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Karl's Corner - 03/31/2007

...*UPDATE 4/9* check out this ebay auction for that rather cool portrait painting of Rivers - it's back up and looking for a winning bidder! The artist/seller Jesse says "...Happy Easter, everybody, and hope you get a great deal. I painted this for fun and feel that it's a piece of high quality artwork." It ends on April 13, so dont sleep!
...hey folks. As we collectively emerge into the feeble fobblings of spring, beautiful things crop up. Like "Blades Of Glory". Looking for wild new weezer news? Sorry, no cakes are ready for eating yet. Go watch "Blades Of Glory" and read some Achewood.
...which is not to say nothing's happening. Brian B. of Ohio State University reports on a unique interview that Rivers gave to his class recently, almost out of the blue. "...Last quarter I was fortunate enough to take English 560 with Professor Renker. Somehow, she must have gotten in contact with Rivers, and he responded. In turn, an interview was setup where our class got to interview Rivers via webcam. The class focused on interpreting song lyrics and poetry with thematic similarities. We actually analyzed 4 or 5 Weezer songs ("undone," "across the sea," "beverly hills," "island in the sun," etc.) so it was amazing to be able to talk about this with Rivers. He was an incredibly nice guy, and being a Weezer fan for 15 years now, it was incredible that he would be so kind to give our class (roughly 20 people) this opportunity. The interview was at 9:30 E.T., so Rivers was up quite early being on the West coast. The interview lasted about an hour and a half and was recorded, and I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it will be available somewhere on the English Department website at www.osu.edu." [FYI: haven't been able to find this yet on the OSU website.]
...Rolling Stone blogs about weezy things again.
...Has anyone won yet? Is it winnable. In other words, is this a thing that will be won.
...Weezer cover band insanity!
- more good stuff from Malaysia's Unlike Honey.
- Akai Sky (Japan) covers 'Island in the Sun' and 'Hash Pipe'
- Tony Acoustic covers 'The World Has Turned..' on his MySpace page.
- from Finland: mucho Weez covers here.
- Firetruck covers 'Buddy Holly'.
- An Undone remix.
...todays photo (large size ) comes from Tom at Kartboy. Its a certain drummer doing some sort of crazy car customizing work in a tyvek, er, bunny suit! Pat is, as they say, full of suprises.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2007
Karl's Corner - 03/31/2013

2013/03/31 Tokyo, Japan: Punkspring Festival: Makuhari Messe
Today we arose in Osaka with a need to get 315 miles to the north, as todays 3rd Punkspring Festival show is up in the Tokyo metro area, at the Makuhari Messe, which is a giant convention center north of Tokyo, where they usually hold the Summersonic Festival. So off we went, once again knowing that the Bullet Train was the relaxing answer.
Yesterday's show in Osaka was a bit of a time warp, with our '00 Vans Warped Tour buddies NOFX playing just prior to Weezer. Backstage was a place of chaos, reunions and goofing around, with the goofing around part extending to shenanigans onstage from Fat (now Fit) Mike and Fletcher from Pennywise who stormed the weezer stage at the end of the encore. They have dutifully promised to stir up more trouble tonight.
Its a 2 stage back and forth set up tonight, with non stop rock all day, including NOFX, Pennywise, Lagwagon, Simple Plan, Mayday Parade, the wolf mask wearing Man With A Mission, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, My First Story, and of course TOTALFAT. Of course. TOTALFAT. TOTALFAT. TOTALFAT. TOTALFAT.
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.
TOTALFAT.
Category:Karl's Corner - March 2013
Karl's Corner - 04/01/2005

