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Karl's Corner - 12/23/2005

..MB '05 Tour: Day 145: Mos Burger Tour day 11: end of tour - fly home
And that's that, folks - the 2005 Make Believe Tour is over! Mixed emotions all around. An awesome sense of triumph and success mixed with the sad goodbyes and the mystery of what the future holds. As Rivers returns to school in the spring and everyone takes care of personal business (some pretty majorly cool stuff!) for a while, yet continues to work towards a musical future nonetheless, only time will tell when the weezer machine will get back into full gear.
Its not going to be entirely quiet around the weezer hood, not by a long shot. Everyone is planning on writing music, and indeed a good deal of songs have been already created while the band was still on tour this fall. Pat's even building a new home studio to better work on music. Also Brian and Pat are going to be recording a cover version of The Velvet Underground's "Heroin" and will actually be appearing in the in-production film "Factory Girl" about the 60's Andy Warhol scene, performing the song. And around these weezer.com parts, updates, overhauls, fresh stuff and a few suprises are on the horizon. (Its no secret that the site has some neglected corners that need a serious dusting off - this type of work and more is in the works). Im also happy to say that it looks like Santa will indeed be bringing you a present or 2 this year - but its not clear when exactly this will arrive in your, uh, digital chimneys - asap, of course, but its doubtful youll see anything on the morn of 12/25. Hopefully it wont be more than a few days late. Just so's ya know!
Also, this live DVD is in the works. weve got the footage, now its a matter of putting it together. I dont have any info as to a projected release time yet, but it will happen in '06 for sure.
CONGRATULATIONS to the band for a fantastic and successful 2005! And HUGE thank you's to all the crew, staff, local personel, and YOU, the fans, who helped make everything happen, from the tour dates to the travel to the interviews to the TV stuff, and everything inbetween.
Japan Tour thank yous to the AWESOME, undefeated heavyweight champ weezer crew and staff: Bobby, Kurt, Craig, Arthur, Leif, Kevin, Aron, Stuart, and Sarah C. ...Seriously, find me a better crew. Couldn't do it, could ya?
Japanese crew and staff:
From Creativeman: Naoki Shimizu, Julie, Layli, 'Ao', Toshie, and "K2".
Japanese crew: "Nishi", Miwako, Kenji and Hiroaki.
And finally, NOBBY from Universal Music!
Large size picture link: .
...Theres an article on cnn.com about Rivers here.
...Check out the Myspace Records Vol 1 special on Fuse! This is a multi artist special (including weezer of course), remaining broadcasts:
Friday December 23rd @ 2:30pm EST
Saturday December 24th @ 1pm EST
Sunday December 25th @ 9:30pm EST
Monday December 26th @ 2pm EST
Saturday December 31st @ 2pm EST 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2005
Karl's Corner - 12/23/2010

...Todays December Daily Weezer Webisode is now up! Weezer Webisode #43 "Hang On To 'Hang On'". 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.
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2010
Karl's Corner - 12/24/2001

...not a creature was stirring...except for me. Over in the Audio Video page you'll find a little present under the tree, a new video clip! Nothing too fancy this time, but when you see what's going on in this clip, youll understand why no wacky editing was needed! Enjoy, and Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Chaunukah, Happy Kwanzaa, and peace and good will toward everyone. Wish our servicemen over in dangerous places well, and remember those who were taken away on 9-11. Peace out!
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2001
Karl's Corner - 12/24/2009

Twas The Night Before Weez-mas and all thru the site
not a click thru was clicking, not a background was white.
The Twitter was Tweeted, the Facebook Wall texted,
In hopes that our followers soon would be...
The....uh...
....ok... thats just not gonna fly! Ha ha! Well, people of all persuasions, musical, spiritual, and otherwise, we here in Weezerville are wishing you a happiest of holidays, a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanzaa, Joyeaux Noel, Good Tidings, and a happy new year, regardless of calendar. Music is what brought us together, and thats what we celebrate together. In the new year there will be more of it for all, as we continue releasing Weezer music - new and old - and posting up news, pix, webisodes, info, and suprises. We are all thankful that Rivers and Sarahs injuries continue to heal, and we look forward to the next chapter in the weezer saga. See you there!
...heres something for some Xmas morning fun - Chris Hardwick is a really funny comedian, and he has posted a super funny "glam metal Xmas carol" up. Enjoy! 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2009
Karl's Corner - 12/24/2010

