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Karl's Corner - 03/27/2001

...Well, after a final flurry of work on the album, both on the song choices/sequence, and cover artwork, I can safely say "It's done"! I havent seen nor heard the final product yet, and it seems Rivers has taken a short vacation to celebrate having wrapped it up in the nick of time. Now (and only now).....can we breathe a sigh of relief.
...I'm hoping to get some detailed tour dates up shortly. As for right now, I can confirm that weezer is doing *SOME* of the Warped tour later this summer, and it isn't the very beginning or ending parts. But I haven't heard about a definite block of dates yet. And I *think* a separate US headlining tour is scheduled to kick off right about the time of the May 15th release date. Also, It is true that weezer will be visiting England and Europe in the summertime. The July 3-4 London dates and a Swedish Festival have been announced, and I expect a final tour schedule to be revealed to me soon with the full run of shows. I hear we are hitting a wide variety of countries including several we've never been to before! As for the Japan dates, the tour got moved a little bit, and now kicks off on April 15th. I believe that all the shows are still happening, just on new dates...
...The April Alternative Press with weezer on the cover has started to hit newsstands as you read this. Check it out!
...Also just wrapped up at the last minute was the CD Single artwork for the "Hash Pipe" promo single. Assuming it gets released as a "for sale" Import CD single as well, it would very likely use the same art. I will try and post all this new stuff for everyone to see as soon as possible...
...more "fans' tour tales" are up here, and here. 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/27/2002

UPDATE! FARGO/AMES/LINCOLN shows now have presale info in the tour page!
...day 2 of 2 in Paris, again chock full of interviews and photo shoots. The day was capped off with a trip out to a television studio, where the "Hit Machine" show is taped. Upon arrival in the backstage 'green room' area, We waded through a very odd assortment of performers and entourages, which, along with weezer, apparently represent the music artists who are "on top" in France right now. What a bizarre mixture! Anyway, the guys ran thru "Island" twice for camera rehearsal, much like on Saturday Night Live, etc., then we were back to waiting around. Finally the taping began, and soon the guys were called to do it again, this time in front of a screaming studio audience. The cool thing is that about 10-20 heavy weezer fans made it to the show, braving the strange pop environment to join in the audience, and it was great to see them rocking out as best they could. But the whole audience looked pretty stoked, you could tell that "Island" has made some real impact here. Thanks to the fans and to the whole French record label staff for making the Paris visit run so smoothly and for being so nice. Everyone is stoked to return to France and all of Europe for more extensive touring as soon as the time is available! 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/27/2005

