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Karl's Corner - 10/30/2000

We have learned that Yahoo! (the web company) have become the sponsors of the Feb/Mar tour, making it the 2001 Yahoo Outloud Tour. ...Which is good news for several reasons: #1, They will be paying for the lights and sound, which will allow for bigger and better production standards (in other words, its going to look and sound pretty darn nice!)... #2, they will be helping promote the tour, which means various clever activities will be happening both online and at the shows...(so far, we hear that you will be able to buy tickets for the shows first on the web exclusively, before they go on sale at the normal ticket places...and we've heard some cool contest ideas, like one that involves raffles at the shows to win weezer stuff...) ...and #3, they are lending me a really really nice video camera and have assigned me to be the producer of special video clips, which (as I understand it) will be available both on RWA and the Yahoo Outloud Weezer Site (which of course doesnt exist yet), as a special tour thing. The clips will be both special messages from the band, and also some "slice of life" ones that wont be too different from what I'm already giving you, except that they will be nicer sound and video, and will be edited by professionals, so I guess it will look more like TV commercials or something... anyway. The details will come later, thats all I know for now.
...meanwhile, another busy day for the guys down in the garage, the rock just does not stop! Some of you have expressed concern over the fast pace:
"Phew! things seem hotter than the sun at Weezer HQ.
Remember this is not for the good of music it's for the good of the world!!!
Don't get knocked out yet there's still one more round to go!"
--Sam, UK.
...well, dont worry too much about the guys, they really seem to be enjoying this!
...and, two new video clips just went up, so once again, click here and scroll to the bottom......dont say I didn't warn ya!
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2000
Karl's Corner - 10/30/2001

just in:from rwa news - 12/8/01 cleveland ohio *confirmed* - see tour page or rwa news. presale thurs.
...Note: see the tour section (link above), as there have been some updates. And more shows will be added soon, so keep your eyes peeled!
...upcoming events: first off, our fave skate luger and drummer Pat's band, the Special Goodness, is playing a show this coming Thursday Nov 1 at LA's Knitting Factory! I don't think he'll be skate luging, but loud musical instruments should be in abundance. Then starting next Tuesday the 6th and continuing thru the 7th and 8th there will be 3 viewings of The Great Paintings Exhibition, at Mr. Depp's Ballroom in L.A. It looks like Pat's Special goodness will also be playing these 3 dates before the Great Paintings are brought out for display. These 3 shows are only available via walk-up showtime ticketing.
...question (and Rivers's answer) of the week: from Marcel Graf, who asks:
:::"What was Rivers' life like beforehand? (In other words what did he do before stardom, where'd he work, how much time did he put into writing, etc.)"
:::Rivers answers: "mostly work and school; very little time or energy for writing."
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2001
Karl's Corner - 10/30/2002

...R.I.P. Jam Master Jay, 1965-2002...
"Jay's like King Midas, as I was told,everything that he touched, turned to gold.He's the greatest of the greatest, get it straight he'sgreat. Playing fame cause his name is known in everystate. His name is Jay to see him play will make yousay: "Goddamn, that DJ made my day!" "
<BR>--"Peter Piper", Run-DMC
[note: additional pictures and info added to 10/28, below.]
...fan bits n' pieces:
"...i just got back from the paul mccartney concert at staples center tonight and guess what? scott walked right by me after the show! he was so cool. i called out "scott!" and he said hi and shook my hand and even waited for me to run and get a pen for a couple autographs! he signed a flyer from the concert and some random hot topic frequent buyer card i had in my wallet. haha it was awesome. this was espcially awesome after i sadly missed him on Love Line when i went to the kroq studio and not the Westwood 1 studio. anyways, scott rules!" ---andrew (primerib8)
"...last night I was thinking I'm going to write an email to weezer.com saying what a great website it is and so I ended up having a dream about weezer people. I travelled 4 hours to a house, I guess to meet rivers, but was denied entrance to the "family room" where fans were talking with him. Karl felt bad for me and said I could stay and watch a movie with him and some other people. Then people started to come out the room and I was scared that I was going to get yelled at for being there. One fan said it was because I didn't know what 1337 meant. (side note- I don't know where that came from) Another said I didn't post enough on the message boards. Then my brother came out and I was mad because I like weezer much more than he does. Then rivers came out and I was really scared and I left on my bike, but it started to rain, so I went back and rivers started to walk towards me (I figured to yell at me) and I woke up....I think I need help..." ---Lisa S. 
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2002
Karl's Corner - 10/30/2010