...some follow up notes today:
"Beverly Hills" debuts at #13 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart! And as of noon on 3/31 it was #1 overall most downloaded on iTunes, and it has stayed there - still #1 as of 8AM EST on 4/1!
...Canadian fans: The "Beverly Hills" video debuts on MuchMusic TODAY on "The Wedge", airing at 11 p.m. EST and again at 3 a.m. EST.
...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, 107.7 The End Seattle (#2 on "People's Choice Countdown"), 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 CANADA (chosen over NIN by the "Nooner" audience!), BBC Radio One UK (Zane Lowe show 3/23 debut!)...
...97x Tampa/St. Petersburg (Won five nights in a row on "Repeat it or Delete it"), 91.5 The Wawl Chattanooga, TN (on 5/10 will play only weezer from 7-9PM! listen online!), Radio Arbeidet (workers radio) NORWAY, XFM LONDON UK, 88.7 KTRM Kirksville MO, 105.7 WHFS B'more/DC, FM 96 London, Ontario CANADA, Sirius Radio (Channel 21 Alt Nation, in rotation about every 2 hours as of 4/1!), 92.3 WXRK-Rock NYC, Q104.3 (Classic Rock! right on!) NYC, Rock96.7 Modesto, CA "The Rock Station", STAR 101.9 Honolulu, HI, KWOD 106.5 Sacramento, KHWD (Howard) 93.7 Sacramento, WWHI/WCRD Ball State U. Muncie Indiana, 89.7 "The River" Omaha NB, New Rock 97.9 WGRD Grand Rapids MI, 102.9 the Buzz Nashville TN (#5 in Top 9 at 9:09).
...weezer is now in the final four of the Y100 Modern Rock Madness tournament. Help weezer become the first band to take the top honors for the 3rd time! And help bring back Y100 Philly!
...and up in Boston on WBCN, they are also doing a tournament, the WBCN March Mania 2005 - and weezer has made the 'sweet 16' round! Check it out and vote!
...weezer cover band alert: UK! - "Weezish" are playing Thurs 4/9 on PLANET BEET night @ The Priors Inn, 1 Priors Avenue, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - £4 on the door. Doors open 8pm. 
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
2005/04/01
Karl's Corner - 04/01/2013

7/27 Las Vegas – Cosmopolitan Pool
weezer fans – We are returning to Vegas! That’s right, on July 27th, we will be back in Las Vegas, at the Cosmopolitan Boulevard Pool! The Boulevard Pool at the Cosmopolitan has gotten a great reputation for being a super fun place to watch a show, and we cant wait to deliver the rock to you there!
Pre-sale tickets available 4/2 via weezertix.com
General on-sale begins 4/5
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2013
Karl's Corner - 04/02/2001

...hello again! Well, I just updated the fans' reports pages, now there are 7 full pages of cool stuff from people like you, and more to come. I've got some older stuff that I still have to sort out and post up, and meanwhile your stories and news keeps coming in. Thanks!
...The band has reconviened in L.A. I'm not entirely sure what they are working on, but I know for a fact that there are three important things to take care of before we head to Japan. 1: rehearse new songs; 2: Put finishing touches on B-sides; and 3: shoot a video! As I have not joined them yet, I will be digging for info and passing it on to you as it is known.
...Well, after some "final four" setbacks at some other radio stations, weezer has picked up another "radio-vote" championship! Many of you wrote in from the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois area to proclaim victory for weezer on WPGU! check it out here on the WPGU website.
...I have learned a "nearly final" running order for the new album! Please note that this is NOT 100 percent certain, as the info is not totally up-to-the-minute, and I know there was intensive desicion making going on right up to the last minute. There could be more songs than this (though not likely to be less), and songs could be "swapped out" for others that were recorded. As you may remember, about 17 or 18 tracks were brought to near-completion back in January and February, so there will be plenty of songs available for b-sides and such.
#Don't Let Go
#Photograph (formerly If You Want It)
#Island In The Sun
#Crab
#Knock-down Drag-out
#Smile (AKA Inside a Smile)
#Hash Pipe
#Teenage Victory Song
#O Girlfriend
#Glorious Day (formerly Gonna Make My Move)
#O Lisa
   ...REMEMBER: subject to change...
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2001
Karl's Corner - 04/02/2002

