Red Mosquito

Huell wrote:Lasted 4 songs of the listening party and had to leave… there was an arsehole playing air guitar and air drums to everything and just trying to be centre of attention. Genuinely I heard him say he loved Lightning Bolt before the play through happened. It’s not worth it. I’ll check out the vinyl on Friday.

Oh no, that's my worst case scenario

I was kinda thinking this was going to be leaked by now. Maybe tomorrow with all those movie screenings?

Also has to bail. There was an obnoxious Greek fan at mine who kept waving a flag and screaming "Eddie! Eddie!"

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

blueviper wrote:

Mike wrote:„Honey Why Are you up at 4am, Are you ok?“
„Too excited for Pearl Jam to sleep“

Lol.

I’ve been very cautious talking about new Pearl Jam with my wife. I wouldn’t want her filing for divorce.

My wife has been gone for a week and got back late last night. Still haven’t told her I’m leaving for an hour later today to go stand in a record store and listen to Pearl Jam

All jokes aside, you've got to be a fan of a certain degree to even consider going to something like this. Everyone walking in already has something in common and you're all there for the same purpose.

I definitely understand any anxiety you might have, trust me, but, look at it this way...no one is there to judge anyone else who's there; they all share in the desire to hear a truly great Pearl Jam album.
Go and don't be ashamed to be a fan. There's enough negativity in the world.

lecherouslittlestump wrote:Also has to bail. There was an obnoxious Greek fan at mine who kept waving a flag and screaming "Eddie! Eddie!"

Out of all the things that never happened this one ranks among the ones that never happened the most

lecherouslittlestump wrote:Also has to bail. There was an obnoxious Greek fan at mine who kept waving a flag and screaming "Eddie! Eddie!"

oneway23 wrote: I definitely understand any anxiety you might have, trust me, but, look at it this way...no one is there to judge anyone else who's there; they all share in the desire to hear a truly great Pearl Jam album.
Go and don't be ashamed to be a fan. There's enough negativity in the world.

Amen to that brother. Have we all forgotten how to go out in public?

bluestate wrote:

oneway23 wrote: I definitely understand any anxiety you might have, trust me, but, look at it this way...no one is there to judge anyone else who's there; they all share in the desire to hear a truly great Pearl Jam album.
Go and don't be ashamed to be a fan. There's enough negativity in the world.

Amen to that brother. Have we all forgotten how to go out in public?

Never felt better than I did during the lockdown

DDWJMUVW wrote:

stip wrote:there is a place in montgomery county i may try to go to if i can get someone to handle track pickup

Wait - they’re not on the list, did you work something out with them?

I know there’s one in Bmore but…..yeah.

this is the movie theater experience not the record store. lanmark cinema i think

Val wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:Also has to bail. There was an obnoxious Greek fan at mine who kept waving a flag and screaming "Eddie! Eddie!"

Out of all the things that never happened this one ranks among the ones that never happened the most

lecherouslittlestump wrote:Also has to bail. There was an obnoxious Greek fan at mine who kept waving a flag and screaming "Eddie! Eddie!"

Something to be said for being comfortable enough in your own skin so as to not care about the need to be so self-consciously cool.

oneway23 wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:Also has to bail. There was an obnoxious Greek fan at mine who kept waving a flag and screaming "Eddie! Eddie!"

Something to be said for being comfortable enough in your own skin so as to not care about the need to be so self-consciously cool.

You can be comfortable in your own skin and keep to your fucking self and not ruin it for other people too. Can I be comfortable enough in my own skin to hold my phone up throughout a whole gig too?

Huell wrote:Lasted 4 songs of the listening party and had to leave… there was an arsehole playing air guitar and air drums to everything and just trying to be centre of attention. Genuinely I heard him say he loved Lightning Bolt before the play through happened. It’s not worth it. I’ll check out the vinyl on Friday.

First 3 tunes were fine too. Definitely needs a few listens before making an opinion.

Well….you were warned….

just want to confirm it wasnt me

I had abstained from listening to Dark Matter and Running for over a week, but my five-year-old just requested them in the car. So the full album listen, whenever it happens, won’t be as fresh as I’d intended, but I’ll take it.

I’m reminded of the time I downloaded a leak of the new arcade fire record and it was so different and full on rock and I loved it.
Then it turns out it wasn’t the new arcade fire record some other band put their album out pretending to be the new arcade fire record leak and apart from that being a stroke of genius I came on here and admitted that and that snob Kevin Davis went one of his interminable lengthy diatribes and called me ignorant and that’s exactly what’s wrong with leak culture

He didn’t like leak culture.


There’s a lesson in this.



Never did find out who that band were. It was a brilliant album

Huell wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:Also has to bail. There was an obnoxious Greek fan at mine who kept waving a flag and screaming "Eddie! Eddie!"

Something to be said for being comfortable enough in your own skin so as to not care about the need to be so self-consciously cool.

You can be comfortable in your own skin and keep to your fucking self and not ruin it for other people too. Can I be comfortable enough in my own skin to hold my phone up throughout a whole gig too?

I'm not saying I would've loved for that to be my initial listen, either, but, you're at a public listening event, presumably with other fans. If you're that concerned over how the actions of others are going to affect your experience, stay home and wait for release day so you can listen however pleases you.

dimejinky99 wrote:I’m reminded of the time I downloaded a leak of the new arcade fire record and it was so different and full on rock and I loved it.
Then it turns out it wasn’t the new arcade fire record some other band put their album out pretending to be the new arcade fire record leak and apart from that being a stroke of genius I came on here and admitted that and that snob Kevin Davis went one of his interminable lengthy diatribes and called me ignorant and that’s exactly what’s wrong with leak culture

He didn’t like leak culture.


There’s a lesson in this.



Never did find out who that band were. It was a brilliant album

If only someone had the idea of leaking Dark Matter and it's out there right now under a different name.

DDWJMUVW wrote:

Huell wrote:Lasted 4 songs of the listening party and had to leave… there was an arsehole playing air guitar and air drums to everything and just trying to be centre of attention. Genuinely I heard him say he loved Lightning Bolt before the play through happened. It’s not worth it. I’ll check out the vinyl on Friday.

First 3 tunes were fine too. Definitely needs a few listens before making an opinion.

Well….you were warned….

Tell me about it! The guy must have been in his 30’s… but like that fandom is so identity based. Anyway, I had been sick all week and looking forward to it. I just was not in the form to for that carry on. Who knows why he behaved like that… lightning bolt great? This album must be like Mozart to him


By the way, they were playing Ten before which was a glaring contrast to Dark Matter. There is no mid range from what I heard… it’s very unusual. The bass is like at guitar range. Hearing next to Ten was weird.

oneway23 wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:Also has to bail. There was an obnoxious Greek fan at mine who kept waving a flag and screaming "Eddie! Eddie!"

Something to be said for being comfortable enough in your own skin so as to not care about the need to be so self-consciously cool.

I stood in the corner and provided wry and witty commentary about how the drums sounded like ass and Ed's vocals were too breathy. Unfortunately my pearls of wisdom were drowned out by obnoxious sounds of cheers and and happiness. I hate Pearl Jam fans.