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Karl's Corner - 12/10/2001

...okay, today was a day off in Portland, Maine, and as the final Extended Midget Tour date is tomorrow, it was time for the end of tour party. Jimmy Eat World had to do some sort of radio station stuff back down in Baltimore, so they were supposed to show up late, but i didnt see them before I left so i dont know if they made it. Anyway, the scene was "The Skinny", a club in Portland that was rented out for the night for the bands and crew, with some good catering for dinner. Now, Skinny's is a live music venue, and they just so happened to have a stage with a bunch of house-owned gear set up for shows... and after everyone had had their feastings and imbibings, an unplanned jam erupted, featuring Rivers on drums, Pat on Bass, K.G. on electric(!) guitar, and Jack Black on vocals. There were no video cameras on hand to record the unexpected historic session, and a hastily set up radio shack tape recorder did a terrible job in capturing the hilarious proceedings, so there is little besides pictures and memories now. This supergroup, now known as "Portland, What?", and/or "The Power Station II" ran through "the best parts" (as Jack put it) of the following classic trax!
1. Just What I Needed (The Cars)
2. Footloose (Kenny Loggins)(Rivers sez: "Beard Rock!")
3. Love Me 2 Times (The Doors)
4. Hot Blooded (Foreigner)
5. Good Times, Bad Times (Led Zeppelin)
6. "5 o'clock this morning" (????)
7. More Than A Feeling (Boston)
8. Sunshine of Your Love (Cream) (horrible tape started here)
9. Pinball Wizard (the Who)
10. Enter Sandman (Metallica)
11. Dont Fear The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)
12. Sister Christian (Night Ranger)(Acappella only)
13. Crazy Train (Ozzy Osbourne)
14. Something (The Beatles)
15. Highway To Hell (AC/DC)
16. Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)
17. Golden Slumbers/The End(Abby Road bits) (The Beatles)
18. Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
...note that on further inspection, the tape did a REALLY horrible job. if I can salvage anything I will, but so far the only song i can even hear at all is #14...
...proposed album 4 songs, 1st revision:
319 Ain't Got Much Time
303 Sandwiches Time
320 Fall Together
296 How Long?
275 Keep Fishin'
310 Living Without You
190 Modern Dukes
262 Mr. Taxman
338 My Weakness
234 No Way
186 Preacher's Son
280 Saturday Night
354 Slave
344 Space Rock
302 the Dawn
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2001
Karl's Corner - 12/10/2002

...Well, you may be noticing the ads for the new Spike Jonze directed film "Adaptation". And you may recall how back in the spring the band was rehearsing and playing out a cover of the Turtles' song "Happy Together", for possible recording and inclusion in the film's soundtrack. Well, as it turns out, that is not to be the case. Spike really liked the weezer version and worked hard to find the right way to include it, but in the end realized that the original song fit the film better. Spike worked on the editing of the film for over a year straight, making what everyone [including weezer, who checked out the premeire several days ago] is saying could be the best film of 2002! According to Spike:
"With every little piece in the film, we experimented endlessy to find the balance, and that is why we were in the editing room for 13 months. So thank you again for participating in our search. I still listen to the acoustic version you did in the hotel. It’s really sad and pretty."
So, even though theres no weezer in the movie, check this baby out! Its gonna be quite a trip! 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2002
Karl's Corner - 12/10/2008

Hey folks, good stuff coming your way - The 6 new Christmas songs that Weezer recorded for the "Christmas With Weezer" Tap Tap Revenge iPhone game will now be made available for purchase as full recordings (will full vocal harmonies) on December 16 (next Tuesday)! Weezer knows not everyone has an iPhone, and they wanted to make sure every fan who wanted to own and enjoy these new tracks had access to them. The Christmas With Weezer digital EP will be avail for download purchase on iTunes and Amazon.com 12/16. So enjoy!
...And speaking of video games, coming up THIS SUNDAY 12/14 at 9PM on Spike TV, its the Video Game Awards - featuring (amongst many things like Jack Black and 50 Cent) a wild WEEZER performance in the last segment of the show! Be sure to tune in, this ones going to blow the roof off!!!
***UPDATE: The show is being rebroadcast later Sunday night at 11pm and again at 1am. Additional rebroadcasts are Dec 18 at 2am and Dec 26 at 2am. Also, clips from the show will be up at spike.com soon.
...meanwhile, 'Pork And Beans' made Rolling Stone's top singles of '08 list.
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2008
Karl's Corner - 12/10/2010

