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Karl's Corner - 04/22/2002

...in case you were napping, we've got 2 new mp3s up on the audio-video page, folks. From the recent recording sessions: "Private Message" and "Yellow Camaro" (which was written by Brian, who also sings lead on it!)
...Today most of the band flew to Edmonton, Alberta, in preparation for the Dusty West Tour, which kicks off tomorrow! However, Rivers remained behind in LA for a bit to hesh out a few more guitar licks, belt out some more vocals, and also to meet with producer Don Gilmore, discussing the possibility of Don lending his production talents to the 5th album, which is already considerably underway.
Speaking of album #5, here is the official list (as of right now) of songs in contention for Album 5:
347 Misstep
360 Private Message
376 SteamRoller
353 Sacrifice
--- Yellow Camaro (written and sung by Brian)
190 Modern Dukes
197 Superstar
374 Buttafuoco
--- It’s Not So Bad (written and sung by Pat)
348 The Victor
368 Prodigy Lover
367 367
--- Nice To Meet You (written and sung by Brian)
373 Booby Trap
362 Queen Of Earth
372 Mo’ Beats
359 Untenable
369 She Who Is Militant
192 Mad Kow
...Sunday 4/21...thanks to Sarah for pix!... 
...special note: due to some prior personal commitments, I will not be joining the Dusty West tour until it gets to Missoula, Montana. So I will be missing the first 4 shows of the tour (Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, and Pullman Washington.), and wont be able to shoot the usual pix and video you normally see on weezer.com after a weezer show. While I am hoping to get a few insider pix from the tour for those 4 dates, and I will be able to supply the setlists and basic details, feel free to email in your unique fan stories/reviews from those shows! the first 5 (post show) stories I receive per show will be used in that show's news report, so speed and an interesting perspective are key. Consider it a mock journalism exersize (subject to editing as need be). For the rest of the tour past the first 4 shows, this policy will continue, but it will be more like the first 1 or 2 stories used instead of 5, as a supplement to the overall story. So thanks in advance for your help!!
...magazine alert: the May issue of Pulse! magazine (the free monthly Tower Records music mag) has a cover story on weezer. This mag features cover and interior photography by yours truly, all shot during last months European tour. A thumbnail of the cover is now on the freshly updated =rwa= news page.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2002
Karl's Corner - 04/22/2009

UPDATE 4/25
Hey, check out this video interview that just went up on Rainn Wilson's site, its Rainn Wilson asking Rivers some hard hitting and rather odd questions, very cool!
Hope your Earth days ended cleaner and more efficiently than they started. Here's the official word(s) from on high about the upcoming release of "Not Alone", the new Rivers EP + DVD. Includes link to new video of Rivers, er, exercising ...
RIVERS CUOMO SET TO RELEASE 'NOT ALONE - RIVERS CUOMO & FRIENDS LIVE AT FINGERPRINTS' AS A DVD ON APRIL 28
Rivers Cuomo is pleased to announce the April 28th release 'Not Alone - Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints' which will be available both as a DVD and as an EP. Not Alone has its origins in an in-store jam session Rivers Cuomo held at Fingerprints, a record store in Long Beach, CA. The event was a celebration for the release of 'Alone II - The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo' on November 25, 2008. From a post on his website Rivers invited super fans from across the country to dress sharp and join him in a makeshift band. They helped pick a set list which ended up being a mix of Weezer classics as well as ultra-obscure fan favorites. The 150 lucky "friends" had never met or practiced together, but they fearlessly came to rock out with their favorite songs in what was a long, magical night.
Additional bonus footage on the DVD includes the video for "My Brain Is Working Overtime," an interview with actor Jason Schwartzman and this clip of Rivers speaking mere hours prior to the momentous in-store.
The CD features 6 songs from the in-store and an in-depth interview by NPR's Terry Gross from her show Fresh Air.
..."Not Alone" will be available at most if not all independant music stores, as well as the Fingerprints online store (preorder CD, DVD) and junketboy.com.
Weezer Tribute Band alert!
Tomorrow, Thursday April 23: El Scorcho is playing "around 11PM" at Atlanta's The Five Spot.
...Todays picture (imaginary "Not Alone" artwork) is by the very talented Headcheese. Take a bow, Headcheese.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2009
Karl's Corner - 04/23/2008

