1. for the past 2 weeks!]...94.7 The Zone Chicago [#2 on the top
2. ! vote here! [409] recently played the song twice in a row due

to heavy requests!]...94.7 NRK in Portland, OR [#9!]...Lick 106.3
"Modern Rock for Little Rock" [up to #8 from #13!]...103.7 the
Buzz "the midsouths 100,000 watt blowtorch" [in 'heavy
rotation']...99.9 The Buzz in Plattsburgh, Burlington & Montreal
[heavy requests push it back into the top 9 Buzzcuts of the week,
at #9, vote here! [435] ]...105.3 San Francisco [in "power
rotation"]...KQID Q93 [fans visited the reluctant station until
they started playing it!]...Q101 Chicago [DJ Nikki sez: "Weezer +
Muppets = Greatness", also the song is frequently on the top 9 at
9, hitting #5 last week!]...WBWC 88.3FM ['heavy rotation']...98.5
the zone, Western OK [DJ "wasn't even sure they had it", but did
play it by request!]...Seattle Mariners baseball game, Safeco
field 8/15!...odd note: on X102.3 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Dope
Nose is still #7!
CANADA: 104.9 XFM in Vancouver [up from #7 to #6 on the listener
voted top 7 at 7]...Edge 102 in Toronto [debuted on the
Thursday 30 at #25!]
INTERNATIONAL: Triple J Australia [debuted on the "Net 50" at
#13, now up to #7!]...Rádio Cidade [89 Rock], in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil [8/18: on their "89 live concerts" series, played 30 min
of a weezer live performance! apparently from a recent L.A. show]

- *video:*
Mtv2: continues to win "Control Freak"s all the time, recently
defeated Aliyah and Seether.
MuchMusic Canada: up three spots to #25
MuchMoreMusic Canada: #16 on their weekly top 20 countdown
Kerrang UK: #7 on kerrangs top ten videos!
Mtv Europe: #5 on the "US top 20" program.
Mtv2 UK: heavy rotation, on the "Gonzo" show. Vote here! [436]
Altarnet Experiment: #2! [an indie/punk/emo version of TRL on
PAX. more info here [437] .
Rage TV Australia: showing the video
flyTV Australia: showing the video
TV4 New Zealand: shown on Coca Cola New Release show, plus the
Most Wanted show (vote here! [438] )

[posted 8/20/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/19/02 all you gotta do is repeat after me*
*touring: [428] travel day: Osaka, Japan to London, England*

Today was officially the roughest day of the tour, due to sheer
quantity of travel. We got up at 5:30 again, cruised to the Osaka
airport, and got on a 12 hour flight to Frankfurt, Germany. A
personal highlight was watching "Monsters Inc.", which helped about
1/7th of the flight go by. Thats some funny stuff. The laptop gave 4
hours of battery life, so that was 4 hours of website work. The rest
was the bleary 1/2 sleep of airplane insanity. Frankfurt airport
yielded strange 'smoking kiosks' which the smokers rooted at, and
everyone else avoided like the plague! Starving, I suceeded in
getting the McDonalds to serve me meat-less cheeseburgers, which
wasnt easy in Germany! That was pretty cool. Then we boarded a short
flight to London, collected the baggage, and went into the city to
check into the hotel. Heres where the jet lag attacks- We were
feeling 2 AM, but it was only 5 PM. The race was on to stay up as
long as possible. A really awesome walk in Hyde Park, watching the
waterfowl and people, helped out a lot. Happily, tomorrow is a true
day off, so everyone can recharge the batteries. Expect a catch-up on
Keep Fishin news, and many fixes on the radio request page, and some
'Lion and the Witch' stuff.

[posted 8/19/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/18/02 reading, writing, 'rithmatic, are the pages of a learning tree*
*touring: [428] Osaka: Summersonic Festival show #2 of 2*

...Today started out pretty crispy as we had to get up at 5:30 AM to
fly down to Osaka. We checked in and caught catnaps before venturing
out for a breif time in Osaka, which for some of us was spent
entirely in search of and patronizing the fine dining establishment
that is Mos Burger. later we cruised down the freeway to the Osaka
World Trade Center area, where they hold the Osaka SummerSonic in
this big fenced off open area at the foot of the WTC skyscraper we
call "the Transformer", because it looks like a giant robot at
night.

Today had the additional challenge added of Typhoon #13, which was
making its presence known with wild winds and rain most of the day
and evening. The weather and the traditional communication gap
between English and Japanese speaking people working the stage
combined with several delays throughout the course of the day made
things pretty intense by the time weezer's gear was being set up.
But the weez crew lived up to the test and kicked some ass for the
band today, dialing everything in under very stressful conditions.

The Osaka crowd was LOUD and had the happy fury of a soaked crowd
who were rocking out and just didn't care. Everything turned out to
be pretty darn epic tonight, and everyone in the band reported
having a great show. It felt really heroic to me. Then we got the
treat of watching Guns N Roses play for the second time in 2 days,
this time from the side of the stage. If anything they were even
tighter, leaner and meaner than yesterday. Good jam.

...a fan's point of view...

- "...the festival was awesome, weezer was definitely the highlight
of the 2nd day in osaka!! for real the hour that
weezer played was one of the best times for me this summer! i went
totally crazy that i still dont have my voice back from singing and
screaming. rivers looked hella happy; was funny he sang the japanese
number song and talked some funny japanese. at the end he went up on
the drum set and made an "x" with the drum sticks which i thought
was funny if it was a joke about the old japanese band X. anyway
thanks weezer for an awesome evening; the fest couldn't have been
any better without you guys! cant wait till weezer's back in osaka
again." ---yuko

[posted 8/18/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/17/02 it's not "we gonna tear down the lighthouse"*
*touring: [428] Tokyo: Summersonic Festival show #1 of 2*

...Wow, what a day! The Tokyo Chiba Marine Stadium turned out to be
just the right size for the over 30,000 rock lovers who assembled
today. We got there as the Hives were diving into their set. This
was their first taste of Japan and it looked like they were working
on getting comfortable on stage. They poured on the charm as best
they could while adjusting to the setting. Next up was Mongol 800
who I will attempt to describe as sort of a Japanese Green Day.
Super catchy melodies all over the place, and punky riffage. Sort of
led by the bass player guy's blangy-blang bass riffs. Hanoi Rocks
dissapeared form the main stage bill, we dont know why, and so it
went to the weez. Rivers came out slinging his special combo of
abstract thoughts and crowd stoking, and particularly charmed the
audience with his nice renditions of the "Chippusu" potato chip song
and the "Japanese childrens counting song". Weezer had a mission
today, to show they could command a stadium. I, for one, think they
suceeded. Of course there was one more act on the bill tonight. As
Rivers announced late in the weezer set, "I just got one thing to
say: Guns And Roses!". We later learned that Axl himself was
watching and enjoying the weez set from the wings, and heard that
weezer is just about his fave band these days! Now thats pretty damn
cool.