...from Sunday, Pat has an "off camera" moment at the AP photo shoot... 
...Dusty West news: AM Radio is now confirmed to be an opener (i think theyll play first, then Pete Yorn) ...Click on that there dusty link for free AM Radio mp3s. Additionally, they will be the opening act on the Japan World Cup Tour, which immediately follows in May.
...Okay, what you might have seen floating around on some sites has been confirmed: The Dope Nose video will be shot with Marcos Siega, who promises to keep it exciting this time with drag racing and motorcycles and stuff. To be shot next week.
...tomorrow the guys go back into the studio, to pick up where they left off with the recording of their 5th album, as yet untitled.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2002
Karl's Corner - 04/03/2002

...well, it looks like with the excellent sucess of Dope Nose so far, weezer has won a set of their own battles in the industry wide struggle between artists and labels.
First of all they got a firm release date for Maladroit! And May 14 it is! ...almost exactly a year to the date from the release of Green (also a hotly contested date as some fans may recall). While some sources in the industry were touting this date, behind the scenes there was no true concession from the 'powers that be' till now.
The second cool thing is that weezer has won back and secured the right to continue to post mp3s of their new demos! Thats right, the a-v page is back up, currently featuring a brand new demo of "Living Without You", with more to come!
The third equally cool thing is that weezer has secured a February 2003 release time for Their 5th album, currently in production!
...whew! Now, as for courageous li'l 'Dope Nose' itself (set to have a video shot next Monday by the way), we're getting some whispers that it looks like its going to take another big jump next week on the charts! Thanks for your requests!!!
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2002
Karl's Corner - 04/03/2013

New Show: July 11th Windsor, ON – Caesar's Windsor
weezer fans of Southern Ontario and the Detroit Metro area, we are happy to announce that we will be playing at the Caesar’s Windsor casino on July 11th! Its high time we got back down to this corner of North America, and so the The Colosseum at Caesar’s is the place to be on 7/11. We hope to see you there! Tickets on sale 4/20 here http://bit.ly/14HsYst
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2013
Karl's Corner - 04/04/2001

...one million hits? holy cow... I remember spazzing out when I got to 10,000! Well, again, thank you for your hits !... this calls for some kind of reward to you, the "page-viewers". How about some more mp3's? While I can't be giving away any new stuff right now, I have been authorized to pop up the rest of the original Goat Punishment (as Nirvana) show, from back in '98. The first of 4 more songs (the set was 6 songs long) should be up on the "wfo" page now, and I'll keep uploading the other 3 till they are all there.
...Apparently today was "video meeting" day, in which the band sat down with the label and tried to see eye to eye on who should direct, and what it should look like. I do know that while Spike Jonez is a prime candidate for a future weezer video, he is currently in production directing his second feature film right now, so he will not be available for the Hash Pipe video. So perhaps as I write this the director desicion has been made...perhaps not.
...I've been putting in some time getting the recording history updated. As of right now, there are mostly just a bunch of minor mistakes fixed, and some significant new stuff on page 9. Page 1 will be getting some solid revisions soon, and I made the pages go up to page 12, because the stuff in the 1998-2000 range is going to multiply dramatically in the coming days and weeks...
...er...
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2001
Karl's Corner - 04/04/2002

"Kvasha is to the Islanders what Rivers Cuomo is to Weezer" ---John Buccigross, during todays NHL2Night Islanders vs. Bruins game review on ESPN2
...today was a solid studio recording day. at this writing, no word as to what was worked on yet.
...well the whisperings were right! The new billboard modern rock radio chart came out and sure enough, "Dope Nose" jumped 5 spots, and is now at #14! Again, thanks to your requests and enthusiasm!
...now, here's the NME.com review of weezer's gig at the Manchester Apollo a few weeks ago. This is quite a nice review, particularly coming from the NME who havent always graced the weez with such favorable press in the past. Anyway, it looks like someone there finally saw a show they liked.
...once again, CNN Headline News (which happens to be the only channel I ever seem to watch) has weezer news in their sidebar! "Weezer's new album: Weezer's 4th album, "Maladroit" hits stores May 14." was how it read on the screen, in odd contrast to all the troubling news going on in the world right now. Could Rudi Bakhtiar and Chuck Roberts be weezer fans?
...heres a cool letter we got today: "...my dad's stunt company is going to be a part of the ["Dope Nose" video] production. Just to let you know-these guys they'll be working with are great...Raleigh and the guys will take real good care of the band of course...I won't be around during that time but just want to say how rad I think it is that my family's doing you guys' video...." ---Melanie
...The members of Weezer are prominently featured in a new book called "MOUTHING OFF - A Book of Rock & Roll Quotes".
The book features a back cover endorsement from Pat Wilson, a full page weezer concert photo, and a number of funny and truthful observations from the band over the years. (As well as plenty of photos and quotes from all sorts of rock, punk and indie artists). Compiled by Rolling Stone/Billboard contributor John D. Luerssen, "MOUTHING OFF" hits book and record stores in June. Those who can't wait can purchase it early online at major book e-tailers. (Note: it's cheapest on Amazon.)
...cell phone people: right now at yourmobile.com, "Hash Pipe" is April's Ringtone of the Month!
...a few days ago I linked to the website of one half of the team responsible for several recent weez t-shirt designs. i neglected to also link to the other creators site, so in the interest of fairness (and exposing some cool artwork) here is Vito's art
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2002
Karl's Corner - 04/04/2005