Folks check this out! Pre-order the new album 'Weezer' on iTunes now and get a special password to buy tickets before the public for Weezer's U.S. tour. Plus, when the album drops June 24, 2008, you will get two bonus tracks - “I Can Love” and “It’s Easy.” 
Album pre-order is available for Standard version, or Deluxe version. (Deluxe version comes with one additional instant grat of the new “Pork and Beans” single in addition to the two bonus tracks) 
(Standard version: 10 tracks + ticket password + 2 iTunes bonus tracks.
Deluxe version: 14 tracks + ticket password + "Pork and Beans" immediately, + 2 iTunes bonus tracks)
You must pre-order the album by June 23, 2008, 11:59 PM local. Event markets and presale times will announced in the coming weeks.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2008
Karl's Corner - 04/24/2001

...Mikey is standing in front of a big display of weezer bootlegs. Lots of them.
On sale. In a store. Legally. funny laws they got there in Japan...(the first Tokyo show was on sale there already!!)
 
...Beebe the Bass Magician blanches.....................er, firp, bling... uh...
...News Flash! The Hash Pipe video is all done and is starting to go out! And the Much Music TV Station in Canada has already added it to their playlist! Much Music is available on most satellite services so Americans will be able to see the video before it (hopefully) appears on MTV. Use the following address for requesting Hashpipe on Much Music, Much Music "On Demand" Request Address , and let's try and get it to #1! I dont know when they are planning on playing it or how often, but I know that your requests will speed up the process!
...the June Spin magazine will include a fairly big weezer article. I'm not sure when it hits the stands.
...And here's 2 fan reports from the latest weezer show, in Nagoya, Japan:
"...A week later than first scheduled...but well worth the wait! My husband and I left the house early DETERMINED to get a good position this time (In '96 we were way up the back!) On reaching Diamond Hall, however, we were subjected to the particularly anal Japanese system of letting people inside according to ticket number, so there was a bit of a wait. We had nothing to fear, though, as we got a prime position in the 2nd row right in front of Brian - was grrreat! 
The new songs sounded really cool - 'Island in the Sun' a particular favourite! Although most of us hadn't heard the new stuff, the atmosphere was amazing - crowds really get into the shows here, and the calls for 'Rivaazu' & 'Buraian' were deafening! When Rivers spoke in Japanese, too, the crowd went mental!! When the curtain dropped to reveal the =w= light....well, you can just imagine!! Overall, we had such a great night - seeing Weezer live is always, always worth waiting for.
One small thing, though...do agree that it was quite short - I'm sure it was at least 30 mins longer in '96!?! 
--Regards, Alix Aoki"
"...I've just come back from the show at Nagoya diamond hall. The show was extremely fantastic. Before the show started, we've already started clapping, shouting "WEEZER". It made me hot. I've never had such a situation before. During the show, as the other people said, Rivers spoke mostly Japanese. It was better than Summer Sonic 2000 in Japan last year. Well done, Rivers, anyway. I think the band played very happily today. The audience also looked so happily. I was very satisfied with this show. When I went out the hall, I heard the other person's saying, she said today was more successful than last week. YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!
--NAOMI S"
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2001
Karl's Corner - 04/24/2008

Okay folks, "Pork and Beans" is officially out and the iTunes pre-order is in full effect (see 4/23 news!). But some of you may be wondering, "I dont have iTunes. What now?". And others may be wondering "Say, whatever happened to the good ol' 7 inch vinyl single?" Well, check it out:
Pre-order the new WEEZER album at any of the following 3 locations and you will receive a limited edition free red 7 inch vinyl single of “PORK & BEANS” and an exclusive B-Side!!! (limited quantities available).
INTERPUNK | INSOUND | SMARTPUNK
**UPDATED INFO**
in response to some presale questions: 
1. The iTunes presale ticket password gets you 1st access to tickets in general. Now, In theory, this could mean access to premium seats - if a venue had any, but this is not guaranteed, and the venues havent even been chosen yet. Usually Weezer shows are GA, so on that case it wouldnt matter. What is guaranteed is 1st access to buying whatever tickets will eventually go on sale - depending on the venue at that time and how the venue operates. Wish I had more specifics, but thats all I got for now.
2. The Pork And Beans 7" b-side: what is it and is it truly exclusive? I Can't reveal the song yet but it is unique from the ones on the standard and deluxe albums and its not either of the 2 itunes bonus songs. Whether this 7" remains the only way to get this song later on is unknown. More info as I learn it.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2008
Karl's Corner - 04/26/2001

