OH - Blossom
Thu 9/3 St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 9/4 Kansas City, KS - Sandstone Amphitheatre
Sat 9/5 OFF
Sun 9/6 Denver, CO - Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Mon 9/7 OFF
Tues 9/8 OFF
Wed 9/9 OFF
Thu 9/10 Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
Fri 9/11 OFF
Sat 9/12 Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sun 9/13 San Francisco, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mon 9/14 OFF
Tues 9/15 OFF
Wed 9/16 San Diego, CA - Cricket Amphitheatre
Thu 9/17 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
...Fuse TV alert! Catch a half hour block of videos from Weezer this week on Fuse’s Loaded: Tuesday 6/9 @ 12:30pm ET
...In case you missed it, Patrick and Scott did a video interview with KROQ, backstage at the Weenie Roast show. It is available for your viewing pleasure here.
...industrious and clever weezer fans make weezer repro guitars for fun and, er, rock profits... check out the great guitars they're showing off here!
..."Waverly Hills" in The Simpsons...Nice! (at 4:07)
...Once again PETA has put Rivers on its nomination list for "sexiest vegetarian".
...Brandon, a fan writes: "I am an employee of Best Buy, and currently they are playing Pink Triangle on the 'Best Buy Radio' and right after they say its from the 'Deluxe Edition' of Weezer's Pinkerton. Do you know anything of Geffen re-releasing Pinkerton as they did with Blue?" Very mysterious, Brandon. We'll look into it.
...Weezer Tribute Band alert #4812297!
* Atlanta, GA: El Scorcho - June 26 at The Masquerade. tickets avail via Ticketmaster, all ages show.
* NYC: The Blue Album Group - at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 6th.
* San Diego, CA: Geezer (the oldest, crustiest tribute band in the world) - June 12th at Cane's (Mission Beach) - 3 band cover lineup:
Vitalogy doing Ten 11pm
Geezer doing Blue Album 10pm
Penny Royal doing Bleach 9pm
Weezerpedia note: This post originally contained this picture, but it was replaced later by the one above.
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2009