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Karl's Corner - 03/06/2001

Outloud Tour Day 15: RACC Hall, SUNY at Albany, NY
...the show must go on! I awoke on the bus, sincerely wondering if we had made it to Albany or not. After a brief walk about in the blustery snow, I spied the backstage door and heard loud noises from within, and I knew we had made it despite the omens of the blizzard. Apparently some folks from out of state were unable to make the show due to their local road conditions being impassable. What an awful predicament. However, the show had to go on, as nearly every ticket holder showed up by hook or crook and packed the RACC hall in search of the good rock.
...I'm not sure if these guys were related to the "HWA" of Philly, but from 9AM onward some enterprising fellows had a barbecue going in the snowy parking lot, next to a giant "=w=" they had constructed! Also, they baked a special cake...
...tonight's special mishap was a lighting unit catching on fire on stage, near Mikey's bass rig. Aside from a small distraction, the music was unaffected, and quick Atom doused the flames in a jiffy.
...Tonight's video clip: Either go to the "wfo" page or just click here to check it out!
 
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/06/2002

...Album 5 sessions continue: 3 more songs were tackled today, 2 very new ones (one of which was learned, practiced, and sucessfully put on tape all in about an hour), and another somewhat older one too. The guys are playing together really tight and exploring all kinds of creative ideas. There is a lot of freedom in the playing, as the songs are in some ways still coming together. But at the same time, they are learning them so quickly that they concentrate on approaches, feels and other such creative variables, as opposed to getting bogged down in deciding on structures and such. Its pretty cool to watch it go down.
...also today, a reporter and a photographer from Rockpile Mag came by to catch the scoop. 
...special note: despite what you may be hearing and reading in other press reports, "Maladroit" has NOT been scheduled for an April 30th release. In fact, the band hasnt actually turned the album over to Geffen yet, though the recordings are finished.
...special note 2: despite what you may have read, Weezer's "Maladroit" is not the French pronunciation.
...still more Maladroit action! The straight from the band excitement continues!
*Here's todays Billboard.com article about the radio play and such thats been going on these last few weeks. As you can see on their site, "Dope Nose" got so much airplay already that its debuted at #25 on the Modern Rock Airplay chart! Thanks for your support so far!!!
*KROQ Los Angeles: "Dope Nose" is #5 most requested, #8 most played! Still on the Furious Five at Nine. DJ sez: "I guess there's no stopping weezermania",
*Burlington, Vermont: The "local rock station" played 8 tracks off "Maladroit"
*CD101, Columbus Ohio: playing "Dope Nose"
*Y100 Philadelphia: "Dope Nose" was number 3 on the Top 7 at 8. DJ sez: "We don't care if we got the letter or not. We're gonna play it any way. It's music!"
*90.5 WBER - Rochester: played the entire 8 song promo CD
*knrk 94.7 Portland OR: Put "Dope Nose" into their 'cockfight'.
*105.7 The Point (St Louis) playing "Dope Nose"; yesterday 'Maladroit' was The Point's Disk Drive Disk of the Day.
*Krock NY 92.3; Dope Nose added to the playlist as #36 out of 43.
*102.1 the Edge, Toronto "...is getting tons sof request to play Dope Nose".Also playing Keep Fishin'.
*102.1 the edge Dallas, TX. Playing "Dope Nose", along with a wide healthy mix of older weezer songs in rotation.
*North Dakota State University's web radio station ( webcast here), playing Dope Nose
*94.7 FM New Jersey: played "dope nose" and "blast off" as the weezer songs of the day on "the new gods of rock hour"
...and on the other hand...
*Triple J Australia: DJ wrote to a Maladroit requesting fan: "...at this stage I think our policy is not to try and play stuff which isn't about to be released ...but yeah, I really do like the band a lot...."
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/06/2009

Scott Shriner and his wife Jillian are proud to announce the arrival of their son Tariku! Look out world! The Weezer family is growing!
Jillian writes: "We returned on January 23 from our trip to Ethiopia to pick up our son. Tariku is a curious and adorable little guy who does wild dances when Scott plays the guitar and who likes to bang on everything he sees - hence the name Tariku Moon (after Keith Moon)." And happy birthday to Tariku, who was in fact born 1 year ago today exactly!
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Category:Karl's Corner - March 2009
Karl's Corner - 03/07/2001