..ok, I've got some basic info about the "US Promotional Tour" As I understand it, this tour consists of some radio station festivals, some radio station appearences/interviews, maybe a few club dates(?), some in-stores appearences, and maybe even some TV appearences(?). Mostly I just have the "where and when" at this point, with no "what" info. As I learn the details they will be integrated into this list...
...hats off to the faithful fans waiting till May 15th to hear the album. There have been some internet shenanigans going on, giving some folks a "sneak preview" of their own. Fine, but isn't it more fun to wait till xmas morning to open your presents? To those that have decided to wait, may the force be with you!
...several people have written in about some special campus events hosted by MTV2, where fans get to watch a screening of all 5 old weezer videos plus some live footage, and then get to listen to the Green Album in a sneak preview party. as one student said:
I'm a student at Iowa State University, and I nearly crapped my pants when I opened up a copy of the school paper and read that there was a listening party tonight. So needless to say, everything I had planned tonight was shelved, and I headed out to the show. It was held at the Maintenance Shop, a small club in ISU's Memorial Union. I showed up at about 6:10 to find the entryway jampacked. People were hyped for this show. We waited paitently until, at about 10 'til 7, they opened the doors. Now, when I think of listening parties, I think of all the secret shindigs being held for Radiohead's upcoming album: plush environments, free drinks and the like. I walked in to find a bare, dingy floor, with a projector set up in the middle of the stage. But they stamped our hands with a Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man stamp, which easily made up for the massive error on the sponsors' part... After a few minutes, the host started a tape filled with about five minutes of MTV2 promos. Funny how the show's big sponsor isn't even on our cable system... anyway, once that ended, they proceeded to roll a tape of Weezer videos - "Buddy Holly," "Undone," "Say It Ain't So," "El Scorcho" and "The Good Life" - followed by a old video of a pre-Mikey soundcheck of "In the Garage" and some new tour footage of "My Name Is Jonas" and "El Scorcho." Then, they started the music. The new album sounds very cool - I especially enjoyed "Glorious Day" and "O Girlfriend". Giveaways abounded, including door prizes - a couple of MTV backpacks, an "MTV Skateboarding" Playstation game and a few of the new red Weezer T's - and freebies after the show - a sticker, poster and sampler cassette for everyone. Anyway, it was a pretty cool experience. -Chris Tasler
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2001
Karl's Corner - 04/26/2008

People, now were getting kinda wacky, check it out...
In celebration of the release of their highly anticipated new single “Pork & Beans,” Weezer has joined forces with Buzznet to wage an all-out pork and beans food fight!
Beginning Friday, April 25, Buzznet users just might find pork and beans splattered on their profile page for everyone to see. Users can retaliate by joining the Web’s largest and nastiest food fight and posting a special code in their friends’ Notes on Buzznet. As more notes are left, the density of the pork and beans will grow. Fans can also invite their friends to join the food fight by sending them the invitation link. 
Sounds like good, disgusting fun, right? Well, Weezer fans and Buzznet members will be happy to know that every time they hurl pork and beans at their friends, it will also benefit a great cause. Weezer and Buzznet have selected Conscious Alliance, the non-profit organization that distributes food and resources to U.S. communities most in need, as the recipient of a donation to be given at the conclusion of the food fight.
..."The density of the pork and beans will grow". Can I get that phrase on a t-shirt? 
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2008
Karl's Corner - 04/26/2010

