nyuuzyou/wikis huggingface dataset:
Karl's Corner - 04/14/2005

...the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone mag with the Weezer cover story will hit the stands earlier than we orignally thought. Look for it by Friday, 4/22!
...The UK retail Beverly Hills single will be available on 5/2 in 2 formats, CD and 7" picture disc vinyl. This is weezer's first ever picture disc, and features a photo of the weezer men with Hugh hefner and some bunnies, from the infamous video shoot at the Playboy Mansion. The CD contains Beverly Hills, Island in the Sun (Live), Butterfly (Live) and the Beverly Hills Video in cd-rom. The 7" has Beverly Hills on side A and Butterfly (Live) on side B.
...Beverly Hills blowing up: #1 in download sales this past week (from sites like iTunes, etc), up from #5 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart, still flirting on and off with #1 on iTunes, #2 on the Digital Tracks chart, #13 up from #25 on the Hot 100 Singles chart, and holding at #6 on the Modern Rock chart. While on Mtv, the video has been spotted at #14 on their voter driven countdown, and the video is now listed in their online voting ballot.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2005
Karl's Corner - 04/15/2001

...The first show of the Japan Tour is history, and was a success! Here is the set list, showcasing an interesting mix of old and new songs, plus a few pix courtesy Dan the Lighting Man...
Set List, Blitz, April 15th:
I Do ("New Song" finally gets a name!)
Photograph (formerly "If You Want It")
Tired Of Sex
In The Garage
You Gave Your Love To Me Softly
Island In The Sun
Hash Pipe
The Good Life
Christmas Song
Why Bother?
Butterfly (full band non-acoustic version!)
Say It Ain't So
Buddy Holly
Undone
Surf Wax America
(encore:)
Only In Dreams
Simple Pages (formerly known as "Gimmie Some Love")
...Marie Ishikawa of Tokyo attended the show and told me that cameras were not allowed, so fan's photos were impossible. She also described a lot of moshing and singing along going on, particularly for the older familiar songs...(sounds a lot like the US shows!) She also says she caught Pat's water bottle when he threw it, and that some folks in the audience didn't think the set was long enough, but that they still loved the show! Thanks Marie!
 
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2001
Karl's Corner - 04/15/2005

...tour update! Weezer will be playing the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago! This years Lollapalooza is a one city event, taking place on July 23-24 at Chicago's Grant Park. We dont yet have word on which day weezer is playing yet. Details will be revealed sometime in the coming week or 2, both here and on lollapalooza.com.
...On May 9th, the day before 'Make Believe' is released (well, the day of release for Australia/Japan/Europe), There will be a very special radio event, check it out!
WEEZER: Live From Philadelphia - One Time & One Night Only
This 60-minute, non-exclusive national radio event is being fed via satellite on the Weezer Radio Network.
Don't miss this exclusive radio event as Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Brian Bell, Scott Shriner and Patrick Wilson will be on hand for their *only* radio interview discussing the new release, Make Believe, while fielding phone calls from a national audience.
Hosted by Jim McGuinn (of the recently embattled Y-100 Philadelphia), this live radio special will air Monday, May 9 at 8pm EST with a replay for West Coast stations at 8pm Pacific.
NOTE that at this point, stations and satellite networks are in the process of signing up to broadcast the show - so we dont currently have a list of what stations are going to be hosting it (this seems to be the sort of thing that a Westwood One show would do - but again, we got no info at this point.) If we learn of any confirmed stations or satellite networks, or webcasts that will be carrying the program, they will be listed here on weezer.com.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2005
Karl's Corner - 04/15/2010