We took up our positions to watch the 4th GnR show in the last 3
years take shape [they did Rock in Rio 2 years ago, Las Vegas last
year, and Hong Kong a few days ago]. As it got darker the scheduled
showtime came and passed with no rock music started. Everyone
started to worry, was this another notorious delayed start? The
stadium had a 9:30 noise curfew, and the last train home for many
patrons was at 8:45, so G-n-R didnt have much time to burn. As it
turned out, one of their fog machines was mounted way up high in the
lights, and it had blown up right before showtime, showering the
stage with slippery fog oil. They ended up being 40 min late, while
tech guys used just about every towel in the stadium to make the
stage safe for rocking out again. And rock out they did! While Axl
is now the only orignal member left, the band he has assembled has
the chops big time, and they were tight and aggro, tearing thru all
the classics! Axl ran around like a madman, and the crowd was in a
ballistic state for the whole set. Amazing stuff. And at one point,
Axl said to the crowd something like "...[Well here we are] playing
with weezer...I never thought i'd [have the opportunity to do] a
show with weezer, after [all I went thru] for the last 8 years..."

_...setlist note: "Photograph" replaced "Don't Let Go" at the last
minute..._

[posted 8/17/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/16/02 cuz its here that i got to stay*

*touring: [428] Tokyo: Summersonic soundcheck*

...well, everyone is having different degrees of sucess dealing with
jetlag, but the common feature is that everyone is getting up earlier
that they expect to. We went to Mos Burger to discover they werent
open yet, so we waited the 15 minutes till they opened up and were
treated to the freshest of the fresh foods. Later there was a
soundcheck at the Summersonic stadium location, so we took the van
about an hour out of the city and checked the scene out. This is
basically a baseball stadium, absolutely massive! How many people are
expected? were not sure. We do know that the Hives are playing before
weezer, and Guns n Roses (well, Axl and his current band) are playing
right after, as the headline act. Its going to be nuts.

...and here's [439] a new mini video clip [mpg download], entitled
simply "wee wee wee". Straight from the streets of Tokyo! [right click
and 'save as' to d/l].

[posted 8/16/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/15/02 don't carry me too far away*
*touring: [428] travel to japan [part 2]*

...so anyway, we landed in Japan and suddenly its the 15th, due to
the pesky int'l dateline. One long freeway trip later, we checked in
at the hoteru and were soon angling for our fresh faves, Subway,
Lawson, and Mos Burger. Mos would have to wait, we were too starving
to make the walk. Everywhere the crazy cicadia type monster bugs were
making their confounded buzzy racket, taking us back to the
Summersonic 2000 days.

*Keep Fishin' report:*

- *radio:*
okay guys, heres where it gets crazy. You guys have been requesting
[3] Keep Fishin' a lot recently, and local stations' top playlists
are reflecting your hard work all over the country. But its a dog eat
dog world out there, and the competition is insane! Please keep up
your _consistent_ requests over the next 10 days, and really put the
pressure on if you can [without over doing it and pissing the
stations off!] Can we put Keep Fishin' into the top 10? *NOW* is the
time to try, because _we are literally on the verge of the single
stalling out where it is, and starting to drop!_ Thanks for all your
support to date!

Special note for KROCK NYC: Weezer has beaten Janes Addiction, Red
Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters ,former tourmates Tenacious D and
Pearl Jam. Now in The Final Round, they go up against Green Day...
Vote Here! [434]
[And for regular requests at Krock: request here [440] .]

_[lots more keep fishin radio + video reports coming shortly]_

[posted 8/15/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/14/02 big ol' jet airliner*
*touring: [428] Fly To Japan [part 1]*

Off to Japan! Thru the wonder of airline miles, I was able to upgrade
to business class for the 10 hour flight, which allowed for an actual
nap at some point. Never kept track of those pesky miles before this
year, now I'm glad I started! A smooth flight for the most part. A
blur of naps and nap-like states of grogginess, reading Clash book 'A
Riot Of Our Own', salads, cheese, nasty film "The Time Machine"
blissfully ignored in favor of some good computer work. The band
napped heavily on this flight, which is always a good thing when
hurtling thru the air at 37,000 feet. Conclusion: take more naps,
youll be happier.

The bummer of it being that when we landed in Japan, we had lost a
day. It was 4 Pm... on the 15th! See the upcoming 8/15 report for the
continuation of...As The Weez Turns...

[posted 8/14/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/13/02 external firewire hard drives*
...today was 'scramble day' in L.A., as everyone was packing, moving
stuff around, shipping things out and making lots of phone calls,
all in preparation for tomorrow's flight to Japan! [latest schedule
is posted below]

*Keep Fishin' report:*

- *video:*
TRL update: well, despite a heck of a lot of voting by weez fans,
"Keep Fishin'" was unable to break into the trl countdown this past
week. Your votes are very appreciated in any case, and the failure
brings with it valuble lessons that will help us out with similar
situations down the road in the wacky world of singles and videos.
Thanks again to everyone for being on call for the band when they
needed it!

