Karl's Corner - 08/07/2008

08/07/08 Things You Must Vote For!

People, there are two things going on now, where your vote of support is needed for the good of all things Weez. Here is a thing to do.

#1. Mtv Video Music Award nomination voting. This year the VMA Nominees are all chosen by the viewers. Coming up this friday on FNMTV (Mtv's Friday night show), Weezer is eligible for nomination for Best Rock Video & Video of the Year. The categories are listed by video & will be under: WEEZER – PORK AND BEANS.

Voting opens at 8pm EST this Friday, 08/08 and closes Wednesday, 08/13 at 11 AM EST. Help "Pork And Beans" get nominated in these 2 categories! More info here on Mtv.com.

#2. Weezer’s Pork & Beans has been nominated for Best Video at the Kerrang Awards 2008, taking place on August 21, in London. You can vote online for Pork and Beans HERE. Your vote counts!! Help us show Kerrang whats what!

...If you havent tuned in in the last few days, you REALLY need to scroll down and check out the news from 8/4 and 8/2, all sorts of stuff is going on including the North American tour dates.

...more Weezer tribute band alerts:

Multi-band Weezer Tribute Show/Benefit in Morgantown, WV, on August 27. At (?) on 123 Pleasant St. "Guaranteed to be a fun night with a bunch of local WV area bands paying tribute to one of our generation's greatest artists."

Tweezer (NYC area) will be playing The Crossroads (Garwood, NJ) Friday Aug 8th at 10 pm, and at Marita's Cantina (New Brunswick, NJ) Saturday Aug 16th at 10pm: "An all acoustic show, featuring our acoustic version of Dreamin'".