...MORE summer shows keep coming in, and yes there are still more to come! Today we are very pleased to announce Weezer playing at the Halifax Rocks Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia! Weezer has NEVER been to any of the Maritime Provinces before, so this is major stuff indeed. In fact Halifax is the hometown of Sloan, whose A+R guy Todd Sullivan signed Weezer to Geffen Records back in '93. Weezer opened for Sloan at L.A.'s Jabberjaw that spring, and before the show they showed us their tourbus. When weezer saw that bus...
well anyway heres the dealio:
Weezer at Halifax Rocks, 7/24/10. Tickets go onsale tommorrow, 4/16!
...Also please note these additional weezer dates have been announced over the last few days!
7/9 – Minneapolis, MN – Basilica Block Party – On sale now!
8/1 – Montreal, CAN – Osheaga Fest – On sale now!
...This coming Saturday April 17th is National Record Store Day, where the remaining 'real' record shops in the country are given special exclusive releases from all kinds of artists and labels, in both cd and vinyl. For the 2010 Record Store Day, Weezer will be offering a special limited edition CD that will contain 5 exclusive live tracks from recent performances, and will be limited to a few thousand copies, available only at your friendly neighborhood (and sadly endangered) "brick and mortar" record shops. the Special Record Store Day CD will include:
I'm Your Daddy (Featuring Kenny G)
(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To (Featuring Sara Bareilles)
Why Bother (Live in Tribeca at the PC Richard and Son Theater)
Brain Stew
Buddy Holly (Acoustic at the Hard Rock in New York City)
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2010
Karl's Corner - 04/16/2001

...Japan show #2 in Sendai is in the history books. Dan the Lighting Man hooked me up with some more pictures, including a setlist photo, see the setlist archive for that. Dan sez: "Sendai was another successful show, nothing of extreme note, no fairy flew out of the guitar case in my heart. Atom joined in on maracas for Island in the Sun, and Mikey dedicated Only in Dreams to the late Joey Ramone. Everyone is in good spirits."
 
...taxis at the Sendai train station....toilet control panel...
...only in dreams...
...Chris from The Wenzels, who were to open for weezer in Japan, had this bad news to pass on: "our drummer had to leave our tour early due to his mother being really sick. The doctors say she doesn't have much time left on this earth. This was out of our control, and we would [still] like to try to get on the bill for Europe. I have already notified the booking agents in Japan so they will have to get another band to open for them. 
-Sincerely, Chris
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2001
Karl's Corner - 04/16/2009

...First off folks, Official confirmation now for Weezer's FujiRock Festival appearance - July 26 at the Naeba Ski Resort next to Mount Fuji, Japan. More tour dates TBA.
...SPIN.com has an article up now about Rivers Cuomo's collaboration with Rainn Wilson on their cover of Joan Osborne's "One of Us." The piece details and includes a video of its recording and other fun information (Rivers' show on Sirius Radio!).
...Now, look. Here's a new Webisode - #15, "Breath On My Fire" - filmed in March in NYC.
<youtube>QogqLv-orhc</youtube>
...Hey, this coming Saturday 18th is Record Store Day, a celebration of good music, cool indie shops and the vinyl record. Your local indie shop (if you have one) has some special deals going on, head over and support them! Speaking of vinyl records, a reminder that the uber-cool Deluxe Red Album 2LP vinyl set is available now at select shops and online at: Insound, Interpunk, and Fingerprints. It will shortly also be on the UK site eil.com.
...Reminder: coming up on 4/28 is the release of Rivers's "Not Alone" Cd and DVD, featuring live Hootenanny style performace he did back in December at Fingerprints Records in Long Beach. Available at most if not all independant music stores, as well as the Fingerprints online store (preorder CD, DVD) and junketboy.com.
As for more tour dates, release info, etc, keep your horses held, all will be revealed in good time.
Weezer Tribute Band alert!
Tallahassee, FL: "Thank You Kindly" is covering weezer at this Saturday's "Local Covers" weekend at Club Downunder on Florida State's Campus
SoCal: Don't sleep on Geezer - "We're going to be doing the whole Blue Album like other coverbands before us but we're just gonna do it better". Next show is June 12th at Cane's in San Diego.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2009
Karl's Corner - 04/17/2002

...there's a new clip over on the Audio Video page, so check it out! Its actually not "new", per se, as its a sort of look back at some funny moments fromn some old video clips from 2000 and 2001. The "WFO Remix '02"...
...more studio pix, news, and vinyl updates tomorrow!
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2002
Karl's Corner - 04/17/2010