...Todays December Daily Weezer Webisode is now up! Weezer Webisode #44 "Unlike A G6". 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.
...here's a Memories review from NYC.
...Rivers self shot video: plays piano and sings The Beach Boy's classic "God Only Knows".
...here's an interview with Brian about his guitars and playing guitar.
...Here's Weezer singing "Happy Birthday" for The American Cancer Society.
...Has anyone stayed in the "Weezer Pink Triangle Suite" in Singapore's Wanderlust Hotel? 
...O's B+W footage from SF of Butterfly.
...Weezer's Mirage gig makes a top 10 list.
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2010
Karl's Corner - 12/25/2003

Merry Christmas, Happy Chaunukah, Happy Kwanzaa, etc to all! Some new a-v fun is now available on the audio - video page, so enjoy, and enjoy your holidays! (With a little luck, more a-v treats will be coming your way in the coming months, to end the long "drought" that hit the a-v page this year.) Take care and have a great holiday season!
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2003
Karl's Corner - 12/25/2004

Merry Christmas, Happy Chaunukah, Happy Kwanzaa, etc to all! (And a Festivus for the rest of us!) Some new a-v fun is now available on the audio - video page, so enjoy, and enjoy your holidays! Take care and have a great holiday season!
...also, here's a French site with a clip that hasn't been well circulated, they have the weezer 'performance' of "Island In The Sun" from their 2002 appearence on the French 'Top Of The Pops' type show, 'Hit Machine'. (Click on the video page link once you are there to find the link to the download).
...and here's a holiday themed weezer fan page with x-mas style parody/covers of weez songs for download: Christmas In The Key Of Weezer.
...some weezer fans have gotten into the spirit over at "Make A Flake". See this one from Jan M., and below, Pete C.'s (from Weezer Island) 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2004
Karl's Corner - 12/25/2005

..Everyone in weezer and all their support crew and staff wish you happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, and the very best holiday season. May it be filled with goodwill, peace, and good rock for all.
Everyone wish good thoughts for all people and things this season...including those still trying to get on their feet after the major disasters of '05... Also including my still missing luggage, which sadly contains all the gifts I found in Japan for my friends and fam! D'oh! Keeping the fingers crossed that the luggage karma gremlins go my way... But no matter how it plays out...it's a lesson that always bears repeating - stuff is just stuff, even really expensive or uber cool stuff. Yes, even irreplacable stuff - whether it be lost by overstressed airlines during the holidays, or by natural disaster. But good health and good times with friends and family is REALLY where its at, and is better than any gift - or any supercool item scored in Shibuya that you may never see again. It's important to keep that in mind as we gather for holiday times. Best wishes to everyone!
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2005
Karl's Corner - 12/25/2007

Happy Holidays to all, whether youre a Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan or any other type o' person. Here's Brian with a message to all the faithful weezer fans...
"Greetings fellow Weezer-ites. We'd like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years. And it's going to be a very happy one because album six is finished and personally I think it's our best yet.
Never have the four of us worked so hard and passionately on an album and we all look forward to performing this culmination of our talents and combined knowledge in 2008 in a city near you!
Love always,
yours truly,
sincerely,
Brian"
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2007
Karl's Corner - 12/25/2010

...Todays (final) December Daily Weezer Webisode is now up! Weezer Webisode #45 "Weezer Fans Are The Best Fans". We hope you have enjoyed this unprecidented run of 25 daily weezer webisodes! Look for more webisodes in the new year. For now, let's have some peace on Earth and goodwill to our fellow humans, not to mention some kindness to animals! Thank you everyone for a great 2010 - for helping make it another one for the weezer record books. It's your devotion and enthusiasm that has made weezer the long lasting rock machine it is today! Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyeux Noel, Splendiferous Kwanzaa, and of course Happy Rotten Festivus! 
...VOTE WEEZ! DEFEAT CHEESE! We're in Google's fun new demo slam competition, here. Vote for weezer if you think we beat that caroling kid to our left!
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2010
Karl's Corner - 12/25/2011

