Jan
31

Stone Gossard & Ken Wilber

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a 7 minute sample of the talk between Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, presented by the new incarnation of my former employer: Integral Life

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Jan
14

my Pearl Jam history

Posted in life at 6:16 pm with tags: • • • •

stone gossard is on integral naked this week. sweet. got me trying to remember my full live history with the band….i think this covers everything but will have to sit down and check ticket stubs one day. michael franti and spearhead are the only other band I may have possibly seen this many times. that list will also have to be compiled sometime.

july ’95 – Soldier Field. otis rush, bad religion, PJ
may ’98 – united center. jason lange, joe imhoff, pete frank, me. frank blank opens
june ’98 – alpine valley with seth & brad lewin
june ’99 – Tibetin Freedom Concert, EV solo. pretty much everyone from highschool was here.
June ’00 – Indianapolis with seth/pete frank, pete’s bro
October ’00 – San Francisco, Halloween. supergrass opens. w/ liz, mark, and sian
October ’01 – PJ Acoustic. Bridge School Benefit with Neil Young. sanders, waldstein, lozano, woodside, others?
April, ’03 – Champaign, IL. who opened? with Erika
June, ’03 – Irvine, CA. Idlewild opens. w/ matt, steph, daniel
July, ’03 – New York, NY with mattie lozano.
October ’03 – PJ Acoustic. Bridge School Benefit with Neil Young. katie/brian hoeber, matt, daniel, dan s, melinda, brett dennen, sirka wetzel, kevin hobson, stephanie, matt lozano, others??
May ’04 – Santa Barbara Ca. special benefit half acoustic/half plugged in for 10c members. middle 4th or 5th row. Jack johnson, john frusciante, chris cornell…EPIC
October ’04 – Rock for Change, St. Louis, MO with Lorne. death cab opens.
May ’06 – Chicago, United Center with Kelly Veronico. My Morning Jacket.
May ’06 – Chicago, United Center with Alan A. My Morning Jacket. my first Crown of Thorns live experience.
July ’06 – Denver, CO – Pepsi center with Eric Graham. Split bill with Tom Petty
July ’06 – Denver, CO – Pepsi center with Casey Capshaw. Split bill with Tom Petty
July ’06 – San Francisco, CA – bill graham civic auditorium – with ryan driscol. GA. Moshing. Sonic Youth
December ’06 – Honolulu, HA – Split bill with U2. closing of tour for both bands. rockin’ in free world duet. amazing
August, ’07 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza. Pearl Jam closes, main stage 3rd day. hell no don’t go, BP amaco!

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Sep
21

Learn Why I’m a Pearl Jam fan

Posted in Uncategorized at 7:10 am with tags: • • • • •

If you’ve never heard anything other than Ten, think of ticketmaster when you hear the name, or laugh because they remind you of alternative rock in high school, now’s your chance to re-frame the band and learn why I’m such a big fan. Bummed there’s no screening in CO, but the DVD is on its way so I’ll just have to host one of my own…

Immagine was shot over 5 shows in Italy and includes live performances and behind the scenes. Rock On.

http://www.dandeentertainment.com/pearljam.html

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Aug
31

PJology – Tagging – Daughter/It’s OK

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Yup, another Pearl Jam post, this time about my favorite tags. ‘tagging’ is a bit of a PJ tradition for certain songs (namely daughter & betterman). They play the song……then keep going and ‘tag’ the song with another…..

There are some great ones, (betterman/sooner or later is quite good), but hands down the best one of all has to be Daughter/It’s OK.

Debuted in 2000 after PJ returned to the states after the tragedy at Rockslide when it had a particularly poignancy in that it involved crowd participation, they’ve played it here and there since(sadly I’ve never seen it live). Touring Band 2000 has it on the DVD, which is where I fell in love, and I gotta say, it nearly brings me to tears every time. It’s OK is by Dead Moon, a solid little punk band. The lyrics aren’t incredibly deep, but they are incredibly simple, incredibly insightful, and to me, incredibly true.

PJ doesn’t sing the whole song, just the last refrain, pasted here for your enjoyment.

It’s okay, we’ve all seen better days
It’s okay, you don’t have to run and hide away
It’s okay
It’s okay, yeah we love you anyway

This is my chance, this is my life
And my opening hour
This is my choice, this is my voice
There may be no tomorrow
This is my plea, this is my need
This is my time for standing free
This is my step, this is my depth
In a world demanding of me
But it’s okay…….

