Thursday, April 30, 2009

Stick Some Pearl Jam on Your Webpage

(If you don't see a Pearl Jam slideshow, I've @#$%'ed it up!)
Search [Pearl Jam] from any flickr account, then click the Slideshow icon/link in the top right to create your own. Grab the embed codes from the Share link (once you’re looking at your slideshow).

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Ed Adds Second Nashville Show

Twofeetthick already leaked a rumor this afternoon, but now you've got an official e-mail in your inbox:



PJ Fans!



An additional show has been added to the Eddie Vedder solo tour on June 17th in Nashville, TN at the Ryman Auditorium.



Ten Club has a limited amount of tickets and we are opening up the pre-sale to US and Canadian members only, active as of April 29, 2009. Placing the order does not guarantee a ticket purchase, but if your ticket order is chosen at random, your credit card will be charged and the ticket order will be completed.



Tickets for the pre-sale will be sold only on 
https://www.pearljam.com/max with a Visa or Mastercard. No phone or mail orders. The pre-sale will begin April 29th and end May 1st at 3pm Pacific Time.

[Unofficial] Pearl Jam Merch Available

 It appears as though Barbara Alonso, the winner of the Ten T-Shirt Contest, has made at least one other design available via her own blog.  You can pre-order now if you're interested.



Monday, April 27, 2009

More Euro Dates After Album Release?

 What?  Only four shows?



PJ Fans!



Pearl Jam is bringing their music back to Europe and we have all the info you need to get Ten Club tickets.  Starting August 13 in Rotterdam and ending August 18 in London, Pearl Jam will grace the stage in the following cities:



PEARL JAM IN EUROPE



Date - City - Venue

13 Aug - Rotterdam - Ahoy*

15 Aug - Berlin - Wulheide**

17 Aug - Manchester - MEN Arena***

18 Aug - London - 02 Arena***




Ten Club is offering pre-sale tickets to active members only. You must be an active member as of April 26th to qualify for the pre-sale. This pre-sale will be restricted to European members only from April 27-29. On April 30, the pre-sale will open to ALL active members of the Ten Club.



Beginning April 27th, Ten Club tickets can be purchased online at
https://www.pearljam.com/max with a Visa or Mastercard only. No phone orders. Ticket prices will vary. Ten Club tickets are available while supplies last. The pre-sale will end May 5th at 3:00pm Pacific Time. For wheelchair accessible seating, please make your ticket purchase online, then contact tickets@tenclub.net for details.  Eligible Ten Club members are allowed to purchase two (2) tickets per show. No single tickets are sold.



*No "Early Entry" for Ten Club members at Rotterdam Ahoy.



**Special "Early Entry" for Ten Club members at Berlin Wulheide.  Details upon confirmation.



***For the Manchester MEN Arena show and the O2 Arena show, members can purchase either Reserved or Standing tickets.  Reserved tickets are allocated by seniority.  Standing tickets will be on the floor (no early entry for these shows).



Please read the following details before making a ticket purchase:



- Tickets are not mailed in advance. Tickets are distributed at the venue on the day of the show.



- The fan club member must collect the tickets with a valid photo identification. No exceptions.



- Purchasing Ten Club tickets means you agree to all Ten Club ticket policies and distributing procedures.



- Reselling of Ten Club tickets will result in cancellation of ticket purchase and revocation of all future ticket benefits.



- All ticket sales are final. No refunds. No transfers. No exchanges.



- All dates are subject to change.



Tickets will go on sale to the general public on May 8th. Visit these links for details



Rotterdam- 
http://www.livenation.nl/

Berlin- 
http://www.tickets.de/

Manchester- 
http://www.livenation.co.uk/ and http://www.men-arena.com/

London- 
http://www.livenation.co.uk/



Questions about Ten Club tickets can be directed to 
tickets@tenclub.net or by calling 800-724-8038 (international phone rates may apply).



Thanks and enjoy the shows!



-10Club


European Dates Announced!

 What?  Only four shows?



PJ Fans!


Pearl Jam is bringing their music back to Europe and we have all the info you need to get Ten Club tickets.  Starting August 13 in Rotterdam and ending August 18 in London, Pearl Jam will grace the stage in the following cities:

PEARL JAM IN EUROPE

Date - City - Venue
13 Aug - Rotterdam - Ahoy*
15 Aug - Berlin - Wulheide**
17 Aug - Manchester - MEN Arena***
18 Aug - London - 02 Arena***

Ten Club is offering pre-sale tickets to active members only. You must be an active member as of April 26th to qualify for the pre-sale. This pre-sale will be restricted to European members only from April 27-29. On April 30, the pre-sale will open to ALL active members of the Ten Club.

Beginning April 27th, Ten Club tickets can be purchased online athttps://www.pearljam.com/max with a Visa or Mastercard only. No phone orders. Ticket prices will vary. Ten Club tickets are available while supplies last. The pre-sale will end May 5th at 3:00pm Pacific Time. For wheelchair accessible seating, please make your ticket purchase online, then contact tickets@tenclub.net for details.  Eligible Ten Club members are allowed to purchase two (2) tickets per show. No single tickets are sold.

*No "Early Entry" for Ten Club members at Rotterdam Ahoy.

**Special "Early Entry" for Ten Club members at Berlin Wulheide.  Details upon confirmation.

***For the Manchester MEN Arena show and the O2 Arena show, members can purchase either Reserved or Standing tickets.  Reserved tickets are allocated by seniority.  Standing tickets will be on the floor (no early entry for these shows).