...early views of the new Alternative Press (May, Weezer cover story) are reporting back that its an excellent read that reveals much about the recent history of the band, and describes several new songs that were played for the reporter, including 'Pardon Me', 'We Are All On Drugs', 'The Damage In Your Heart', 'This Is Such A Pity' and Freak Me oUt" Also mentioned is a cover song "Unbreak My Heart", which did indeed get recorded but is unlikely to make the album. In fact, as we have not gotten a final tracklist yet (though the mixing process just about finished, with mastering due to start by Monday), its not guaranteed that all of the above songs will be on the album - however, it is very likely that they will. If you are wondering where you can find this extra special issue of Alternative Press, check here for a list of retailers that carry it. The issue can also be advance-ordered direct from AP for 5 bucks - click here to order.
...in between working on prepping the new weezer.com for launch (launching shortly - we were expecting this last week but now its really coming any day now), I've been editing some video goodies that are expected to appear as extras on the "Make Believe" CD. Behind the scenes of Make Believe and all that jazz! More info to come as we get a final tracklist and such.
...Philadelphia area fans concerned about the ticket situation for the Electric Factory show in May: The onsale date for tickets has apparently been moved back from 4/8 to 4/1 (next Friday). I have been trying to confirm that there is NO pre-sale for this date, but so far Im still awaiting word on that.
...updated 'Radio Love List': "Beverly Hills" now playing on KROQ-FM L.A., 103.1 Indie LA/OC (with a wee dis in the Punk Rock Minute to boot), 94.7 Portland OR, Live 105 SF, 99X Atlanta, WEQX in VT/Upstate NY (#1 request 3/23!), WRRV Poughkeepsie, and XM radio channel 47 'ETHEL', 101.7 wfnx Boston, 95.5 wbru Providence ("screamer of the week"), 102.3 KBXR in Columbia, MO (on "What's New for Dinner"), 89X in Detroit, 102.9 the Buzz Nashville TN, 107.7 The End Seattle (#2 on "People's Choice Countdown"), Sirius Radio (Channel 21 Alt Nation), 102.1 Milwaukee, 94.9 San Diego, 91.1 (91x) San Diego ("Weezer Wednesday" 3/23), 102.1 THE EDGE Dallas ("9 o'clock Cock Fight"), New Rock 97.3 Cincinnati, 101X Austin TX, The Edge Radio 103.9 Phoenix (3/21 "Double Edge Weezer Day"), 96.5 the Buzz Kansas City (#1 on "the 7 @ 7 that don't suck"!), 103.9 The X Dayton, Ohio, drive105 Minneapolis MN, 94.7 The Buzz Oklahoma City, X102.3 Fort Wayne TX, 106.7 The End New Orleans, X96.3 KXRK Salt Lake City, Q101 Chicago (ranked on "Top 9 at 9"), O-Rock 105.9 Orlando (#4 on Furious 8 at 8), Real Rock 101.1 Orlando, Knoxville's 94.3 the X, 103.3 The Edge Buffalo (whoo!), 102.1 The Edge Toronto (chosen over NIN by the "Nooner" audience!), BBC Radio One BRITIAN (Zane Lowe show 3/23 debut!).
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2005
Karl's Corner - 03/27/2009

Peoples, heres the latest from the poop deck:
...Coming up on April 11th on Sirius Satelite Radio is The Alternative Nation Countdown Takeover extreme–mega-extravaganza. This special show will be hosted by Rivers and Jason Schwartzman (Coconut Records) and will feature several all new recordings by both of them. Rivers was joined on his new tracks by Joe LoPiccolo and Rainn Wilson, whos got more than just acting chops in his arsenal.
...The Rivers 'Alone 2' hootenanny style in-store at Fingerprintz records last December is being made into both a special live CD, and a DVD. These will be released on April 28th and are currently available for pre-order on the Fingerprintz site: CD ordering link, DVD ordering link. The CD includes 6 performances, whereas the DVD includes 12 full performances plus the video for "My Brain Is Working Overtime", plus special interviews and more!
...Weezer's first confirmed show of '09 has been announced, they will be playing the Fujirock Festival on July 26th near Tokyo Japan. Beyond that date there will be more international and North American shows announced when they are confirmed.
...Weezer tribute band alerts!
Houston TX: The Sweaters is playing at WestFest (the Free Pree Houston's Westheimer Block Party) TOMMORROW, March 28. This is a huge 100+ band, all day event up and down Westheimer in Houston, TX. Details on the bands Myspace.
Honolulu, Hawaii: Goat Punishment is playing at Sand Island Sports Bar on April 4th.
And as always, the mighty El Scorcho out of Atlanta has lots of shows coming up.
...and finally folks, I know this is somewhat tangental, but man... if you don't know about this yet, get familiar! Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are, coming fall '09.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2009
Karl's Corner - 03/27/2010

...Two more show confirmations are in, and the tix are onsale later TODAY (Saturday) morning!
April 30th – April 30th – Byrd Stadium, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland – On sale 10am Saturday (today!) - Ticket link here.
June 11th - The Horseshoe Southern Indiana, Elizabeth, Indiana – On sale 11am Saturday (today!) - Ticket link here.
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...Weezer tribute band alert!
Destroy All Sweaters (Raleigh, NC’s Weezer tibute)
Saturday April 30th
@ Deep South, The Bar, Raleigh, NC
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2010
Karl's Corner - 03/28/2002

