Red Mosquito

My buddies and I used to sing Pearl Jam songs into a tape recorder, listen back, and compare.
Suffice it to say, when I sing, dogs scurry.

i once argued (1995) Bugs was better than any Beatles song.

Still not a Beatles fan but I should probably walk that back

stip wrote:i once argued (1995) Bugs was better than any Beatles song.

In 1500 words or more, please

I went on a weekend camping trip with a bunch of strangers I met in the Pit. Twas a disaster.
The guy who organized it was piss drunk by the time anyone got there. Then it poured non-stop for 2 days, everything was covered in mud and most people sat in their car listening to PJ alone...

tragabigzanda wrote:

96583UP wrote:I was raised in a pro-life household and had this fantasy that I was in the hospital for some noble reason and PJ came to visit me and I managed to convince them that pro-life was the way and at the next PJ concert Ed explained to the crowd his mini-soul searching episode on the topic and that the band came to the conclusion they were wrong about being pro-choice and had seen the light and that all the audience should change their view now too


<walks toward trag for support as though we are in the same boat, trag shudders away like I am some sicko>

Holy shit, also amazing

There’s probably more but probably my absurd ratio of listening to pear jam compared to all other music in a 3 year period

I love pear jam

I did similar weird shit like trag did but nothing quite that specific and yes I had a shrine in my room.

I sometimes wonder how my fandom would change if I had been in high school or younger when Ten came out. Would I have even liked them?

tragabigzanda wrote: This stresses me out. Try to imagine being a teenage and feeling like you're *this* close to being friends with the band, then you completely botch it. I bet the self loathing was something else.

I was never close to being friends with anyone in PJ, nor would I have asked Frank to meet his brother. It just so happened that he filmed a lot of JiBe shows in Dallas, and I was friends with them. He is also the one who would film some PJ shows on the road, while backstage, thanks to Dave. Here's a link to the the Trees show he recorded, that I fucked up. The part I couldn't salvage was the encore of Breath and I've Got A Feeling, during which Jeff handed the bass to Ed, who played while Kelly Curtis jumped onstage and performed a striptease, down to his underwear and a bra! Jeff was dancing onstage along with him. Sucks I messed up that footage

Sorry, couldn't embed...

https://youtu.be/X8jB-GKW3g8?si=bvAhtwIL1FV0lJYY

Having 25k+ posts on a Pearl Jam message board

Proud of you, team.

Trag triumphing vs. a mob of punks.

Incensed divine plagiarist DT.

Superb stuff.

does *would not* immediately translate to *don't*?

oneway23 wrote:

stip wrote:i once argued (1995) Bugs was better than any Beatles song.

In 1500 words or more, please

I lol’d.

these are all great

i was at a summer program at penn state my junior into senior year of high schooll (94) lived in the dorms for 6 weeks. i typed up and printed out all the lyrics to ten and vs (i probably also did nevermind and probably a few metallica albums. so much paper and tape and misheard lyrics