After a long overnight drive from New Orleans, we rolled into the ATL at about 7 AM. Some opted to scurry into the warmth and quiet of the hotel, others kept napping in their bus bunks, to wake up later already at the rather longish named Chastain Park Amphitheatre Live Nation. Soon we shall all reunite for the rock show. Opening up the show tonight is the raucous J. Roddy Walston and The Business! Come on down folks, its gonna be a blast!
(later...)
It was later determined by informal popular vote that the actual name of tonights venue was the David T. Chastain Pre-memorial Amphitheater of the Alive Nation, for tonight at least. Hopefully for all time. Meanwhile, we got a cool surprise as Troy Sanders from the mighty band Mastodon came down to the show. He and Scott are bass budrows and Troy was hanging backstage pre-show and watching from the side during the show. J. Roddy Walston and The Business opened the show, and they were great!
The audience had a lot of excellent costumed freaks in it today, in honor of Halloween (Halloweez) weekend. Weezer didnt dress up, preferring to simply layer their clothes to stay warm during a rather chilly outdoor show. This show was a lot of fun, and several old school weezer songs saw the light of day for the first time in a long time, including "Tired Of Sex" and "You Gave Your Love To Me Softly". They also gave "Teenage Dirtbag" a whirl for the first time since Reading/Leeds, and for the second night in a row tried out the new Hurley track "Hang On", to great effect. During the show, Rivers made a lap of the amphitheater and the pied piper effect was in full swing as the children ran after him. He ended up in the merchandise booth in a witch hat.
Big ups to the cool folks in the surprise (to me) after-show gang, including OG fanclubber Farid #1293!
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
Karl's Corner - 10/31/2000

...hey now.. Happy Halloween everyone! We were just too darn busy today, and I didnt have time to prepare a new video clip. Tomorrow it will happen. Today was a wild mish mash of helping Pat get a part to repair his '67 Malibu, recording more demos, checking out a possible recording studio, vocal lessons, installing more Lexan panels in Rivers's "Garage", and archiving the recent recordings onto cds. Whew......actually, every day is kinda like that these days!
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2000
Karl's Corner - 10/31/2001

...thanks to Kat, Mark Giner, Ryan (Toledo), Amy, and Sarah J for their fine weez-o-lanterns...
...hey folks, the Cleveland & Kalamazoo shows just got confirmed, check out the deets on the Tour page!
...today weezer took a huge and scary step towards a time when they hopefully can work freely and independently of unnecessary baggage that only serves to slow bands down and keep them unsure of themselves and overly dependent on others. The final outcome of today's behind the scenes legal action is not yet known, and there are sure to be numerous roadblocks and pitfalls ahead on this road. But what is certain is that the guys' very difficult and nerve wracking business related work of recent weeks was finally put to the test today, and the weezer team did a really good job. A collective sigh of temporary releif was had, as the day faded to evening and Halloween spirits and monsters started to wander the streets of L.A...
...So, for now, the band can get back to the "real" work, the creative side of things. Recording and shows!
First off, tomorrow: Thursday, November 1st, at Hollywood's Knitting Factory: A really exciting double bill! First AM Radio takes the stage, and if you haven't checked these guys out yet, you need to get over to the AM Radio website , and get the FREE Mp3s of this great new band. AM Radio is fronted by Kevin Ridel, an extremely talented songwriter and singer who goes way way back with Rivers. Check the Mp3s, and check out the show! These guys rock!
Second up on the bill are Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson's mighty Special Goodness. They also have some hot mp3s over on their website , and anyone who has seen them can tell you its going to blast your socks off! (I have, it will.) Pat has recently teamed up with a new bass player, Murphy Karges, who you might recognize as the bass player in Sugar Ray. If you are in the LA area, try and make it, this is going to be a fantastic show!
...The following day the weezer men will return to the studio for an intensive round of recording sessions needed to finish up the current new recordings. They have practically a full albums worth of songs nearly finished, and the recording is absolutely top notch quality. More on this when its fully finished, hopefully by next week.
...And early next week the 3 Gardening Progress exhibits will be taking place at Johnny Depp's House of Botany on Sunset Boulevard. These exhibits are walk-up only (no advance tickets), and are on Nov 6th, 7th, and 8th.And all 3 nights, before the Gardening exhibit is put on display, patrons will be given rock n roll sets from the aforementioned AM Radio and The Special Goodness! So bring your earplugs and your gardening gloves! (you may substitute a goat collar)
...and speaking of shows, the time soon draws nigh for Extended Midgets, Tenacious Ds, and Jimmys who Eat Worlds! 
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2001
Karl's Corner - 10/31/2008

