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Karl's Corner - 10/25/2008

Once again, it's on in the ATL! (Well, Duluth, technically). From Buckhead to 5 points, from midtown to downtown, and all points in between, Atlanta is huge and busy 24-7. How else could the capitol of the Dirrrty South be? This is a great town to finish a tour in, as the vibe is always fantastic and the people always friendly and stoked, as they have been for weezer since the early days of the Masquerade and 99x...
The Troublemaker Tour came to a triumphant end tonight, although it was with a bit of a sad note that everyone said goodbye, as the Troublemaker Train was humming along so smoothly no one felt ready to step off just yet! Not even Pat, who fell under the weather the night before the show but managed to put out his full butt kicking effort anyway for the tour finale.
The biggest of ups to our tourmates Tokyo Police Club and Angels And Airwaves, who both brought their A games this tour in a fully professional and fun manner. It was truly a pleasure to be out on the road with these bands. And a major major round of applause to our crew, who really kicked so much ass its unreal. Theres too many names to list here, but everyone in all departments was giving 200% and it was showing. You know who you are guys and gals - thank you all so much. Best Crew Ever hands down!
Tokyo Police Club used their last Troublemaker show to bust out with a sweet cover of "Friends Of P". Tom Delonge pulled his pants down during his guest app on "Undone" just as Rivers was describing to the audience how uncomfortable past "end of tour pranks" had made him. (Heh!) And local Weez cover (and more) band El Scorcho was in the Hootenanny tonight, as was T.P.C. for that matter, plus Nishant/"ats5" from the 'Lets Write a Sawng' project. Meanwhile someone dressed Tokyo's van up as a ham and cheese sandwich while they were playing their show. Thats how things roll in Atlanta!
Here are some pix from tonight's show (click on them to see them bigger)
...Weezer tribute band alert!
On Halloween 10/31, Boston band Beautiful Lies will be covering The Blue Album in its entirety at the Berklee College of Music Cafe 939 (located at 939 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215). The show is FREE and ALL AGES. 
NEXT: sleep, new music, and other essentials.
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2008
Karl's Corner - 10/26/2005

...MB '05 Tour: Day 129: Foozer/Wee Fighters #24: Key Arena - Seattle, WA
In the shadow of the Space Needle, the Key Arena sits, nestled in the Queen Anne neighbrohood of Seattle. Why cant all the arenas be right in the city like this one? It gets lonely out in the middle of endless acres of parking lots, 20 minutes away from the city. Well, its just one more reason that Seattle is cool. One thing that counteracted some coolness however, at least for the ravenous fans in the audience, was the very restrictive rules about crowdsurfing and moshing. Its nice for those who dont want to get squashed, but it creates a bit of a frustrated vibe in the crowd sometimes. Apparently thise who came over the front got marked with a pen or something, and if they came over a second time they'd get ejected. This in the hometown of grunge! What's the world comin' to?
Anyway, another good show tonight, in whats turned out to be quite a string of good ones over these last few weeks. The Foozer tour is gonna be one for the books!
Thanks to tonight's 'Undone' acoustic guitar helper/free Washburn acoustic winner, "Johnny", who is apparently not named Johnny - the band mis-heard him! Well, whoever you are, thanks and congrats! And big ups to another Johnny, whose name is actually John - John D., bicycle consultant and legal consul to the stars, in the hizzouse tonight!
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The (updated 10/25/05).
(Note: are bootlegs - do not buy them if you see them! *updated 10/15*)
...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.
....A new Yahoo! news story about Rivers' springtime plans and more is here.
...The "We Are All On Drugs" video has climbed to #10 this week on the MuchMusic Countdown this week.
...The new single from "Make Believe" is "Perfect Situation", and its out now. Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! The video for this song was shot last week in LA and is now in the editing room. It should be out soon. More info when we have it.
Headlining shows coming up now! Folks, these 2 shows will be the last US weezer shows for what looks to be a looong time - make the trip if you can! Freakout in Fresno!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!
...Plus the remaining Foozer show in Oakland.
...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)
...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.
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 - October 2005
2005/10/26
Karl's Corner - 10/27/2001

