Jeff Ament spoke to my class yesterday

simpleman

Evil Beaver wrote:

Go here and you'll find a short article on Mr. Ament's visit in the news section.

http://www.business.umt.edu/

This summary really underscores the academic value of Mr. Ament's contribution to our class. He's definitely a talented entrepreneur who also possesses some sick musical skills. If it wasn't for some savvy business decisions we may never have even heard of Pearl Jam. In fact, Jeff said that the band was accused by some critics of being "careerists" early on because they leveraged their networks and made decisions with business acumen.

If you think musical talent alone is the key to success in the music industry, you're wrong. If you want an example of an incredibly talented band that flopped because of poor decisions, check out Brian Jonestown Massacre. There's an awesome documentary about them called "Dig" available at your local video rental store.

Finally, one last plug for the Entertainment Management program at the University of Montana. More information about it can be found here:
http://umtentertainment.org/

and here:
http://www.business.umt.edu/entertainment/

Let me tell you something. The entertainment management certificate I'll be handed at the end of this year is just a cherry on top of the master's degree that I'm really here to get. But it's by far the most entertaining class on my schedule (pun intended). So if you spend hours upon hours of your life talking about music on message boards, get off your ass, fill out an application and gain admission to the University of Montana so you can start making a living on your hobby.

Just don't come here expecting Eddie Vedder to be the next guest speaker.

-Evil Beaver

LET THE APOLOGIES BEGIN!!!

I live for this kind of shit, Good for you Evil Beaver!

EVIL BEAVER FOR 2008 PRESIDENT

SPEEDY MCCREADY

randaldoesjersey wrote:

I just called the professor. The story is 100% legit.

http://umtentertainment.org/syllabus.html

here's his cell phone number is anybody's interested.

let me get this straight.....

someone here posted a thread discussing how Jeff Ament had visited their class...........

and YOU CALLED THE PROFESSOR to make sure it was true????

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...............

you called the professor??????

that could be the fucking funniest thing i ever fucking read here.......

vedderfan10

It sounds to me like all the doubters are a wittle bit jealous...maybe even jealous stalkers who missed out on one of the best Pearl Jam events of the year....HA HA!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Vedderfan10 wrote:

It sounds to me like all the doubters are a wittle bit jealous...maybe even jealous stalkers who missed out on one of the best Pearl Jam events of the year....HA HA!!

stalkers????

thats an understatement....

fucking weirdos is more like it.....hehehehehehe

acoustic guy

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

let me get this straight.....

someone here posted a thread discussing how Jeff Ament had visited their class...........

and YOU CALLED THE PROFESSOR to make sure it was true????

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...............

you called the professor??????

that could be the fucking funniest thing i ever fucking read here.......

Exactly!!!!!!
Thank you very much!
Fuck'em all Evil Beaver!!!!!!
Great story,thanks for sharing.

Mohab

redrock wrote:

They asked a local boy to come and share his experience. This local boy happens to be Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam.

Thanks for sharing your story. It must have been awesome!

Just an old local good old boy eh

Mrs.Vedder78

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

let me get this straight.....

someone here posted a thread discussing how Jeff Ament had visited their class...........

and YOU CALLED THE PROFESSOR to make sure it was true????

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...............

you called the professor??????

that could be the fucking funniest thing i ever fucking read here.......

Those were my thoughts exactly when I read that.... !!!
It was quite laughable and of course pathetic as I had mentioned a few days back...

Sprunkn7

I believed from the beginning, I'm just shocked and kinda questioning the Bonnaroo announcement.

Nice post EB, don't let the brats keep ya down.

CJMST3K

JEFFERY SPOKE IN.... CLASS TODAY!!


(I'm assumining that someone else figured this out many pages ago, but I'm not sifting thru 7 pages to figure it out)

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Mrs_Vedder78 wrote:

Those were my thoughts exactly when I read that.... !!!
It was quite laughable and of course pathetic as I had mentioned a few days back...

laughable is a fucking understatement.....

i can just picture that conversation.....

hello professor???

yes....

this is ronaldo mcdonald calling on behalf of the pearl jam message pit.....

who the fuck are you???

im ronaldo mcdonald.....im calling on behalf of all pearl jam psychopaths.....

how the fuck did you get my number?????

mr. professor i have one question......did jeff ament show up in your class yesterday and discuss how much the album "riot act" sux monkey balls????"

click.....

vedderfan10

I think the psycho-stalkers are upset that Jeff made a move without them knowing about it. He slipped under their radars...Good for him!

And good for Evil Beaver for sharing such a great story with us!

norm

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

laughable is a fucking understatement.....

i can just picture that conversation.....

hello professor???

yes....

this is ronaldo mcdonald calling on behalf of the pearl jam message pit.....

who the fuck are you???

im ronaldo mcdonald.....im calling on behalf of all pearl jam psychopaths.....

how the fuck did you get my number?????

mr. professor i have one question......did jeff ament show up in your class yesterday and discuss how much the album "riot act" sux monkey balls????"

click.....

are you tapping the phones in montana again?