Happy Halloween, peoples! Scroll down for some =w= pumpkin action.
So, on November 25, Rivers is releasing an album called "Alone II", which is the second album collection of his home demos. Like the first it will have extensive liner notes and interesting old pictures. See the album's cover below, and check out this new interview on Pitchfork about it. Also, coming soon: a video from Alone II.
...Here's an article for Columbia, MO's MOVE magazine, written by weezer fan Jose V., who got to be in the Houston Hootenanny, as well as being one of the few who came up on stage to play "Undone" with the band back in '05. Sometimes lightining does strike twice.
...Somehow I forgot to mention the awesome walk off music after the final show in Atlanta was over: Gordon Lightfoot's "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". A Classic Heart Song to put the Troublemaker Tour to bed!
...Weezer tribute band alert - 11/4 election night! The Blue Album Group is playing for free with free food and drink with great comedians and good election night cheer at the Bellhouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn, 149 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Ave). 
various pix - click on the picture to see it bigger.
L to R, top to bottom: Atlanta backstage catering's killer carving, pumpkin by Brandon Carroll, pumpkin by Rollo,
pumpkin by Riley Marion, Atom Willard (of Angels And Airwaves)'s Red Album tribute, cover of upcoming Alone II, Matt Furniss's son Ben and his weez-kin.
Category:Karl's Corner - October 2008
Karl's Corner - 10/31/2009

Tonight was the climax of the New York Super Weez Week. Not the final performance but the big one, down at the Hammerstien Ballroom, where Weezer played once before back in 1994, opening for Lush. The Hammerstien is a great if somewhat rough old ballroom, a perfect mid size venue to rock out in and give everybody a good sight line and decent sound. Sort of like the Palladium in L.A. but with less acoustical dead spots.
Being a Halloween show, costumes were encouraged, and many were spotted in the audience. Though many came as a "Weezer Fan", which is fine too! Onstage, the band got into the spirit of things, starting the show in their wicked bug costumes from the "Yo Gabba Gabba" show taping from a few weeks back. Then they had about 20 fans come on stage and help them get their costumes off, WHILE they played "Undone"!
Tonight we had some special guests onstage. No guest rapper for Cant Stop Partying, but Leighton Meester did the duet thing with Rivers on "I Want You To", while Nat Wolff from The Naked Brothers Band helped out on guitar for that song. Odd side note: check out the recently released DVD of "Inside" at Blockbuster, its a pre Gossip Girl Leighton role, directed by a certain Jeff, once better known for his weezer fandom on the old RCB boards!
Tonights opening bands were excellent: PT Walkley, followed by Matt and Kim.
Shoutouts to WeezerChild Hayley, and Doug and Andrew from WSIN 1590am, Southern Connecticut State University Radio, as well as Alex Greenwald from Phantom Planet (on hand to rehearse for his role in tomorrows Alexa Chung performance), and Chris Shaw, engineer on the Blue Album at Electric Lady studios, way back in '93. And a special shout out to Jason Neely, who shot the photo of his dog Sidney which graces the cover of "Raditude" now! He was given exclusive access to shoot the band during their soundcheck today. It was great to see everybody, costumes or no!
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Category:Karl's Corner - October 2009
Karl's Corner - 11/01/2000