...Well, its official: the next single off the Green Album is "Photograph"! On this coming Tuesday, October 30 the single is officialy being submitted to radio stations across the country, and as usual, its your requests that will make or break this thing! Now, in several cities such as Philadelphia, Seattle, Champaign IL and Los Angeles, they are way ahead of us and "Photograph" is doing everything from getting in the top 20 to winning "cage matches" 11 nights in a row! So if you want to hear more weez on your local radio station, its time to start telling the DJ's that "its in the Photograph!"
(Note: so far, I have heard no word regarding such things as a video or retail single releases for "Photograph", so when we know, you'll know.)
...in the "studly studmuffin" category, it seems Weezer has been nominated in Playboy Magazine's "Playboy Music Poll 2001" for best Rock Group. Additionally, the Green Album is also nominated for best rock album. They used a photo of Rivers on the ballot for this thing, (calm down, its just a regular portrait!). (Not that we ever look at such magazines!)
...Weezer is at #2 on the College Television Network top 10 countdown. To keep it flying high, fans can vote at
the CTN website.
...as for the band, the guys are really working hard on some major behind the scenes legal brouhahas these days, so wish them luck. They are dealing with attacks/disputes on numerous fronts, and its really hitting the fan now, after slowly simmering all summer. I noticed that even Courtney Love has put in a word of support for the Weez in a recent statement she issued regarding her own battles. These heavy duty meetings and proceedings have everyone on edge and
they are struggling to concentrate on the music these days. As some rapper said, "stakes is high". Suffice it to say the band stands to lose much of the progress that they've worked so hard for all this year, even while plans and preparations go ahead with new recordings and the Extended Midget tour right around the corner.
...Oh yeah! I finally finished up my new "Cobo Challenge" weezer video clip! This was created from pre-show footage me and Pat Wilson shot on the day of the Detroit Midget Tour stop back in September, at the Cobo Arena. Both an Mpeg download and a streaming version will go up on the Audio Video page pretty soon, but for now, heres the link to the streaming (RealPlayer) version- enjoy! click here!
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2001
Karl's Corner - 10/27/2005

...MB '05 Tour: Day 130: travel/day off - to San Francisco
An uber-long 800 mile drive from Seattle all night led us to the golden city of San Fran by mid afternoon today. Perched in Nob Hill, the various weez folk descended into the caverns of the city and had some fun on a rare day off.
...There is a new interview with Rivers online now, from AOL.com. This interview was conducted with AOL IM, and the transcript is here.
....A new Yahoo! news story about Rivers' springtime plans and more is here.
...The "We Are All On Drugs" video has climbed to #10 this week on the MuchMusic Countdown this week.
...The new single from "Make Believe" is "Perfect Situation", and its out now. Call your local station and request it! Let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! The video for this song was shot last week in LA and is now in the editing room. It should be out soon. More info when we have it.
Headlining shows coming up now! Folks, these 2 shows will be the last US weezer shows for what looks to be a looong time - make the trip if you can! Freakout in Fresno!
10/29 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena - on sale now!
10/30 - Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock - on sale now!
...Plus the remaining Foozer show in Oakland.
...Weezer on AOL Sessions (taping) on Wednesday 11/01 - air date TBA (schedule change)
...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.
...weezer tribute band alert!
#1: Morning Theft are playing tomorrow, Friday 10/28 at Fat Baby in Boston. (rivington st between essex & ludlow st) 9pm, 21+. They will be performing the entire "blue album" from start to finish.
#2: "The Sicky Gnar-Gnars" will be playing at Downtown Brew in San Luis Obispo, CA on Nov. 12th at 8 pm. This is a Benefit Concert for Hurricane Katrina Relief and the Gnars will be playing along with 3 other local bands. Cover charge is $5-$10. Ages 21 and up. 
...December Japan Tour Dates (try for tickets here, good luck with the language gap)
December 15, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 16, 2005 Osaka - Zepp
December 17, 2005 Fukuoka - Zepp
December 19, 2005 Nagoya - Zepp
December 20, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 21, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
December 22, 2005 Tokyo - Studio Coast
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2005
Karl's Corner - 10/27/2009

