April 2011 Blog Posts (11)

2011/04/30 Dallas, TX: Edgefest at Pizza Hut Park

...The day started with an early rise in Birmingham to get to the airport and fly to Dallas. Two of our bags went missing but were retrieved from the void due to the Sherlock Holmes-like detective work of our tour manager. Pizza Hut Park is where the Dallas FC (US soccer league) play, and its a massive arena out in what you might think is the middle of nowhere, but in fact is just another corner of the impossibly huge Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. So we vanned it out… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on April 30, 2011 at 3:30pm — 11 Comments

2011/04/29 Birmingham, AL: Schaeffer Eye Center Crawfish Boil Festival

...As anyone watching the news knows, much of Alabama was devastated by the recent mega tornado wave that rolled thru 2 days ago. We had no idea what to expect when this news hit right before our scheduled departures to Birmingham to play the Crawfish Boil. But word came through soon enough that the Boil was on! And so Team Weezer, band, crew and otherwise, have assembled like the Avengers in the storm ravaged state, hoping to spread some good cheer and smiles with the rock and… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on April 29, 2011 at 4:30pm — 7 Comments

MUSIC CAN MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD OR MUSIC CAN MAKE YOU FEEL BAD, AND THE REST IS BULLCRAP

The idea of music as a “life saver/life changer” is something ingrained in our culture. How many times have you heard the phrase “that song/album changed my life?” come out of someone’s mouth in your lifetime ? Countless times, no doubt. Recently, I’ve had the idea in my head that, after all those years of thinking that way, I may have totally had it wrong about music.

PINKERTON SAVED MY LIFE AND OTHER BULLCRAP THAT I SAID IN THE PAST

I’ve gushed about my…

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Added by Justin Hoenke [honkey doorie] on April 29, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

2011/04/28 Hard Times Of RJ Berger Appearance

Weezer will be performing rock music in this coming Monday's (5/2) new episode of The Hard Times Of RJ Berger, playing at 10PM ET/PT on MTV. How and why did this happen you may ask? Well, as it turns out, the show's two creators are such big weezer fans they named the high school in the show Pinkerton High. Later, Rivers met them and said "Since you guys are such fans, maybe we should come on the show and play a couple songs." Next thing we knew they had written the band into the script and… Continue

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on April 28, 2011 at 11:50am — 1 Comment

2011/04/24 Weezer Webisode #49: Hang On - Poquito Mas Bokkus Edit

...up now!…

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Added by karl koch [karlophone] on April 24, 2011 at 5:30pm — 15 Comments

2011/04/21 Show Announcement: Woodstock En Beauce, Quebec 7/2!

...Here's another show for the 2011 weez calendar - the Woodstock En Beauce festival in Quebec, on July 2nd! Another first for weezer: sharing a bill with Pat Benetar! Festival website here (in French).

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on April 21, 2011 at 2:06pm — 2 Comments

FREE WEEZER TICKET

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Added by Jimjams on April 20, 2011 at 1:51pm — No Comments

2011/04/15 Vinyl sale for Record Store Day Weekend Weezend

...Folks, in honor of Record Store Day 2011, all vinyl records are 10% off all weekend long in our online store. April 15th – 18th only. Check it out here! Record Store Day ftw!

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on April 15, 2011 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

2011/04/04 Show Announcements: Wash D.C. 5/21! | Vancouver 8/21!

...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!…

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Added by karl koch [karlophone] on April 4, 2011 at 4:00pm — 5 Comments

2011/04/04 Show Announcement: Orange County Fair 8/4!

...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.

Added by karl koch [karlophone] on April 3, 2011 at 11:30pm — 5 Comments