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Karl's Corner - 06/11/2002

World Cup Report #1!
first in a series of reports from our intrepid weezer sports reporter in Japan and Korea, where Rivers and a gang of fellow soccer enthusiasts has gathered to soak in the World Cup...
After the tour and recording was over in Tokyo, Rivers stayed in Japan for a couple of days to do some press and catch the beginning of the World Cup. The first game, in which reigning champions France were beaten by first-timers Senegal, was a promising beginning to what has turned out to be a very exciting tournament so far.
Rivers and the gang decided to go to Seoul, Korea a day early to experience the games with some real soccer fanatics! Many matches wer ethen watched at an Irish pub with the curious moniker "O’Kims". On Monday, the rest of the soccer fanatic crew arrived (Todd, Ivan, and Justin [yes, Nerf Herder Justin!]) and a couple of days later the first US match finally arrived. It was an amazing game. The U.S. supporters were sorely outnumbered, as probably 90% of the stadium were supporting Portugal. However, a lot of those people were shocked and disappointed when the U.S. took an early lead. The U.S. scored their first goal in the first four minutes of the game! They followed up with another sweet goal in the first half, and at one point were leading over Portugal by three goals. Portugal eventually caught up, though, and the second half was excruciating as we all sat nervously biting our nails when they scored a second goal to make the score 3-2. In the end, our team held the Portuguese off, though, and we were all thrilled to watch the U.S. men win their first match against such a formidable opponent. Rivers and co. were inspired by the great game, and returned to an auxiliary field after the game to kick the ball around against a backdrop of celebratory fireworks (they had arrived at the stadium two hours early, so they’d found the field beforehand and they had a pretty good game with some friendly Koreans hanging around). We spent the next few days in Seoul, watching matches and exploring the city. Korea’s defeat of Poland was a pretty tight game; the guys went down to a huge square to watch the game along with pretty much everyone else in Seoul. After the victory there were people in the streets behind the hotel celebrating all night long.
For diversionary fun, the hobbies are: buying business suits (?!) and of course foosball! 
...pix and details courtesy SK... 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2002
Karl's Corner - 06/11/2005

...MB '05 Tour: Day 31: Travel to London, UK (day off)
Today we woke up at the hotel thats actually across the street from the Vienna Airport, walked to the terminal and boarded the flight to London. It went pretty smoothly, facilitated by the presence of a Starbucks right next to our gate. We arrived in London late afternoon and settled in at the hotel we will be calling home for the next 4 days. London is by now pretty familiar to us, and its cool to be back and actually know how to get around and more importantly where to go! Personal recomendation: the Treasures Gallery at the British Library.
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...a fans' petition to "get weezer down under" is here.
...if you ain't heard the new album "Make Believe" yet, or you want to turn someone on to it without dropping cash, or you just want to jam it whilst computing when away from your cd, check out heavy.com - once there, click on the "heavy radio" icon in the bottom corner and you'll see the full Make Believe album preview channel. (and then go buy it, ya heard?)
...several weezer fan message boards serviced by ezboard, including w.i.d.f. and others have recently suffered from some major hacking attacks that messed up tons of ezboard message board sites. Regular visitors may be experiencing problems with the sites, as many posts and some memberships were deleted or lost. Ezboard is supposed to be repairing these problems, but theres no word as to exactly when.
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2005
Karl's Corner - 06/11/2006

CONGRATULATIONS TO RIVERS!!!
Last Thursday (6/8) our fave frontman Rivers graduated from Harvard with his Batchelor of Arts degree. Its been an 11 year journey to get that degree (which followed several years of community college way beck in the pre weezer years), but Rivers had a pretty good excuse for taking a little extra time - the last 11 years also saw 4 weezer albums recorded and released, hundreds if not thousands of songs written and thousands of shows played around the world. And as for that official "Batchelor" status, hes got about a week left to enjoy that title, as his nupitals are imminent! See RollingStone.com for another photo.
...the future? some band plans are in the planning phase. Once them wedding bells have rang, things should be clarifying. Stay tuned... 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2006
Karl's Corner - 06/11/2008