...First off, many mysteries about the many variations of Raditude preorders are now clarified and organized here: http://www.weezer.com/raditude/
...Special Note to NYC fans who want to try to get into Letterman when weezer is there! the show tapings are/were MONDAY 10/26 and THURSDAY 10/29. the Monday taping will air Friday, while Thursday = Thursday. Ergo, no Weezer actually at Letterman on Friday.
Weezer's NEW VIDEO for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", exclusively on Babelgum.com!
...Well its been a hell of a busy week so far here in NYC! We flew into town Sunday, although Rivers came early Monday on a red eye due to filming a commercial in L.A. (youll see, soon enough). Monday we went to Letterman in the morning and the band rehearsed with Paul Schaefer and his gang. Then in the afternoon, we returned to the Ed Sullivan Theater to actually tape the show, which will air this coming Friday as the Haloween episode. Some good suprises in store for ya!
Then we went to a rehearsal space in midtown near the Hudson so the band and some special guests could rehearse the acoustic sets for the Sirius XM show on Tuesday, and the Stripped performance on Wednesday. 
Tuesday (today) came and we went down to the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square, for the Sirius XM "Artist Confidential" show which went out live to air on satellite radio. Rivers opened the set with a special cover of the Killers' "Human" with accompanying piano, cello and violin players as well as our MD Jim on lite touch drums. Then the rest of the band came out for the rest of the set of weezer songs. Inbetween the performances, the band was interviewed by the Siruis XM Artist Confidential host Lou Brutus, who asked the tough questions that people want to know about.
Then Rivers went down to the Fuse TV studio to tape a segment for their alternative show. Not sure when that airs but should be soon. Everything is happening all at once!
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Category:Karl's Corner - October 2009
Karl's Corner - 10/27/2010

Today was weezer's 2nd day of rehearsals, getting sharp for this weekend's Voodoo fest in New Orleans and the Atlanta show at Chastain Park Amphitheater Live Nation (tix still available!) the next day. Also the guys are getting into the old songs, starting to get their Memories Tour setlists up to speed. That work will continue through November. Yesterday, 4 lucky winners got to come down and watch the guys at work for a while, while a film crew was on hand to document opart of the proceedings as well for a to be announced upcoming thang. Today's pic of Rivers at work on the Pinkerton track "Pink Triangle" courtesy Josh Freese!
...Cool animated alternate version video for "Memories" up now, courtesy Epitaph.
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...Reminder: we have added a show in Vail, Colorado, at the Snow Daze Festival on Sunday Dec 12!
...as you may have noticed, there's lots of new weezer music out now or about to be released - here's an overview of all the ordering and pre-ordering options available now:
PINKERTON DELUXE EDITION - iTunes Pre-Order | CD and 4LP pre-order page (rare original fanclub lyrics booklet included!)
remastered album plus 26 b-sides and previously unreleased studio and live rarities!
DEATH TO FALSE METAL - iTunes Pre-Order | CD pre-order page | LiveNation Digital Pre-Order (includes exclusive bonus track "Yellow Camaro"!)
never before heard studio tracks gathered from the last 15 years!
MOG.com pre-release stream of Death To False metal available here!
HURLEY - iTunes | CD (regular, deluxe) and exclusive Epitaph merch!
the great new studio album featuring "Memories", "Unspoken", "Hang On" and "Smart Girls"!]
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2010
Karl's Corner - 10/28/2000