...a flurry of activity over the weekend and 'Make Believe' is *just* about done. The album artwork has been finalized including the photos, art, layout, liner notes, lyrics, etc. The mixes have been selected (though 1 or 2 might yet be in question as of Monday morning...), and therefore the final tracklisting is 99 percent for sure. With a few final desicions soon to be out of the way, the album will be entering the mass-production phase.
...to our suprise, "Beverly Hills" (or at least an excerpt from it) was spotted on the Friday 4/1 episode of Mtv's "TRL" show. What this means (we think) is that it can now be 'voted for', doing battle with all manner of uber-popular fare. Back in '01, the last weezer video to feature some 'skin' (Hash Pipe) found its way onto TRL as well... we think we see a pattern here... heh heh... Did some poking around, here is the TRL voting page... youll have to "write in" Beverly hills near the bottom of you want to vote for it...!
...Speaking of the Beverly Hills video, its now on our Media page in multi-formats and for all connection speeds. Enjoy! 
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2005
Karl's Corner - 04/04/2011 (a)

...Another show for the 2011 calendar - this show will be announced a few hours from now by KROQ-FM in L.A. on Monday morning, but you heard it here first! Weezer will be playing at the Orange County Fair on August 4th, at the Costa Mesa Racetrack. Ticket links and further info from KROQ-FM here.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2011
Karl's Corner - 04/04/2011 (b)

...even more shows on the 2011 weezer concert calendar - today we got....
5/21 – Washington D.C. – DC101 Chili Cook-Off - on sale Friday 4/8! Ticket info here.
8/21 - Squamish, B.C., Canada - Loggersports Grounds - On sale Saturday 4/9! Ticket info here. (site goes live 10 AM Tuesday. A word you may need: weloveweezer)
Better info link for B.C.: Here.
...and here's more details and ticket info for the 8/4 Orange County Fair show, f....
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2011
Karl's Corner - 04/05/2002

"...When I heard the title to weezer's new album, it reminded me of traumatizing childhood experiences at an Episcopalian preschool. The teachers made us play the maladroit game after cleanup time. We had to hold hands and dance in a circle and if we knocked down a toy, we had to go to the middle of the circle and everyone would dance around us screaming "maladroit maladroit you are the maladroit", until somebody else knocked down a toy. This was to teach us the value of cleaning up but I think it was just so the teachers could laugh..." --catch
...The first day back in the studio (Wednesday 4/3) was pretty mellow. Chad and the techs (welcome back to Bobby the Guitar Schneck) spent the good part of the day getting drum sounds and other technical stuff, and the guys started to come in around 5. The vibe was cheerful and mellow. And Rod Cervera is back on the scene as an extra set of ears again. The actual recording didnt last too long that day, possibly due to some lingering jet-lag. They worked on "Private Message" and another new song that they didn’t get very far on. 
...from Wednesday (4/3), back in the studio!... 
...Yesterday (Thursday 4/4) the regular studio schedule commenced. Scott came in first and worked on his bass lines; Pat came in really early to discuss tech issues with engineer Chad. After debate, the important technical conclusion was reached: "screw the click!" Brian wandered in later and mused on whether a particularly large apple had been chemically influenced. By 6PM everyone had arrived and they worked on "Mad Kow" and a brand new song called "Buttafuoco."
A bunch of interviews have been going on too. Pat and Chad were interviewed for Mix magazine on Wednesday, Rivers was interviewed for Playboy on Tuesday, and Brian talked to Guitar Player today.
...Here's a new article over at Billboard on the recent weez developments...
...Here's the Spanish weezer site 'MIJ', they have a set of fresh pix from the recent Lisbon and Madrid shows up...
...Here's a website devoted to the recent weez show in Glasgow. There are a bunch of nice hi-res photos up now!
...now here's a new "Dope Nose" e-card for you. For PC users, click here. For Mac users, click here. 
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2002
Karl's Corner - 04/05/2004

