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Tim Robbins PJ description in Lance Mercer's 5x1
First off, it's too bad this book is so scarce and expensive (currently a few out there at $48 and up used on-line, rarely seen in stores), especially when Place/Date is so easy to find and inexpensive. Same photographer (Mercer), similar kind of book but way different price.
Anyway, having at last added Mercer's 5x1 to my collection, one of the things that impresses me very much about it is Tim Robbins contribution. This has been posted elsewhere here (about 5 years ago) but it still rings true to me. Robbins said:
"Things I like about Pearl Jam:
They are consistently excellent live.
They don't gouge their fans at the box office.
Great poster art and T-shirts.
We won't be hearing Evenflow in advertisements for cars.,
hair conditioner, or feminine hygiene products.
They support indie bands.
They don't do cheese.
None of them golfs regularly.
They play through injuries.
When you play their albums backwards you hear Howard
Zinn reading Peoples History of the United States*.
When i tried to get them to drink after-hours on tour, they
cared enough about their audience the next night to
go to their rooms and sleep.
No flash pots."
Pretty much right on.
*Zinn's contribution is cool too.
Anyway, having at last added Mercer's 5x1 to my collection, one of the things that impresses me very much about it is Tim Robbins contribution. This has been posted elsewhere here (about 5 years ago) but it still rings true to me. Robbins said:
"Things I like about Pearl Jam:
They are consistently excellent live.
They don't gouge their fans at the box office.
Great poster art and T-shirts.
We won't be hearing Evenflow in advertisements for cars.,
hair conditioner, or feminine hygiene products.
They support indie bands.
They don't do cheese.
None of them golfs regularly.
They play through injuries.
When you play their albums backwards you hear Howard
Zinn reading Peoples History of the United States*.
When i tried to get them to drink after-hours on tour, they
cared enough about their audience the next night to
go to their rooms and sleep.
No flash pots."
Pretty much right on.
*Zinn's contribution is cool too.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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The one thing I would like to have seen differently about the book would have been some brief notes in the back about each shot. I really like the one of Jack Irons and his lady (wife probably?) with their legs entwined, resting between those big rocks. It peaks my curiosity- what is this interesting looking place? Oh well, great photos in any case, and an excellent addition to my PJ book collection.
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Golfing in Scottsdale in the spring - all that green grass in the desert - made me wonder how long we have before golf becomes a symbol of class war in some kind of dystopian mad max world
I recently saw the excellent documentary, Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia. Tim Robbins' interviews in the extras are great. He talks about interesting memories of have know Vidal. Excellent bio/documentary.
Golf becoming a symbol of class war! Mad Max on the links! Golf balls loaded with nitro glycerin! This Blockbuster staring Pearl Jam, Tim Robbins, golf, the late Gore Vidal, the Ghost of George Carlin and all your favorite Mad Max characters, coming to a theater near you soon!
PS we got alot of rain yesterday and looks like some more manana.
Did the fellas use a golf club on Tim in Shawshank? lol
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