Outloud Tour Day 16: Day Off, Detroit, MI
...after an all night 700 mile drive, we awoke to find ourselves in the Detroit suburb of Birmingham, Michigan, due to all hotel rooms in Detroit being booked for the big Auto Show. Birmingham struck me as a kind of ritzy college town...lots of shops full of pricey clothes. Me and Pat did find a Borders however, and an organic market, not to mention some killer brick oven pizza.
Rivers booked time at a local studio to continue work on his new demos. These are all new songs that I've never heard before, and do not have anything to do with the coming 3rd album. Also today I did some heavy Photoshop work on some 3rd album artwork layout ideas, helping to hone in on the look they're shooting for....sorry, no preview!
 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/07/2011

...here's some more additions to our 2011 concert calendar - Weezer is confirmed for the following dates!
Philadelphia, PA - May 20th - Penn's landing - Amex presale 3/9-3/10 - Public on sale Friday March 11
Tickets/info
Austin, TX - June 6th - Stubb's Waller Creek Outdoor Amphitheater - On sale Friday March 11
 
Tickets / Info
Austin, TX - June 7th - Stubb's Waller Creek Outdoor Amphitheater - On sale Friday March 11
Tickets / Info 
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - July 3rd - Bell Centre - On sale Friday March 11
Tickets/info
...and here's a well written review of the Chicago Memories shows, by our own Gohi! 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2011
Karl's Corner - 03/08/2001

Outloud Tour Day 17: State Theater, Detroit, MI
...Detroit Rock City. This city just has music in its blood, from Motown to Iggy and the Stooges, and the kids just love to rock out. The State theater is a really cool old hall, originally designed for opera and musicals, but quite perfectly suited for a night with the weez. No big suprises tonight, everyone on the band was in agreement that aside from a few minor mistakes, they delivered a solid rocking show that sent the crowd into a frenzy! At one point, the middle balcony was bouncing up and down a considerable amount from all the dancing fans, and we seriously wondered about the venerable theater's safety rating...fortunately things seemed to be under control tonight. (note to the State Theater...)
...Tonight's video clip: Either go to the "wfo" page or just click here to check it out!
 
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/08/2002

...today Rivers, Brian, and Scott worked on recording the vocals for the many songs that the band laid down this week. That ends the Album 5 recording work untill after the European Tour, which starts tomorrow when we fly away to Portugal! This trip to Europe is long overdue and includes shows in Portugal (a whole new country for Weezer), Spain, and the U.K., and needless to say the band is super excited! This marks Scott's first overseas work in weezer, and marks weezers 5th time in Europe overall. Obviously there are several areas that have been left out of this fairly short tour, including places that were on the docket last October before the unfortunate cancellations. I honestly do not have any info as to when weezer may be getting to the other parts o' Europe again, but I do know that the wheels are always turning, and all kinds of plans are always being discussed. Thanks for your patience!
..the Maladroit radio Action continues hard and strong, but will be updated in the next update... because i gotta pack!! The next report will be from Portugal! 
...goodbye, L.A.....hello, Europe!... 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/08/2011

...another exciting addition to the growing 2011 weezer calendar - as just announced on the official Oxegen site, weezer will be playing the Oxegen Festival this summer at the Punchestown Racecourse in Ireland! Tickets are on sale now via the Oxegen site.
...late breaking confirmation of another weezer show: Weezer is playing The Red Rock Casino's Sandbar in Las Vegas on August 5th! Tickets go on sale 3/12. More info on the Mix 94.1FM site.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2011
Karl's Corner - 03/09/2001

Outloud Tour Day 18: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
...The Aragon dates back to the days of Vaudville, and is quite probably the prettiest old ballroom left in the country. While designed for couples to dance to Benny Goodman's big band, it seems to work quite well as a rock emporium, with the people dancing a bit differently than in the old days...
...the sheer size of the place is rather breathtaking, and when we got 4500 weezer fans in there, the energy was dynamite! A killer night for all 3 bands, in my opinion. Mikey got swept up in the euphoria and sacrificed a nice fan's Elvis cardboard stand-up to the crowd! Well, I suppose Elvis lives on in our hearts...
...weezer.net founders and O.G. webmasters Anuj and Dan were on hand as well, and afterwards we convened at a local establishment for food, frolic and far too little talk of what we need to work on at RWA! ...(but thats what e-mail is for...)
...Tonight's video clip: Either go to the "wfo" page or just click here to check it out!
 
