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==About me and my goals for Weezerpedia== | ==About me and my goals for Weezerpedia== | ||
[[Image:GoodLifeMugShot.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The Good Life mug shot]]Hi, my name is Austin, and I'm a long-time, hardcore weezer fan. I'm a little (okay, a lot) older than the average fan, and I live near Los Angeles, which means I've been lucky (and crazy) enough to have been involved in the weezer community since virtually the beginning. I'm not saying I'm better than the next fan, just that I'm in a unique position to share much of the knowledge and experience I've gained through fifteen | [[Image:GoodLifeMugShot.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The Good Life mug shot]]Hi, my name is Austin, and I'm a long-time, hardcore weezer fan. I'm a little (okay, a lot) older than the average fan, and I live near Los Angeles, which means I've been lucky (and crazy) enough to have been involved in the weezer community since virtually the beginning. I'm not saying I'm better than the next fan, just that I'm in a unique position to share much of the knowledge and experience I've gained through fifteen-plus years of obsessive weezer fandom. | ||
I've been active on weezerpedia since December 2008. I've made quite a few significant contributions, and it will only continue. I look forward to dropping more mad ka-nowledge gleaned from my large collection of weezer (and related) music releases, media articles, and concert and fan club experiences. I'm a responsible adult with kids of my own, but I still feel like a kid inside, and I love to geek out on any and all of my passions (see below). I love to chat when I'm not too busy, and I have many weezer stories to tell. Catch me at [[Albumsix]] some time and pick my brain. | |||
I have recognized ''[[Pinkerton]]'' as my lord and saviour, and I challenge the notion that [[Pat Is Dead]]. | |||
===Quick stats=== | ===Quick stats=== | ||
*Full name - Austin Welch | *Full name - Austin Welch | ||
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===Obsessions=== | ===Obsessions=== | ||
*music (duh) - although you might be shocked to learn that weezer isn't my favorite band of all time (gasp!), that distinction belongs to Queen. I was into music LONG before weezer came around, and although I treasure them dearly, many of my favorites had already entrenched themselves. A brief list, in semi-order of their stature with me: Queen, Scorpions, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Van Halen, [[weezer]], Dream Theater, Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, The Firm, etc.), Michael Schenker (UFO, MSG, etc.), [[Ash]], Boston, Extreme (and all related bands), Smashing Pumpkins, [[Jimmy Eat World]], Gary Hoey, Muse, Queensryche, Tesla, [[Teenage Fanclub]], Matthew Sweet, Cheap Trick, Megadeth, Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters, The Cult, Rush, Sabbath/Ozzy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and solo/side stuff by most of these bands. | *music (duh) - although you might be shocked to learn that weezer isn't my favorite band of all time (gasp!), that distinction belongs to Queen. I was into music LONG before weezer came around, and although I treasure them dearly, many of my favorites had already entrenched themselves. A brief list, in semi-order of their stature with me: Queen, Scorpions, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Van Halen, [[weezer]], Dream Theater, Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company, The Firm, etc.), Michael Schenker (UFO, MSG, etc.), [[Ash]], Boston, Extreme (and all related bands), Smashing Pumpkins, [[Jimmy Eat World]], Gary Hoey, Muse, Queensryche, Tesla, [[Teenage Fanclub]], Matthew Sweet, Cheap Trick, Megadeth, Pink Floyd, Foo Fighters, The Cult, Rush, Sabbath/Ozzy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and solo/side stuff by most of these bands. | ||
*sci-fi - | *sci-fi - among other things I like, I'm completely immersed in the universes of what I call my Big 3: [[Star Wars]], Transformers, and Robotech | ||