Kushikushun

See my sig for all those negativos here.

Loved the post! Thanks!

acoustic guy

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

laughable is a fucking understatement.....

i can just picture that conversation.....

hello professor???

yes....

this is ronaldo mcdonald calling on behalf of the pearl jam message pit.....

who the fuck are you???

im ronaldo mcdonald.....im calling on behalf of all pearl jam psychopaths.....

how the fuck did you get my number?????

mr. professor i have one question......did jeff ament show up in your class yesterday and discuss how much the album "riot act" sux monkey balls????"

click.....

OMG!!!!
That was really funny.....
I just laughed sooooooo hard that it hurt!
Man that was funny stuff. hahahahahahahahaha
Still laughing as I hit submit reply.
hahahahahaha

moses562

Wowzers!

eduardo

thanks.

good memory and notes.

einatshaul

CJMST3K wrote:

JEFFERY SPOKE IN.... CLASS TODAY!!


(I'm assumining that someone else figured this out many pages ago, but I'm not sifting thru 7 pages to figure it out)

Yeah, someone did!

Spankensen

acoustic guy wrote:

I can not believe people here called the professor. R U people nuts?
U go to lengths like that to get proof and for more info?
I love PJ just as much as the next guy but hey.......get a fucking life!
If u did that then u got major problems.......Major problems.
Really, I like the fact that I can come here and talk about my favorite band and about other fun stuff with other people but some of u need help. U need a girl friend or a job.
Fucked up guys.....fucked up.

i absolutely agree....evil beaver, your story was amazing and also well written and thank you immensely for sharing it with us....fuck all those pathetic jealous numbwits....you were there and were able to experience jeff in a totally pearl jam free environment and that's pretty cool stuff...good on you!!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

so i see another one of my fucking posts was censored again.......

gee.....imagine that........

LukinFan

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

so i see another one of my fucking posts was censored again.......

gee.....imagine that........

What happened?

rhcpjam1029

Jeff Ament's in Pearl Jam...bitch.

bharQ

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

so i see another one of my fucking posts was censored again.......

gee.....imagine that........

i think about half the original thread is gone

mpgervace

That was great, thanks for sharing... I felt like I was in the class, right next to you listening to Jeff elaborate....

Rock on Boys!

darthvedder88

Jeff, you fuckin' rock man!!!

whodunnitb4

Very, very cool story...wish I'd had a guest lecture like this during my graduate days. All I got was a science nobel laureate lecuturing on some boring genetics theory, didn't learn a damn thing!!!
Thanks again for sharing, EB.

rarghrargh-brownstar

what was he wearing??

I am guessing he went out in a white shirt and kaki pants.

he heh I dont even know what that means.

Jeff is the best pjam brother!!


edit: cool he came thanks for sharing!!! even though I didnt read all of that. will though!!

HBshores

Thank you so much Evil Beaver for sharing this experience it really made my day.
I quickly went through this entire thread and its a shame some folks felt compelled to try and spoil a genuine good hearted post from a kind sharing person.
I really enjoyed the Neil "Pearl 10" portion.
The Pacific Ocean is half a block away from my office and I feel compelled now to walk down and take a look at its beauty with some PJ playing in my ears.
Thanks again Evil Beav. all the best to you!!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

ya know i may have called this guys professor too..........

except that im not a complete fucking psychopath..........

hehehehehehe..............

rarghrargh-brownstar

HBshores wrote:

Thank you so much Evil Beaver for sharing this experience it really made my day.
I quickly went through this entire thread and its a shame some folks felt compelled to try and spoil a genuine good hearted post from a kind sharing person.
I really enjoyed the Neil "Pearl 10" portion.
The Pacific Ocean is half a block away from my office and I feel compelled now to walk down and take a look at its beauty with some PJ playing in my ears.
Thanks again Evil Beav. all the best to you!!!

yes. I just read the whole thing. How sweet of you to take the effort to share all of that.

The Pearl 10 thing was cool too.

Thats beautiful: The Pacific Ocean is half a block away from my office and I feel compelled now to walk down and take a look at its beauty with some PJ playing in my ears.

I am not too close to the PO, but am in mind. thanks HBs. And thanks again EB. You didnt even have to share all of that, but you did. I felt like I was there in the intimate setting.

Best Wishes.


:cool:

randaldoesjersey

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

ya know i may have called this guys professor too..........

except that im not a complete fucking psychopath..........

hehehehehehe..............

Why are you bumping this? I apologized to Beaver if my insignificant call cost him any trouble. No harm, no foul. One would think a 42 year old would be a little past calling people names on internet message boards, with bad grammar and punctuation.

Hehehehehehehehehe