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PEARL JAM FAN HAIKU CONTEST! Prizes: PJ vinyl!! 1st place gets a Red LB! **WINNERS** on pg 11.
Sometimes it's fun to have a contest! And I have some vinyl that doesn't and will never get used. Sooooo......
This is the "PEARL JAM HAIKU CHALLENGE". Post your original Pearl Jam related haiku(s) in this thread. Use your imagination (or don't, lol). As long as the theme is somehow Pearl Jam or 10C related and in the true form of a haiku poem, anything goes. It can be about the music, the band, the fan club, the fans, your own PJ experience in one way or another, whatever. Funny, sad, sarcastic, beautiful, ugly, weird, hard, soft, silly, polite, crude, whatever - my mind is open. Prizes aside, it will be fun to see what everyone comes up with! Be creative! And if you aren't interested in any of the prizes, please, post some poetry anyway for entertainment's sake (yours and ours), and just say that you're not entering the contest.
A haiku is a three line poem with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. I'm going to be a stickler about it, but that is the only rule. I think haikus are traditionally about nature and how it affects the human condition. But this time it's about Pearl Jam and the human condition I guess.
I will pick the three that for some reason I think are the best ones. Yes, I'm judge and jury, lol. But I promise to be a very FAIR judge and jury. It is not easy to get the feeling or experience of your sentiments into three little lines, but that is what I'll be looking for, and that challenge is also the fun of it!
Contest will close MAY 14TH, so you have loads of time to come up with some good haikus, and I'll announce a winner no later than May 16th. YES, you can enter more than one Haiku, BUT you can only win once. If you happen to submit three that I think are the best, I'll pick the best out of three and move on to other people's poems (and you will be grand master of haikuing).
THE PRIZES:
This will be first win, first serve. The winner gets to pick from 1, 2, or 3, runner up picks from what's remaining, and third place gets the remaining prize.
#1:
Red Lightning Bolt with the bells and whistles (opened, obviously, played once to see if it's fucked up (It's not!), and it didn't come with a postcard)
#2:
Vitalogy reissue (opened, played once)
Eddie Vedder RSD 2012 7"
Shadow 10"
#3:
2004 Xmas single
2009 Xmas single
2011 Xmas single
2013 Xmas single (sorry, lol)
(all the singles and the Shadow 10" are unplayed)
NOTE: This contest is open to the whole world, BUT I can't afford to ship this stuff overseas, so if you're outside of Canada and the US and win, please be willing to pay for the INSANE shipping cost. Thank you and sorry about that.
This is all for fun! Show everyone your badass haikuing skills. :-B I am really looking forward to seeing what people come up with! Thank you to all who enter!
This is the "PEARL JAM HAIKU CHALLENGE". Post your original Pearl Jam related haiku(s) in this thread. Use your imagination (or don't, lol). As long as the theme is somehow Pearl Jam or 10C related and in the true form of a haiku poem, anything goes. It can be about the music, the band, the fan club, the fans, your own PJ experience in one way or another, whatever. Funny, sad, sarcastic, beautiful, ugly, weird, hard, soft, silly, polite, crude, whatever - my mind is open. Prizes aside, it will be fun to see what everyone comes up with! Be creative! And if you aren't interested in any of the prizes, please, post some poetry anyway for entertainment's sake (yours and ours), and just say that you're not entering the contest.
A haiku is a three line poem with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. I'm going to be a stickler about it, but that is the only rule. I think haikus are traditionally about nature and how it affects the human condition. But this time it's about Pearl Jam and the human condition I guess.
I will pick the three that for some reason I think are the best ones. Yes, I'm judge and jury, lol. But I promise to be a very FAIR judge and jury. It is not easy to get the feeling or experience of your sentiments into three little lines, but that is what I'll be looking for, and that challenge is also the fun of it!
Contest will close MAY 14TH, so you have loads of time to come up with some good haikus, and I'll announce a winner no later than May 16th. YES, you can enter more than one Haiku, BUT you can only win once. If you happen to submit three that I think are the best, I'll pick the best out of three and move on to other people's poems (and you will be grand master of haikuing).
THE PRIZES:
This will be first win, first serve. The winner gets to pick from 1, 2, or 3, runner up picks from what's remaining, and third place gets the remaining prize.
#1:
Red Lightning Bolt with the bells and whistles (opened, obviously, played once to see if it's fucked up (It's not!), and it didn't come with a postcard)
#2:
Vitalogy reissue (opened, played once)
Eddie Vedder RSD 2012 7"
Shadow 10"
#3:
2004 Xmas single
2009 Xmas single
2011 Xmas single
2013 Xmas single (sorry, lol)
(all the singles and the Shadow 10" are unplayed)
NOTE: This contest is open to the whole world, BUT I can't afford to ship this stuff overseas, so if you're outside of Canada and the US and win, please be willing to pay for the INSANE shipping cost. Thank you and sorry about that.