...heres a couple of new interviews done by your truly about the Blue Deluxe, The DVD and beyond: The Daily Collegian and Crazewire.com.
...and over on the audio video page, check out 2 new video clips, filmed at the historic 2/12/04 Rivers/Matt show at Cal State Fullerton. Note - There are actually 4 clips in all (they did 4 songs together), and as youll see on the a-v page, next to the 2 clips youll find a link to the Matt website where the other 2 clips are being hosted. ALSO NOTE that the other 2 clips havent actually been linked up on the Matt site as of Monday evening, but should be soon!
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2004
Karl's Corner - 04/05/2008

***UPDATE 4/15***
Folks, just got word that the new album will be dropping on 6/24, not 6/17. So you'll have to add 7 more days to your weezer countdowns...
***UPDATE 4/12***
Hear a clip of "Pork And Beans", the 1st single from the new album, HERE at amazon.com! This single is out April 22!!! [still awaiting word on whether it wil be all digital or digital and CD. But I've heard some b-side whispers, which tells me there ought to be a CD...]
(note that the Amazon page lists the "album" title to be 'Pork And Beans', but this is very likely an Amazon error, via erroneously calling the single an "album'.)
Also, the rumors of an upcoming cover article/interview in a major music mag appear to be correct. No word on when, nor which mag yet.
...a recent spate of articles broke free recently about the new Weezer album, and a lot of requests have come in for some confirmation. None has been forthcoming so far due to the fact that things are still a bit fluid. But in the interest of not driving fans completely crazy, heres a rundown of what is known and not known:
1. Album release date. This has been reported as being June 17th. This is very likely, however release dates are never truly guaranteed until a week or two before the album arrives. So its probably 6/17, with a small chance of changing.
2. The Album's title. The album has been reported as being self titled, i.e. just called "Weezer" like the Blue and Green albums were. This is also very likely. In fact, as of last Friday, it was technically not possible to change it - unless the release date is changed too. So we can say its very unlikely to change.
3. The Album's theme (color). This has been reported as "The Red Album". This is a strong possibility but it is not for sure. As I understand things, many competing visual ideas are being played off against each other (none of which would affect the self titled aspect), and some are "Red" in style or concept. But whether this ends up as the final theme remains to be seen.
4. First single. Confirmed as being "Pork And Beans". Could this change? Maybe a tiny chance of that. But it is definitely a song on the album (and it is unrelated to the demo song "Pig" that made it onto the internet in '06). As for the release date of this single, this information is TBD, likewise the potential (if any) for "physical" single format(s).
5. Other songs on the album. Many song titles have been kicked around the 'net, including "Everybody Get Dangerous", "Automatic", "Ms. Sweeney", "?" (a '12 letter word starting with T and ending with R'), "I'm the Greatest Man That Ever Lived", "Daydreamer". All are real weezer songs, but none are 100% confirmed as actually being on the album as of this writing.
6. Producer/Mixer. The album was made in 3 phases, produced by Rick Rubin (Malibu, spring '07), Weezer (mostly) (Malibu, summer/fall '07), and Jacknife Lee and Weezer (Santa Monica, early '08), and was mixed by Rich Costey.
...in other news, Rivers has been writing a new song with fans' input, using Youtube.
Category:Karl's Corner - April 2008