*UPDATE* 6/13/08 Happy Birthday to Rivers!
*UPDATE* New Rivers interview in the upcoming Rolling Stone issue (6/26), but its online now.
Check out the "Greatest Fan That Ever Lived" contest, going on right now! You could win the wicked boombox featured in Weezer's "Greatest man That Ever Lived" Mtv 52 Bands clip, that helped the band rock out in the park. Watch the clip, answer a few questions and register to win! 
In other news, stay tuned for Hootenanny Mini-Tour info coming soon...
...Webisode #4: "The M Button" should be up (sometime shortly) at imeem.com today! Be sure to check this one out!
...Weezer collectors! While the Weezer Collector's Discography [currently still known as "Tunes: The Weezer Discography"] awaits updates and additions, Richard V's excellent "WeezerCollector" site keeps on ticking, now in the process of updating for Red Album madness! If you are trying to track down rare singles, promo items and other unusual weezer stuff, you need to check in with WeezerCollector - if nothing else, you'll see some cool stuff to get jealous of! (happy 25th Richard!) 
Tribute Band alert: 'Our name is Jonas' is playing Saturday June 28th at 10 pm at The Screamin' Eagle (Formerly Known as Andrews) in Ypsilanti, MI.
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2008
Karl's Corner - 06/11/2010

...NEW SONG "REPRESENT" out TODAY! on Radio Weezer and FREE on iTunes! Check our Team USA Soccer themed splash for more World Cup soccer goodness!
...Well, we assembled our motley crue yesterday evening in Louisville (home of our fave mid-south record shop Ear X-Tacy, though we still miss Melanie!), and made our way over the river to the oddly situated Horseshoe Casino. Its sort of in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by deep woods, steep hills, and nature. And the casino is actually a boat on the river which is why it was legal to build...er, float. And were not actually playing on the boat, but rather in the parking lot nearby. And I swear, I can hear a banjo duel off in the woods somewhere! THIS IS ROCK.
(later..)
Everyone was saying how today was their hottest day of the year so far... and to that I must reply with a cliche: it's not the heat, its the humidity! But yeah... it was the heat too. Brutal! But a fine rain-free day for outdoor rock, in the parking lot of a casino. The folks came primed to have some fun and blow off steam, and thats what happened. We had a guest singer dueting on "If Your're Wondering" with Rivers tonight, and dude could sing! Later I had to bust out some Germanic line dancing moves as Rivers dragged me to center stage during the particularly raucous "Kids". Its a good thing I took all those Germanic line dancing lessons back in Leipzig.
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...REMINDER: The upcoming Weezer perfomance this Saturday at Bonnaroo will be broadcast on YouTube the next day, Sunday June 13th at 5:30 PM.
...REMINDER: We got a new contest for you, teaming up with Hurley: design our t-shirt, win $ and swag! The entries are already piling up there - check em out, vote for your fave, and sumbit a design!
...weezer tribute band alert!
* WeezNutz is playing at the Universal Bar and Grill in Universal City, California on June 17th. The band goes up at 11PM. It's $5 at the door.
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2010
Karl's Corner - 06/11/2022

weezer Eagle-eyed (and by now, vision-impaired) followers may have noticed that our drummer man Patrick Wilson is not on tour with us right now. He needed to stay home this Euro run, but he is fine and he will be back! We recruited @daveelitch to fill in while we’re in Europe. Dave is a fantastic drummer who has played with a million major artists, and he’s a sought after drum teacher to boot! He’s a good guy, fun to tour with. We miss Patrick very much, but Dave is holding the drums down till Pat’s back! #karlscorner
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2022
Karl's Corner - 06/11/2024 (a)

weezer June 10, 2024, Dublin, Ireland @3arenadublin - 3rd show with @smashingpumpkins, back again in lovely Ireland for a healthy dose of massive rock and good times! Our good friend @murphyphoto was in the house, maybe he will share some of what he captured with us soon! Thanks to all the crew of both bands, and everyone who came down to rock! #karlscorner
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2024
Karl's Corner - 06/11/2024 (b)

weezer Special bonus reporting from the Dublin show, all shots courtesy our photographer / best buddy Sean Murphy @murphyphoto !! Sean’s been an indispensable part of the weezer family for well over 20 years now and its always such a pleasure when he stops by! Not to mention he always captures a feast for the eyes! #seanscorner #karlscorner
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2024
Karl's Corner - 06/12/2001