Please read the following details before making a ticket purchase:

- Tickets are not mailed in advance. Tickets are distributed at the venue on the day of the show.

- The fan club member must collect the tickets with a valid photo identification. No exceptions.

- Purchasing Ten Club tickets means you agree to all Ten Club ticket policies and distributing procedures.

- Reselling of Ten Club tickets will result in cancellation of ticket purchase and revocation of all future ticket benefits.

- All ticket sales are final. No refunds. No transfers. No exchanges.

- All dates are subject to change.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on May 8th. Visit these links for details

Rotterdam- http://www.livenation.nl/

Berlin- http://www.tickets.de/

Manchester- http://www.livenation.co.uk/ and http://www.men-arena.com/

London- http://www.livenation.co.uk/


Questions about Ten Club tickets can be directed to tickets@tenclub.net or by calling 800-724-8038 (international phone rates may apply).

Thanks and enjoy the shows!

-10Club

Sunday, April 26, 2009

New Album Rumor Round Up

 Will the ninth studio album be titled Backspacer?  Is this the cover?






OK, probably not, but that was a guess from joostone and Hinny, that was good enough to get a post from me.


In the meantime, pearljamonline, is compiling all of the rumors surrounding what they're calling "LP9."  Here is the tracklisting as dropped by band members in recent interviews.









- Shift (Stone Gossard/Matt Cameron)

- The Fixer (Jeff Ament)

- Dust 
(Mike McCready)

- Forward Thinking 
(Stone Gossard)

- In The Time Of Man 
(Ed Vedder)

- Cigarette Song Part I 
(Ed Vedder)

- Cigarette Song Part II 
(Ed Vedder)

- Agree To Disagree 
(Pearl Jam)

- High Crime 
(Pearl Jam) 

- Yonder 
(Pearl Jam)






They have a reputation for good reporting, and the collection of rumors and random album information is impressive, so check it out.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Euro Tour Announcement on Sunday?

 ... maybe!  Get your house in order.  Pay your 10C dues.



Tweet! - Postby Sea » 24 Apr 2009 13:01



A little birdy flew from across the pond, landed on our window sill and twittered that it's always a good idea to have your Ten Club memberships up-to-date, especially by April 26th. Then he hopped his little jet-lagged body to a tree to take a nap.


Thank you, given2fly23, for watching the official forum.

 


Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Ed Apologizes For Late Christmas Single

 10C members are used to waiting until Easter, maybe beyond, for our Christmas 45s.  What we aren't used to is an apology and explanation by Eddie Vedder.  Of course, in characteristic form (hey, I'm just being honest, don't delay my single further, 10C), the apology letter is delivered four months late.



 

Dear Kind Listeners……

 

It is mid-December here in Seattle (and most places I imagine), and I find myself compelled to reach out and offer a few words to those of you who have generously supported us over the years…..

Specifically, we felt the need to let you know that the Christmas Single has been recorded(!) Earth shaking news, we know. Goodness gracious….

But truly it is something we take pride in and both sides have turned out pretty cool… However, we also like the idea that you would all receive the Christmas Single by Christmas…Perhaps this is based on the fact that it’s called the CHRISTMAS Single…….

Aahh well….it’s taking longer to make vinyl records these days…. We are currently snowed in as the weather has turned extreme, bordering on the bizarre…and we’ve been hammering away on some NEW STUFF that understandably took priority….

So please accept an apology, as it’s delivered with respect. If it helps to accept it, we can say with some bias, that these songs are gonna be cool even if they don’t arrive until Valentine’s Day…or Saint Patrick’s Day…4th of July?….





Make sure you check out the full letter.  Eddie asks for your support and advocacy while you wait.


 

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's

 It's not really Pearl Jam related, but last year, my local shop was taking donations for ONE, which is a charity which Eddie has supported in the past.



Whatever, I just want to spread the word about some free ice cream!!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Crowe Doc on MTV.com

 Nothing new in this article, but it's a nice write up on the Cameron Crowe and the upcoming Pearl Jam documentary.



We’ve seen a lot of bands get the bigscreen treatment over the last few years, including the Rolling Stones, Metallica, U2, CSNY, the Jonas Brothers and most recently, Anvil. Now, it seems Pearl Jam is ready for its close-up, courtesy of director Cameron Crowe.



The “Almost Famous” filmmaker and former boy wonder reporter for Rolling Stone is prepping a documentary that will chronicle Pearl Jam’s 20 years as a band in 2011.



Guitarist Mike McCready told Seattle’s “Ron & Don Show” that the group is “trying to do a movie with Cameron Crowe with all of our existing footage.” The plan is for the film to consist of existing concert, backstage and studio footage.



While his music credentials speak for themselves, Crowe would seem to be the perfect fit to direct a Pearl Jam doc having previously worked with them on “Singles,” which included two Pearl Jam songs on its soundtrack and featured Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard as members of the fictional band Citizen Dick.



Crowe’s record label Vinyl Films recently helped the band repackage the reissues for its debut album “Ten,” and Crowe also exec produced “Pearl Jam: Single Video Theory,” a short making-of documentary about the group’s 1998 LP “Yield.”



Pearl Jam is pretty much the Last Band Standing from the heyday of the Seattle grunge scene (R.I.P. Nirvana and Soundgarden), so an in-depth look at the quintet is long overdue.



The band, which has sold an estimated 60 million records worldwide, will self-release its ninth album before the end of the year.