=rwa= update! wichita, colorado springs, albuquerque dates are confirmed! see the tour page!
...jet lag, back from Europe, delerious, must sleep. I flew to the secret karl lab for battery recharge. I wont be hooking back up with the guys for a couple weeks, but the news will continue to flow our way. lots of cool stuff on the horizon!
Band doing big photo shoot tomorrow (friday). More detail to come friday nite sometime. goodnight, zzzzzzz
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/29/2001

...the break continues. I've spoken to Pat up in Portland, who is busy in his home studio, and pleased to be home for a bit. Rivers continues his mini-vacation, and should be returning to L.A. soon. I'm not sure what Mikey and Brian are up to. Personally, today I attended a nice birthday party for 2 of my grandparents, one of whom turned 93 and the other 95! Not very rock n roll, but fun nonetheless.
...they dont like rock n roll, but they like weezer! 
...I did a bunch of shuffling around with the pages of your radio reports and tour stories and such, and made it all a little easier to navigate. If you bookmarked any of the fans news or the tour stories pages, you should start fresh by clicking here and going from there. As more stuff comes in, ill just keep adding more pages, whether its radio reports, a TV sighting, your tour stories, or whatever!
...As first reported on the main news page, we have some confirmed tourdates. Below is the listing as of today. Obviously there is a lot that remains to be filled in, both in the US and abroad. I'm sorry I don't yet have the "for-sure" info on the Warped Tour. I realize some websites have posted it already, but I have been told that the exact dates weezer is on are still up in the air....
April 15 Tokyo Blitz
April 16 Sendai Zepp
April 17 Nagoya Diamond Hall
April 18 Fukuoka Zepp
April 19 Hiroshima Asterl Plaza
April 20 Osaka Zepp
April 21 Osaka Zepp
April 23 Nagoya Diamond Hall
April 25 Tokyo Zepp
April 26 Tokyo Zepp
April 28 Indio, CA Coachella Festival
(in here: as yet unknown USA stuff, most likely)
May 12 Edgefest in Dallas- KDGE: Smirnoff Music Centre, Gates open at 11am
May 13 Birthday Bash 2001- KMYZ: Tulsa OK, Will Rogers Downs
(in here: some more unknown USA/America stuff, leading to Europe dates...)
June 23rd, Neuhausen Southside festival (Germany)
June 24th, Scheesel Hurricane festival (Germany)
(in here: unknown Europe/UK dates)
July 3 & 4, London; Shepherds Bush Empire
(after July 4, all is unconfirmed at this point...)
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2001
Karl's Corner - 03/29/2002

"...Congratulations guys. My friend went online to get some tickets for your upcoming show in Calgary an hour and 15 mins. after they went on sale, and the floor was already sold out. Sucks for us, but it's good news for you guys. Looking forward to seeing ya..." ---Kody
...today the guys had a photo shoot with Spin, the big mag which has had kind of a love/hate/ignore/repeat relationship towards weezer over the years. This is apparently for a fairly big story, so keep your eyes peeled in the coming weeks/months(?).
...Maladroit: whats the story?
We've been getting a lot of confused emails and conflicting reports about the release date of Maladroit. About the only thing I know for sure is that the record stands a pretty good chance of being released now, as opposed to even that basic fact being uncertain a few weeks ago. As for when exactly, theres the thing. Now, amazon.com is already advertising the album for preorder (and yes thats the real cover, barring a last minute change), claiming that it will be released April 30th. I have learned 2 basic facts at this point: 1.there has NOT yet been a release date assigned to the record by the bigwigs at Geffen/Interscope, and 2. we are ALMOST POSITIVE that the release date is NOT going to be April 30th. Meanwhile, some readers in Toronto have spotted a print advertisement for the album, in "Exclaim!", a local music-oriented newspaper. The ad claims that Maladroit will be "on streets Tuesday May 7!", yet another claim of uncertain origin. Now, this date is at least possible, as it hasnt been practically ruled out like April 30th has. However, even this date is pure speculation at this point. As we get closer to these dates, the tension is building, and I, like you, hope we get some solid info soon!
...meanwhile, excitement over the album continues to escalate, with "Dope Nose" rising to #19 (from #27) with an "air power" designation, on this weeks Billboard Modern Rock chart. Right on! Thanks for your requests and persistance!
...note #1: French viewers (whether they hate the show or not), will be able to watch Weezer doing "Island" on the "Hit Machine" show, as the show they appeared on is being broadcast on April 6th.
...note #2: for UK listeners: Monday, April 15th from 8-10pm GMT: On Steve Lamaqc's show on BBC radio 1, weezer's brixton gig will be broadcast! Not sure if its the whole show or just highlights. 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/29/2010