It’s okay………..

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Aug
9

AT&T Censors Pearl Jam

Posted in Uncategorized at 2:24 pm with tags: • • • •

Get the full details here.

AT&T and Apple are now closely linked…could Apple stand up to AT&T on this kind of shit? If not, looks like iPhones will have to be boycotted too.

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Aug
3

Lollapalooza

Posted in Uncategorized at 10:35 pm with tags: • • • •

day one was pretty mellow, saw Satellite Party (the 3rd gen Jane’s Addiction), and Daft Punk headlined, most impressive. Celebrate [one more time] mixed with some Cafe Del Mar and later Human Together, fuckin’ sweeeeeeeeet.

Wasn’t too hot, nice and tolerable today, had some kickin’ vegan ice cream and was quickly reminded how many scantily clad beautiful women tend to show up to music festivals.

tomorrow: I’m thinking Sound Tribe Sector 9, Regina Spektor, Snow Patrol, Spoon, and Muse.

Sunday: Amy Winehouse, Iggy & The Stooges, then though I’d like to go see Modest Mouse it’ll be straight over to AT&T for some My Morning Jacket (who i actually kinda dig) in order to get good seats for Pearl Jam, who’s playing Lolla for the first time in over a decade, and will likely be my only chance to see them live this year.

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Jun
10

Bring it

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:53 pm with tags: • • • •

just dropped a wad of cash on plane tickets for my 2 trips in august. wealth, i am wholeheartedly inviting you into my life at this time….bring it.

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May
7

Getting Old, Pearl Jam style

Posted in Uncategorized at 12:33 pm with tags: • • •

I’ve been thinking a lot about getting older as of late, and find myself more and more looking forward to the process. I’ve finally integrated some solid practices into my life, and already feel them softening me up a bit. Additionally, while life doesn’t seem to be getting any easier with age, dealing with it does seem to be. Things still hurt just as bad as they used to, but it feels like I’m able to let go of that pain just a little easier than before. It’s a shift of frame really, just holding things a bit more lightly, with just a bit less attachment. I think it might get easier with age because one has a lot more experiences to compare each moment to. It’s like when you’re a kid and one summer feels like an entire lifetime, whereas with age one summer feels like a blink of an eye. Relatively speaking, each summer has more context than the last so it doesn’t seem quite as epic as it used to. In film/video/editing terms, it’s liking zooming out on an editing time line, every clip or event still occupies the same amount of time, but takes up less space to make room for everything else.

Similarly, as I age I find that most pain I feel, whether emotional, spiritual, or physical, is one that I’ve experienced in some degree or another in the past, which makes it a lot easier to not make a big deal about it. Wounds just start taking up less space on the time line as the years go by.

I think the best way to make sense of my above incoherent ramblings might be for me to try to express them in another way, and one I know very well: Pearl Jam. So check it out, I think these two songs are very similar, and about very similar experiences. However, I think there’s one key difference between them that ends up making them so remarkably different. Call it wisdom, call it age, call it softness, call it non-attachment, call it whatever you want really. In any case, I’m looking forward to more of it. Cheers.

Pearl Jam – Ten – Black – 1991

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Pearl Jam – Pearl Jam – Come Back – 2006

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Apr
3

Lollapalooza

Posted in Uncategorized at 9:22 am with tags: •

August 3-5th, just bought tickets, they’re cheaper if you get them pre-sale. Why, you might be asking, have I already bought them when the full lineup hasn’t even been announced?

Simple:
It’s in Chicago, so it’s a good excuse to go home, and PEARL JAM is headlining day 3.

Nuff said. Get ready to mosh.

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Jul
26

45ft

Posted in Uncategorized at 5:43 pm with tags: • • •

Last night I walked home in the rain. It was awesome, I’d highly recommend doing it if you haven’t in a while.

Then I watched Jaws 3. Which is totally tied with Jaws 4: The Revenge for shittiest Jaws movie.

and Ooooops I did it again. Pearl Jam and U2, December 9th in Honolulu.

It’ll be the first time I see Matt Lasagna since England last year. My favorite band. His favorite band. Driscoll Country Jr. is coming too. I can’t…..fucking…….wait!!!

Ween/Flaming Lips this weekend, Spearhead at Boulder Theater next week (it will be the SHORTEST distance I’ve ever walked to a concert. 2 blocks babies). Power to the Peaceful in September. Music….its like a phenomenan.

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