Thanks, brainofpea, for the catch.

Austin City Limits Confirmed!

 From TwoFeetThick:




Austin City Limits Silly PJ Confirmation Picture

Though the official Austin City Limits website are making the 2009 lineup announcement on April 28th, for a brief time they had the below unnecessarily cryptic but silly picture on their lineup webpage:

Get it? It's a Pearl Jam.

Get it? It's a Pearl Jam.

Cute. I’m still not going, I’ll just watch it on PBS next season.

October 2-4, 2009

Friday, April 17, 2009

Text of Mojo's Article

mjd180 is pretty frickin' awesome!  Here is the full text of the Mojo article I posted on Wednesday.

After The Gold Rush

by Steve Chick



Tuesday, January 20, 2009, and America's new president is to be inaugurated, but you don't have to be among the throngs in the nation's capital to be swept up by the optimism and (?). On Washington state's north-western tip, the Seattle locals wear their jackets open, proudly exposing Obama T-shirts to the unforgiving wind-chill. Rolling news coverage of the ceremony - with its extended aftermath of processions, banquets, and halls - seems to blare from every radio and television screen. And, in a large unmarked warehouse by the Union Pacific railroad tracks in the Grungetown neighborhood, myriad flat-screens dotted about Pearl Jam's center of operations are all tuned into the event; in the stockrooms where employees dispatch orders of t-shirts, posters, and albums. In the group's recreational area, with its skateboarder's half-pipe and full-sized baseball batter's cage; in the upstairs offices where the group's management and publicity companies are based.



The building's main room is two-thirds occupied by scores of shelves storing the groups instruments and touring gear. The walls are hung with Pearl Jam memorabilia, posters, surf-boards painted with portraits of each member (gifts from an Australian (?)), some of the giant (?) letters that spelt out the group's name on the cover of their 1991 debut album, Ten. At one end of this vast hanger, the members of Pearl Jam gather in their rehearsal area, surrounded by amplifiers and instruments. As he tunes up, Stone Gossard's dog (?), (?) contentedly at his feet.



The building is very much the house that Ten built, that album's impressive success -almost 10 million copies sold in the Us alone, earned 12 platinum discs - winning Pearl Jam an enduring creative and financial independence which (along with their political activism and their efforts against music-biz behemoths like Ticketmaster) remains at odds with the erroneous accusations of "corporate rock whore" status that dogged their early years.



"They say that money is the root of all evil," smile Vedder, strapping on a guitar, as he joins his bandmates for a rough bash through a new song. "But we were successful enough to be able to use it positively: it gave us the power to say no".



Today, like an average 226 days of each year, Seattle is overcast. Its very British climate is often cited to explain the city's high suicide rates -in fact, the figure is only slightly above the US average - but the weather certainly aided the local music scene's evolution.



"People stay indoors here a lot of the time," nods Matt Cameron, Pearl Jam's drummer and California native who moved to Seattle in the early 1980's, playing with local groups Skin Yard and Soundgarden. "A lot of the houses in Seattle have basements, and it was totally natural to spend your spare time in your basement with your band, rehearsing and writing songs. We all shared that work ethic, that artistic sensibility."



The Seattle scene of the 80's was famously incestuous, with Green River - fronted by Mark Arm, and featuring guitarist Gossard and future Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament - as the patient zero of the subsequent Grunge epidemic. Working with producer Jack Endino, releasing records on the local Sup Pop label, and fusing sleazy, Stoogeian punk-rock with 70's stadium moves, Green River coined Grunge's trademark moves, though the group wouldn't survive sessions for debut full-length, Rehab Doll. Arm would later allege Ament's love of Aerosmith and Whitesnake's latest albums as the reason for his exit, forming Mudhoney with ex-Green River sideman Steve Turner, who had quit because "Jeff and Stone had started getting ambitious".



At odds with Seattle's "loser" culture, Gossard and Ament hooked up with another of the city's misfits, a man whose hunger for stardom was evident. Andy Wood - aka L'Andrew The Love Child - melded (?) Prince perversions with metallic riffs as frontman of recently-defunct Malfunkshun. Together, they formed Mother Love Bone, whose glammed-up lust-rock sounded like a Pacific North-west echo of Guns N'Roses. With the aid of Kelly Curtis (a former tour manager for local stars Heart who Ament sought out for his connections in the Los Angeles music industry) they provoked Seattle's first - if not last - major label bidding war. But days before the planned March 1990 release of Love Bone's debut album, Apple, Wood died after a heroin overdose. "We were preparing to tour," remembers Curtis. "It was like someone pulled the rug out from under us."



In the void after Wood's death, Chris Cornell, frontman for Soundgarden and Wood's former room-mate, approached Gossard and Ament with some songs he'd written about Andy. With Matt Cameron on drums, they began recording these songs as Temple Of The Dog. Playing lead guitar on the record was Mike McCready, a local whose metal band, Shadow, had foundered after an unsuccessful attempt at cracking the LA scene. Back in Seattle, he gave up on music, cut his hair short, and began reading books by Republican politician Barry Goldwater. "My life just took this weird right-wing turn," he laughs: "I just felt I had to go look for my answers someplace other than music. I was pretty depressed, I think."



It took the blues to lift McCready from his funk. "With the blues, I could play slower, with more feeling. A year or so after returning to Seattle, Stone hears mr jamming along to a Stevie Ray Vaughan record at a friend's, and later I got word he was looking for me."