Mtv: #7 most played video! [nothing to sneeze at!]
Mtv2: still winning most "Control Freak" segments its placed in!
VH1: #8 most played video! Ranked at #16 in their top 20 weekly
countdown, but #8 in terms of how much they are playing it.
The Edge TV: keep fishin is number 22 on the "New Rock" 30
Mtv Canada: debuted at #8 on the "Select" show!
MuchMusic Canada: up to #28 on the top 30 weekly countdown, playing
on "MuchMegaHits", and weezer was featured on their Spotlight on
8/12, lots of vintage and new clips from vids and interviews.
M2 New Zealand: Under 'New Release' on M2 (local mtv equiv.), as
"gone fishing."
CD:UK England: playing the vid, showed some of the "making the
video" footage too.
Pop (Ch. 5) England: played about 45 seconds of the video

- *radio:*
_reminder: Keep Fishin' requests..._
The next week and a half is critical for "Keep Fishin'". Those who
can should request it at their local Modern Rock radio
station(station list here) [3] . The single is doing well, but we're
in "make or break" time now, and your *consistent* requests over the
next 10 days are important! We need to send a "daily reminder" to
these stations that you guys arent satisfied with their usual
selection, and that only the new weezer track will do! So if you
can, request _consistently over the next 10 days_ and try and help
us put this one over the edge!
...Note that several fans have discovered some out of date links on
the radio request page, and have sent in helpful corrections which
will be fixed asap. In the meantime, let your fellow fans know on
the message boards know if you have helpful request info for your
area, and keep those corrections coming in, as everything will get
updated on the site asap.

Now at #16 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart, up from #17, up from
#19

...more station adds:...KLAZ 105.9 in Hot Springs, AR...97.9 wgrd in
grand rapids, MI...95.5 WBRU [up to #4 this week from #9 last
week!]...88.3 Cleveland (Baldwin-Wallace)["gone into heavy
rotation"]...WPGU 107.1 Champaighn IL [ request here! [260] ]

*Enlightenment Tour [428] RECAP: by the numbers! *

Year to date tallies: Ticket counts [# of attendees per tour total]

Hyper Extended Midget Tour: 88,653
Europe Tour: 43,002
Dusty West Tour- 43,194
Japan World Cup Tour: 19,987
and finally, The Enlightenment Tour: *190,144!!*

...Total number of peeps who were rocked by the weez so far in 2002:
*384,980*

Other Enlightenment Tour stats: [...slightly exaggerated...]

Number of hours waiting to leave after the trucks departed: 204
Number of times Brian lost his wallet or cell phone: 93
Jars of peanut butter taken to the bus: 1402
Number of hours it took Graham to announce the showtime over the
radios: 2,459
Total number of backstage passes used : 10,249.
Number of backstage passes used by Dan Hadley: 10,248
Number of _Waiting For Guffman_ quotes used: 857,395
Number of different outfits worn by Sarah on a single show day: 14
Number of cigarettes smoked by Korean assistants: 1,548,900

The Setlists by the numbers: thanks to bboarder yellowcamero78 for
the number crunching:

number of times songs played...
...from the Blue Album:
My Name Is Jonas - 12
No One Else - 13
Undone - 19
Buddy Holly - 21
Surf Wax - 14
In The Garage - 9
Say It Ain't So - 17
Holiday - 12
Only In Dreams - 12

...from Pinkerton:
Tired Of Sex - 16
Getchoo - 11
No Other One - 8
Across The Sea - 6
Why Bother? - 16
The Good Life - 20
El Scorcho - 17
Pink Triangle - 8
Falling For You - 10
Butterfly - 6

...from the Green Album:
Don't Let Go - 5
Photograph - 3
Hash Pipe - 18
Island In The Sun - 20
Crab - 5
Knock Down Drag Out - 3
Smile - 5
Simple Pages - 2
Glorious Day - 3
O Girlfriend - 3

...from Maladroit:
American Gigolo - 1
Dope Nose - 22
Keep Fishin - 14
Take Control - 4
Death & Destruction - 6
Burndt Jamb - 13
Fall Together - 4
Slave - 2
Space Rock - 3
Love Explosion - 6
December - 3

Others:
Modern Dukes - 1

-the most played song was Dope Nose
-least played songs were American Gigolo and Modern Dukes (both were
only played once)
-There were 3 songs from the first four albums that weren't played
on this tour. The three that were never played are:
Blue: The World Has Turned & Left Me Here
Maladroit: Slob & Possibilities

ALBUM RECAP:
Total songs performed = 393
Blue songs made up 33% (129 songs)
Pinkerton songs made up 30% (118 songs)
Green songs made up 17% (67 songs)
Maladroit made up 20% (78 songs)

*new touring: [428] off we go! *
...tomorrow we go to Japan for the SummerSonic festivals! this is
the start of about 3 weeks of shows and appearences in Japan and
Europe, and represents the last known shows for the weez in 2002.

upcoming weez event overview: (more details to come)
Aug-14 go to Japan
Aug-15 land in Japan (lose a day)
Aug-16 Japan- Summersonic: soundcheck/chill out [hopefully]
Aug-17 Japan- Summersonic show #1
Aug-18 Japan- Summersonic show #2
Aug-19 go to England (continue flying West! around the world we go!)
Aug-20 England: day off and/or interviews, etc
Aug-21 England: interviews etc, possible 'PopWorld' interview
Aug-22 England: off? unknown
Aug-23 England: Reading Festival
Aug-24 England: Leeds Festival
Aug-25 England: off? interviews? unknown
Aug-26 go to Germany
Aug-27 Germany: Interviews, etc.
Aug-28 GERMANY: doing the "HARALD SCHMIDT SHOW" (extremely popular
late night show, patterened after Dave Letterman show) Will air on
German TV Channel "SAT.1", german viewers can see it from 23:15 -
0:15 CET. note: tickets to the show are very tough to come by, the
show is so popular that people wait 1.5 years to attend!)
Aug-29 go to England, plus do "Top Of The Pops"
Aug-30 go to Scotland, do "Saturday Show"
Aug-31 back down to England: do "CD:UK"
Sept-1 fly home (completing the 'round the world cycle)
Sept-2 UK/Europe/Int'l "Keep Fishin'" Single released
Sept-5 Pat and Scott appear on "Loveline"! LA's Kroq love advice
show, nationally syndicated!
Sept-17 "The Lion and The Witch" EP released, plus the USA Keep
Fishin' CD single released [very limited].

...fan announcement:

Orlando FL area weezerfest in the making: bboard member "mello yello
submarine" is starting to organize this event, please PM her to help
and/or find out info. So far most details are still in the planning
stages, including a date.