Todays December Daily Weezer Webisode is now up! Weezer Webisode #30: "By Way Of Introduction". Yes, youre reading it right, the introduction comes 10 Webisodes into the series. You didnt want us to stick to the script, did you?
And coming later today: Webisode 30-A: the Introduction Xtranormal Remix!
Enjoy! and remember, we're adding a new webisode to yfrog every day from now till xmas! They are all automatically gathered on our yfrog Bloggie player page here.
...Find out how you could meet the band, win Rivers’ guitar, Pat’s drums or whatever you wish, from State Farm, here.
...One of weezer's trusted and gifted roadies, Doug Forsdick, has been nominated for "Roadie Of The Year" for his work with Weezer and Rod Stewart in the Tour Link Conference "Top Dog" award. Please vote for Doug! he frickin' rules and we love him. Please register at tourlinkconference.com to cast your vote! 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2010
Karl's Corner - 12/11/2000

..the hammer comes down... here's whats still breathing after the dust settled on todays FURIOUS rehearsal/song choosing session...
    If You Want It
    Sugar Booger
    Island In the Sun
    Crab
    Childhood Ties
    Don't Let Go
    Inside a Smile
    Hash Pipe
    O Girlfreind
    I Wish You Luck
    Gimmie Some Love
    Starlight
    Teenage Vict'ry Song
    Knock-Down Drag-Out
    Oh Lisa
    Break-Up
    Homely
    Always
...and, hanging on by a thread...
    Ayleen
    My Best Freinds
    Ska
    Cryin' And Lonely
    Castles In The Sand
    I Hear Bells
...It's also not impossible that other songs not listed could pop up in the bottom tier, and subsequently work their way into the final cut. But this would only apply to a very few songs at this point. There are a few songs that I really wanted to be on the main list that are not there (damn!) ...but I can assure you that the songs that are on the above list are AMAZING.
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2000
Karl's Corner - 12/11/2009

...The time has come for freedom! After walking with and without a cane and getting some good hematocrit blood test results on Thursday, Rivers was given the go ahead to be released from the hospital! He elected to take an additional night to rest there, while we prepared a bus for the cross country trip to L.A., to begin today, Friday. "Wait a second," you say - "a bus? Why of all things would he get on a bus now?" Well, one of the strict doctors orders is that Rivers cannot get on an airplane for a month, as the air pressure changes would be bad for his healing punctured lung. So theres only one other quick way to get him home to L.A., and thats a tour bus. I'll be riding with him, making sure hes ok, and we'll have 2 drivers trading off driving and sleeping, so we dont have to stop! Were taking a warmer southerly route to avoid bad weather, and rivers will be using a cozy lower bunk for sleeping - none of that back lounge bedroom stuff for him! It will be cool - weve got seasons 1 and 2 of "Mad Men" to watch, some books to read, a freezer full of organic entrees, and the bus is wired for internet, so work can continue uninterrupted. The only thing were missing is Burt Reynolds in a 1978 Pontiac Trans-Am to run point for us!
Today's picture shows Rivers strumming and humming in his hospital room, on a cool carbon fiber acoustic guitar lent to him by his doctor, Dr. Rosati. Deep gratitude to Dr. Rosati and the wonderful nurses and staff of Building C of the Albany Medical Center for taking such good care of Rivers and making his stay there a healing and relaxing one.
...Check out this new video from the 12/5 Chicago show, courtesy of the Chigaco Blackhawks! Keep an eye on their website, they will soon be auctioning off the Blackhawks jerseys that the band wore and autographed that night!
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...the December Raditude Tour shows (that actually happened) will indeed be added to the Official Bootleg Series. Not sure when yet, but they will be added!
...coming up this weekend! Mtv Subterranean, hosted by Weezer! Air date: Sunday Night (Monday Morning) December 13th 2:00 A.M. E.S.T.
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2009
Karl's Corner - 12/11/2010

Todays December Daily Weezer Webisode is now up! Weezer Webisode #31 "No Repast For Thy Wycked".
And coming later today: Webisode 30-A: the Introduction Xtranormal Remix!
Enjoy! and remember, we're adding a new webisode to yfrog every day from now till xmas! They are all automatically gathered on our yfrog Bloggie player page here.
...Find out how you could meet the band, win Rivers’ guitar, Pat’s drums or whatever you wish, from State Farm, here.
...One of weezer's trusted and gifted roadies, Doug Forsdick, has been nominated for "Roadie Of The Year" for his work with Weezer and Rod Stewart in the Tour Link Conference "Top Dog" award. Please vote for Doug! he frickin' rules and we love him. Please register at tourlinkconference.com to cast your vote! 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2010
Karl's Corner - 12/12/2000