In the meantime, Gossard had begun working on some new songs and reworked riffs from unfinished Mother Love Bone songs, recording demos with the Temple of the Dog musicians. In California on a press junket with Ament to promote the delayed release of Apple, Gossard met up with friend and former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons, who told them about a young singer he knew in San Diego who might suit these new songs.



A transplant from Evanston, Illinois, Eddie Vedder had moved with his family to California when he was 12. His parents divorced a couple of years later, whereupon he discovered that the man who had raised him was, in fact, his stepfather, and that his biological father was a man he knew as a friend of the family, who had died several years earlier of multiple sclerosis. The revelation was par for the choppy course of Vedder's adolescence, which he likens to "a wind-storm". Music was his only (?), particularly The Who, and their angst-sodden rock opera Quadrophenia. "It was like hurricane conditions, emotionally," he adds. "Those songs were like a solid tree I could hold on to."



Vedder had fronted southern Californian funk-rockers Bad Radio until their split in early 1990, and worked as a security nightwatchman at a petroleum company when Gossard sent him a cassette. "I remember walking around this big empty warehouse with the demo playing, the riffs echoing off the five-gallon oil (?)," he says. "The next morning, I wrote some lyrics, recorded my vocals over the top, and mailed them back. I had no idea it would go anywhere; I thought it was just some words, a little art project."



Vedder's demos transformed the three songs into a mini rock opera, chronicling incest, murder, and suicide, entitled the Mamasan Trilogy. He was invited to Seattle for a week to rehearse and hang out. By the week's end, having added backing vocals to Hunger Strike for the Temple Of The Dog project, Vedder elected to move to Seattle and room with Ament, as the vocalist of the still-unnamed new group.



"It wasn't the easiest transition in the world," says Gossard. "Mother Love Bone was just saturated with double-entendres and fun, and influenced by Kiss and by Queen, who Andy loved. Whereas Ed came from a completely different point of view..."



"Ed was serious, a little reserved," adds Ament. "We'd stay up late having these deep conversations about life, and music, how we'd treat people right, if we ever 'made it'. I trusted in him, and in the changes he brought."



Vedder's darkly emotive lyrics, far removed from the glam and camp of Love Bone, would set the tone for Pearl Jam's (?), anthemic rock. Having bank-rolled their efforts with work on Singles, a (?) being filmed in Seattle by director Cameron Crowe (husband of Heart's Nancy Wilson), the group signed to Epic in early 1991, and released Ten that August. The album cover, featuring the five members of Pearl Jam clasping their hands together towards the (?), was designed by Ament. "It's easy for me to look at the sleeve and feel embarrassed by it now," he smiles, "but the preciousness of that photograph is, at the time, that's how I felt. I wanted to be in a group of fie guys who were in it together. I was in my late 20's, and I felt we'd been given another chance to make some important music. I felt so fucking lucky. I felt our potential was limitless."



When Nirvana's Nevermind, released two weeks after Ten, displaced Michael Jackson from the top of the Billboard albums chart in January 1992, grunge became an international phenomenon, setting the record industry off on an infamous shopping spree, signing any group that vaguely approximated the Seattle sound, or its dress code of ripped jeans and lumberjack plaid. Pearl Jam spent that summer performing second-on-the-bill on the main stage of touring alterna-rock festival Lollapalooza, several rungs (?) tour-mates Soundgarden.



"About halfway through that tour, Ten began to explode," remembers Matt Cameron, then drumming with Soundgarden. "They were on really early in the day, but you'd see hordes of kids swarming towards the main stage to catch Pearl Jam."



It was the video for Jeremy, third single from Ten, that had captured Pearl Jam's new audience, (?) the song's narrative of an abused child who pulls a gun on his teachers and classmates. Given heavy rotation on MTV, as Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit had been before it, it sent sales of Ten rocketing, soon outpacing Nevermind, and prompting the media to erroneously portray the groups as rivals for the grunge crown.



For all they shared in common, the differences between the two groups were stark. Pearl Jam's love for classic rock was unabashed (the epic solo that closed the first single, Alive, announced McCready as an unashamed new guitar god): Kurt Cobain was opening Nirvana shows by mangling The Who's Baba O'Riley, announcing, "I hope I die before I become Pete Townshend." Vedder's lyrics were more straightforward, attempting a connection with his audience that Cobain could never stomach; Vedder, it seemed, was unafraid of appearing uncool in his earnestness.



For these reasons and more, self-confessed music snob Cobain put this imagined rivalry on record, dismissing Pearl Jam as "corporate cock-rock whores" who vaulted onto the grunge bandwagon, a criticism many of the group's detractors would soon echo.



"I think Kurt felt we were stealing Nirvana's thunder," says Vedder now. "Years later, I can relate to that. I don't think we ever did anything consciously to provoke that, but the record company did. We did a signing session in Germany, where our album came with a big sticker describing us as the 'The Seattle Sound'...I was lucky that Kurt and I had some limited conversations together later; I think he understood that, really we were like parallel trains, we were in the same boat."



Vedder, too, was feeling the pressures that were fast suffocating the fragile Cobain. "Something as simple as going to get a coffee would mean getting mobbed," he laughs, "like I was in Backstreet Boys, which is hilarious, because this sure ain't no 'boy band' no more. Then there are the stalkers, fans who have erratic, intense thoughts about you." One such delusional fan, who believed Vedder was 'Jesus' and had fathered her two sons by raping her, almost killed herself ramming her car into the wall of his house. "So then you need a bigger wall outside your house, or 24-hour security, which is expensive. I told the label they had to pay for it all, because I never signed up for this."