...As the weezer mailing list heard it first, "I'm Your Daddy", the brand new video from "Raditude" has just premiered on Myspace!
The video features a dense attack of classic weezer moments from the last year of touring and other activity, culled from many sources including footage shot by yours truly while traveling with the band. There are lots of surprises, as well as recognizable moments from everything that's been happening lately, right up to This January's epic show at FSU. Check it out!
I'm Your Daddy
Weezer | MySpace Music Videos
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2010
Karl's Corner - 03/29/2011

...folks, another addition to the weezer concert calendar - on Saturday, July 16th, weezer will play at the Nano-Mugen Festival in Yokohama, Japan! This festival takes place at the Yokohama Arena (near Tokyo) and the 2 day festival also features the Manic Street Preachers, Asian Kung-Fu Generation and many many more. The Ticket preorder has started today through April 12 (see the site for details, theres a lottery system) and the regular sale begins June 14.
(English site link)
Even though the festival is quite a ways away from now, there will surely still be a ton of recovery work to do by then in the Northern part of Japan from the unprecedented earthquake disaster. Hopefully a great summer rock festival will help brighten peoples spirits as they continue to deal with the unimaginable.
 
...an FYI: Male Bonding is opening the Brixton show, hand picked by Rivers.
...dont miss this great lil video that was posted by fan Michael McCarthy about the wild adventures of his custom weezer flag(s) during the Memories Tour!
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2011
Karl's Corner - 03/29/2013

2013/03/29 Nagoya, Japan: Punkspring Festival: Club Zepp
With all the show announcements and Cruise announcements going on, it might have gotten overlooked that we have arrived in Japan for the Punkspring Festival series! We've got 3 rock shows lined up for the next 3 days here, and all are multi-band extravaganzas. Today we are playing at Zepp Nagoya, a modern midsize venue that we have played at numerous times in past years, most recently in 2011.
Today its a festival with 3 other bands: Simple Plan, Big Mama and The Starbems. Yesterday NOFX, Lagwagon, Mamba69 and Totalfat played. Tomorrow we head to Osaka where the venue is bigger and all the bands are playing the same day. Then its on to day 3 in Tokyo.
Click for 6 seconds of todays soundcheck, in a loop.
As usual, theres more then one way to catch a taste of our tour. Photos from tonights show will be up here and on Weezer's Facebook page soon, Ill be instagramming live (er, as close as possible anyway) from the shows (which will be linked on weezer's twitter and also here: http://instagram.com/karlophone), Scott's in the mix with his instagram feed (http://instagram.com/ss711), Pat's on twitter too, and you know Rivers is always busting out one way or another be it on Twitter or Facebook. See the social links in the right column.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2013
Karl's Corner - 03/30/2002