...Saturday April 17th is National Record Store Day, where the remaining 'real' record shops in the country are given special exclusive releases from all kinds of artists and labels, in both cd and vinyl. For the 2010 Record Store Day, Weezer is offering a special limited edition CD that will contain 5 exclusive live tracks from recent performances, and will be limited to a few thousand copies, available only at your friendly neighborhood (and sadly endangered) "brick and mortar" record shops. The Special Record Store Day CD includes:
I'm Your Daddy (Featuring Kenny G)
(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To (Featuring Sara Bareilles)
Why Bother (Live in Tribeca at the PC Richard and Son Theater)
Brain Stew
Buddy Holly (Acoustic at the Hard Rock in New York City)
Support your local store - there's a ton of cool exclusives including the Weezer cd available only while the limited supplies last!
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2010
Karl's Corner - 04/18/2001

Japan show #3: Dan the Lighting Man sez "all systems A-OK", and that the setlist was the same as the show #2 in Sendai. More random Dan Pix:
 
 
...here are some more confirmed weezer show dates (more to come soon, there are many shows in the works, these shows in particular are confirmed and tickets are on sale...)
   • May 12th Dallas KDGE radio show
   • May 13th Tulsa KMYZ radio show
   • May 20th St. Louis KPNT radio show
   • July 5th Shepherds Bush (3rd London show)
   • July 7th Manchester Academy
...just did a big update of the "Recording History", click here to see the new info on Page 11, which is all about 2000!
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2001
Karl's Corner - 04/18/2005

...today starts a week of band rehearsals, in preparation for the first leg of the Make Believe 2005 tour, which kicks off in just 8 days in Vancouver BC!
...Mtv (regular Mtv) added the 'Beverly Hills' video to their playlist today. Entertainment Weekly has it at #9 on their weekly Must List. And the song is now #1 on the modernrock.com chart.
...people are getting impatient to hear Make Believe, but heres a way to do just that before its released on May 10th. Listening parties! These events have been set up in conjunction with MySpace, and attendees will be able to hear "Make Believe" from start to finish, as well as have a chance to win a pair of tickets to their local upcoming weezer show. There may be other goodies as well depending on the location. Heres the scoop:
Friday April 22nd - 3pm - Rasputin Music - Berkeley
2401 Telegraph Ave - Berkeley CA - 800-350-8700
Tuesday April 26th - 6pm-8pm - Sonic Boom
2209 NW Market St. - Seattle, WA 98107 - 206-297-BOOM
Wednesday April 27th - 7:00pm - Rolling Stones
7300 W. Irving Park Rd. - Norridge, IL. 60706 - 708-456-0861
Friday April 29th - 1pm - Virgin Megastore
360 Newbury Street - Boston MA 02115 - 617-896-0950
Saturday April 30th - 3:00pm - Down In the Valley
8020 Olson Memorial Hwy - Minneapolis, MN. 55427 - 763-544-0033
Saturday April 30th - 1 PM - Rock-A-Billy's
8411 Hall Road - Utica, MI 48317 - 586-731-0188
Wednesday May 4 - 7 PM - Vintage Vinyl
51 Lafayette Rd. - Fords, NJ 08863 - 732-225-7717
Saturday May 7th - 7pm - Spaceboy Music
407 South St. - Philly, PA 19147 - 215-925-3032
NEW: This picture was not part of the original post. It was provided exclusively for Weezerpedia by Karl Koch.
[click on the photo for a larger size version]
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2005
2005/04/18
Karl's Corner - 04/18/2008 (a)

Welcome to the new weezer.com! It's still in transition, but things should be settled by the time the new album is out. The boards are new too, and should hopefully represent a solid improvement over the last incarnation. Have a peek and lay down some posts if you haven't yet. And yes, the "Info" section and all the history stuff will return. (Direct link to the 'info' page in the meantime is here.)
By now you've likely heard the 1st single, "Pork And Beans", but if you haven't, all you need do is hit the homepage or the myspace page.
More soon, but in the meantime, It's my pleasure to mention the coolest Weezer Tribute album of them all, the albumsix.com boardie tribute! (Its not a CD - it's a set of 17 mp3s). I must say, theres some very talented folks in the weezer fandom world, and they clearly worked hard on this stuff! Check it out, theres some really cool interpretations of your fave weezer classics on it. (Scroll down a bit on this page (p. 26) to get to the link to the .zip file of the final version with artwork, etc.)
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2008
Karl's Corner - 04/18/2008 (b)