...The third day of pre-production was very very long, tiring, and very productive too! A bunch of songs were given intensive treatment and work, and they mostly came out of the process sounding even cooler than before. Ric had a lot of really neat ideas to try, and both he and the band were relentless in the pursuit of nailing down definate album tracks, and refining their choices into solid, meaty arrangements....it was so cool to watch!
Image:Karlscorner-20001212-a.jpg‎|...Ric and the guys heshing out which songs to cut, and not to cut...
Image:Karlscorner-20001212-b.jpg‎|...on the stage at the rehersal place...
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2000
Karl's Corner - 12/12/2010

Today the band is in Vail, Colorado, to play the Vail Snow Daze festival. The stage is actually outdoors in the snow, facing the ski slopes, so this should be interesting.
If you are attending the show, please post up your stories and pictures here on weezer.com, or email them to me (karl (at) weezer.com), so we can post them up here. I am unable to be at this show, so we need your help to report on todays action! Thanks!
Well, details are still a bit sketchy, but this puppy has to be put to bed (the story and the karl), so heres what we got - It was cold. It was not snowing. Much. Weezer has never played Vail before, so that was a cool first. Rivers did some running around, but didnt slip on the ice. Pat spent the prior few days up on the slopes snowboarding and loving it. Jenny Eliuk from Vail sent some swell show photos (see the slideshow gallery below) and said: "My boyfriend and I just got home from Weezer's show tonight at Vail Snow Daze. We were in the front row and it was a great show! There was a 10 year old girl right beside us and it was her very first concert, she was a lucky young lady. PS The close up (of Rivers) really was that close, not a crop!"
Also contributing fine photos was our very own Sarah C. Kim. She said she unfortunately got booted out of the photo pit by some pushy security people when Rivers jumped down there, so her photos were all from the stage. No worries! they are looking good. Thanks to all, and please: Comment here if you went, or start a thread on our message boards, tell your tale!
...Todays December Daily Weezer Webisode is now up! Weezer Webisode #32 "The Rebirth Of Bokkus Pt. 1"
Enjoy! and remember, we're adding a new webisode to yfrog every day from now till xmas! They are all automatically gathered on our yfrog Bloggie player page here.
...Find out how you could meet the band, win Rivers’ guitar, Pat’s drums or whatever you wish, from State Farm, here.
...new tunes avail for d/l to fight rare cancers at Right Track. Rare Weezer recording "The Rat Race" still available there, for a minimum donation of 99 cents.
...Memories Tour article/interview in The Boston Globe.
...Two interesting articles on Weezers history and pre-history, on The Phoenix's website: Metal Years, Early Years.
...One of weezer's trusted and gifted roadies, Doug Forsdick, has been nominated for "Roadie Of The Year" for his work with Weezer and Rod Stewart in the Tour Link Conference "Top Dog" award. Please vote for Doug! he frickin' rules and we love him. Please register at tourlinkconference.com to cast your vote! 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2010
Karl's Corner - 12/13/2000

...Pre-production day 4... 
Image:Karlscorner-20001213-a.jpg|...Ric: "ok who is that pesky dude with the camera?"Mikey: "dont hurt him Ric!"...
Image:Karlscorner-20001213-b.jpg|...Mikey: "Pat, your nose is so pliable, so interesting..."
Image:Karlscorner-20001213-c.jpg|...actual serious rock and stuff (this was what was really going on)...
Image:Karlscorner-20001213-d.jpg|....hey, Pink Floyd! er, no its Pat....
...The first of the 3 Goat Punishment shows approaches! Goat Punishment, "weezer's favorite band", plays tonight, Thursday the 14th, at L.A.'s Spaceland. We have learned the exciting news that the GP has decided to cover all weezer songs this time out, and will do so for all 3 GP shows. What a treat. Come on down if you can! the latest details:
Spaceland Thursday Dec 14th: 21+, about 11 pm, about a 30 min set, also: (Nerfherder member Justin Fisher's) Psoma. note that we have been told that tickets to the this show will only be sold online at ticketweb.com, with no tickets available at the door. I'm not sure why they would do that, so I cannot 100 percent confirm this bit of info...
Troubador Friday Dec 15th: all ages, early set (2nd of 4 bands), about a 30 min set.....The Troubador show is on sale now at Ticketmaster.com. (look for the "Caustic Resin" show 12/15)
Knitting Factory (LOS ANGELES) Dec 30th: all ages, headlining show! also: Ozma opens......tickets for the Knitting Factory show go on sale sometime after the 18th, at the Knitting Factory box office, and are only available in person.
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2000
Karl's Corner - 12/13/2005