Crazed fans weren't Vedder's only cross to bear. "I'd never wanted to be the guy whose picture is on the billboard, in the poster-magazine, on the side of a bus advertising some radio station," he laughs. "I was always, fuck that guy! But then I was that guy, and I realized they don't have to have your permission to, say, put you on the cover of Time magazine. I'd go to little indie shows in basements, where you paid five dollars to see some duo from Olympia play, and people there looked at me like I was the enemy, an intruder. I began to realize, OK, we can't control everything, but let's figure out what we can control. The label would say, 'But if you make more videos and did more promo, you could sell more records.' And I felt, we've sold enough records, how many more do we need to sell?"



Their refusal to allow Epic to release Black, a deeply personal Vedder ballad, as the fourth single from Ten, was the first in a series of flashpoints where the group began to wrest back control of the runaway train that was their career, cutting back on touring and promotion, and releasing no more promo videos until 1998's Do The Evolution.



"I remember (Sony honcho) Tommy Mattola saying, if we didn't release Black as a single, that it would be the biggest mistake I'd ever make as a manager, that my career would be over," says Curtis. "But it was an act of self-preservation, weighing up whether they wanted to be a band for the rest of their lives, or if they wanted to milk it for a year and a half, and then break up, and Eddie die. When Kurt died, I thought it could easily have been Eddie. Eddie was never a heroin addict. But all the other things were there, the depression, and the pressure."



Cobain's suicide came as Pearl Jam were touring their muscular, taut second album, 1993's Vs, the title of which commented on how embattled the group felt. The label's dismay at their refusal to play the game was shared, initially, by some members of Pearl Jam, "I wanted to do more of it," laughs McCready. "I remember thinking, this is our big shot, let's not piss this away, let's enjoy it..." Ultimately, however, Pearl Jam's discovery of the power of saying "No" was, in many ways, the making of them. Their next tour, promoting 1994's Vitalogy, was undertaken without the assistance of Ticketmaster, in protest against surcharges the company added to the group's intentionally low ticket prices. The tour was an expensive nightmare for Pearl Jam, the non-Ticketmaster affiliated venues often inferior and in remote locations, but their integrity and their punk-rock credentials were hard to fault.



Vitalogy balanced their characteristic heart-on-sleeve anthemic quality with a fearless experimental bent; 1996's eye-opening No Code, meanwhile, mixed rockers with psychedelic spirituals, spoken word and country rock, evading multi-platinum status. Vedder likens the situation to climbing balconies and lighting rigs during early shows, launching himself to land 10 feet from where the crowd were gathered to see if they'd move to catch him - "Only this time they didn't." Subsequent albums, however, have located a sizable, loyal fanbase, while their collaboration on Neil Young's 1995 album Mirrorball (?) a stint as Young's backing band, and regular appearances at his Bridge School benefit concerts.



With Matt Cameron installed on the Pearl Jam drum stool since 2000's Binaural, the group have also enjoyed a renaissance as a live act, borne out by their innovative decision to sell official live 'bootlegs' of every show they play. While their touring schedule is nowhere near as exhaustive; out of deference to the members' family commitments, Vedder acknowledges a status akin to a modern-day Greatful Dead, in that their shows are, "as much about the community of fans as the music, we're the campfire for them to sit around, and dance, and drink, and commiserate."



Of the group's future, Vedder is (?). "We have our practice space, our warehouse, and if we just keep working, we can maintain this." he says. "With the industry as it is, we're not going to be seeing the income on record sales, so we have to find other creative ways, while still being responsible to the listeners, making sure what you put out there is good."



Freed of the weight of his earlier stardom, Vedder seems at ease being frontman of Pearl Jam; enjoying it, even. Tonight, with Ament and McCready, he attends the inauguration party (?) Tavern, where he jumps on stage with The Knitters - the roots-rock side project of X's John Doe and (?) (?) - to duet with (?) on a version of X's The New World.



Later, at the bar, he's neither mobbed nor scorned. He smiles, and talks about Pearl Jam's 'mentor', Neil Young. "Like Nirvana had Sonic Youth, we had Neil...He changed our band. He taught us about dignity. When we first met he said, 'Man, I envy you guys, you don't have any baggage.' He meant we'd only recorded one album. But all I wanted was that baggage (laughs), to know what it was like to have released a bunch of albums.



"After Ten, we felt like we'd earned our independence. Our success had already gone beyond any dream we'd had as kids growing up listening to music. We decided to try and protect that, protect that goal that we've reached, to keep it from being some kind of...miserable experience. And to this day, I feel that way," he laughs. "If a rock and roll band can't have fun at their jobs, then what is the fucking point? We've got a responsibility here! To have some kind of fucking good time!"

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Pearl Jam in Mojo Magazine

 Mojo Magazine's May 2009 issue features a very attractive article about Pearl Jam entitled After the Gold Rush.  I hope to get you a transcription of the article soon, but Mojo doesn't post their articles until the following issue is released..  The images will expand if you click on them so that you can read the story.

















Thank you, dimejinky99, for the scans.

Ed at Atlanta Film Festival

... TOMORROW (4/16)!!



It appears as though Ed is a confirmed guest at the Atlanta Film Festival tomorrow evening.  If you have tickets to The People Speak, you might catch a glimpse.



World Premiere Red Carpet Event

Opening Night Gala

Thursday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m.