Today's activities included an interview with Pat and Rivers at London's XFM radio station. The interview went very well (good questions!) and then the guys did what is called an "XFM Hijacking", where they pick and introduce 20 songs by various artists that they'd like to share with the listeners. Weezer's Hijacking included a highly eclectic mix, everything from Dionne Warwick's "Walk on By" to Slayer's "Angel Of Death"!
Then everyone headed over to a nearby TV studio, to tape a segment for a show called the "Pepsi Chart". As far as I can tell this is a "Top of the Pops" type thing, with a mostly pre-selected audience (with two notable weezer-fan exceptions, who even managed to get some autographs from the guys after their 'performance' !) The show's main emphasis seems to be total cheese. But getting "Hash Pipe" to the English folk is important, and this show is supposedly one of the best ways to do it.
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2001
Karl's Corner - 06/12/2002

World Cup Report #2!
the second in a series of reports from our intrepid weezer sports reporter in Japan and Korea, where Rivers and a gang of fellow soccer enthusiasts have gathered to soak in the World Cup...
Monday (6/10) was the big match between S. Korea and the U.S.A. The anticipation for this game was incredible. There were commercials on T.V. about it every five minutes, and even the bellboys at our hotel were bugging the weez folk for tickets! The Koreans were dominating the first half, keeping the U.S. team on their toes, but [in the reporter's opinion] shooting poorly. But the terrain was tough, as Justin explained. Since it had been raining most of the morning the field was really wet and slippery. That didn’t seem to hinder the U.S. men, though, as they scored a powerful goal in the first half that brought the raucous Korean fans to a hush while the tiny U.S. contingent were on their feet cheering like crazy. During the second half, Korea finally scored another goal to bring the score to a tie that would persist to the end, so the game was a draw, tieing the U.S. and Korea in their group determining which team will advance to the next round. Neither team was at their best, though, which was kind of a bummer. After the game the crowd was still happy (both sides), but there was an air of disappointment looming, since neither team’s supporters could claim victory, and no one thought their team played up to par that day (bad weather, extremely intense pressure, etc). Tomorrow its back to Seoul for the remainder of the first round. 
...pix and details courtesy SK... 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2002
Karl's Corner - 06/12/2005

...MB '05 Tour: Day 32: London, UK (day off)
Today was the second of the two 'totally off' days off on the Euro tour, and it was in London. People scrambled all over this fair city in search of art, culture, food, and shopping, all of which were in plentiful supply till about 6 PM when stuff started closing up due to it being Sunday and all. Kensington Gardens were just great despite overcast skies. Wagamama, Pret a Manger and good fish n' chips places were the order of the day food-wise. Laundry was done, walks were had, ATMs were raided, stores were invaded. Ahh!
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Category:Karl's Corner - June 2005
Karl's Corner - 06/12/2009

***UPDATE 6/13*** HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RIVERS CUOMO!!!!
Weezer is pleased to announce that they are creating an online Weezer Radio station as a part of the brand new a.p.e. (Artist Personal Experience) radio network coming in July! Check out the press release for the details....
a.p.e. * artist personal experience * radio
Featuring the Eagles, Christina Aguilera and Weezer
Launches Summer 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA (June 12, 2009) – It was announced today that channels from multi-platinum, Grammy-winning hit-makers the Eagles, Christina Aguilera and Weezer will launch a.p.e. (artist personal experience) radio as it hits the virtual airwaves in July. In the coming months, many developing artists, as well as more of the brightest stars in music, will produce and host their own respective channels to be available on hundreds of internet radio and digital outlets.
a.p.e. radio, a Clear Channel and Front Line Management joint venture, will be distributed across Clear Channel Radio's digital network, "iheartradio,” and integrated across each specific artist’s website. These artist-hosted channels will allow performers to build upon their long-standing successes in traditional media, while taking a new step in digital content development and distribution. The artist/host will choose the music, and create exclusive content --including personal commentary, opinions and anecdotes -- to foster a deeper connection with their audience. In addition to maintaining creative control, artists will share in the profits.
“At their core, artists tell stories,” said Evan Harrison, President of Clear Channel’s Digital Division, and CEO of a.p.e. radio. “a.p.e. radio will be an additional creative platform to connect with fans and further that storytelling, while ultimately exposing fans to new music."
“High-quality digital platforms create the opportunity for artists to realize the full value of their brands, while remaining in complete artistic control,” said Irving Azoff, founder and CEO of Front Line Management, who also serves as Chairman of a.p.e. “In Clear Channel Radio, we’ve found a digital partner whose reach is unprecedented, and who understands the business value of artistic quality.”
For more information and high-resolution artwork visit www.aperadio.com
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2009
Karl's Corner - 06/12/2010