...MB '05 Tour: Day 135: Japan Mos Burger #1: Fly to Osaka
Yesterday and today there was a lot of flying going on, in order to get all the band members and weezer crew over to Japan for the December Mos Burger tour. Now, Rivers is already in Japan, having gone there directly after his vacation time ended. Yesterday Brian and Scott flew over, and today the crew and Pat were scheduled to fly. However, it turns out that Pat came down with the flu a few days ago, and is instead flying over a day late - arriving in Osaka just in time (hopefully) for the first show. Everyone wish Pat well! It is no fun at all to fly 12 hours right after getting over the flu!
Todays flights took most of the rest of us from our various locales to San Francisco, where we combined forces on the 11.5 hour flight over to Osaka. Due to the crossing of the international date line, we dont actually arrive in Japan untill "tomorrow", Wednesday.
Aside from Pat's flu situation, all are well and are excited to rock it out once more in '05. The crew has gelled into a killer machine consisting of Craig, Bobby, Kurt, Aron, Leif, and Kevin, with Arthur and Stuart keeping the ship on course and Sarah and I keeping track and taking names.
And the flight to Osaka continues tomorrow...
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Category:Karl's Corner - December 2005
2005/12/13
Karl's Corner - 12/13/2007

*update 12/14* Hey, theres a Scott Shriner fan interview being organized, over on weerez.com. Check it out! Details here.
...Folks, heres a "Stuff I Liked in 2007" list by Rivers, on the Harvard Crimson's website.
...Speaking of Rivers, you probably know that his "Alone" album is in stores next Tuesday 12/18. Due to Amazon.coms preview clip system, you can see the tracklist, and hear the clips of course, on their "Alone" page. 
And vinyl lovers, do not fret - this album will be available on a slab o' wax. Not sure when its coming out exactly though. And theres more cool 'Alone' info to come. You know what Myspace page to keep an eye on!
People not in North America, Ive been scanning for info as to when/if "Alone" will be dropping locally for you. Ive seen info that indicated its coming out in January in the UK, but thats not confirmed yet. And I havent gotten word yet about other areas.
And heres an interesting interview with Rivers about 'Alone' on the Entertainment Tonight Canada page. 
...Also note there is a (real) Rivers Facebook page now, as well as a Weezer Facebook page. If you Facebook, do the thang.
...Rolling Stone readers pick the 50 best songs over 7 minutes long, and "Only In Dreams" made the alphabetical list (see page 9).
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2007
Karl's Corner - 12/13/2010

...Todays December Daily Weezer Webisode is now up! Weezer Webisode #33 "What Happens In Vegas... (What Happens In Vega...
Enjoy! and remember, we're adding a new webisode to yfrog every day from now till xmas! They are all automatically gathered on our yfrog Bloggie player page here.
...Find out how you could meet the band, win Rivers’ guitar, Pat’s drums or whatever you wish, from State Farm, here.
...new tunes avail for d/l to fight rare cancers at Right Track. Rare Weezer recording "The Rat Race" still available there, for a minimum donation of 99 cents.
...Memories Tour article/interview in The Boston Globe.
...Two interesting articles on Weezers history and pre-history, on The Phoenix's website: Metal Years, Early Years.
...One of weezer's trusted and gifted roadies, Doug Forsdick, has been nominated for "Roadie Of The Year" for his work with Weezer and Rod Stewart in the Tour Link Conference "Top Dog" award. Please vote for Doug! he frickin' rules and we love him. Please register at tourlinkconference.com to cast your vote! 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2010
Karl's Corner - 12/14/2000

...an exhausting day...it started with Pre-production day 5...
...and continued with a Goat Punishment show!! Thank you to everyone who came out, and thanks to all who bought a limited edition GP shirt! The band was super stoked. Tomorrow, after weezer's Pre-production day 6, GP hits the Troubadour! Then, this weekend, Weezer takes the stage in the 2 nights of the KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas shows!
...set list: My Name Is Jonas, El Scorcho, Christmas Celebration, Say It Ain't So.....
......The Christmas Song, Undone, Buddy Holly, Surf Wax, (encore:) Tired of Sex.
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2000
Karl's Corner - 12/14/2003