The People Speak

Director/Producers: Chris Moore, Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove, USA, 120 minutes

Inspired by Howard Zinn’s revolutionary book, A People’s History of the United States, The People Speak film brings together actors Josh Brolin, Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover, Jasmine Guy, Viggo Mortensen, Kerry Washington, Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Sandra Oh, Sean Penn, Rosario Dawson, and Don Cheadle, and contains brings history to life by re-create poignant, but unsung milestones in U.S. history, told from oft overlooked points of view of women, minorities, and the oppressed.



These slices of life are woven together with historical clips and dynamic musical performances by Bob Dylan, John Legend, Jackson Browne, Eddie Vedder, Randy Newman, Chris and Rich Robinson, and Bruce Springsteen to create a new paradigm for what keeps our democracy vital. This powerful collection of maverick performances arrives at the conclusion that to challenge authority is the defining characteristic of what it means to be an American.



The Opening Night Gala is presented by Turner, and sponsored by Film Finish, Macquarium. VIP tickets include a pre-reception sponsored by Amnesty International.



Confirmed guests: include Eddie Vedder (musician, Pearl Jam), Josh Brolin (W., No Country for Old Men), Chris Moore (Project Greenlight, producer of Good Will Hunting, American Pie), Howard Zinn (author, The People's History of the United States), Michael Ealy (Barbershop, Their Eyes Were Watching God), Rich Robinson (musician, Black Crowes), and Jasmine Guy (A Different World, School Daze).



All outlet sales are cash only






Thank you, given2fly23, for the catch.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Tour Plans Begin to Take Shape

We now have a confirmed date in August and a rumored date in October.  Now MSNBC tells us that we might see some shows in South America next year.



McCready said the band expects to have the album out before the end of this year. Pearl Jam will self-release the album, its ninth.



As for touring, the band is doing a “little thing in the States,” and aims to play South America in 2010, McCready said.

Thank you, Sandler, for the catch.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Pearl Jam to Play Outside Lands Festival

Though not officially announced on the Outside Lands website as of 10am, SFGate.com has broken the official line-up.





UPDATE: Rolling Stone Magazine confims.

Witch Hunt Documentary Releases on DVD

This is a repost from twofeetthick.  You may have missed the MSNBC screening, but the DVD releases tomorrow (April 14th):




Though it’s due to be released on DVD Tuesday April 14, the documentary “Witch Hunt” is being shown at 7 p.m. Pacific Time on cable network MSNBC. Why should we care? Well, first, it’s an amazing film about falsely accused sex offenders that is executive produced and narrated by Sean Penn. Second, the Pearl Jam song “Long Road” is featured prominently in the film.

About the song’s and Penn’s  involvement in the film: 


“During the lengthy gestation of “Witch Hunt,” Nachman gave birth to two children. She was eight months pregnant with one of them when she got a voice-mail message from Pearl Jam’s lead singer, Eddie Vedder. For months, she had been sending him notes, asking to use the band’s emblematic song, “The Long Road.” Nachman recalls jumping up and down so much that her husband finally had to ask her to think of the baby.

The filmmakers also pursued Sean Penn for two years, trying to get him to donate his services as the film’s narrator. They received so many e-mails from a mutual friend encouraging them to “keep the faith” that they named their production company KTF Films.

 

 


Then one day in 2007, they received a call inviting them to come to Marin County to screen the film for Penn, but got stuck in traffic and arrived just as the screening was ending. Penn emerged from the screening room and, according to Nachman, said, ‘I’m in.’

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Ed Tour: June 8 - July 2, 2009

It's official!  Straight from my inbox:

Ed Vedder is heading out on another solo run which will kick off on June 8 in Albany, NY and end on July 2nd in Honolulu, HI.
The great New Zealand singer-songwriter - Liam Finn - will open these shows.

Ten Club will be hosting a ticket pre-sale for a limited quantity of tickets ... please read on for details.
The combination of small venues, limited ticket quantities, and lots of fans always makes for a challenge in terms of ticket-buying opportunities, but
we've listened to everyone's input and modified our system to better address everyone's needs. Here's how the ticket pre-sale will work for Ed's tour this time around:

  • You must be an active, participating member as of April 7th to qualify for the ticket pre-sale.
  • The pre-sale will begin immediately and end April 10th at 5pm Pacific Time.
  • This pre-sale opportunity is available to active US and Canadian members only. (We apologize to our overseas members.)
  • Tickets for the pre-sale can be purchased only at http://www.tenclub.net/max with a Visa or MasterCard.
  • Each member is eligible to purchase only ONE PAIR (2 tickets) to ONE confirmed show on the tour. (No single tickets will be sold.)
  • Ten Club tickets for the EV solo tour will NOT be seniority based.
  • Tickets are being held in unspecified locations throughout the venues.
  • Tickets will NOT be mailed out in advance. All tickets will be distributed at will call on the evening of the performance. Valid photo ID is required for pickup.
  • Only the Ten Club member who purchased the tickets will be allowed to collect the tickets. No exceptions.
IMPORTANT:
  • You will make your show selection , but this DOES NOT guarantee you will have tickets to the show. You are establishing the OPPORTUNITY to buy tickets only. Your credit card will be "authorized" but funds will not be captured unless you are selected. (These funds may not be available to you for a period of time determined by your card issuing bank. To avoid having immediate funds held by your bank, we suggest NOT using a debit card for the ticket purchase, or maximizing your credit limit on a credit card.)
  • Once the pre-sale has ended, we will randomly select members to buy the tickets and finalize the ticket purchase.
  • A confirmation will be sent out once the selection process has ended, prior to the public on-sale, so you will know if you were successful in securing tickets through the Ten Club ... or not.
  • If you are unsuccessful in obtaining tickets through the Ten Club pre-sale opportunity, we will send an informative email with public on-sale information.
  • Tickets are non-refundable.
  • If you are selected to purchase tickets, you are responsible for payment.
  • No exchanges or transfers will be allowed, so make absolutely sure you are able to attend the concert selection.
  • Reselling of Ten Club tickets will result in revocation of all future Ten Club ticket benefits.
  • All dates are subject to change.
  • If you require ADA seating, please call 800-724-8038.
UNCONFIRMED ADDITIONAL DATES - ROLLOVER SHOWS
 