...welcome to November. another new clip is up for you, so click on the WFO link above...
...Today, during my usual frantic errand running, I decided to stop by Tower Records, and picked up the new Spin, (December 2000, with Papa Roach on the cover), and was happy to see some positive words and pix of weezer on page 162. I liked the article because it takes note of YOU, the fans, and your awesome devotion, and enthusiasm during this year's touring. Pat yourselves on the back, you definitely deserve it. ....(other purchases: This Is Spinal Tap DVD; "Sunset(Bird of Prey)" cd single by Fatboy Slim.) (Looked amazing: Beatles Anthology 'coffee table' book.)
...they continued rehearsals today, no recording though, as our engineer was unavailable. Rivers is still coming up with new songs at about 1 per day, and he thinks this will continue for awhile. That is one creative dude. Soon the process of weeding out will start, where ALL this years new songs are compared and debated by the band, and some of the "soldiers" will start to drop out...
Category:Karl's Corner - November 2000
Karl's Corner - 11/01/2001

UPDATE...Just confirmed today: 12/5 - Columbus, OH - Value City Arena! Presale info posted in the tour page. =rwa= weezer news also updated!
...Tonight, half of weezer was at the Hollywood Knitting Factory, where SNMNMNM, AM Radio, and The Special Goodness all played, making for a fantasic show. weezer drummer Patrick Wilson fronts the Special Goodness, and AM Radio is led by old Rivers buddy Kevin Ridel, so Rivers and I came by to check things out. Thanks to all the local Weez fans who came by! I got the feeling a lot of folks found out about the show from the web, and I saw a fair amount of singing along going on, which indicates that people have been checking out the AMRadio and S.G. mp3s! Very cool music all around. Rochester, NY's SNMNMNM got praise for using a tuba for the bass, and laying out some catchy cuts. AM Radio rocked solid and pure with their vocal driven rock that people seem to love to sing along to. Then the Special Goodness just about tore the roof off with the big hard rock n roll riffs and a lack of slack. Sorry if you couldnt make it, 'cos this was a cool night! 
...AM Radio (Left) and The Special Goodness... 
...an observant fan tipped us off to this recent article from the Boston Phoenix. Anyone curious about Mikey's recent activities may want to check it out. It was an informative piece for us here at weezer.com. 
Category:Karl's Corner - November 2001
Karl's Corner - 11/01/2002

"This band went under the name Goat Punishment for a short period, after poor reviews of their second album, Pinkerton. Later, they returned to their old name to release their self-titled third album, commonly known to fans as the Green Album. For 10 points, name this band." ---recent "Masterminds" inter-High School quiz question, Brighton, NY 10/29. [thanks to Matt G.]
The Lion And The Witch: in search of...
copies of the difficult to find EP have also been spotted at Down in the Valley, located in Maple Grove, MN 
Keep Fishin' news...
copies of the USA cd single [w/Franklin Mint version], have also been spotted at at Newbury Comics in Shrewsbury, MA.
radio: Keep Fishin' has recently made it to "The Eightball" (the top 8 at 8 show) on WBCN 104.1 in Boston, MA. Monday it was #2 (Just behind Nirvana's You Know You're Right), Tuesday it was number 5, and Wednesday night, it was number four. "...It seems Keep Fishin' didn't pick up steam around here until the US single was released!" ...And on WHRC Bryn Mawr/Haverford College Radio, "Maladroit" ranked #30 last week on their top 200 report, meaning that all sorts of Maladroit tracks are still getting plenty of play on the WHRC airwaves.
...web press:
some mentions in a recent story from VH1.com.
from the Nintendo website, a story about their game "Animal Crossing" mentions weezer.com and the message boards, regarding modifying the game to include weez music.
...fan announcement: See this bboard thread for news about the planning of a Boston area Weezerfest, and how you can get involved and make it happen.
...well, "Police Blotter" is over, but this one deserved some examination...
"my friends car got broken into during a swim meet in downtown buffalo during a swim meet. the side window was broken and the CD player and all the CD's were stolen including the green album. along with the CD's was a leather glove" 
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Category:Karl's Corner - November 2002
Karl's Corner - 11/01/2005