[posted 8/13/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/12/02 what's golden?*
...L.A. day "off" #2 of 3: mucho mas work
Today was a twofold day of work for the karl. First was a meeting at
Geffen with the "New Media" [web, dvds, etc] department, wherein I
turned in a whole bunch of completed clips prepared especially for
the DVD, and we talked menu details and such. I still have a chunk of
more clips to prepare and turn in, but Im starting to finally feel
that the mountaintop has been reached, and the trail is finally
starting to angle downhill. Currently the plan calls for an October
release, but any number of delays could still occur. In any event,
the stuff I'm solely responsible for should be turned in throughout
the rest of this month, and then its down to the serious tweaking and
fine tuning.

The second part of the day was spent with weez cronie/Psoma + Nerf
Herder member Justin, as we tackled the massive labor intensive
project of re-doing Rivers' home studio. The bulk of the work was
cleaning out some huge and packed to the gills storage areas, which
were filled to overflowing with everything from forgotten steel body
guitars, to bags of totally unnecessary cement mix. What a mess! In
the end, the studio was bereft of all nasty junk and useless extra
furnature, and started to resemble a place one could make music
again. And Justin had a van extremely overloaded with heavy junk!

_...pic #7: rediscovered, strangely still unerased dry-erase board
with recording notes from the Cole demos era (July 2000)..._

*Keep Fishin':*
lots of news has been piling in, thanks to all who have sent some in.
Report tomorrow.

...hey, check this out! [346] The WMA [346] is now launched! The WMA
is the "Weezer Media Archive", a fantastic new website devoted to
compiling in text format, ALL known weezer press articles! It
currently has *836* articles about weezer: interviews, album reviews,
miscellaneous references, news items and more. Browse through the
archive to learn everything you ever wanted to learn and more about
weezer!!!

...Magazine update: The August 2002 Mix magazine (not "The Mix " or
"Mixmag" but "Mix") which has a big room with a piano on the cover,
is finally out, and does indeed have a pretty long article on the
making of Maladroit, including comments from both Pat Wilson and
engineer Chad Bamford. The October ish of Modern Drummer magazine has
a short but interesting blurb on Maladroit on page 153.

...thanks again for all the tabs, troubleshooting, and news items
youve been sending in. This week should see quite a few updates all
over weezer.com.

[posted 8/12/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/11/02 time shortage*
...just a quick note way past my bedtime... in the midst of heavy DVD
work today. Post Enlightenment Tour chill time has commenced, but not
everyone is actually chillin'! Lots to get done before we fly to
Japan on Wednesday. Plenty of news and site updates and fixes and
things to come, all your trouble shooting emails are greatly
appreciated!

[posted 8/11/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/10/02 and have a ball y'all, and rock 'em all y'all*
*Enlightenment Tour [428] Day 36 [LAST DAY!]: Concord, CA: Chronicle
Pavilion *

*Main Stage: Sparta, Dashboard Confessional, Weezer
Second Stage: The Special Goodness, Rooney, Home Town Hero, Am
Radio*

Well, the Enlightenment Tour came to this, the last show, high up in
the dry hills somewhere in the East San Francisco Bay area. Patrick
continually referred to this as "Concord grape country", not
actually knowing if the town's name had anything to do with grapes.
A huge "W" was trampled or scorched high up on a hillside
overlooking the venue. The work of fans? aliens? No one was sure.
What was sure was that the thermometer read 105 degrees, a high that
mercifully lowered as the sun went down. Also sure was the triumph
of rock tonight! All the bands, The Special Goodness, Rooney, Home
Town Hero, AM Radio, Sparta, Dashboard Confessional and Weezer
kicked out the jams tonight! After the smoke cleared and the
feedback faded, it was time for the final aftershow party, which was
an emotional goodbye as the bands, crews and staff all parted ways.
A portion of the weez crew and the band will be continuing on in a
few days as the Japan/UK/Europe dates commence, but for now we said
goodbye to the most excellent bandmembers and crewmembers of all the
bands who now part ways. The Enlightenment Tour was a bonafide
success and sets the tone and precident for future weez tours: Fun,
loud, big, and chock full of quality music. MASSIVE thanks to all
the bands, crew, local staff across the country, and especially YOU
the fans for helping make the Enlightenment Tour the great sucess it
was. Hats off.

*"Weezer World Cup" Foosball Challenge #14: San Francisco- Live
105/KCNL*
Foosball Challenge #14! Last Challenge! Today before the show there
was the final fan vs. weez foosball challenge. In many cities on the
Enlightenment Tour, the local radio station chose winning fans who
got to come backstage before the show and challenge the band to a
mini-foosball tournament! There were usually 6 winners per show, and
they divide up into 3 teams who face off vs weezer for one game
each.

Todays match results:
Round 1: Team Weezer (Cuomo/Bell) V. The Hooligans (Navi Tumber and
Camellia Asgarian) : Winner: Team Weezer. Score: 10-3. [The firey
Hooligans came ready to rumble, in soccer regalia and attitude to
match. The no-spinning rule worried them but they quickly adapted
and were a force to be reckoned with]
Round 2: Team Weezer (Cuomo/Bell) V. Smith and Jones (Jennifer
Stoddard and Andrea Stoddard) : Winner: Team Weezer. Score: 10-1.
[Smith and Jones FA were inexperienced but worked hard to adapt and
learn, were rewarded with a goal versus tight-fisted goalie Bell]
Round 3: Team Weezer (Cuomo/Bell) V. Flying Death Skulls From Above
(Joe Salas and Blair O'Malley) : Winner: Team Weezer. Score: 10-1.
[a far more intense battle than the score reflected, the Skulls had
some foos skills but simply werent able to capitalize.]

_...pic #25, L to R: hellageeky, queasy duff, Páez,
spongebobsquarepants, Stacey=), [?], Rivers, vivianrocks..._

...the first batch of Concord fans' show tales that came in...