...folks, here's another exciting summer weezer show for your perusal. Weezer will be playing the 2010 Sonic Boom Festival, in Edmonton, Alberta! This show is on Saturday September 4th, and the main onsale starts at 10AM on 5/1 here. HOWEVER as members of the Weezer mailing list are about to learn, there is a GA and VIP PRESALE starting tomorrow 4/27 at 10AM! Only mailing list members will be getting the presale password, so if you arent on our mailing list, now you know why you should be!
...two examples of collaborative weeziness:
1. expect some remixed weez on the next DJ Aoki record.
2. Out tomorrow, the new B.o.B track "Magic [feat. Rivers Cuomo]".
...And note that Scott's wife Jillian's book "Some Girls: My Life In A Harem" comes out this Tuesday. Its a wing-dinger! Also, on 4/30 is her book release party at Book Soup in West Hollywood, CA.
...today's "W at the RnR Hall Of Fame" photo by FightForYourMind.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2010
Karl's Corner - 04/27/2001

...more reports from Japan, as the band has played their final 2 shows there (both in Tokyo), and have flown home to do the Coachella Festival tomorrow.
• I'd like to report tonight's (final) show at Zepp in Tokyo. I will say the last show in Japan was very successful! I think the audience tonight was much more energetic than last night even though Rivers spoke less Japanese. Some girl asked Rivers during the show, "Rivers Genki?" and he replied "iie" ("no").... Rivers!!! you were not having fun at the show?? I hope not... anyway, there were more crowd surfers and all that..(and of course they kicked me in the head again... hmmmmm thanx) I'd like to mention about Atom? who came out on stage for "Island in the sun" with maracas in his hand. He seemed pretty embarrassed being on the stage and it was really cute. Him and mikey were looking at each other, smiling and playing... it was awesome! I've learned that weezer fans travel a lot after all. I've met fans from Osaka, Hokkaido in Tokyo and it was really worth a fly from the US. Thank you weezer for the great times!!!! Domo arigato! * ami *
• japan tour is finished. I'm very sad they go back to USA, but I'm very very happy girl because I watched them play 7 times. and more I took pictures and shook hands with band members and got autographs. they are so kindly. ADAM play cool by MARAKAS, it's good. RIVERS said to us "KANASII NIHON" finally.it means that "I'm so sad" or "are you sad?" I presented souvenir for weezer.It was taken by MIKEY. I hope they like that. this tour was the best show! THANK YOU, WEEZER!
• i went to both tokyo shows and tonight was the last. the set was same (i do/photograph/garage/softly/ hash/island/good life/simple pages/ chistmas/bother?/butterfly/ain't so/ buddy holly/undone/sex/dreams/surfwax) and the show on 25th was better than tonight, in my opinion. because the sound wasn't perfect tonight (bass sound was cracked on hash pipe! terrible) and rivers' voice was not in full form. i really couldn't hear his voice on surfwax... he tried to shout at the end, though. the tour schedule was really tough so they must be totally exhausted and it created slightly negative effect and tension among the band, i guess. however,the crowd was totally excited and enjoyed sing-along and jumping up and down, tour T-shirts were selling like pancakes...amazing. i was so pleased to see it...the sense of unity among the band and sudience was so tight. i felt sad at the same time, since the tour is over now! happy and sad,that's the feeling i always get from weezer. --mariko
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2001
Karl's Corner - 04/27/2004

...new interview regarding the Blue Album Deluxe Edition at Plasma Rag. New reviews at Blender Magazine, Focus Online, the Badger Herald, and Whatcharockin.com.
...last week, the Blue Album Deluxe Edition jumped from #101 to #26 on the CMJ Top 200 chart. The chart had been down for 2 weeks previous due to tech issues, so this represents the 3rd real week on the chart for weezer, showing a big jump in airplay at college radio...
...over the years, many musically minded fans have asked if weezer ever sells their old gear, and the answer has always been 'no'...until now. Weez drummer Pat Wilson has been assigned by the rest of the guys to take care of the auctioning of several now-unused items from weezer's deep equipment closets. Gear heads take note, as there are several killer amps and drum kits up for bids now. (Note that not everything currently on Pat's list is a weezer item, but the 'non-weezer' items are still cool pieces of gear regardless.)
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2004
Karl's Corner - 04/27/2005