...Allright, I dont know what is wrong with it, but I couldnt get the new mpeg clip to go up successfully. Frustrating! I will try again tomorrow, its just (ahem) 'too late to try' for a 3rd time tonight....seeing as how each upload attempt takes 45 minutes... Above you see some pix from the garage on 10/26...
...ok some random things: #1 the current issue of Maxim mag (November, page 196) has their annual awards poll, which lists Weezer as one of todays most underrated bands. You can vote for the underrated band you like the most... weezer is up against De La Soul, Elliot Smith, Kelis, and Everclear. The cool part is that you can cast your vote over on the Maxim website, so go over there and cast us a vote or two...(sorry no link, i think its maxim.com but I'm not sure.)
...#2 Many have asked regarding the Petra Hayden Benefit Concert on Nov 26th in LA, at the Knitting Factory. We only found out about Petras accident very recently, when I got in touch with Tony Maxwell again after a long absence. Yes, Tony Maxwell has asked weezer to play the benefit, and yes, weezer would *like* to play, but they havent been able to commit at this point due to the impending recording sessions... We are VERY CLOSE to confirming the recording plan, but until this happens, we cannot be sure if we're actually available to do the show. Of course no matter what happens, our thoughts and best wishes are with the wonderful Petra, who certainly didnt deserve to be hit by a car. According to Tony, she is improving more rapidly these days, and will eventually make a full recovery, but her medical bills are insane. Several of you have asked if theres any way to send her cards and stuff; I will be getting back to Tony soon I hope, and I'll find out.
...#3, after a looong time, The info about the NON-weezer mp3 "ex-girlfreind" has turned up... its actually "Paint By Numbers" by Self.
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2000
Karl's Corner - 10/28/2009

* Reminder: Go to AskWeezer.com and send Weezer your questions for the unique Twitter Interview to be conducted on 11/10!!!
Weezer's NEW VIDEO for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", exclusively on Babelgum.com!
...Well the NYC craziness continues! Today Rivers went down to Billboard Magazine to do a photo shoot with Jermaine Dupri, for the cover of Billboard, which will be out 11/13. Victory! Then the whole gang reconviened at the PC Richard and Son theatre on Avenue Of The Americas near Canal St., for the Stripped / iheartradio secret show, which went down exclusively to a small audience of contest winners. After some interiviews and photoshoots with iheartradio, I had the pleasure of introducing the guys onstage. Todays set started acousticly like yesterday, with classical accompniment on a special cover of Coldplay's "Vida La Vida". Then the classical players were thanked and in came the rest of the band for the electrical portion of the short but very energetic and fun set. 
Note you can check out the show starting Thursday 10/29 on the I Heart Radio iPhone/Blackberry app. More will be added in a week or two. Also you can check out more photos and videos from the show on iheartradio.com. 
...Heres two articles on what Rivers was up to on Sunday before he flew to New York: Band Hero commercial shoot, in the style of Risky Business!
...Weezer will be on FUSE Distortion next week! The premiere is FRIDAY 11/6 @ 3pm, the repeat is Saturday 11/7 @ 2am.
...Weezer's recent performance on Jimmy Kimmel will air on November 23rd.
Upcoming tour dates:
12/1 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
12/3 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
12/5 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Center
12/7 – Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
12/9 – Washington DC – Patriot Center
12/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Susquehanna Center
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Category:Karl's Corner - October 2009
Karl's Corner - 10/28/2013

New Shows: 11/24 Huntington , NY The Paramount and 12/26 + 12/27 Aspen, CO Belly Up
Weezer fans of the mighty Long Island zone of rock: we didn’t like adding just 2 shows to our fall schedule, so we found a good spot to play a 3rd weekend show, on Sunday November 24th in Huntington NY at The Paramount! Its been a long time since we played near NYC, so come on over and rock with us!! Presale available 10/28 5pm Local time Grab Presale Tickets Here
Heres a Holiday treat for fans in the Mountain time zone – Aspen Colorado, specifically! Weezer will be playing 2 nights at the Belly Up in Aspen, Thursday Dec 26 and Friday Dec 27th! If you’ve been to the Belly Up you know it’s a fairly intimate venue that gets you close to the band. You also know small venues tend to sell out quickly, so don’t snooze on these tickets for the last chance to see weezer in 2013! See you there!
Presale available 10/28 5pm Local time Grab Presale Tickets Here
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2013
Karl's Corner - 10/29/2000