  • As you know, sometimes additional shows are added to the tour that are not confirmed at the time of the on-sale. We call these "rollover shows." We cannot legally sell tickets during a pre-sale for unconfirmed shows, but we will offer you the OPPORTUNITY to RESERVE one pair of tickets to one (1) "rollover" concert. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO YOUR FIRST CHOICE CONCERT.
  • Your credit card will not be charged until the "rollover" show is confirmed, which would happen AFTER the public on-sale date, if your order is selected.
  •  A confirmation will be sent out if you are selected to purchase tickets for a "rollover" show.
  • You will receive an email if your attempt at reserving tickets for the "rollover" shows proves unsuccessful.
  • No exchanges or transfers will be allowed, so make absolutely sure you are able to attend both your 1st choice concert and any of the "rollover" concerts you select for purchase.
QUESTIONS:
Questions can be directed to
tickets@tenclub.net or 800-724-8038
Ed Vedder Solo Tour Dates:

* Indicates unconfirmed, possible "rollover" dates.
** No kama'aina discount

Jun 8           Albany, NY              Palace Theatre
Jun 9*          Albany, NY              Palace Theatre
Jun 11  Philadelphia, PA        Tower Theatre
Jun 12  Philadelphia, PA        Tower Theatre
Jun 14  Baltimore, MD   Lyric Opera House
Jun 15  Baltimore, MD   Lyric Opera House
Jun 18  Nashville, TN   Ryman Auditorium
Jun 20  Memphis, TN     Orpheum
Jun 21* Memphis, TN     Orpheum
Jun 23  Atlanta, GA             Cobb Energy Performing Arts Ctr
Jun 24* Atlanta, GA             Cobb Energy Performing Arts Ctr
Jun 29**        Maui, HI                Arts & Cultural Ctr - Castle Theatre
Jul 1** Honolulu, HI            Hawaii Theatre Ctr
Jul 2** Honolulu, HI            Hawaii Theatre Ctr

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Ticket Announcement Tommorrow!!

Get thee to the 10C Profile page and make sure your info is updated.  This just in from twofeetthick!

This popped up on the PearlJam.com message board today:
Tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet! tweet! tweet!! tweet!!!www.pearljam.com to make sure your ducks are in a basket and eggs in a row…. errr, meaning your membership is current, address correct, and such.

A little birdy few by our window tweeting very timely news. You might want to be hanging around tomorrow because birds like to fly into the wild in single pairs and single pairs only… you know? Be sure your Ten Club memberships are up-to-date as of today or come tomorrow you’ll be one blue bird singing a sad song. You can log into your accounts from the main page on

An Obsession with State of Love and Trust

It's days like this that I love having the Red Mosquito users as a resource.  RM user, spived, really ... really ... REALLY loves State of Love and Trust.  I didn't want one man's obsession with a track to go unrewarded.  This post obviously took all day to create, and I think it's a good read for anyone who, like me, has listened through O'Brien's remixes and then hit repeat a few times when they got to this track.


I like SOLAT so much. My compilation of info in this one:

SOLAT was written to Singles film, after PJ saw the movie. Right?

Cassette to Cameron Crowe
Between 1991 March 27 and April 11 on Seattle WA, London Bridge Studios.
"On April 11, 1991, Jeff gave a cassette of potential Singles Soundtrack songs, among them 'Breath' and 'State Of Love And Trust,' to Cameron Crowe."

After the cassette was given
The Ten Redux version is with Dave K. on drums.
Previously Unreleased Out Take From TEN. Rough Mix.
1991 April 21 Seattle WA, London Bridge Studios.

Then, SOLAT born on March-April 1991, correct?

Jeff Ament Quotes:
"The version of SOLAT with Dave Krusen on drums is so much better than what ended up being released."
"He really plays that song in the spirit it was written in. It's has a much trashier, Crazy Horse feel to it. It's awesome."

Dave Krusen's last show with PJ (setlist unknown)
05/25/91 - RKCNDY: Seattle, WA
notes: Filming for Singles is complete and PJ plays at this "wrap party" with many cast members in attendance.

Maybe SOLAT was played here for first time, we never know.

June 1991 - Ridge Farm Studios - Dorking, England
Notes: This session was held to mix the tracks recorded in March and April 1991 and while doing so, a few overdubs were added to a couple of songs.

So Jeff Ament didn't like 1991 Ten. Is it Tim Palmer fault? Or Rick Parashar fault?

Matt Chamberlain's first show with PJ
07/04/91 - RKCNDY: Seattle, WA
notes: This show marks the band's return from remixing in London.