Yo my young peeps. Just a reminder and confirmation that the new album "Weezer" will be released on 6/24 and the "Pork And Beans" single will be available everywhere on 4/24. (That's next Thursday!)
And, check it out! Weezer will be on the cover of Spin Magazine hitting newsstands May 27th. This will mark their second Spin cover if i recall correctly.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2008
Karl's Corner - 04/18/2008 (c)

"Weezer" (2008) Tracklist is as follows:
Regular Edition (CD; digital):
1. Troublemaker
2. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
3. Pork and Beans
4. Heart Songs
5. Everybody Get Dangerous
6. Dreamin’
7. Thought I Knew
8. Cold Dark World
9. Automatic
10. The Angel and the One
Deluxe Edition (CD with special packaging; iTunes):
1. Troublemaker
2. The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
3. Pork and Beans
4. Heart Songs
5. Everybody Get Dangerous
6. Dreamin’
7. Thought I Knew
8. Cold Dark World
9. Automatic
10. The Angel and the One
11. Miss Sweeney
12. Pig
13. The Spider
14. King
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2008
Karl's Corner - 04/19/2001

Japan show #4: Dan the Lighting Man sez..."Last night's show was really good, the crowds have been so nice and very energetic. The set list was the same as the night before..."
 
"...Yesterday Mikey bought a toy truck at the toys-r-us and Mr T quickly jumped in for some serious WHOMPIN'!..."
 
".....Brad Pitt discovers his Roots...."
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2001
Karl's Corner - 04/20/2001

Happy Birthday to Mikey, who turns the big 3-0!
...Japan show #5: Hiroshima. Dan the Lighting Man sez..."We played Hiroshima yesterday and the venue was about a half mile from the hypocenter of the A-bomb, 4 blocks from the peace museum. The park was beautiful and full of hope for peace, but the museum itself was really heavy. Steve (video projectionist) was walking around and had a few freaky moments when little Japanese students would come up and say 'hello' to practice their english. Just a heavy juxtaposition."
...and Marie from Osaka, who is attending almost all of the shows in Japan, sez: "This was a really fun show! Before the encore started, Pat got up and played "the birthday song" on bass guitar for Mikey. Everyone in the audience joined in and sang along! Then Atom brought in a birthday cake. After Mikey blew out the candles, Atom smashed the cake over Mikeys head! So Mikey played the encore with cake and frosting all over his head and bass!"
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2001
Karl's Corner - 04/20/2004

...in the "no news is good news, trust me" department, the schedule for recording Album 5 has indeed gone thru a few changes over the last few months, after an intital burst of activity back in December. 2004 started with some band rehearsals, but this was interrupted with some scheduling and travel issues, so the plan was modified a few times. During these last few 'off' months, Rivers has been taking the opportunity to rework some song demos that needed some 'tlc' to be ready for the next recording sessions. Now it looks like the band will be back rehearsing an impressive set of songs in the coming weeks, with the overall plan being to rehearse thru May and complete Album 5 by the end of the summer.
As for after that, there is talk of leaving the fall open, to release the album late '04 / early '05. Once the album is out, the plan is to tour like crazy! Everything is still subject to change of course, but thats the basic vibe at this point. 
...new contest online now: from Vans Sneakers, Apple iPod, and Weezer. Good stuff up for grabs! 
...What is (most of) the weezer clan into these days? Find out with Stoke Factor 3! Its up now, in the extras section. (going up at 8pm EST, 4/20)
...more DVD/Blue Deluxe mentions and reviews:
- Rolling Stone Magazine (Quentin T./Uma T. Cover) has a four star review of the Blue Album Deluxe.
- Entertainment Weekly #759 - April 9th, (Bart Simpson cover) - "'The Must List' #5: 'The Blue Album' - Weezer: The new deluxe rerelease of what is undeniably the best geek-rock album of all time includes a second CD of B sides and rarities including a swell version of 'Mykel and Carli.'"
- Underground Online has a fresh crop of weezer articles up about the DVD and Blue Deluxe: Interview with yours truly here, Blue Album Deluxe Edition review here, DVD review here, and a Weezer sweepstakes contest here.
- Sound the Sirens Magazine feature on the deluxe edition and dvd releases here.
- Illinois State University Blue Deluxe Review here.
- Penn State Digital Collegian Blue Deluxe Review here. 
...some International release date updates...
- Holland: Blue Deluxe released 4/19; DVD 'a.w.o.l.'
- Ireland: Blue Deluxe released 4/16; DVD 16th/19th in some places
- UK: Blue Deluxe released 4/19; DVD 4/19
- Italy: Blue Deluxe releasing 4/26; DVD 4/19
- Japan: Blue Deluxe 'a.w.o.l.'; DVD 'a.w.o.l.'
- Iceland: Blue Deluxe released 4/12; DVD 4/12
- Sweden: Blue Deluxe releasing 4/26; DVD ?
- Brazil: Blue Deluxe 'a.w.o.l.'; DVD 'a.w.o.l.'
- Australia: ??? (supposedly same as UK, but nothing seen in stores?)
- Hong Kong: ???
...still awaiting more info on the impending issue of Chevy High Performance mag that is set to run a feature on Pat's '67 Chevelle. Word is it might make the cover??
...cool sighting from an observant fan: "i was just watching matrix reloaded and...at 1 hr 2 min and 50 sec of the movie, the scene shows morpheus, trinity and neo exiting an elevator. if you look at the elevator door there is an obvious tagging of the flying =w= !"
...possible home decor score??
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2004
Karl's Corner - 04/21/2002