...NEW SONG "REPRESENT" on Radio Weezer and FREE on iTunes! Check our Team USA Soccer themed splash page for more World Cup soccer goodness!
...Well, here we are at the big bad Bonnaroo festival! Theres so many people here, and so many bands! Wow. Well, more later, time to explore and get ready for the Weezer set... GO TEAM USA!!!
(later...)
Well, fortunately the satellite was working on the bus, and the day started with watching the World Cup action. First we saw South Korea take out Greece, and then it was on to the big kahuna of the day, USA v. England - their first World Cup match up in 60 years. We settled in and all eyes were glued to the screen for 2 very tense and fun hours. Team USA holding England to a 1-1 draw was pretty cool, I must say. The sheer epicness of soccer at this high level is intense - so much drama, and not just in the LBC!
Later, during warmups in the bus, the band was joined by Julia Nunes, and they ran through the vocal harmonies of "Trippin Down the Freeway", which Julia was slated to join in on during the show. She also prepared the song on her ukulele, and everything seemed to be all set. but during the show, it was discovered her ukulele was not tuned to the right key for the song, so she didn't match any of the other instruments tuning. Oops! Well, we adjusted on the fly and Julia still supplied her soaring vocals to the song, which was pretty sweet all by itself.
Hot summer weather moved in to the Nashville area just in time to make Bonnaroo a 95 degree 100 percent humidity sweaty festival. Which really is as it should be! How else would you have throngs of half naked revelers rocking out with wild abandon? Heat creates rock, its proven. Weezer hit the stage at sundown, and put in an epic performance. Rivers once again pushed the boundaries of what could be climbed, what could be thrown, what could be lifted, and what could be smashed! And the crowd roared like a lion.
Big ups to special attendees Brian's mom, and Adam Yellen and his Bonnaroo crew Jake and Dan!
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...REMINDER: We got a new contest for you, teaming up with Hurley: design our t-shirt, win $ and swag! The entries are already piling up there - check em out, vote for your fave, and sumbit a design!
...weezer tribute band alert!
* WeezNutz is playing at the Universal Bar and Grill in Universal City, California on June 17th. The band goes up at 11PM. It's $5 at the door.
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2010
Karl's Corner - 06/13/2001

Today was Rivers's birthday, and he got a 'present' today that is just about his favorite thing: recording new weezer songs! Today everyone headed over to the BBC studios, to record songs for a Radio One Evening Session on the Steve Lamacq show. This is sort of like the John Peel Sessions, a different band does it every week, and these special versions of songs are featured on the air over the following weeks. The band was asked to do 4 songs, including "Hash Pipe", "Island In the Sun", and a cover. However, the guys were so excited about having an opportunity to record, that they convinced BBC to let them do all new songs! And not only that, they worked extra fast and recorded 8 songs as opposed to the required 4! It was quite a battle, but they got their way...Due to time restrictions, only 4 of the songs were polished up, and the other 4 will not see any airplay. The 4 songs that the BBC will be featuring are:
Burndt Jamb
High Up Above
Take Control
Listen Up
and the 4 "unpolished" tracks are:
Keep Fishin'
American Gigolo
December
Saturday Night
Since the D.C. sessions on 5/30, these songs have really tightened up! Everyone is super excited about getting the chance to do what is essentially a fresh demo. And the cool part is that some of the "demo" will be getting airplay soon! I don't know the BBC's schedule with these things, but I think that they play one song per week over the following 4 weeks, on the Steve Lamacq show. 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2001
Karl's Corner - 06/13/2002