2011/12/25 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Webisode 52: Longtime Sunshine
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Weezer! Here's "Longtime Sunshine" from Stubbs BBQ in Austin TX 6/10/11!
...also Happy Birthday to Josh Freese!
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2011
Karl's Corner - 12/25/2012

2012/12/25 Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from Weezer!
...Hi folks- Hope you are having a great holiday season - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Chanukkah, Happy Kwaanza, or happy whatever works for ya.
Time sure does fly by when you are having fun. 2012 found us skipping to and fro, playing shows on cruise ships, in theaters, at festivals, state fairs, casinos and more. 2013 looks to be another fun year, as we do the Australasia Tour 2013 in Indonesia, New Zealand, and Australia in January, and we return to Japan in March. Beyond that is "TBA" for now but stay tuned for more info as we get into the new year. Rock is on the weezer docket, as always.
Fans have been asking me a lot about what to expect in terms of new releases and such in the new year, but right now I dont have a lot of hard data. While its impossible to say when the next weezer album will come out, rest assured the band is excited and united in their desire to make it great. Meanwhile the continuation of the DVD series is waiting in the wings for now, but will be back in production once some bigger schedule questions have been addressed. There will be plenty more live dvd's (like the Seattle one that was released a while back), as well as at least one massive collection of material so far uncollected on DVD - picking up where "Video Capture Device" left off, as well as delving back into the past for more lost treasures - live, studio, behind the scenes, etc. There are literally hundreds of hours of never released video footage that are being reviewed for possible use. While there is no date attached to the dvds at this point, they are coming - I just dont know when. In addition, there is a new book project in the works, just getting underway - details to come later.
Well, we hope your holidays are fun and peaceful, and a special holiday wish for peace and safety to those affected by the recent tragedies in NYC area and Newtown CT. Why does it seem like the only 'silent night' we got anymore is Christmas Eve? Here's to a safer, happier 2013...
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2012
Karl's Corner - 12/26/2000

...Happy Holidays, everyone! Well, today was a final day of rehearsal, before the album gets underway tomorrow. After a short holiday break, Ric flew back to L.A. and was very excited with how things were going. The few extra days of rehearsal that the guys took during "vacation week" were "very valuable" according to Rivers, and Ric is pleased with how tight the songs have gotten. I personally just flew in tonight, so there will be no new pics until tomorrow night, after "Third Album Recording Day 1" is completed!
...Thanks to YOUR requests and support, weezer's "The Christmas Song" is getting nice airplay all across the country! So much so, in fact that it debuted at #4 on R&R Magazine's "top 20 artists" chart, above such heavyweights as U2, Rage Against the Machine, and Everlast! This indicates that a lot of stations are playing the song, and thats due in part to you guys! Also, according to the mew CMJ, the Christmas CD was the number 6 most added CD last week for college and non-commercial radio stations. It was added on 22 stations. It beat artists such as Rage Against the Machine (#8), Neil Young (#13) and Southern Culture on the Skids (#16)... I have updated the "fans' news" pages to reflect all the activity of the last few weeks, including a BIG bunch of brand new reports. Keep them coming folks!
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2000
Karl's Corner - 12/26/2001

...the Day After Christmas. A day to chill. I think the guys will get back in the studio tomorrow (Thurs 27), but it might be Friday instead. I talked with Pat today, he reports that all is well and everyone had a good Xmas out in L.A. He recieved a copy of Windows XP Professional. And to Pat, a new operating system to play with is better than any PS2 game! 
...More weez-y holiday pix: Shana's Ginger-Weez house; Peter -n- Salle Gilbert's light-up sign...
...Karl's cousins give him a warm holiday greeting...
...ss2k bonus track: in the pipeline... its all in the hands of the Robot now...
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2001
Karl's Corner - 12/26/2013