...random note 1: opinions: everybody's got one... 
:::"...The other day I was pleasantly surprised to find a Guitar World magazine in my mailbox with Rivers Cuomo on the cover. I thought, "Finally, my favorite group is getting recognition." After I read the article, I was very disturbed...If this is the way that Rivers feels about his dedicated, hard-working fanbase, then maybe I do not want to be a fan...." ---'ex-fan', Dan D.
:::Well, I read the interview with Rivers in Guitar World the other day. Interesting and informative. At first I was a bit taken aback by the comments about "annoying" fans, but then I realized that if I were in Mr. Cuomo's position, hell yes, I would find fans annoying. Also, while I'll admit that Pinkerton got me hooked on Weezer, I will freely profess that I haven't heard a Weezer song yet that I haven't enjoyed...The reason I like Weezer is not because of some song they recorded 6 or 7 years ago, but because of the way they approach making music...I look forward to hearing anything Rivers has in mind musically..." ---Andi 
...random note 2: If you dug some of the new weez shirt designs that cropped up on the recent tour, a certain dynamic design duo is to thank. Jon and Vito are responsible for the very cool semi-hokey art on the 'panda bear', '2 rocking out guys', 'space video game', and 'cereal box' t-shirts. I owe 'em a link to their website, so check it out if youre feeling adventurous!
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002
Karl's Corner - 03/30/2013

2013/03/30 Osaka, Japan: Punkspring Festival: Kobe World Memorial Hall
Of the many cool things about Japan, the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) is not only fun and relaxing, its amazingly convienient. We made our way from Nagoya down to Osaka today in less than an hour, riding in serene smooth comfort as the Japanese landscape flew by. Enjoyable travel.... what's not to like about that?
Today is Show #2 of our 3 day Punkspring Festival run, and it takes place at the 8000 seat Kobe World Memorial Hall, with our old 2000 Warped Tour friends NOFX, plus Pennywise, Lagwagon, Simple Plan, Mayday Parade, wolf mask wearing Man With A Mission, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, My First Story, and of course TOTALFAT. Of course. TOTALFAT.
As usual, theres more then one way to catch a taste of our tour. Photos from tonights show will be up here and on Weezer's Facebook page soon, Ill be instagramming live (er, as close as possible anyway) from the shows (which will be linked on weezer's twitter and also here: http://instagram.com/karlophone), Scott's in the mix with his instagram feed (http://instagram.com/ss711), Pat's on twitter too, and you know Rivers is always busting out one way or another be it on Twitter or Facebook. See the social links in the right column.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2013
Karl's Corner - 03/31/2002

...Weezster egg madness!
...by...(top) Jake, (row 2): Jon and Joile F., Sarah, Beth, Dorie and Christine, (row 3): S., Jeff and Shelley Chapman, (bottom): Mike... 
...Well, Sunday marked a quiet Easter day when most stores closed early, families got together, my grandfather turned 96 years old, and weezer did a photo shoot for Alternative Press.
...Maladroit mysteries...
Now both Mtv and Mtv.com and Sonicnet have announced that Maladroit is set to be released on May 14. Meanwhile, fans who work in 2 separate book/record store chains have both spotted Maladroit ship/release dates of April 30th on their store's computers. Both of these contradict the May 7th we've heard from other sources as well. Additionally, over in the UK at the shows, the record company was supplying flyers announcing the release to be April 29th (which is the same as an April 30th date in the USA). However, so far we here at weezer.com have not been told a final release date, and we tend to have pretty good sources... In any event the record, whenever its out, is already selling pretty darn good, ranking anywhere between #60 and #130 on the amazon.com sales chart, depending on when you look!
...Television: the drug of a nation...
The next episode of a TV show called "Ed" (airs on NBC this Wednesday at 8PM EST) will feature an appearence of the current single "Dope Nose". According to someone close to the show, it will be "in the second half of Wednesday's show. It is a featured background in a party scene."
...radio one: youre the only one...
Heads Up: steve lamaqc's interview with weezer will be aired on wednesday night 8-10pm GMT on radio 1 UK [live webcast] (97-99fm) AND:Weezer's Brixton gig will broadcast live on Radio 1 in the UK on April 15th (approx mid afternoon in the US). So tune into the webcast! They're likely to broadcast extended highlights (not quite the full show).
...random note: "Photograph" video...
Several folks have written in that theyve seen the Photograph video on some in-store video systems, such as in Champs Sports. I've done some checking and confirmed that the video they are showing is the live in San Diego MTV2 version from the Extended Midget Tour. Now, if you see a Photograph video somewhere with Pat riding a scooter and other assorted silliness mixed in, That's the "real" one. Let me know if you see that one! 
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2002