- "...Hey Karl! I just got home from the last Weezer concert in
Concord, CA and it was THE GREATEST! We started the night off
watching The Special Goodness and they were pretty great... then
next up was Rooney and they rocked hardcore! We met Scott while they
were playing and he was incredibly nice. Then we went to the main
stage and watched a bit of Sparta. We met some
pretty cool kids and then Dashboard was up and they were pretty
radical. Weezer was of course up next and they WERE THE BEST EVER!!
Yeeeah!! Rivers seemed pretty loose and I loved when Pat took over
the guitar and Rivers stood on the drum set. I was stoked for that
show and now I'm a little sad it's over, but it was GREAT and I
can't wait for the next tour!!" ---Shelly (pinkweezerton)

- "...Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww what a great show... that wass sooooooooo
amazing. THis was the best weezer performance ever!!! Rivers said
some hilarious things and preached some bible things.,...i think.
Amazing set they played. Almost all the pinkerton songs! The good
life...el scorcho wow! Pat did a great Van Halen style solo at the
very end. Great show guys!!!" ---SSS

- "...Goddamn, Weezer rocked the ******* house tonight. The setlist
was awesome- starting and ending the show with fierce energy. The
Special Goodness also kicked 'el taco', who knew Pat could rock out
so hard on a guitar...a satisfying jam session indeed. And despite
some rather, to say the least, obnoxious drunk people sitting in
front of me and blocking my view of Brian, I couldn't have asked for
a better concert. Thanks Karl, Rivers, Scott, Pat, Brian, and the
sound guys, I can die happy now.
"Sometimes you just have to just pick up an axe" -RC " ---=mimi=
(AquaPeache on .com boards)

- "...I just walked into my hotel room in concord,Reno NV being my
origin, and i wanted to tell you how badass the show was tonight, my
best friend and i went to both tonights show, and the show in
nashville. Both shows rocked pretty hard, but tonight served the
rock up in a massive portion! We started off checking out some
Special Goodness, which dominated the side stage, then we checked
out some Rooney, which also rocked hard, and happened to bump into
Scott, who is a totally rad guy.....The we headed over to the main
stage and caught the tail end of Sparta, they too sounded pretty
good. Then Dashboard hit the stage and definitely got the crowd
going, then, WEEZER HIT THE STAGE! it was total euphoria! they
booted out a healthy mix of new and
old, it was a perfect was to end a kickass tour.....i cant wait to
see you all the next time around" ---Tyler- (weezer4lyfe on the
boards)

- "...Woah, got there, saw pat, he signed my ticket (thanks btw
pat), scott walked through the crowd to get to the stage...TSG
ROCKS...Sparta was...loud...Dashboard was not bad, he had the crowd
going...nice set list! no one else, no other one, why bother, el
scorcho, the good life, simple pages, 20 minute (or so it seemed)
verion of only in dreams...wow...thanks for not going to the
Shoreline!...come back to concord soon! can i suggest "Ash" as an
openner for the next tour? thanks!" ---roy (snapdragonslovetoy)

- "...only one word can really descripe the show tonight, and thats
rockatastic! maybe it was the setlist, or the pyro, or the tons of
.commers i met, or the fact that i met scott and u and atom, and
scott told me he would marry me, but none the less, tonight was the
best weezer show ever, and ive been to 9! i was totally blown away.
from the ass**** sitting next to me, to the cute couple on the other
side, the to whiny emo kids behind me, it was all great! thanks so
much" ---=sarah=(curlyhare1)

- "...Well, I am speachless. I can easily say that it was the
sweetest concert i have ever seen. I have seen weezer three times
this year: Extended Midget, Dusty West and Enlightenment.... this
was unbelievable. Not to mention I saw the Special Goodness which
kicked ass. Then I met Pat.... wow....what can I say... the coolest
guy ever. It made my trip from Seattle to L.A. well worth it's
while. I can't really comprehend how cool Rivers was, I have never
seen him so crazy. He was hilarious, he was calling everyone his
children and brother and sisters. hahaha. Pat and Scott started
bickering on stage, it was great. Pat also brought back memories
while telling us the story about how they named El Scorcho. To
coment on Brian Bell.........very good very cool and all together
godlike. I brought along my friends parents who are now the geezer
weezer fans, it was great they loved it!! basically (no fact) weezer
rules the world... period...." ---~Ben Grant

- "...The show was my fourth show but is number two. Not because it
was bad--but, SF will always be the best. SPARTA BROUGHT THE ROCK!
[didnt like Dashboard]--and the WEEZ BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN. I'm so
glad I went. I had lawn tickets but the security was pretty bad so I
snuck into the seats. My friend and I danced the ******* night away.
Karl, I tell ya, Weezer is never gonna get old for me. I was a
little disappointed in no riser for pat's drums. But, it didn't
matter the show rocked. And Scott messing around with the pedals
reminded me of a Radiohead show I saw last summer. Sparta and
Weezer....So damn good." ---A.P. Brown

- "...Well, I have mixed feelings about tonight's show. Sparta was
good, and I really enjoyed Dashboard - but Weezer shows have always
been about the crowd coming together, singing geek rock anthems in
unison such as Jonas and Surfwax. Due to the fact that the Weez has
become so popular of late, the 15,000+ [_actually, closer to 10k
-k_] crowd was drawn to the Chronicle Pavilion mostly by Green and
Maladroit, which left many clueless when it came to belting out (and
rawking out to) the classics of Blue and Pink, which comprised the
majority of the setlist. Weezer came to rawk, and it showed,
especially in Rivers' (drunken?) attempts to rally the crowd into
singing along. =w='s musicality was of the highest quality I have
yet to see in a live performance. Unfortunately, the crowd was
decidedly lackluster and took much away from the concert as a whole.
(This is a bit of an ironic twist on the Yahoo Outloud tour of early
2001, when I would say that the energies of crowd and band were
reversed from those observed tonight.) All in all, a good show, but
one in which I sometimes found myself alone when flashing the =w=
and busting out old-school choruses." ---Shefik

- "...Who the heck started the concord grapes thing? The concert has
left me in total awe and deafness. The pyro was kickin'! Oh and
Karl, before Special Goodness was starting out,, you had a piece of
grass in your hair. Thought i'd let you know after 4 hours. Hash
Pipe was a great opener. I was a little, okay a smidge, disappointed
that Only in Dreams came so early in the setlist. And where was the
confetti? but i guess Paper Airplanes are better, in a way. I'm
still in total shock! I had really great seats for the show. The
people next to us were really nice but the party poopers in front of
us, oh they were NOT nice. If i only could remember what came after
the Good Life, i'd be happier. The songs all kicked ass. The story
about El Scorcho, if i could remember all of it, was hilarious. i'm
done." ---emily (weezindork)