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/09/2005

...more euro tour dates confirmed:
06/08/05 - Paris, France - The Olympia
We are expecting more Euro and a set of US dates soon. Meanwhile, The new album "Make Believe" is still in the mixing process. The "Beverly Hills" video is very close to being done, if not already done. We are deep into work on the website, you should see some changes starting around the time of the release of 'Beverly Hills', which is coming up in the next 2 weeks. Remember to save any of your favorite info and threads that are currently on the message boards - they will be "lost in translation"!
...more fan photos taken at the 'Beverly Hills' video shoot [here]. (this link is no longer available)
...on March 22 at 10PM - midnight, on Ithaca, NY's WICB 92 FM: all weezer for 2 solid hours! 
...more tribute band action:
Tweezer! - at The Big Hunt, Washington, DC - Thursday, March 10th, 8pm - Free, no cover. 
[Say it Ain't So: Another Weezer Tribute] - at The Fine Line in Minneapolis - April 25th. (this link is no longer available)
...grassroots rumblings already stirring for "Make Believe" album release parties. See [here] and [here] for planning info for an Indiana release party. (these links are no longer available)
...and don't forget to support Y-100! (Updated link)
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2005
Karl's Corner - 03/09/2006

...New interview alerts:
Rivers has done an interview with Spin magazine, it will be appearing in the May issue.
Rivers also recently did an interview for CBC (Canada's public radio), for a show called “Definitely Not the Opera”, hosted by Sook-Yin Lee (ex of MuchMusic fame, doer of many things and a figure in a certain indie comic book some years back). The show will be broadcast across Canada on Saturday March 18 between 1:00 P and 4:30 P (same time in every time zone). A live stream will also be available on www.cbc.ca, and the show will also be broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio 137 at 11:05 AM (starts before the Canadian broadcast), as well as Public Radio International, but we don't know what time on PRI yet.
Rivers is also doing an interview for the Boston Globe soon, as well as an interview for Buddhist Magazine. We don't know yet when these will be published.
And yet another Rivers interview is set to appear in the upcoming Spring issue of Integral Yoga Magazine.
...coming soon to the online store: 'Weeze/r' t-shirts as seen in the "Perfect Situation" video!
...theres a Ringside show coming up on 3/17 at The Troubador in L.A., and our very own Brian Bell is sitting in on guitar duties. Brian has stayed in touch with the Ringside men Steve and Bathazar since they opened for Weezer last summer, and they asked him to help out.
..."This Is Such A Pity" is out now, the 4th single from "Make Believe"! Request it at your local station (assuming you live in a place that still has a station that might play weezer - where have the greats gone? Well, request it and they may play it - no matter what their 'format'. It can't hurt to try!) Thank you for your support!
As for a video, we dont have any word on whether there will be a 'Pity' video or not yet.
...Hey Domingo! Check out this new indie label run by Todd Sullivan, the man who wisely signed weezer to Geffen Records back in the day. Todd's stayed in the music biz game and his new label is releasing an excellent new album by Moth on 3/21.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2006
Karl's Corner - 03/09/2009

Folks, you like Weezer videos. I like Weezer videos. With this in mind, know this: catch a half hour block of videos from Weezer this week on Fuse’s Loaded: Friday 3/13 @ 4:30pm ET.
...Check out this tasty video combo on Spinner.com - Clip 1 is the 20 minute Rivers talk about creating "The Greatest Man That Ever Lived", and clip 2 is the performance of 'Greatest Man' at the 11/25/08 Rivers show at Fingerprintz in Long Beach, CA. Epic!
...Rainn Wilson and Rivers. Now that's the kind of combo you just can't beat. Not even with a stick. (And yes, theres a LOT more to the story... stay tuned!)
...Weezer tribute album mega alert!
Some very clever and talented fans have recorded an album of Weezer (and/or Weezer related) covers, specifically of the songs that Rivers had planned on releasing under the name "Homie" back in '98, but never did, as well as some related "between Pinkerton and Green" songs. Theyve called this cover project HOMiE (in reference to the Brian Wilson "SMiLE" album) and you can hear it for free right now. Check it out, it's a high quality experience. Big ups to Runnersdialzero and Lifetaker!
Todays picture is a hybrid of Tatiana K.'s logo and Kyle C.'s brand discovery at the National Ranching Heratige Center. Thanks guys!
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2009
Karl's Corner - 03/10/2001

