Great review - makes me so glad I traveled to some shows.
Great ending to the piece" As the chant lingered on repeat and the curtain dropped, Vedder stepped forward to clasp the hands of the fans rushing the stage, reinforcing the fact that -- literally and metaphorically -- these solo shows are the closest most of us have ever been to the guy who created the soundtrack to our lives. What a treat. Seriously, I sound like my grandmother, but how lucky we were to bear witness to this experiment"
Wow; best review of anything PJ related I've ever read.
SLC 11/2/95, Park City 6/21/98, Boise 11/3/00, Seattle 12/9/02, Vancouver 5/30/03, Gorge 9/1/05, Vancouver 9/2/05, Gorge 7/22/06, Gorge 7/23/06, Camden I 6/19/08, MSG I 6/24/08, MSG II 6/25/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield II 6/30/08; Eddie Albany 6/8/09, 6/9/09; Philly 10/30/09, 10/31/09; Boston 5/17/10
I thought the world...Turns out the world thought me
Whitney Pastorek, the writer of the article must be a big fan...she is the one who wrote the other article in EW back in 2005 about the "jamily" (I hate that term).
I've been keeping my distance from reading about these shows since I was not able to attend any...but after reading this article, I really wish Ed had done a few east coast shows. :(
"McCready played on, lending credence to the theory that he was actually built in Stone’s basement from spare truck parts and vinyl records." - Glide Mag. review of MSG 7/8/03
Whitney Pastorek, the writer of the article must be a big fan...she is the one who wrote the other article in EW back in 2005 about the "jamily" (I hate that term).
I've been keeping my distance from reading about these shows since I was not able to attend any...but after reading this article, I really wish Ed had done a few east coast shows. :(
We can still have hope... How bout a Labor Day tour?
PJ FANS ROCK!!!
Finally got that "One for the Thumb"!!! Got the "Six Pack". Now we're on a "Stairway to Seven"
Some words when spoken...can't be taken back.
"Seeing a brick wall straight ahead and stepping on the gas." Eddie...Pittsburgh 6/23/06
I've never read anything in a music magazine that was so shamelessly biased towards the subject...
It's like, if I had the chance to co-anchor SportsCenter for a day and all I talked about was how awesome the Phillies were and how much they are going to kick everyone's ass this year...
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great review though,thanks for posting it!
see you @ MSG!!!!!!
Great ending to the piece" As the chant lingered on repeat and the curtain dropped, Vedder stepped forward to clasp the hands of the fans rushing the stage, reinforcing the fact that -- literally and metaphorically -- these solo shows are the closest most of us have ever been to the guy who created the soundtrack to our lives. What a treat. Seriously, I sound like my grandmother, but how lucky we were to bear witness to this experiment"
SHOW COUNT: (159) 1990's=3, 2000's=53, 2010/20's=103, US=118, CAN=15, Europe=20 ,New Zealand=2, Australia=2
Mexico=1, Colombia=1
Upcoming: Aucklandx2, Gold Coast, Melbournex2
I thought the world...Turns out the world thought me
The author, Whitney Pastorek, has written a few good pieces on PJ the last few years and I think is pretty friendly with the band.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1191033,00.html
That's the article that was in Entertainment Weekly a few weeks before Pearl Jam was released and featured a few photos of board members in it.
And she also had this interview with the band as well:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1191078,00.html
- 8/28/98
- 9/2/00
- 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
- 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
- 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
- 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
- 8/2/07, 8/5/07
- 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
- 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
- 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
- 9/11/11, 9/12/11
- 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
I've been keeping my distance from reading about these shows since I was not able to attend any...but after reading this article, I really wish Ed had done a few east coast shows. :(
We can still have hope... How bout a Labor Day tour?
Finally got that "One for the Thumb"!!! Got the "Six Pack". Now we're on a "Stairway to Seven"
Some words when spoken...can't be taken back.
"Seeing a brick wall straight ahead and stepping on the gas." Eddie...Pittsburgh 6/23/06
thanks for posting!
I've never read anything in a music magazine that was so shamelessly biased towards the subject...
It's like, if I had the chance to co-anchor SportsCenter for a day and all I talked about was how awesome the Phillies were and how much they are going to kick everyone's ass this year...
They can buy but cant put on my clothes
Throw down my ace in the hole~~~~~~
Let's go for three in a row, no sorry i can't think of anything thats not funny. - Paul Merton
London96,Manchester00,Berlin06,London07
for the least they could possibly do
the writer seems to have the same love for ed and pj as we do.
what a brilliant person
07 8/5 Lolla 8/2 VIC
06 7/22,23 Gorge 7/20 Ptl
04 10/8 VFC Kissimmee
03 4/11 WPB, 4/12 HOB Orlando, 7/8,9 MSG
00 8/24 Jones Bch 8/9,10 WPB
1998 9/22,23 WPB 1996 10/7 Ft Laud 1994 3/28 Miami