*animation - Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, etc. | *animation - Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, Robot Chicken, etc. | ||
*comedy - George Carlin, Denis Leary, Chris Rock, Tina Fey, Kids In The Hall, Demetri Martin (sp) | *comedy - George Carlin, Denis Leary, Chris Rock, Tina Fey, Kids In The Hall, Demetri Martin (sp) | ||
*TV - SNL (all eras), The Office (both UK and US), 30 Rock, Heroes, My Name Is Earl, The Clone Wars, That Metal Show, Numbers, House | *TV - SNL (all eras), The Office (both UK and US), 30 Rock, Heroes, My Name Is Earl, The Clone Wars, That Metal Show, Numbers, House | ||
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*Videos: [[El Scorcho]], [[Undone]], [[Island In The Sun]] (wedding version) | *Videos: [[El Scorcho]], [[Undone]], [[Island In The Sun]] (wedding version) | ||
*Members: [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Patrick Wilson]] | *Members: [[Rivers Cuomo]], [[Patrick Wilson]] | ||
*Show: July 3/4 2000, Pomona, CA...I was so damned happy to have my band back in action! | *Show: July 3/4 2000 (tie), Pomona, CA...I was so damned happy to have my band back in action! | ||
===Fan cred=== | ===Fan cred=== | ||
*Fan club member late 94 thru mid 98ish (including a few written contributions and a photograph or two) and again in 2001/2002, but it just wasn't the same. | *Fan club member late 94 thru mid 98ish (including a few written contributions and a photograph or two in weezines) and again in 2001/2002, but it just wasn't the same. | ||
*Attended 18 weezer shows (including 4 as [[Goat Punishment]]) and several related band shows (see list below). | *Attended 18 weezer shows (including 4 as [[Goat Punishment]]) and several related band shows (see list below). | ||
*My pic (along with a friend and [[Ozma]]'s Daniel Brummel) is in the crowd shot on the cover of "[[The Good Life]]" single, taken on ''[[Pinkerton]]'s'' release day September 24, 1996, at the Hollywood Tower Records (where Rivers once worked) parking lot 'in-store' (see above). | *My pic (along with a friend and [[Ozma]]'s Daniel Brummel) is in the crowd shot on the cover of "[[The Good Life]]" single, taken on ''[[Pinkerton]]'s'' release day September 24, 1996, at the Hollywood Tower Records (where Rivers once worked) parking lot 'in-store' (see above). | ||
*Met 6 of the 7 total weezer members (damn that elusive [[Mikey Welsh|Mikey]]!), plus [[Karl Koch|Karl]] and [[Mykel and Carli Allan|Mykel and Carli]], in most cases multiple times. | *Met 6 of the 7 total weezer members (damn that elusive [[Mikey Welsh|Mikey]]!), plus [[Karl Koch|Karl]] and [[Mykel and Carli Allan|Mykel and Carli]], in most cases multiple times. | ||
*Crashed the "[[Beverly Hills]]" and "[[Troublemaker]]" video shoots | *Crashed the "[[Beverly Hills]]" and "[[Troublemaker]]" video shoots | ||
* | *A regular at official boards 2000-2002, before leaving out of frustration with the vastly immature then-core fan base | ||
*[[Albumsix]] boardie (also under BringHomeTheTurkey) | *[[Albumsix]] boardie (also under BringHomeTheTurkey) | ||
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*2003 – [[Puckett's Versus the Country Boy]] (EP) | *2003 – [[Puckett's Versus the Country Boy]] (EP) | ||
*2004 – [[Matt Sharp (album)|Matt Sharp]] | *2004 – [[Matt Sharp (album)|Matt Sharp]] | ||
=====Carnival Art===== | =====Carnival Art===== | ||
*1989 - [[Like Nobody's Business]] (vinyl) | *1989 - [[Like Nobody's Business]] (vinyl) | ||
* | *1990 - [[Dig]] (vinyl EP) | ||
*1991 – [[Thrumdrone]] | *1991 – [[Thrumdrone]] | ||
*1991 - [[Blue Food & Black Sparks]] EP | *1991 - [[Blue Food & Black Sparks]] EP | ||
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*1992 - [[Sucker Punch]] single | *1992 - [[Sucker Punch]] single | ||
*1992 - [[Holy Smokes]] EP | *1992 - [[Holy Smokes]] EP | ||
=====Space Twins===== | |||
*2003 – [[The End of Imagining]] (autographed by Brian) | |||
=====The Special Goodness===== | =====The Special Goodness===== | ||