Red Mosquito

I guess we'll find out soon enough when they finally announce the tour dates.

Birds in Hell wrote:It was just curious timing considering his Tweet a few months back where he'd met up with Matt and Stone in LA during the recording of the new album, Soundgarden's upcoming touring plans and, of course, the fact that Freese was Stone's preferred replacement for Abbruzzese back in 1994.

I'd love it if they changed drummer, not because I dislike MC's work but because the "Who's the best PJ drummer" thread would heat up again.

This has probably been covered in this thread before, but my wife just told me about it last night:



Yeah.

There would be few things more horrible than being name dropped in a song by this little douche bag.

Fuzzcharger wrote:There would be few things more horrible than being name dropped in a song by this little douche bag.

But wait - isn't he hanging with Vedder now that he's a rockstar? I'm fully expecting a Reece Mastin name check on the new PJ, fer sure. You know, pay back amongst peers.

Varis wrote:

Fuzzcharger wrote:There would be few things more horrible than being name dropped in a song by this little douche bag.

But wait - isn't he hanging with Vedder now that he's a rockstar? I'm fully expecting a Reece Mastin name check on the new PJ, fer sure. You know, pay back amongst peers.

One can only imagine it would be a matter of time if it hasn't happened already.

I was at the Hard Rock Cafe in St. Louis this week, and while finding something Pearl Jam related at a HRC isn't necessarily random or strange, it was the specific show that struck me as rare or random: they have Eddie's handwritten setlist from the Singapore show in 1995.

Had a weird dream where I was talking to Stone and Mike on the street before a gig. Stone said that he would love to play my song choice (no idea what that was) and then asked what else would be good. I replied Sleight Of Hand and more hard rare shit like Breakerfall. They both laughed and said they wished they could.

Then they went to an empty hotdog stand and started signing napkins.

I'm surprised no one's posted anything about this:

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/more-charg ... ock/nX9qp/

uh, nevermind, there's a separate thread.

Former New Orleans Saint Steve Gleason fills in for Peter King's weekly MMQB column on the Sports Illustrated. Towards the end of the column is his version of King's usual Ten Things I Think I Think:


4. I think Pearl Jam stands in the top five most significant American rock bands of the past 50 years.

Others I would include, in no particular order, are: The Doors, Van Halen, R.E.M and The Grateful Dead. If we consider individuals like Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen, the list gets mangled. I would replace R.E.M and the Doors with Dylan and Hendrix.

I will be interviewing Pearl Jam to discuss their forthcoming album, which is their 10th. The band chose four people they were excited about talking to -- and being interviewed by -- for a series of recorded and filmed discussions focused on the creative process. Somehow I ended up being one of them. Which meant I got to hear some music off the new album. It's sweet, by the way.

How did I end up as one of the interviewers? Ten years ago this April, I met one of the band's guitarists, Mike McCready through a fellow Washington State Cougar athlete, Erica Perkins. Mike and Erica were family friends. I was playing for the Saints and Erica was the head coach of the women's tennis team at Georgia Southern. Mike provided backstage passes for a show in Atlanta, so we hung out with him briefly before and after the show. Mike and I stayed acquaintances over the years, and I attended a few more shows. After my ALS diagnosis, Mike and his wife, Ashley, rallied to support me and my journey. Our families have become quite close, and I met the rest of the band last October for Music Midtown in, coincidentally, Atlanta. Not exactly sure why or how they they chose me, but I am not complaining. thanks Erica for the introduction ... Go Cougs.

Biff Pocoroba wrote:Former New Orleans Saint Steve Gleason fills in for Peter King's weekly MMQB column on the Sports Illustrated. Towards the end of the column is his version of King's usual Ten Things I Think I Think:


4. I think Pearl Jam stands in the top five most significant American rock bands of the past 50 years.

Others I would include, in no particular order, are: The Doors, Van Halen, R.E.M and The Grateful Dead. If we consider individuals like Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen, the list gets mangled. I would replace R.E.M and the Doors with Dylan and Hendrix.

I will be interviewing Pearl Jam to discuss their forthcoming album, which is their 10th. The band chose four people they were excited about talking to -- and being interviewed by -- for a series of recorded and filmed discussions focused on the creative process. Somehow I ended up being one of them. Which meant I got to hear some music off the new album. It's sweet, by the way.

How did I end up as one of the interviewers? Ten years ago this April, I met one of the band's guitarists, Mike McCready through a fellow Washington State Cougar athlete, Erica Perkins. Mike and Erica were family friends. I was playing for the Saints and Erica was the head coach of the women's tennis team at Georgia Southern. Mike provided backstage passes for a show in Atlanta, so we hung out with him briefly before and after the show. Mike and I stayed acquaintances over the years, and I attended a few more shows. After my ALS diagnosis, Mike and his wife, Ashley, rallied to support me and my journey. Our families have become quite close, and I met the rest of the band last October for Music Midtown in, coincidentally, Atlanta. Not exactly sure why or how they they chose me, but I am not complaining. thanks Erica for the introduction ... Go Cougs.

Good find. I am very intrigued by these discussions of the creative process.

Cool. I like it when non-music journalists interview the band. One of my favorite past interviews was that kid at the Bridge School interviewing Ed. Probably bc she talked shit to him

We just packed up our hall closet for the move and there are now at least two boxes in our living room labeled "Puzzles and Games."

the games that went in will be superior to the ones that emerge

bodysnatcher wrote:Cool. I like it when non-music journalists interview the band. One of my favorite past interviews was that kid at the Bridge School interviewing Ed. Probably bc she talked shit to him

MYM.

stip wrote:the games that went in will be superior to the ones that emerge

Yup, light years ahead.

stip wrote:the games that went in will be superior to the ones that emerge

I see what you did there.

stip wrote:the games that went in will be superior to the ones that emerge

Did you steal my Scrabble tiles, Stip?

lifted this from the pit. this guy must be quite a fan. he works in four song titles. start at 3:00/

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000175657&play=1

just heard Long Road on at the end of an episode of Scrubs while I was flipping channels. weird.

yofismom wrote:lifted this from the pit. this guy must be quite a fan. he works in four song titles. start at 3:00/

http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000175657&play=1

For those of you who are being too lazy to watch this, it's economic news on CNBC, out of nowhere the guy declares the market to be a "Pearl Jam Market" and for the next 2 min or so drops comments about "even more capital flow in the market," "can't find a better man than Ben Bernake," "my wishlist," and "the QE3 is still alive."