- "...Just came back from the weezer show in Concord, wow that was
an awesome show, I kept running back from first stage to second
stage, surprisingly I saw every band (well I kinda chose not to see
Dashboard for too long). All the side bands were great, especially
Rooney and Home Town Hero, the bands pulled pranks on each other
since it was the last show. Sparta was good as usual, well what can
I say about Dashboard? not too much, and weezer came on, they didnt
really play the set list I wanted but it was close enough, I sang
along to every song, the highlights were definately El Scorcho and
Say it Aint So, everyone was singing along to those songs. The band
really poured out their hearts and soul into this show, I was very
pleased with their performance." ---RS

- "...i just came back from the weezer show in concord and omg the
show was absolutley awesome! even though it was my first it for sure
will not be my last. rivers was so funny and so cute in his little
suit. i would like to thank them for all the great stuff they've
accomplished and the great music they make that please my ears.
dashboard was good (maybe cuz chris is just too hot) and sparta was
interesting. anyways all those pinkerton songs were just rad. thanks
again, and please come back next year!!!! weez on!" ---~T.Lee

[posted 8/10/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/09/02 it makes no sense just standin' around, c'mon everybody we can
all get down*
_...special Side Stage note for tomorrow's Concord show: _ we've just
learned that The Special Goodness has been added to the side stage,
as the very first act of the day. Doors are at 6pm, and they will
probably be starting things off at 6:15, so if you want the full 7
band Enlightenment experience, come early! _preshow fan meet-up
note!_ Due to the SGs added presence, the [curlyhare1 and panteleggs
led] fan meet-up, scheduled for 6:30 in the parking lot, has been
rescheduled back to 5:30!

*Enlightenment Tour [428] Day 35: Irvine, CA; Verizon Amphitheater*

*Main Stage: Sparta, Dashboard Confessional, Weezer
Second Stage: Third Grade Teacher, Rooney, Home Town Hero, Am Radio*

Well, there we were, headlining at the same place where I saw the '92
Lollapalooza, and the '96 Weenie Roast where KISS put on their first
original line-up + full makeup gig since 1979. Could the weez
dominate such a massive venue? Hell yeah, as it turned out! This was
the biggest headlining weezer show ever, with over 15,000 peeps in
attendance! This show put the recent record setting Philly show
[14,500] into second place, and the Chicago United Center show from
last fall [13,000] into 3rd place. What a blast! Tonight the
documentation dept [me] was supplemented with Rod and his 16mm film
movie cameras. Assuming the footage comes out good, this should yield
some really cool looking stuff for future use. It was pretty hectic
for Rod up there, as film isnt something you can rush and bounce
around with like my videocameras. But Rod is a pro. Speaking of
pro's, All the bands tonight rocked it out STRONG. Tonight the Second
Stage was joined by Third Grade Teacher, a firey and fun rock outfit
who previously opened for the weeez at the Troubador back in 2000.

*"Weezer World Cup" Foosball Challenge #13: Los Angeles- KROQ*
Foosball Challenge #13! Today before the show there was another fan
vs. weez foosball challenge. In many cities on the Enlightenment
Tour, the local radio station chose winning fans who got to come
backstage before the show and challenge the band to a mini-foosball
tournament! There are usually 6 winners per show, and they divide up
into 3 teams who face off vs weezer for one game each. Today there
were 2 teams, and the games were played on a different table than
usual which was all weird and pounded on. Sorta like playing an
'away' game for the weez.

Todays match results:
Round 1: Team Weezer (Cuomo/Wilson) V. Max Fischer Players (Lauren
Calavan and Jonathan Zeitlin) : Winner: Team Weezer. Score: 10-0.
[ouch. the Max Fischer Players struggled to put things together, and
couldnt penetrate the tuff weez 'd'.]
Round 2: Team Weezer (Cuomo/Wilson) V. The Avant Guards (Grace Kim
and Colleen Monaco) : Winner: Team Weezer. Score: 10-1. [The Avant
Guards drew first blood with a beautiful shot at the outset, but then
were put on the ropes by the weez. a wild struggle.]

_...pic #28, L to R: RockAnne, UCSB drew, almondstick[?], [unknown
add'l bboard brohiem #1], johnny5alex, [unknown add'l bboard brohiem
#2], Rivers, [unknown add'l bboard brohiem #3], Wrawk[?],
Cleave23[?]..._

...the first batch of Irvine fans' show tales that came in...

- "...I used to be a weezer fan, but after this awesome kick a**
concert i am now a weezer worshipper. This was my first weezer
concert but it will definetly not be my last. The set list sounded
like it was made especially for me with 'say it aint so' and my
pinkerton favorites 'el scorcho' and 'the good life'. Rivers was so
talkitive and even cracked jokes like calling us idaho. Brian did his
thing, pat was awesome, and scott rocked it out on stage. I swear i
almost died when the huge =w= came out from under pat. DC was awesome
and the side stage was cool but i give my full props to weezer for
putting on the best concert ever of my short teenage life. Weezer
deserves the title of ROCK GODS after this awesome concert. =w=
RULES!!---" ---Irma, from LA :O)

- "...yo everyone, it's midnight here in california, and I thought
I'd write down my little report of the weezer concert tonight (august
9th) at the Irvine Meadows amphitheatre. Coming from the small island
of Kauai in Hawaii, it was really a new experience where 15,000
people were all crammed in there, since it's more than 1/4 my
island's population. Heheh, plus it was hard to fight the urge to say
to everyone who was wearing a weezer shirt "hey, nice shirt" as I'm
so accustomed to doing when I see people on the streets. The show
itself was a great one. Okay, so I was sitting in the very very upper
lawn portion, but
that's what you get when you buy tickets two days before the event.
Seeing El Scorcho live makes me a very happy person. The pyrotechnics
were great, and I was glad I got to see the Winged-W in real life.
Aside from security being ultra-anal (they told me that I couldn't
keep the pins on my hat. WTF is that? They're pins. Needless to say,
I got in with them on. Booya.) the show was totally awesome. Rock!"
---Hunter 'piro' Morrison