2013/12/26 Show: Aspen, CO: Belly Up Aspen
Today the Weezer Squadron reassembles like Voltron up in the mountains of Colorado, for the first of 2 shows at the Belly Up Aspen club in Aspen. Pat Wilson and Scott Shriner arrived a bit early to enjoy Christmas on the slopes, the rest of the team is getting into position now. These are the last 2 shows of the year and the first time the band has played the day after Christmas.
The guys have played the high peaks of Coloroado once before at the Vail Snow Daze 2010 festival. That show was outdoors and required winter gear on stage. These new shows are thankfully at the decidedly indoor Belly Up Aspen, and are being opened by Black Pistol Fire, a 2 piece rock band who are roughly in the vein of the Black Keys, except theyre Canadian and moved to Austin TX. Should be fun!
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2013
Karl's Corner - 12/27/2000

THIRD ALBUM UNDERWAY...
...in a room where a ton of great records were made, weezer finally got started today on their third album. After much tinkering, a nice drum sound was achieved, and the guys dove into multiple takes each of "Knock-down Drag-out", and "Don't Let Go". The idea is to get near perfect recordings of the drum and bass parts, so that the songs can then be re-layered with additional various guitar, vocal (and whatever else) tracks over time. The band played the songs as a full band, with the amplifiers set up in separate side chambers, so that their loud sounds wouldnt "bleed" into other microphones. All in all an excellent start!
 
...first the gear was set up and microphones were placed where needed...
 
...Mikey was happy to be swimming in basses...
 
...listening back to some experimental recordings, checking how it sounded...
 
...recording in action...the main tracking room, all laid out...
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2000
Karl's Corner - 12/27/2001

...howdy. In case you havent been keeping an eye on the often updated =rwa= news (link above to the right), we've got a new contest brewing over in the "weezer fans" section. The prizes are real doozys this time out, that took the whole Extended Midget Tour to gather up, so have a look-see.
...and: theres a spankin new 'extra' mp3 over in the "Audio Video" section, we just popped it up. Not actually a weezer song, but, er...well, you'll see...
...the guys return to the studio tomorrow (Friday 28th), so expect some fresh recording news soon!
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2001
Karl's Corner - 12/27/2013

2013/12/27 Show: Aspen, CO: Belly Up Aspen #2
Courtesy Scott, heres the scene on stage after soundcheck today...
Day two in Aspen! Brian rode the gondola to the top of the mountain and proclaimed the view "scary". Pat shrapled on his snowboard. Later Pat had pizza with Karl. Rivers drank tea and rested his voice. Scott marched through the snow to a metallic beat as his son leaned to snowboard. All in all a good day in Aspen, leading to soundcheck and soon the show itself. Last night was a lot of fun as the guys took the small cozy stage in the small cozy Belly Up club, and rocked it hard, while some high tech lighting and smoke kept things looking crazy. Should be another similar experience shortly tonight!
Black Pistol Fire opens again tonight, they rocked hard last night! Good band, dont miss them!
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2013
Karl's Corner - 12/28/2000

...Recording Day 2... Today, more takes were recorded of "Knock-down Drag-out" and "Don't Let Go", as well as brand new attempts at "Cryin' And Lonely", "Break Up", "Gimmie Some Love" and "Homely". 
 
 
 
...ummmmm...heh heh...
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2000
Karl's Corner - 12/29/2000

...Recording Day 3...todays sessions turned out to be super productive, as the basic tracks to EIGHT songs were laid down: "Island In The Sun", "Starlight", "Hash Pipe", "O Lisa", "O Girlfreind", "My Best Friends", "Crab", and "If You Want It".
 
