Karl's Corner - 03/05/2010

2010/03/05 Weezer Playing at Sunfest '10!

...Folks, we've got a new concert date added to the calendar, April 28th at the Sunfest in West Palm Beach , Florida! Tickets are on sale now!

...Weezer's appearance in the upcoming 'Carson Daly Cover Week' (a performance of the MGMT/Gaga mashup) has been MOVED to next Tuesday, March 9th - and note that is on the same day as the Weezer Yo Gabba Gabba performance (of the all new track "All My Friends Are Insects"), so set march 9th as your next Weezed out TV day... wake up and go to bed with weezer on TV!

...Interesting take on 'Can't Stop Partying'...

...REMINDER: Indaba Contest in its final week! Weezer fans and fellow musicians: visit Indaba Music to remix Weezer’s song “Love Is the Answer.” Weezer is seeking a “global version” of the track from their recent release Raditude, with a public vote determining the top 10 winners to receive a signed copy of the new album and be featured on weezer.com and www.myspace.com/weezer. The Grand Prize winner will also have the opportunity to participate in a one-on-one Indaba collaboration with frontman Rivers Cuomo to create an entirely new song. The original track can be previewed along with the transformed Hindi version on the contest page at www.indabamusic.com/remixweezer. Contest ends March 9, get in now! Check out all the remixes made to date here.

...REMINDER: Weezer has donated a new version of the classic Pinkerton track “Butterfly” featuring harpist Allison Allport to support Music for Relief’s Haiti relief efforts. Now it is your turn to DOWNLOAD and DONATE. The direct iTunes link is here, or visit http://musicforrelief.org to Listen, Download, and Donate.

...REMINDER: New Weezer Track "The Rat Race" avail via donation to TargetCancer! Previously unreleased Weezer song "the Rat Race" (and many other great songs by other artists including Ween and The Donnas) available at www.righttracktunes.org for a minimum .99 cent donation each! Donations go to help fund research and treatment of rare forms of cancer.

...todays 'Catitude' picture courtesy of 'GreenCarousel' of Russia