- "...I must say that this is the best Weezer show I've ever been
to... My sis and I got there a little late but we caught some
HomeTown Hero on the side stage before heading in to watch Dashboard
Confessional rock the stage. When Weezer came out the crowd went
wild!!! My sis and I danced the whole night!!! And Rivers and the
guys really were energetic which moved everything up to the next
level. THEY ROCKED!!! I must say that everything about this concert
fell into place... let me explain... I got Orchestra 3 seats the day
before the concert (which if you're standing on stage is a little to
the right of center)... They guys played El Scorcho which my sis and
I have never heard in concert before... I got a guitar pick from a
wonderful stage hand... and this other great stage hand (who looked
like Scott but with shorter hair?) tossed me a set list for which I
thanked him over and over again... oh my... I'm so happy right now!!!
This has truly been a beautiful night... and I owe it all to the
guys... THANKS SO MUCH!!! :D" ---Evelyn (sienna14), ORCH 3 seat 302

- "...Hey Karl! I just wanted to say that this concert was not only
the biggest Weezer Concert ever, but the best too! They played
everything, from all the albums. Rivers was on tonight, and the whole
band performed great! Kick ass! The encore with Only In Dreams was
fantastic, Weezer showed So-Cal tonight a great home-town show! rock
on!" ---Mallory

- "...The show was awesome. It was my first Weezer show and I doubt I
could have seen a better show than the one they put on tonight. The
set list was epic. Great selections for albums with a slight favoring
of the blue album and pinkerton. Rivers was absolutely hilarious on
stage with his quips. Pyro was awesome. I knew, from reading up on
weezer.com, about most of the special little things, like pyro and
the "w" coming from under the drums but it all still kicked when I
saw it live. The music was absolutely solid. Its always a sign of a
good band when their music sounds the same live as it does on their
album and I can say for sure that not only did it sound as good, it
sounded 10x better. Singing along to all the songs with all the other
fans was great. Just a great experience all around. The side stage
was sweet too. I got to see Third Grade Teacher, Rooney, and Home
Town Hero. They all were good and showed there's a good future to
music. All-in-all an absolutely fantastic rock show!" ---Sam Aronoff,
Irvine, CA

- "...It had to have been a dream...I just got back from teh IRVINE
show and I have never experience a =w= show like this one yet. The
amount of people and the energy was amazing. I truly feel
enlightened!!! Thanks for such a great tour...It was an experience to
remember. I can't imagine how in the world =w= can top this one.
THANKS AGAIN you guys rock!!!" ---Badtzmaru

- "...Just got back from the biggest show that Weezer has ever
headlined!! And what a show!! Sparta was wonderful and laid a great
foundation for the =w= to build upon. Although, I was not able to see
Dashboard, they did sound great! But when weezer got on stage, and
started off their set......... all bets were off. With an amazing
amount of songs from the blue album and pinkerton, this concert
proved to be the best that I have ever seen. Plus, Rivers was
speaking a bunch!! This was a total shock to me, but could only add
to the being that is =w=. An overall incredible night and worth its
weight in gold." ---Evan

- "...howdy karl and the rest of the weezer crew! holy hell... weezer
in irvine was a mega-kick ass show. sparta rocked... dashboard
exceeded comprehensio... weezer illuminated. this was my first time
ever seeing dashboard confessional in person so thanks for the weez
for inviting them along. all my love and respect for chris c. and the
fellas. this show by far was the greatest weezer show i've ever been
to. i was uber excited to meet scott and get his autograph on my
ticket. i was so taken aback by his presence that i stood there like
a bumbling idiot. heh. sorry if i tripped out on you scott. i think
it's really cool that you were out and about, mingling with us common
folk. you guys just keep getting better... and to answer rivers'
question "how long will we keep this going?", as long as their is
breath in my lungs to sing along with every song and strength in my
arms to hold a "=w=" up to the sky. i don't know if it's elightenment
or a ringing from the high decibel levels, but whatever it is, i love
it. rock on!" ---kyle m. fv, ca

[posted 8/9/2002 U.S.A.]

*08/08/02 yellow sno-cone = bad idea*
_reminder: Keep Fishin' requests..._
The next 2 weeks are critical for "Keep Fishin'". Those who can
should request it at their local Modern Rock radio station(station
list here) [3] . The single is on the cusp of doing really well, but
now its "make or break" time, and your *consistent* requests over
the next 2 weeks are important! We need to send a "daily reminder"
to these stations that you guys arent satisfied with their usual
selection, and that only the new weezer track will do! Jordan,
weezer's head man at Geffen Records and a real expert when it comes
to this type of stuff told us: "the fans [need to] request keep
fishin on their local mod rock stations consistently over next 2
weeks, so its not a flood of calls over a couple of days-we need to
push into top of chart now or the track won't get played enough to
drive sales." Woah! Now that's a taste of official business that
really lays it out in black and white. Jordan really knows about
these things, so we gotta give it the ol' college try! So if you
can, request _consistently over the next 2 weeks_ and try and help
us put this one over the edge!

also, an Mtv reminder...[1 day left to make it! can it be done?]
Over the past few years, the subject of "getting on trl" has been
divisive for weezer fans to say the least. Some are adamantly
against it, some think it would be really cool to break into such
exclusive territory with some good music, and others dont watch Mtv
anyhow and just dont care! Now, weezer has flirted with TRL in the
past with "Hash Pipe", to mixed reaction from the fans. The TRL
"machine" is notoriously difficult to affect, as hoardes of fans of
todays hottest boy bands, teen divas, rap stars and "cute" punks
clog the vote tallys at all times.