...The work continues at a frantic pace, today even more demos were recorded, and for the 5th day in a row, a brand new song was written, learned by the band, rehearsed, and put down on tape, all in one day! Meanwhile I shot some more video (I hope to have a new clip every day, barring technical difficulties) and installed these crazy clear plexiglass panels in front of the drums, to cut down on their volume to the rest of the room, while keeping the room "open" visually.. We dont want Pat to feel like he's stuck in a closet or anything.......although it will look like he's in a fish tank! heh heh...
...the new clip is finally up, so click here and scroll to the bottom...
...And here is a link to go to Maxim Online and vote for weezer: Click here......and thanks to everyone who wrote and supplied this info!
...I've started a new page, just for links to new weezer articles and reviews. Links page... it will be updated as people (like you) send me any new ones you discover...
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2000
Karl's Corner - 10/29/2009

...Be sure to tune into the Dave Letterman show tonight, AND tomorrow night for back to back performances by Weezer with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra!!
Well, when you do two Letterman shows in one week, its kinda cool how familiar things start to feel... "Hey Paul, good to see you again!" and all that. It's cool how Dave's crew and people have a tight family and they are very welcoming. Paul Schaffer and the CBS Orchestra are all real nice and it was so fun watching them and the weez collaborate and work out how the jams would go. Guys like Paul, Will Lee and Anton Fig are real heroes to Weezer, so its a double pleasure to work with them. Todays performance was "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to". Tommorrow (Friday) is "I'm Your Daddy", which was part of the Halloween episode taped on Monday. Both turned out really nice! 
* Reminder: Go to AskWeezer.com and send Weezer your questions for the unique Twitter Interview to be conducted on 11/10!!!
Weezer's NEW VIDEO for "(If you're wondering if I want you to), I want you to", exclusively on Babelgum.com!
...Check out the exclusive performance video from Tuesdays secret show on iheartradio.com!
...Weezer will be on FUSE Distortion next week! The premiere is FRIDAY 11/6 @ 3pm, the repeat is Saturday 11/7 @ 2am.
...Weezer's recent performance on Jimmy Kimmel will air on November 23rd.
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Category:Karl's Corner - October 2009
Karl's Corner - 10/29/2010

The gang has reformulated in Louisiana in New Orleans' French Quarter and now we are rolling over to the VooDoo Experience Festival in style. There are a ton of cool bands playing this festival over the 3 days in the weekend, but were not sure how many were going to be able to see till we get there.
(later...)
The VooDoo Experience was quite an experience - perhaps inspired by the looming Halloween, or simply because of the wild energy of New Orleans, there were plenty of people in strange costume wandering about both in the audience and backstage. Another distinctive edge of this festival was the super tasty long line of food kiosks out in the middle grounds. All sorts of authentic New Orleans delights to choose from. Musically, there were a ton of bands, but we were mostly able to take in the Sigur Ros offshoot Jonsi, and a part of the Muse set that happened on the stage across the field from Weezer's stage, right after weezer's set. All in all it was a super fun night for sure, and Rivers scaled some heights, conquering yet another port-a-potty and some tall TV camera towers. A fitting end to weezer's run of festival appearances this year.
Did you go? Comment here and/or in our message boards, tell your tale! Post your show pix on our photo page! 
To see these pix individually and larger, click here.
Also, check weezer's Twitter/Yfrog photo/video page for photos taken on the fly as things happened!
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2010