Outloud Tour Day 19: Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
...the Outloud tour continued the recent run of historic venues with the Eagles Ballroom. This vault like building was an exclusive men's club back in the 20's and 30's, sort of a creepy Masonic-type hall long since abandoned by the original power brokers of the old days. There are multiple levels and areas that havent seen use for 50 years, including an indoor olympic pool, now emptied (see the video clip for more on that!) Definitely felt like "The Shining" at times.
...As we've seen on this tour, these old places seem to serve perfectly for the super rock show! Tonight the Get Up Kids were joined onstage by members of Cheap Trick, who accompanied them through their cover of "Surrender". Later, the weezer boys fought some weird onstage sound issues, a product of the unusual shape of the stage and room, to deliver another in a string of solid performances that got the crowd jumping and just freaking out! So far I'd call this tour a great success...
...Also today, the guys did a taped video interview that had something to do with MTV (I'm not sure if it supposed to be on MTV News or what), and an interview with a reporter from Spin Magazine. I dont know the details of what these interviews are intended for.
...Tonight's video clip: Either go to the "wfo" page or just click here to check it out!
 
 
 
...RWA crew meeting: Anuj, Karl, and Dan...
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/10/2012

2012/03/10 The Future. The Past. Now.
The official band and crew group photo from the Cruise! In theory, everyone from every Weezer Cruise band (and their crews) is somewhere in this photo...though I know for a fact that J. Mascis's face is blocked by a raised drink at top left...
...Another Weezer show was added to the 2012 calendar this week, the Brantford Hockey Fest up in Ontario Canada on June 2nd! Tickets are going on sale next Wednesday, March 14 at noon. More including ticket info on their Facebook and their website.
...Also in case you haven't noticed folks, the Official Bootlegs of the 3 epic Weezer Cruise shows are available now, individually or as a cost saving triple bundle - as CDs or digitally. Whether you were on the boat and want to relive the glory, or you weren't and want a crunchy taste of it, theyre available now in our Online Store.
...For the historians and detail hounds out there, I am happy to report that Weezerpedia has been shaping up nicely of late. Last fall it officially became a part of Weezer.com (located in our navbar and on the Info page), and since then its been under constant construction by a few very dedicated admins and myself. Its open to editing by registered members, so if youve got something you want to add or correct or revise, sign in and get to it!
The biggest updates that have been happening on Weezerpedia have to do with the addition and incorporation of the Super-Chrono into the site. The Super-Chrono started as a basic historical chronology of weezer shows and events back in the late 90's on weezer.net, the foreruner of weezer.com. It went thru several big revisions up to about 2005 but various site moves since then made proper updates impossible till we had a safe home for it. Now that its been integrated into the Wiki system, good things are happening. Now, finally, all the old chrono pages, all the old karls corner stories, plus tons of never before seen data, pix, and info is coming together under one streamlined system. Here's what we got so far... The Super-Chrono.
...Speaking of interesting history, Mike from Ottawa has published a blog of his interviews with yours truly, all about his favorite subject, Songs From the Black H***. These interviews date back to a time before a lot of new info (and songs) hit the public eye, so at times youll see me struggling with memories and speculation on things that are now well established. But the questions and answers are still interesting and at times they even border on informative.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2012
Karl's Corner - 03/11/2001

