Red Mosquito

stip wrote:I do wish they'd account for BurtReynold's feelings for once, though

E.H. Ruddock wrote:You aren't supposed to actually play them!

hopethatuchoke wrote:In case you guys were wondering if the person who sold the $400 set has a Facebook...she does and they found her over on the sheep board. I can't even imagine the messages she is getting.

malice wrote:

hopethatuchoke wrote:In case you guys were wondering if the person who sold the $400 set has a Facebook...she does and they found her over on the sheep board. I can't even imagine the messages she is getting.

wait, what board are we all on right now?

stip wrote:What does this have to do with the music?

tk wrote:I bought this because I love vinyl, I love the art, and I love most of the album. I can also flip it for triple what I paid for it.

B wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:So they release this on a Sunday with no email to fan club members? I suppose if I wasn't out enjoying the beautiful weather today I would have seen it on one of the fifteen Pearl Jam-related sites I have to follow on social media just to get news from this fucking band.

I was out enjoying the weather and didn't come inside to blog about it until it was sold out.

Birds in Hell wrote:

stip wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

stip wrote:As long as the shit sells out instantly it is hard to fault 10c for making it

It's not that hard.

Are you against it because

A: it is a stupid product

B: because 10c will profit from it

C: because owning this might give someone a small, quiet bit of pleasure


Please assign each answer 1-5 stars in terms of its personal applicability

That nobody in the Pearl Jam organisation thought to say "that's a really dumb idea" seems, to me, indicative of a greater malaise. Does anyone there actually like music, follow bands, buy records? It seems hard to believe.

I'm unimpressed mainly by the cynicism I see behind the mountains of merchandise junk Pearl Jam releases; the KISS comparisons really aren't that absurd. As you said, the attitude seems to be "if these morons are dumb enough to buy it, we'd be stupid not to sell it!" If there was something, anything, to suggest there was some kind of motivation behind this release greater than "people will buy it", I'd be more understanding.

Music really means something to me. When the band treats their own record like something that can be arbitrarily cut up, repackaged and resold at a premium, it creates the impression that it doesn't mean that much to them.

Clint72 wrote:

B wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:So they release this on a Sunday with no email to fan club members? I suppose if I wasn't out enjoying the beautiful weather today I would have seen it on one of the fifteen Pearl Jam-related sites I have to follow on social media just to get news from this fucking band.

I was out enjoying the weather and didn't come inside to blog about it until it was sold out.

My email arrived at 5:07 am, I was not enjoying the sunshine...

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Clint72 wrote:

B wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:So they release this on a Sunday with no email to fan club members? I suppose if I wasn't out enjoying the beautiful weather today I would have seen it on one of the fifteen Pearl Jam-related sites I have to follow on social media just to get news from this fucking band.

I was out enjoying the weather and didn't come inside to blog about it until it was sold out.

My email arrived at 5:07 am, I was not enjoying the sunshine...

I didn't even get an email about it. Glad I'm paying money for a membership.

enimmi wrote:I bought a Mark Lanegan bobblehead at his show yesterday!