That having been said, the band thinks its time to experiment here.
The "Keep Fishin'" video popped up on the "wannabe" list last week,
and there have been several fan-led attempts to vote Keep Fishin' in
the top 10, which so far have failed. Well, weezer wants this week
to be "THE week", and is asking all those who would cast their votes
to do so [441] all this week, Monday the 5th untill Friday the 9th.
Can the fans shove the weez into the countdown, a full year after
the Hash Pipe made it? That what we'd like to find out here. Thanks
in advance for voting [441] and trying to inject a little weez into
the monolith of That Carson Guy. _note: several fans have noted that
"you can vote as many times as you want- just hit the back button
and vote again!". others have said that "turning off your browser
cookies" helps to ensure that every vote counts!_

*Enlightenment Tour [428] Day 34: Travel/Day Off [L.A.: 'Jackass'
screening party]*

Today the guys had a day off, but fortuitously, the private first
screening of the "Jackass" movie [due out in October] was today, and
weezer was invited. The private affair was chock full of interesting
characters, including Slash of Guns n Roses, Andrew W.K., Spike
Jonze [of course!], Tre Cool of Green Day, and of course the whole
Johnny Knoxville-Jackass-CKY clan. Apparently Mtv rented out the Los
Feliz area house, whose backyard was ideal for erecting a big movie
screen. $13.99 lawn furnature (all pricetags intact) was in place
for the screening audience.

This movie is the finest film of 2002... so long as you can stand
(in Johnny Knoxville's words) "entirely too much man-ass."...not to
mention some nasty barfing.... and, er... well, if youre over 17 or
have a parent or guardian with you, check it out this fall. Lets
just say we couldnt stop laughing, and something rediculously funny
happens about every 8 seconds.

After the screening it was back to the hob-nobbing, with both Mtv
cameras and interviewers all over the place, not to mention about 20
guys' camcorders going at all times. These Jackass guys just film
everything. I had the personal pleasure of thanking Bam Margera for
being so kick-ass. And yes his parents were there!

Tomorrow its down to Irvine Meadows! A LOT of tickets have been sold
already! Will this crack Philly's recent record of being the biggest
headlining weezer show ever?

_...scenes from the party...pic #2, Pat and our old budrow
Johnny...#5: Pat keeps an eye on Andrew W.K...pic #6: Spike on the
scene, #7+8: Andrew W.K. attacks Spike! Fracas!... #10: Rivers with
the Jackass men...#11: Steve-O [say no more!]..._

Web News:

riverscuomo.com [6] , a weezer.com sister site and the official
website of Rivers, launches in limited form tomorrow!
The Weezer Source [442] has returned, though only until October
without help! Have a look and if you can help, have at it.
Weezer RIP [443] is an archive page of recently departed
fan-favorite weez sites. cool history and info!

these and several other new sites are being added to the links page
[444] shortly!

*fan announcements + corrections:*

Irvine show Tailgate Party update: "tailgate party starting around 2
pm in _EITHER the parking lots OR across the street from them [if
people arent allowed in the lots that early]_, with a BBQ and music
and lotz of crazy obssessive Weezer fans. if you know for sure that
you want to help out, please email me [445] as soon as possible. You
are welcome to bring whatever you want to bring as long as it's
legal, and to be sure that no one else is bringing the same thing, I
would totally appreciate it if you could tell me what you think you
want to take. Soda, Beer, food, boom boxes, ect; as well as
charcoal, lighter fluid, and yourselves seem fitting. I myself will
be bombarding the party with baked goods and stuff for the grill, so
yeah, come and join us. As for exactly where we will be in the
parking lots, we are still new to the venue and have no idea how the
parking structure looks like. There WILL on the other hand be
posters or banners taped around the lot in order for you fellow =w=
fans to find us. There are already roughly 20 or so fellow
weezerites signed on to coming to our little shindig, and hey, the
more the merrier!" =michelle= (gEEkLuvzRivers on the .com boards;
AIM:GeekyWeemoBabe)

Chicago Weezerfest: Cancelled! rescheduling coming soon, see
weezerfest.com and/or PM boardmembers Lexie416 and Imjellobaby.

This fan website [446] is devoted to "...making sure everyone who
wants "The Lion and the Witch" gets it" by trying to hook up people
who dont have a store near them, to people who do.

*Keep Fishin' report: some updates*

- *video:*
Video download is cropping up on both Netscape and AOL IM homepages.
Thats a lot of people seeing Kermit and Rivers together and going
"hey, whats this?"

Mtv2 "Control Freak": Another victory, Vs. Blink 182's 'Rock Show",
after a close battle!
MTV Indonesia: Keep Fishin' video is doing well! ...recently shown
in the "Fresh" show, in the twice daily show "MTV Land"!
Channel V Australia: Keep Fishin now flirting with the WhatUWant Top
10" list, as well as being the "Ripe" video of the week.

- *radio:*
Remember to request [3] whenever you can over the next 2 weeks!
These people did! [**NOTE that the "K-rock" link in the requests
page needs fixing, for the moment it erroneously links to Utica,
NY's K-rock. Here's [447] the correct link to the NYC's station's
site.]

"...I was just on the radio. My modern rock station in Ny is Krock
and I called "Booker" and asked to play: weezer's Keep fishin'. He
said: We just played it 2 songs ago. I said: I know, keep playing it
over and over for an hour. He said: won't that get boring? I said:
Mix in some Weezer classics in there. He said: Thank God you don't
run a radio station. I said: Thanks! It
was fun! I'll keep requesting Weezer everyday for the rest of this
week on MTV and on my Radio Station! Go Weezer!" -Jack, NYC
"...I have been furiously trying to get all the mod rock stations in
Milwaukee to play "Keep Fishing" today. I requested on the internet
at Lazer 103 and 102.1 quite a few times and I called 102.1 and
talked to the DJ for a couple minutes about the video, mostly about
Miss Piggy beatin the crap out of everyone. I'll keep requesting as
much as I can." -Cameron

K-Rock NYC's website acknowledges the rabid weez fan base playing a
big part in weezer rising up the rungs of their Battle of the Bands
[448] competition! Also, Keep Fishin' hit #2 on their "furious five
at nine" last night! DJ (Booker) sez that this is the highest Weezer
has ever been on the countdown!...Y101 in Richmond, VA [#5 on
their "Plan 9 @ 9" on 8/7]...89 X Detroit [#5 on their top 9 @
9]...101.1 WJRR "Real Rock" in Central Florida ['regular
rotation']... O-Rock 105.9 WOCL in Central Florida ['heavy
play']...In Australia, Triple-J radio station is also giving "Keep
Fishin'"a fair amount of airplay, and it should do well in their
"Net 5O" later this week....91 Rock Chattanooga State [Weezer listed
as 1 on their Hot College Tracks, and as 1 on the most requested
list!

[posted 8/8/2002 U.S.A.]


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