---10/13: Holy crap! People are actually coming to my site. 47 visitors! It's a fucking miracle. But anyhow...Weezer is currently working on their 5th album. I believe their first recording session came to an end, reports Karl from Weezer.com. 58 days. But, I'm scared as to what will happen with they guys..it's a make or break situation here. Rivers started writing music for the audience after Pinkerton, and it went downhill from there. Hence, I am a vintage Weez fan. Only the best for me. I really hope that Rivers has turned around. But, as he posted on his myspace.com blog, he said he shut himself up in a room, painted walls black, and blocked out the windows, just in order to try and make good music. This is NOT a good sign. Please, Weez, Please let this be a good album.

---: "...Those with long memories may recall how by this point it was assumed that the band would be in the studio working on Album 5. The extensive demo work that Rivers has been doing for most of the spring is now winding down - later than expected, but the extra work he put in has apparently really paid off in the songs. The next few weeks will be transitional, but there isnt yet a solid schedule in place. The goal is to shift from the current 'demo' situation into band rehearsals, where the guys will get their parts sorted out on the songs, and then move on to the recording session. The goal is still to get the recording done by summer's end, setting up an album release (+ eventually the touring everyones been asking about) by either late this year or early next year. It is true that Rivers has been considering a semester of school this fall before the albums release, but this has been dicussed by the band, and its understood that the school break wouldn't interfere with the album's release, as most albums have a 3-4 month period of planning, marketing, etc, before release anyway - about the amount of time the semester would require. So.... we shall see how it all plays out! ...As mentioned on thespecialgoodness.com recently, Weez drummer Pat had a little re-aquainting of his own with original weezer bassist Matt Sharp, out at Rancho Wilson de la Suburbia. So finally, after quite a long time, both Rivers, Brian, and Pat have all re-connected with the Sharp man, which has gone a long way towards easing a few forehead wrinkles and setting old feelings straight. And to the many who have written in with their questions: no, there is no talk of Matt re-joining weezer. Everyone in the band is very happy with Scott and plan on working with him indefinitely as a full member. Meanwhile Matt is very happy with, and is focusing wholly on, his solo work and his collaborations with other artists (such as the excellent Goldenboy and, as some may recall, Rivers, a few months ago), and is currently planning his own touring to support his recently released (and very cool) solo acoustic album" -Weezer.com

---: Yup. You heard it right. The Blue CD (One of my complete favorites!!) Deluxe is now available. What does it have on it? Well, on the first side:  (My Name Is Jonas, No One Else, The World Has Turned and Left Me Here, Buddy Holly, Undone-The Sweater Song, Surf Wax America, In the Garage, Holiday, Only In Dreams [yeh from me!!]), and on the second side, tons of footage of live shows and recordings: (Mykel and Carli, Susanne, My Evaline, Jamie (Live), Surf Wax America (Live), Jamie (Acoustic & Live), No One Else (Acoustic & Live), Undone-The Sweater Song (Demo), Paperface (Demo), Only In Dreams (Demo), Lullaby for Wayne, I swear it's true, Say It Ain't So (Original Album Mix). Sounds good? Hell yeah! Reviews: (Popmatters.com)(Splendidezine.com)(Music.ign.com )

---"The DVD, 'Video Capture Device: Treasures From the Vault 1991-2002,' was cut by Karl Koch, Weezer's longtime webmaster, drum tech and documentarian. Not only is it an anthology of the band's best-loved videos, but over the course of three hours it also features everything from pre-Blue Album recording sessions to footage of the band's 2002 Enlightenment Tour." (MTV.com) I already saw this, actually, it was on VH1 or MTV2. Anyways, it's pretty good, if you like watching recording sessions 'n' live stuff 'n' stuff. Reviews: (411Mania.com )(MTV.com )(Bullz-eye.com)