"...We work our asses off and have worked our asses off for a long time, and not only does the band give away a lot of money but we all individually give a lot of money away and are very involved in (good causes). I feel good about what we do with the money we make -- not a lot of it is wasted.""
That quote alone should show that PJ deserves all $ they can get cause they give away a lot for charities and causes.
The Greek Theatre in Bekeley charged me lawn prices for wheelchair accessible seats (my wife is wheelchair bound for past two years) on the first tier of seats for Plant/Kraus and JT. Not so at Zellerbach (but then, there was no pricing tiers.)
That quote alone should show that PJ deserves all $ they can get cause they give away a lot for charities and causes.
yeah, pearl jam knows how to spend my money better than i do.
personally, it doesn't matter to me where their income goes, be it charities, hookers, setting it on fire or whatever. the "oh shit, we need more money because we keep giving it away" excuse is a pretty poor justification. if i go in to work and tell my boss, "i need a raise. i spend a lot of money on _____," it's probably not going to happen. in fact, isn't part of what is noble about giving to charity and such that you are sacrificing something of your own for the good of others?
but with that said, i do think it's great that the members are mindful of where their money goes. it's also pretty great that ticket prices really are a good deal cheaper than they could be. i'm not going to begrudge the guys for making money when they can when it comes in the form of touring -- commercials and shit is a different question.
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yeah, pearl jam knows how to spend my money better than i do.
personally, it doesn't matter to me where their income goes, be it charities, hookers, setting it on fire or whatever. the "oh shit, we need more money because we keep giving it away" excuse is a pretty poor justification. if i go in to work and tell my boss, "i need a raise. i spend a lot of money on _____," it's probably not going to happen. in fact, isn't part of what is noble about giving to charity and such that you are sacrificing something of your own for the good of others?
but with that said, i do think it's great that the members are mindful of where their money goes. it's also pretty great that ticket prices really are a good deal cheaper than they could be. i'm not going to begrudge the guys for making money when they can when it comes in the form of touring -- commercials and shit is a different question.