SOLAT Live
07/12/91 - JC Dobbs: Philadelphia, PA
notes: 'State of Love and Trust' and 'Oceans' are played live for the first (documented) time. Matt Chamberlain on drums.

SOLAT Live
07/17/91 - Wetlands Preserve: New York, NY
set: Wash, Once, Even Flow, Alive, State of Love and Trust, Black, Why Go, Garden, Porch, Alone, Breath
notes: Matt Chamberlain on drums. Relaxed, fun performance. 'State of Love and Trust' is a bit different version.

Matt Chamberlain still playing. Alive video.
08/03/91 - RKCNDY: Seattle, WA

TEN's party
08/19/91 - RKCNDY: Seattle, WA
notes: Record release party. Ad.

When was Matt Chamberlain last show? RKCNDY?
Who assisted to the party Matt Chamberlain or Dave A?

Dave Abbruzzese's first concert drumming with PJ
08/23/91 - Mural Amphitheater: Seattle, WA
set: Once, State of Love and Trust, Even Flow, (Outshined)/Garden, Alive, Black, Deep, Why Go, Porch, Breath
notes: This free, outdoor show was the last show of the summer '91 Sounds of Seattle concert series (later called "Pain in the Grass").

Dave Abbruzzese on drums, Singles soundtrack version.
January 1992 - London Bridge Studios - Seattle, WA
Notes: This session lasted a day and a half. 'Breath' and 'State Of Love And Trust' were re-recorded for the Singles Soundtrack.

Version we all love.
06/26/92 - Singles soundtrack (featuring previously unreleased recordings of 'Breath' and 'State of Love and Trust') is released.

On 1999, Singles version appears on Movie Music The Definitive Performances.

rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003)
Released November 16, 2004

I have a doubt about the RVM version, is it the same of Singles version? I think they remix it (by Brendan?).

03/24/09 Ten Redux is released. Circle is complete.

So,
-Dave K played it on rehearsals. His rehearsal version is released, Ten Redux.
-Matt Chamberlain played it live.
-Dave A played it live a bunch of times and his studio version was released on Singles soundtrack and rearviewmirror album. More releases: 1993 11 30 Las Vegas NV show from the Vault (mp3), Live In Atlanta / Dissident single, Rarefied And Live, MTV Unplugged DVD and Drop In The Park LP.
-Jack Irons played it live too. His releases: Live At Melbourne Park / Give Way.
-Matt Cameron played it live. His releases: Immagine In Cornice, various official bootlegs, Live At The Gorge 05/06, Live At Lollapalooza 2007.

292 times played

State of Love and Trust needs to be played live by Dave Krusen!!

From Tim Palmer website:

"Don't forget that the best cure for a bad mix is a great song!"

Ten vs. Ten

The battle has been raging since Brendan O'Brien's remix of Ten leaked to the masses, but one Pearl Jam fan, Tim, at The Mental Defective League, has taken it upon himself to quantify his results and lay down a quality review comparing Ten and Ten Redux on a track-by-track basis.  I don't want to spoil the final victory for you, so I'll just post his intro, and leave it to you and your link-clicking abilities to determine if you get to see the results.

Ah, Ten.  The anthems.  The pink teamwork of the cover.  The album name taken from a relatively obscure basketball player’s jersey number.  What’s not to like?  Well, according to some fans and the band themselves, plenty.  Which is why we have a new version for our listening pleasure.

With the release of the Brendan O’Brien translation of Pearl Jam’s Ten, we have an interesting battle of sorts.  The original vs. the “new and improved.”  Can you improve upon a classic?  Is it worth doing?  These questions and more can only be answered in a good, old-fashioned track-by-track smackdown.

So, we match the 1991 original produced by Rick Parashar with the 2009 remix produced by Brendan O’Brien.

Let TEN VS. TEN begin.



Feel free to fill the Comments with praise and/or [polite] ridicule.


Monday, April 6, 2009

Pearl Jam vs. Ames Bros. in Paperback?

You know, I was never able to pull the trigger on $50 for the Ames Brothers book.  Yeah, I know, ... "you just spent $140 on the Ten Reissue, B!"  But posters aren't my pation, OK?  What can I say?  I have five posters.  One for each show I attended.  No more.  No less.

Anyhow, I still kinda want the book, so I was checking out Half.Com to see if I could find it for, well, half price, when I stumbled upon this:


Pearl Jam vs. Ames Bros: Posters 1995-2008
(Paperback, 2009) 

Author: Ames Bros

This product will be released on Dec 2009 . Pre-order today to receive it as soon as it becomes available.


What do you think?  Will we be getting a more affordable option for this book at the end of the year?  I believe Place/Date was originally released as a hardcover, no?  We shall see.  We shall see.

The TwoFeetThick Weekend Round Up

Jessica Letkemann from TwoFeetThick went to the Change Begins Within concert over the weekend.  I think that paired with obsessive listening of the Super Deluxe Edition of Ten set off a flurry of activity over the TFT with which I could not hope to keep pace.  Now, that things have been quiet over there for approximately 12 hours, I think I can sum up the news that popped up over there.





DEEP and the 2008 Fan Club Single are on the way! - Rumor is that some 10C members got this e-mail.  Here's hoping that the Digital Lounge gets their e-mail list fixed before announcing a new album or concert sales.

Change Begins Within - First came the tweets.  Then came the reviews.  Then came the photos.

Mike's Birthday - April 5th.  He's 43.

Eddie to appear on Ron Wood's solo album - entitled "More Good News."