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2000
Karl's Corner - 12/29/2002

...earlier today, waaay over in Jakarta, Indonesia, a very special concert was held. Heres the scoop from Yoga (aka "Weezslave" on the bboards)
::: "...i just got back from the Indonesian Weezer Tribute Party! the party's official name was "In the Garage Music Party, a Tribute to Weezer". It was held on December 29, starting at noon. 20 auditioned bands, plus several featured bands performed at the Nirvana Cafe & Club, Jakarta. turns out more than 500 people showed up at the club, making it really packed and crowded! the bands who performed ranged from your friendly alternative rock band to those hardcore punks, each
::: performing their own rendition of Weezer tunes, some were altered to the bands' own interpretation, and some were note-perfect cover of the album versions. i didn't stay until the end of the show so i didn't catch all of the featured bands. anyway it's really great meeting hundreds of Weezer fans here in Jakarta, singing along to the songs, having a great time and, all! --Yoga
...Yoga's photos...bands rocking out, the crowd, the organizer team's t-shirt, and Hasief, Anita,and Yoga aka. Weezslave...
updated 1/6: additional reporting from Hasief:
::: "...the audience head count was somewhere closer to 700. Many of the bands opted for album tracks and b-sides instead of singles, with 'Jamie' and 'Susanne' being two rather popular choices. Generally, the songs played were mostly from The Blue Album and Pinkerton, but there were also a bunch of more recent songs, such as 'Hash Pipe', 'Island In The Sun', 'O Girlfriend', 'Teenage Victory Song', 'Dope Nose', 'Take Control' and 'Burndt Jamb'. No one had the audacity to play any of the scrapped fifth album demos, though...I was so looking forward to someone busting out 'Private Message' or 'Queen Of Earth'...
::: ...The auditioned bands got to play three songs each, most of them playing all-Weezer sets, though quite a few would throw in the odd Radiohead tune or one of their own compositions (usually followed by a collective groan and heckling as soon as a band said they'd be playing one of their own songs). And there were a few bands that seemed to go to the trouble of learning a Weezer song just so they could get a chance strut their (non-Weezer) stuff. Nothing wrong with that, but hey, I thought this was a tribute to Weezer...but anyway, it was good to finally see someone play Weezer songs. Haven't seen anyone do that since Ash played 'Only In Dreams' at their gig...
::: ...Tickets cost just 15,000 rupiahs (just under two bucks). A ticket to a gig by a reasonably big foreign act (like, say, Weezer...hint, hint...) should cost around ten times that amount (the upcoming Suede gig is going for 185,000), but I'm sure many of the people who came the other day would start saving up if they knew Weezer were coming to town." ---Hasief
...check out this bboard thread for a cool new "by fans, for fans" contest... 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2002
Karl's Corner - 12/29/2004

By now you've almost certainly heard about the astonishing and terrible news in Southeast Asia, where the world's biggest earthquake in 40 years set off a massive series of tsunami waves in the Indian Ocean which have caused at least 100,000 deaths in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, and several other Asian and African countries. This is a global level catastophe, the kind that occurs less than once a generation and are therefore never expected, and are insufficiently planned for. The only response now that the damage is done is to offer condolences, sympathy, and if one can afford it, help. The stories are now coming in about relief efforts and monetary aid being put into motion, but the road ahead is going to be terribly hard for everyone involved.
Here's a list of aid groups who are accepting donations for victims of the catastrophe. In particular, this organization is getting a lot of recommendations for its efficient use of donations. For the super quick way to help (with just a $5 minimum donation for those on a budget) check out the Amazon.com online donation page - 1.6 million dollars raised in just 3 days! The power of the internet! Much much more info at The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog.
The extended weezer family extends its deepest sympathies to all those affected by this horrifying event.
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2004
Karl's Corner - 12/30/2000

...Recording Day 4...Despite a very short 3 hour recording session time today (shortened in order to pack up and go do the GP show today and the the Weezer show tomorrow), the fantastic productivity continued. Today, new attempts were made of "Island In The Sun", "Hash Pipe", and "Crab", and all-new recordings were started of "Inside A Smile", "Teenage Victory Song", and "Sugar Booger". Later, Goat Punishment played a rock show at Hollywood's Knitting Factory, with Ozma opening the show....
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - December 2000