..weezer 5th album producer Rick Rubin granted Rollingstone.com a rare interview recently. Note that the weezer references mentioned in the interview are unconfirmed at this time.
...spotted hanging at the rock-n-roll hall of fame, its weezer's original "super =w=", built for the summer 1995 tour and in service thru 2001, when it was replaced by a new high tech version.
...in case anyone was looking for quality mp3s of weezer's 2 holiday songs 'The Christmas Song' and 'Christmas Celebration', 320kpbs files are available now on the audio - video page.
...one of the rarest examples of early weezer history was recently up for auction on ebay, but failed to meet reserve. Although there was no photo of the tape, the description was accurate enough to i.d. the cassette as an original 'yellow 3rd pressing' of the bands 11/92 demo tape, described and pictured in the 'tunes' page and the recording history pages. This may be the first sighting of a legit copy 'on the market'.
...these guys think the blue album is the 26th best album of the 90's, and that Pinkerton is at #53.
...strange mention #1: "Oh I see. I guess it wouldn't be so bad to take the bus. Because Weezer didn't play in Greenville last time out." -page 272, Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
...strange mention #2: "Workers are supposed to bring you great ideas and make you filthy rich. Instead they're sitting out there in cubicles try to figure out how to download the latest Weezer album." -page 199, Michael Moore's Dude, Where's My Country?
...strange mention #3....
...strange huh number what??
...and finally, whaaa? Scroll down to "California Election Theme" for links to a very odd 'Buddy Holly' parody audio clip... 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2003
Karl's Corner - 12/14/2005

...MB '05 Tour: Day 136: Japan Mos Burger #2: arrive in Osaka
Today the bulk of the weez party arrived in Japan's second biggest city, the gargantuan Osaka, joining the 3 band members who have already assembled and gotten some of the jet lag out of the way, taking care of business such as locating bowling alleys and (of course) Starbucks and Mos Burger locations. The city is freezing cold right now but very cool looking with all kinds of holiday lights and decorations on display. Christmas is celebrated in Japan, but in a different way. It was described to us as sort of another Valentines day, where couples exchange gifts and have getaway vacations. And while youll see a lot of decorated trees and lights, theres no sign of Santa at all, nor anything specifically religious on display. Interesting.
Tomorrow is the first show of the tour, at Club Zepp. Everyone is keeping their fingers crossed that (flu recovering) Pat's flight wont be delayed, as it will be a mighty close call to get him to the show on time...
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Category:Karl's Corner - December 2005
Karl's Corner - 12/14/2010

...Todays December Daily Weezer Webisode is now up! Weezer Webisode #34 "The Rebirth Of Bokkus Pt 2"
Enjoy! and remember, we're adding a new webisode to yfrog every day from now till xmas! They are all automatically gathered on our yfrog Bloggie player page here.
...Memories Tour Back On! Here we are in Boston, and the venerable (i.e. old and cool) Orpheum Theater...
Comment here if you went, or start a thread on our message boards, tell your tale!
To see these pix individually and larger, click here.
Also, remember to checkweezer's Twitter/Yfrog photo/video page for photos taken on the fly as things happen!
Awesome 12/14 photo by Gerry Hardy
...Find out how you could meet the band, win Rivers’ guitar, Pat’s drums or whatever you wish, from State Farm, here.
...new tunes avail for d/l to fight rare cancers at Right Track. Rare Weezer recording "The Rat Race" still available there, for a minimum donation of 99 cents.
...Memories Tour article/interview in The Boston Globe.
...Two interesting articles on Weezers history and pre-history, on The Phoenix's website: Metal Years, Early Years.
...One of weezer's trusted and gifted roadies, Doug Forsdick, has been nominated for "Roadie Of The Year" for his work with Weezer and Rod Stewart in the Tour Link Conference "Top Dog" award. Please vote for Doug! he frickin' rules and we love him. Please register at tourlinkconference.com to cast your vote! 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2010
Karl's Corner - 12/15/2000

...Goat Punishment at the Troubador...
 
...Jonas, Garage, Xmas Celebration, Say it aint So, Xmas Song, Undone, Buddy H., Surf Wax...
...The Get Up Kids are now definitely confirmed as the second opening act on the Feb/Mar tour! Also, the first opening slot is now 99 percent sure, announcement soon...
...Pre-production day 6 was really cool, the run through of the songs sounded stellar, so much progress has been made this week! Now Ric is going home for the holidays, (album recording starts on the 27th) but first he came down to the Troubador to catch Goat Punishment!
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2000