...though Rivers has claimed at times to not beleive in birthdays, This sentence is dedicated to his own, which is today. Have a good one, bro! (I think with this World Cup action, he got himself the best birthday gift possible!) 
World Cup Report #3!
the third in a series of reports from our intrepid weezer sports reporter in Japan and Korea, where Rivers and a gang of fellow soccer enthusiasts have gathered to soak in the World Cup...
On Tuesday 6/11, Rivers and friends went back to good ol’ O’Kim’s (after Rivers purchased yet another suit) to watch the game between Cameroon and Germany. It was another great match, with Germany emerging triumphant and securing their position to advance to the Round of 16. Several times during the match, the players from opposing teams came frighteningly close to throwing punches, with a lot of forehead-to-forehead stare downs. This made the game all the more entertaining to watch, especially when the German goalie was all up in the face of one of the Cameroon players, and we could all read his lips, saying "What’s up! What’s up!" just like a Gangsta. Yellow Card city.
Rivers and co. weren’t set on either team winning, as long as one of them did (i.e. not a draw), because they were hoping Ireland would advance. The Ireland game was played simultaneously, and they ended up winning, so everyone was happy that Ireland made it to the next round. During half time, it was back to the ever present foosball table.
After the game, they returned to the foosball table and were challenged by some other patrons of the bar. A quick wroted Englishman teamed with Todd, Vs. Rivers and Ivan. Rivers’ team was SHUT OUT! The Englishman was a secret weapon! (He turned out to be a very friendly whiskey salesman.)
...pix and details courtesy SK... 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2002
Karl's Corner - 06/13/2004

...Happy birthday to Rivers Cuomo! click on the birthday pic above for a large size version...
and, courtesy of weezer fan Neil R., this flash animation thang in honor of RC's 34th!
...There will be a new interview with yours truly about weezer, the dvd, and the blue deluxe up on funkdiggityfresh.com soon (this week).
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2004
Karl's Corner - 06/13/2006

...Graduation, wedding, birthday...June '06 is a hell of a month for our one and only RC. And now, the Weezer.com Rivers Fan Interview '06 is complete. Over the last few days, Rivers put in the time and tackled his, er, 'birthday present' (heh), answering just about all of the 120 'finalist' questions from you, the fans. Never one to do things exactly as expected, Rivers answered the questions in little groups, posting the results on his MySpace page (briefly) before taking them down and moving onto the next part. All the parts were saved and have been assembled into one long interview, available here. (heavy props to fansite weerez.com for kicking some ass and getting it up almost immediately!)
...homegrown video alert: weez fan Gregor L. has put together a video for the Japanese band Reach's cover of "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams" thats on the "Across The Sea" Japanese Weezer tribute album. Gregor sez: "The acoustic guitar being played in the video was given to me by =w= on October 6th of 2005 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after i played "Undone" with them." Stop motion animation and everything. Check it out here.
...tribute band alert: San Francisco area: The "Little Bitches"! Bandmember Stephen L. sez "We play note-for-note renditions of weezer's songs spanning all major releases (including some b-sides) and we've got demo/live MP3s available on our site that show what we're capable of. We're proud of what we do and we hope we do the band justice." Check out their MySpace page here for upcoming NorCal area show info. 
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2006
Karl's Corner - 06/13/2010

...and here is the birthday cake! Carol Escate writes: "...This is the first time I write you and it's all because of my little 4 years old son who is a big fan of Weezer like me, but he really admires Rivers. He says Rivers will be his best friend and that he'll play guitar as well as he does. He's in the Music Conservatory and really wants to be a great musician. Well he did a b-day cake for Rivers b-day and I'm sending you some pics of this moment. He wants Rivers to see them..."
...NEW SONG "REPRESENT" on Radio Weezer and FREE on iTunes! Check our Team USA Soccer themed splash page for more World Cup soccer goodness!
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2010
Karl's Corner - 06/13/2023 (a)

weezer Happy birthday to our fearless navigator @rivers_cuomo - seen here with an extremely rare birthday candle! Thank you to @modestmouse and @momma.band for coming to dinner (which, we must stress, was for everyone on the tour - you all are amazing! - but it also coincidentally fell the day before RCs bday) #karlscorner #tldr
Category:Karl's Corner - June 2023