...MB '05 Tour: Day 134: AOL Sessions taping - Capitol Records tower, Studio A
Today the band gear was loaded into Studio A in the Hollywood landmark Capitol Records building, for one last gig before the break and the December Japan tour. The band ran thru five songs several times each, and were both recorded to multitrack and filmed. AOL Sessions was once a more common thing for bands to do but it has evolved into a fairly exclusive gig, sort of like getting on a TV show, though it doesnt play on TV. The 5 songs, plus an interview and a behind the scenes mini documentary will all appear on the AOL Sessions site, though we dont have an exact date when yet. I was told that they usually take a solid 2 weeks to edit, mix and process everything before it goes up on the site. So at this point we can hope to see it up in the second week of November.... ish?!
Large size picture link: .
*****PERFECT SITUATION VIDEO PREMIERE*****
The new video for "Perfect Situation" will be having an "All Day Premiere" on MTV2 on Friday, November 11th. All Day Premieres mean that they will be playing the video a whole bunch of times that day, so chances are when you turn on Mtv2 on 11/11, you'll see it pretty soon.
..."Perfect Situation" single: The single is the 3rd from "Make Believe", and its out now. I've heard it several times on L.A.'s KROQ in the last few days, and I don't turn on the radio very often! Call your local station and request it - let's push this great song to the heights it deserves! It was the #1 requested song on Rock 102.1 in Milwaukee last week, thank you Milwaukee fans! 
...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. Also see similar takes on the subject at Billboard.com and CNN.com.
...A full account of Weezer's 10/17 visit to The Howard Stern show (incl. pix!) is here.
...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 - November 2005
Karl's Corner - 11/02/2000

...its hard to get an angle where you can see the whole band in the garage...here's as close as I could get today...
...new short clip today: Pat being (as expected) funny. Go to the W.F.O. page and download away...
...oh yeah: The new issue of Alternative Press, (correction: should be the January dated issue, which is not on newstands yet as far as I know..) Will have an article on "the future of rock" or something like that, which will have band pix of a bunch of groups, including weezer. When you see the weez pic, a little mystery may be cleared up...
Category:Karl's Corner - November 2000
Karl's Corner - 11/02/2009

People check it out - Babelgum has created this online video editor mashup machine, built with video clips that i personally selected and supplied for them out of my archive of weez stuff. Use them to Mash-up your own Weezer video and you could win a day filming backstage with the band!
Yesterday (Sunday 11/1) was mostly a day of rest and recovery, except for Rivers, who made a special appearance at the Band Hero 'First To Play' event at the Nintendo World Store in Rockefeller Plaza to celebrate the release of Band Hero. Rivers signed autographs for fans of Band Hero and Weezer for an hour, as the Band Hero game was officially launched for anxious fans. Note that Rivers appears in the new Band Hero commercial that is launching 11/3, which also features Taylor Swift, Travis Barker, and Pete Wentz.
Today we headed down to Mtv Studios in a different part of Times Square to do the Alexa Chung show. Via our mailing list, 35 fans were picked to come attend this show, which some have likened to a 21st century TRL, only with fashonista Alexa at the helm, so a decidedly different vibe was in effect than in the old Carson Daley days. This is a live show, so there was a lot of hustling and "3,2,1.." type stuff going on from the behind the scenes people. Lots of hurrying up and here comes the cameras. After a guy from the new "V" TV show was interviewed and some sort of recurring Lady Gaga lookalike contest was underway, it turned to Weezer at last. The guys performed their new single "I Want You To" with their buddies Alex Greenwald of Phantom Planet and Nat Wolff of the Naked Brothers Band helping out on guitars. Leighton Meester was originally going to appear in the duet with Rivers as she had at Hammerstien, but was unable to make it in time so Rivers handled the whole thing himself. As Josh Freese was already back in L.A. for some Devo duty (now for the future), Pat handled the drums, and with the guys in their 50's video outfits, it looked a lot like the video. They sounded excellent as well, it was a good sounding small studio room. See the performance here on Mtv.com.
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Category:Karl's Corner - November 2009