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Apparently, some philosophers are currently working on a volume entitled "Pearl Jam and Philosophy" and are looking for inputs from others to include in the book to be released next year.

"The general scope of the book is to investigate, interpret and decipher the philosophical contents and meanings (at various levels: existential, spiritual, ethical, political, purely aesthetical, etc.) that are present in the production of Pearl Jam, perhaps the greatest rock band of the last decades, celebrating thirty years of recording and live activity in 2021. From this point of view, the book aims to originally and uniquely unite a genuine passion and enthusiasm for Pearl Jam's music and a rigorous and in-depth capacity of philosophical and also literary analysis."

This goes on and on and on for 9 pages in the PDF at the link.

I think someone may need to send them a link to RM, although it may give them more than they bargain for.

https://www.academia.edu/40271347/Call_ ... _Schembari

This one isn't me

Seattle grunge stalwarts Pearl Jam once said: supersonic gone and took my soul. In this essay, I will...

A Pearl Jam based philosophy would have about as much depth as a midseason episode of Friends.

I am generally not a fan of this series of books (I've read two or three of them) but I can hardly criticize someone for publishing extended reflections on themes in pearl jam's music. Good on them. I'll read it.

over/under on use of the word "agency"?

It wouldn't be a book about pearl jam philosophy without a chapter on agency!

north is to south as the clock is to time

Everything about this irritates the hell out of me

evenslow wrote:over/under on use of the word "agency"?

I just went back and did a word count. Without having touched Yield and with Lightning Bolt half finished I wrote 156 single spaced pages,and 98,398 words.

The word agency appears 34 times. I think 30 times are in the Binaural posts.

I've also evidently wasted a decent chunk of my life

stip wrote:I've also evidently wasted a decent chunk of my life

For what it's worth, we're all the better for it.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Everything about this irritates the hell out of me

yeah this is embarrassing. one time i wrote a 5 paragraph essay about pearl jam in 8th grade, and i still cringe looking back on it.

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:I've also evidently wasted a decent chunk of my life

For what it's worth, we're all the better for it.

all 9 RMers!

bodysnatcher wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Everything about this irritates the hell out of me

yeah this is embarrassing. one time i wrote a 5 paragraph essay about pearl jam in 8th grade, and i still cringe looking back on it.

well, in fairness, everyone should be embarrassed by what they did in 8th grade

stip wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Everything about this irritates the hell out of me

yeah this is embarrassing. one time i wrote a 5 paragraph essay about pearl jam in 8th grade, and i still cringe looking back on it.

well, in fairness, everyone should be embarrassed by what they did in 8th grade

honestly, it wasn't the words i wrote, it was the topic. i bet teachers get a real kick out of the dumb shit kids write about.

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