This is all for fun! Show everyone your badass haikuing skills. :-B I am really looking forward to seeing what people come up with! Thank you to all who enter!
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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my heart races, bliss ensues
my night is complete
Sealed vinyl collecting dust
What a waste it is
almost no one even knew
flip the black circle!
or clear, or red, or blue, or orange......
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
Three rhythmic God's beside him
And the drums beat on
United Center Chicago IL 2003...Alpine Valley East Troy WI 2003...Toledo OH 2004...Marcus Amphitheater Milwaukee WI 2006
United Center Chicago IL Nite 1 2008...United Center Chicago IL Nite 2 2008...United Center Chicago IL Nite 1 2009
PJ20 East Troy WI Nite 1 2011...PJ20 East Troy WI Nite 2 2011...Wrigley Field Chicago IL 2013...iWireless Center Moline IL 2014
Bradley Center Milwaukee WI 2014...EV Auditorium Theatre Chicago IL Nite 1 2008...EV Chicago Theatre Chicago IL Nite 1 2011
EV w/ PT celebrating the Who Rosemont Theatre Rosemont IL 2015
See drunk Ed fall down
See him handle it with grace
No one could replace
The show quakes me but it's the
Music that means all
Raleigh, NC., 4/20/16, Columbia, SC., 4/21/16, Boston, MA., 8/5/16, Boston 9/2/18 & 9/4/18., Nashville, TN., 4/2/20., Nashville, TN., 9/16/22.EV Solo - Washington, D.C., 8/17/08, Atlanta, GA., 6/24/09, Orlando, FL., 11/27/12.
He can strum that bass guitar
Please let him sing more
needed like blood in my veins
thanks for helping life
hit in the face with a pick
need to take a piss
To live in the present tense
Life comes from within
Lite that shit
Smoke it
A perfect way to get ready for a show:)
I was so fucking lucky
Front row lottery
the ancient way of haiku
here comes pearl jam
spinning on the turntable
sounds better than black
and as fans we are all green
forget not the music
As Gretzky scored with full rage
Both legends of stage
You Are Alive my Brother
Faithful Footsteps Go
2011 - Alpine Valley Ampitheater, East Troy
2013 - Wrigley Field, Chicago
2014 - Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul
2014 - Bradley Center, Milwaukee
2016 - Wrigley Field, Chicago
2018 - Wrigley Field, Chicago
From the first notes of Release
I WILL ride that wave
Vancouver, BC - 2009
Vancouver, BC - 2011
Vancouver, BC - 2013
Mountain View, CA - 2014
Mountain View, CA - 2014
Quebec City, QC - 2016
Ottawa, ON - 2016
Pemberton, BC - 2016
Seattle, WA 1 - 2018
Seattle, WA 2 - 2018
It's Pearl Jam, our eyes meet...spark
We fall in love...deep
Eddie, Stone, Mike, Jeff, Matt Jam
Yellow Ledbetter
My take on a complete concert. Lights go down, opening song, full concert with the guys, closing song.
1997: Oakland, CA - (Rolling Stones)
1998: Portland, OR. & Seattle, WA.
2009: Portland, OR.
2011: East Troy, WI. 1 & 2 - PJ20 & Portland, OR. - Ed Solo
2012: Dallas, TX. - Ed Solo
2013: Dallas, TX. Oklahoma City, OK. & Portland, OR.
2014: Tulsa, OK
2015: Seattle WA. - Mad Season
2016: Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Miami, FL. & Chicago, IL - Wrigley 1
2017: Dana Point - Ohana Fest - Ed Solo
2022: Louisville, St Louis
The passion grows with each year
Happy...in too deep
Click to visit the Arizona PJ Fans Page
PJ
PHX 98|ABQ, PHX, Seattle 00|PHX 03|Arras 10|PJ20 1&2 11|Missoula 12|PHX, SD, LA 1&2 13|Denver 14|Telluride 16
EV
Vegas 1&2, PHX 12|Ohana 16
TOTD
LA 16
Twenty three year gift came from
Pacific North-West
Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
Sound soars into the sunlight
Yellow Ledbetter
Fills my soul with so much joy
Spin spin sad away
"Oh yeah? Which president's on it?"
"Uh, all of them. They're having a party. Jimmy Carter's passed out on the couch."
Columbus 2000
Columbus 2003
Hershey 2003
Toledo 2004
Cincinnati 2006
Chicago/Lollapalooza 2007
Columbus 2010
Chicago/Wrigley 2013
Pittsburgh 2013
Portland 2013
Cincinnati 2014
To this band, much thanks
They have gifted me so much
My wife best of all
"Let's check Idaho."
Santos says its limited
F5 all day long
"Hello!" We scream it right back.
The night is perfect.