...in case you haven't taken a peek at the 'audio video' page in a few days, er, well, you might want to take a peek!
...album 5 in the works! studio report:
Saturday (4/20) --
Today Brian came in first and worked on adding guitar overdubs for a while. Later Scott came in and worked on some bass parts. Meanwhile, Rivers was doing an interview with a journalist from Rolling Stone. Later on they worked on soem vocal parts for a while but they didnt get too far due to "not feelin' it today".
As of today, there are four songs that are considered nearly finished and that everone is pleased with how they are turning out. These are "Prodigy Lover", "Buttafuoco", "Private Message", and "Modern Dukes". 
...Saturday 4/20...thanks to Sarah for pix and details!... 
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2002
Karl's Corner - 04/21/2005

...The new issue of Rolling Stone magazine with the Weezer cover story is on the newsstands now! (#973, 5/5/05 cover date.) This is Weezer's FIRST time ever "on the cover of th' Rollin' Stone!"
...checked out rehearsals today, and the band were very hard at work, refreshing themselves on some old songs and sorting out how to present numerous new ones from "Make Believe". To put it plainly, they were killing it. It sounded awesome! There are some cool things going on. We have re-recruited several key '02 crew members, including Stuart (tour manager), Aron (drums + bass tech), Craig (house sound), Dan (the lighting man), and Bobby (guitar tech), who we thought we had lost out on! Bobby will be wearing several hats in the upcoming tour, as the band have asked him to come up and help out here and there with some additional guitar playing for some of the new songs that are more complicated. Also spied on the rehearsal stage is a sweet looking analogue keyboard stationed in Brian's area. The cases are being packed, the songs are getting jammed, the details are being pored over...hot damn, weezer's going on tour!
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2005
Karl's Corner - 04/21/2008

As revealed in a sneak peek on Spinner.com earlier, heres the cover of the new Weezer album, due on 6/24/08! I think we've achieved a new level of artistry here. 
More stuff: The (somewhat odd) press kit band bios Official press release for the new album. 
Note - no word yet on International release dates of single or album. Should be close to the US dates, but the final word will be posted here.
A sign of the apocalypse? Non-scathing Pitchfork review of "Pork And Beans".
"Songs From The Black Hole" on an Entertainment Weekly list of 'Famously Leaked Albums'. 
A6.com Boardie Weezer Tribute album (zip file w/ mp3s and cover images). Nice stuff!
Pork And Beans single out Thursday 4/24! Request it on your radio station!
Weezer cover article in Spin Magazine hitting newsstands May 27th. 
"Weezer" (AKA Album #6, "The Red Album") is out on 6/24/08! 
* MESSAGE BOARDS NOTE: i am now on the boards as Karlophone. My avatar is me smashing a wall with a sledgehammer. my 3rd post, in response to the "KARL KOCH has not posted on these new forums YET!" thread (9th post on the thread) is in fact my first .com forums post of the new format. So yeah, its me. Ill try to check in regularly. Thanks for your patience etc!
Pat's Twitter | Rivers YouTube | Rivers 'Alone' Myspace | Rivers 'Alone' podcasts | karlophone
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2008