...In my opinion, the band was tighter and more solid this show. Opening night jitters may be wearing off a bit. The Moore Theater really crams the people in, its very intimate for a theater, and the people were pretty nutzo as predicted...
Bobby (guitar tech+back-up guitar on several songs) was heard to comment mid-show that this was one of the best shows he's heard, and Bobby had heard a hell of a lot of shows in his day!
Setlist:
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
Hash Pipe
No One Else
This Is Such A Pity
Buddy Holly
Photograph
Getchoo
Hold Me
Say It Ain't So
We Are All On Drugs
Island In The Sun
My Name Is Jonas
Peace
Beverly Hills
Haunt You Every Day
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Undone
The Good Life
Right before the show, when we were bringing Pat in to warm up his drumstick hands, a blinged out "Make Believe-mobile" drove up from out of nowhere in front of the Moore Theatre! There was no time for questions! We had time for a few quick photos and it was in to do the show.
Add your comment on the show if you were there! (or even if you weren't!)
NEW: These pictures were not part of the original post. They were provided exclusively for Weezerpedia by Karl Koch.
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Category:Karl's Corner - April 2005
2005/04/27
Karl's Corner - 04/28/2010

...well, its back on the road for the weezer gang, picking up where we left off once again! We're here about 50 feet from the Intracoastal Waterway, looking at insane yachts roll by, as the soundchecks and other preparations go on. By tonight there shall be rock in Florida!
...And rock there was. Sunfest draws a zillion pople every year, and many of them end up down by the Intracoastal shores where seated and non seated sections are laid out like that. As the evening progressed and the first 3 bands played, the crowd grew and grew, and as it grew, their need to party grew proportionally. But would they be able to stop partying later? We'll never know now. The band was ready for action, having gotten back up to snuff at recent rehearsals in L.A., and by most accounts including mine, the show was packed with peanuts, and therefore really satisfied. Our man Josh Freese has continued his efforts on drums, with Pat sitting in his traditional throne on several songs as well, otherwise joining the guitar and vocal assault on the front lines. The crowd was very friendly and stoked, and was really diverse from 4 year olds to senior citizens, more ladies in the audience than usual, and just about every ethnicity represented as far as I could tell. The Weez unites and abides. Thanks, Florida!
Prior to going onstage, the band got to meet John Oates of our heroes Hall And Oates, who came down to the show to personally check out the weez and say hi. Post show, Pat and Josh Freese got to go hang out with Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top (who is yet another one of Josh's MANY well known friends), and they reported good times and hot sauce gifts. ZZ Top were in town to headline the Sunfest the following night.
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...if you go/went to this show, comment on it here!
...other biz:
1. CORRECTION: Don't call it a remix, its a whole new song: The upcoming DJ Aoki album will contain a propulsive, floorshaking song called "Earthquakey People" written and recorded by the all star team of Rivers Cuomo and Steve Aoki.
2. New sweepstakes contest from Buckle.com, prizes include trips to see Weezer at Bonnaroo!
3. New Billboard article: quotes from Scott; Shreck 4; more...
4. Old schooler fan Justin H. rethinks the Red Album.
5. A "Get Weezer for Super Bowl XLV Halftime Show 2011" Facebook group.
6. The new improved Weezercollector website.
7. An Irish tennis interpretation of 'Burndt Jamb', replete with gorilla attack, by Tom.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2010
Karl's Corner - 04/28/2011

Weezer will be performing rock music in this coming Monday's (5/2) new episode of The Hard Times Of RJ Berger, playing at 10PM ET/PT on MTV. How and why did this happen you may ask? Well, as it turns out, the show's two creators are such big weezer fans they named the high school in the show Pinkerton High. Later, Rivers met them and said "Since you guys are such fans, maybe we should come on the show and play a couple songs." Next thing we knew they had written the band into the script and weezer was on the set (it was filmed a few months back). Everyone on the show were cool and very nice to us. Check it out if you like the idea of weezer playing at a magical academic dream world called Pinkerton High.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2011