Anyone else who got the Pearl Jam Twenty coffee table book read the whole thing?

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  • danlee1095
    danlee1095 Posts: 1,316
    My wife got it for me for Christmas the year it came out and as she was giving it to me, she sheepishly said, "I don't know if you're going to like this" [not sure why] and when I opened it, I'm like, "Of course I will love it - it's about my all time favorite band". Seconds later, I open the book and right down the middle binding on the inside cover is ME..[see my profile pic here, I am right in the middle with a bandana around my wrist - it's from Lolla 07]. So I immediately blurt out, "Oh, there I am", and my wife goes, "Shut the fuck up!!!". So, yes, I've read it - it's amazing! Also, telling this story never gets old. I need to go read it again!
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,000
    danlee1095 said:

    My wife got it for me for Christmas the year it came out and as she was giving it to me, she sheepishly said, "I don't know if you're going to like this" [not sure why] and when I opened it, I'm like, "Of course I will love it - it's about my all time favorite band". Seconds later, I open the book and right down the middle binding on the inside cover is ME..[see my profile pic here, I am right in the middle with a bandana around my wrist - it's from Lolla 07]. So I immediately blurt out, "Oh, there I am", and my wife goes, "Shut the fuck up!!!". So, yes, I've read it - it's amazing! Also, telling this story never gets old. I need to go read it again!

    I've always wondered if any members noticed themselves in the book. super cool.
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • calvo17
    calvo17 Posts: 440
    I did when it came out. Now I feel like reading it again. Incredible amount of details and pictures.
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  • TheGMan
    TheGMan Cork Posts: 62
    For some reason I just didn't bother getting this when it came out. Surprising when I was so excited to go see the film in the cinema. On the hunt for it now.
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,498
    Still on my bookshelf after I finished it years ago. 2 moves later and it remains squarely on display next to my Sandman Omnibus collection.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,000
    love this book. peruse it every so often. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    tbergs said:
    Still on my bookshelf after I finished it years ago. 2 moves later and it remains squarely on display next to my Sandman Omnibus collection.
    Ha, mine is also sitting next the Sandman Omnibuses!  I keep them on the bottom to prevent my cheap bookshelf from collapsing.
    Perhaps in 7 years they will cobble together an updated 20th anniversary PJ20 book.  It is an amazing read and everyone involved in the development of the book did a real bang up job.
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,550
    Love this book and read it cover to cover! It sits next to my other PJ and Drive By Truckers books (and under an inordinate amount of X-Men, Avengers, Watchmen, V for Vendetta hardcovers and more). I should totally have some Sandman in there. Have to rectify that.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 98,322
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    love this book. peruse it every so often. 

    Same here.
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,261
    I have the book. I have read parts of it. You have motivated me to read the whole thing. 

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