Outloud Tour Day 20: University Of Missouri Hearnes Center, Columbia, MO
...today we woke to find the weather a bit improved, leading me and lighting guy Dan into a brief mad skateboard dash around campus before the show. It was nice to not freeze again. I discovered that without a car, students would have to walk what seems like miles to get around these parts. But I guess everyone has access to cars, because 5000 people had no trouble filling up the Hearnes center tonight!
...soundcheck was interesting, as the back of the room was curtained off for a gymnastics team practice. It must have been odd doing floor exercises to weezer. I tried working on my sprints on the handy olympic sized running track, and Ozma and the Get Up Kids worked on their softball game.
...the show was another hot one, but was challenged by another bad barricade situation, requiring some makeshift braces to be installed between sets. The pushing force of several thousand fans is amazing to behold, and thanks to everyone for their pre-show patience.
...hey, in Houston, Pat, Mikey and I were interviewed by emopop.com , who have just published the transcripts on their site. Pat and Mikey's interviews were fairly short impromptu things, and in mine i blabbed on for a good long while. Go check them out, the emopop guys asked some good questions.
...Tonight's video clip: Either go to the "wfo" page or just click here to check it out!
 
 
 
 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/11/2002

...March 2002 Europe Tour Show #1: Lisbon Coliseum; Lisbon, Portugal
Well, the time came for weezer to be introduced to Portugal. Todays show was in beautiful downtown Lisbon, at the Lisbon Coliseum, and as we discovered, was part of a festival series of concerts sponsored by some huge beer company.
The Lisbon Coliseum was a bit on the big side for Portugal newcomers weezer, but thats where the beer festival was taking place so thats where the rock was played. We were kinda worried when we first walked into the place, but there was actually a pretty respectable turnout for the bands first ever show in Portugal! And the best part was that these folks were very stoked, showing their appreciation for the brand new and old school weez alike.
Tonight's set was a pretty wild blend of old and new material, and included several songs not heard live since summer 2000 ("Modern Dukes", "Mad Kow", "Superstar"), and several songs heard only briefly in the summer of 2001. (well, i think so, anyway- its getting kind of hard to keep track of this stuff these days!)
...Maladroit Action!
*92.3 K-Rock NYC: Matt Pinfield's "Buzz Bin" played Keep Fishin', December, and Take Control.
*y100 Philadelphia: played Slob on the "YNot" show, saying "we've been playing "dope nose alot, well heres another track off maladroit" called "slob"."
*102.1 the edge Dallas, tx: played Death and Destruction
*93.7 (93x) Minneapolis/St Paul added dope nose to their play list. a fan writes: "...When i called in the wee hours of the morning, they said they play it all the ***** time, and they don't care what the record company says."
*KINX-FM, Great Falls, Montana: added "Dope nose" today!
*99X Atlanta: played "dope nose" on their "Sunday school" show.
*On the national Sunday morning show Out of Order, "Slave" was Jed the Fish's "catch of the day"
VIBE-RATER kccq ames, iowa, 105.1fm: played "Dope Nose"
*97.3 waqz, Cincinnati: "Dope Nose" getting played
*Q106.3, Northeast jersey: "Dope Nose" getting played
*102.1 The Edge, Dallas, TX: on 'The Adventure Club' show, the entire Maladroit radio promo was played.
*FNX radio 101.7 Boston, 103.7 Providence: has played one track each night off the demo disc for Maladroit.
*94.1 The Zone,Rochester, NY: played "Slave". "...After the song the guy said something like "that song is called Slave by Weezer. it's going to be on their new album, Maladroit that's due out in April." Somewhere in there he said "how long do we have to wait for another weezer album?" or something along those lines..."
*94.3 WCYY portland: played "Slave"
...Swedish Maladroit!
*fans write: "...they just played Dope Nose on the biggest national radiostation in Sweden [channel 3]..." "...they and also advertised the website for the Maladroit Petition..." 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/11/2013

the weezer cruise 2014 - February 13 -17, 2014 - Jacksonville to the Bahamas
Hit up http://www.theweezercruise.com/ for all the details!
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The 2012 weezer cruise went down in history as an amazing new chapter for weezer and our fans, and everyone who stepped off that boat was wishing they could have just kept on sailing with all the great bands and fun activities. Well, naturally we wanted to do it again, and it was only a matter of time for us to sort out the details! So folks, check it out "the weezer cruise 2: Atlantic Boogaloo!"
Past Cruiser Presale: March 20th at 12PM EST
General Onsale: March 21st at 12PM EST
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2013