Why does Pearl Jam hate Texas?

Flagg

Pearl Jam hasn't played a show in Texas in 5 years this June. Many of us are starting to wonder why? Texas is home to 3 of the largest cities in the US (Houston, Dallas and San Antonio) so there is plenty of opportunity to sell tickets. Texas has a rich and diverse culture and they seem to like that kind of stuff. Plenty of outdoor activities from camping to hiking to the beach to mountains. The weather is nice in the winter. More people move to Texas than any other state in the country.

But after thinking about it, I've decided that we have plenty of things that may not appeal to Eddie Vedder and his band of merry musicians. In fact, I can name several.

I'll start with some. Feel free to add your own. Maybe we can get to the bottom of why Pearl Jam hate Texas.

1. Too many George Bush Expressways, Tollways, or Highways
2. George Bush International Airport
3. It is hot - real hot
4. Jerry Jones
5. Almost zero public transportation options
6. Lack of environmental laws - air pollution is good for you and the economy
7. If you steal a loaf of bread, we are executing you
8. We killed JFK - and yes, we have his brain
9. Snobby, stuck up Dallas women
10. W just bought a home in Dallas
11. No bike paths
12. We all carry guns
13. Matthew McConaughey – we are really, really sorry about that one though
14. 4 out of the Top 10 fattest cities in the country are in Texas
15. Mark Cuban
16. Shit-load of Wal-Marts.
17. Jessica Simpson (and Ashlee)
18. Bugs – lots of them
19. Pick-up trucks – lots of them

more??

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

I've been in Houston 4 months and it blows, but i'm perfectly willling to drive to Austin to see PJ. and everyone loves Austin, right?

Sexy2aFault

The Spurs are a boring ass team to watch and they ruin the NBA finals every year.

CROJAM95

Sexy2aFault wrote:

The Spurs are a boring ass team to watch and they ruin the NBA finals every year.

Pistons didn't show up in 4th quater of game 7

Sports needs guys like Duncan,parker, Ginobli

Less Retard Wallace

appliedlesson

#13 is about the only reason to visit Texas.

Flagg

Fire Ants - I don't know if other states have those little fuckers but they might as well be the state animal down here.

Flagg

Blue Laws

orig_long red

Tony Romo.

Ed hates soft douche bags.

Danimal

Man that list was funny!!!

Flagg

Don't Go to BP Amoco.

Their big ass refinery that blew up and killed those people a couple of years ago - yep, right here in Texas City.

circles down

There's lots of places that have not seen PJ in five years or way, way more.

I don't think they sell as well here, especially compared to cities in the northeast and west coast. These are just not very appealing cities for them to come to. The past two stops in Dallas they play the same theater in the butthole of the ghetto, there's no way to get around, and no reason to, so they probably don't have any fond memories of this city. I can tell you for sure that any event, no matter what, at Starplex (smirnoff/superpages.com center) will bring out all the mulleted rednecks. That's one culture that is hard to embrace, in fact, it's a big turnoff if that's one of your impressions of the city.

Pj probably doesn't care about most of your list. They have the luxury to be selective and Texas just isn't worth it to them when they can do the NE and west coast.

nowayimfaithfull

Flagg wrote:

Pearl Jam hasn't played a show in Texas in 5 years this June. Many of us are starting to wonder why? Texas is home to 3 of the largest cities in the US (Houston, Dallas and San Antonio) so there is plenty of opportunity to sell tickets. Texas has a rich and diverse culture and they seem to like that kind of stuff. Plenty of outdoor activities from camping to hiking to the beach to mountains. The weather is nice in the winter. More people move to Texas than any other state in the country.

But after thinking about it, I've decided that we have plenty of things that may not appeal to Eddie Vedder and his band of merry musicians. In fact, I can name several.

I'll start with some. Feel free to add your own. Maybe we can get to the bottom of why Pearl Jam hate Texas.

1. Too many George Bush Expressways, Tollways, or Highways
2. George Bush International Airport
3. It is hot - real hot
4. Jerry Jones
5. Almost zero public transportation options
6. Lack of environmental laws - air pollution is good for you and the economy
7. If you steal a loaf of bread, we are executing you
8. We killed JFK - and yes, we have his brain
9. Snobby, stuck up Dallas women
10. W just bought a home in Dallas
11. No bike paths
12. We all carry guns
13. Matthew McConaughey – we are really, really sorry about that one though
14. 4 out of the Top 10 fattest cities in the country are in Texas
15. Mark Cuban
16. More Wal-Marts per capita than any other state
17. Jessica Simpson (and Ashlee)
18. Bugs – lots of them
19. Pick-up trucks – lots of them

more??

you started to touch on the subject with jj
but its that whole cowboys franchise, going back to bullet bob hayes.

jwillmo

I would just like to point out that most of those don't apply to Austin, the little blue dot in a sea of red. Except for Matthew McConaughey, we take full responsibility for that one. Sorry. I coulda sworn he owned at least one shirt when he lived here, though.

Also, could we keep the responses to only those who've actually been to Texas, there are enough true stereotypes without the made-up ones (we all ride horses, etc.) It's been pretty fair so far, but I could see this thread getting ridiculous.

Thank you.

Flagg

circles down wrote:

Pj probably doesn't care about most of your list. They have the luxury to be selective and Texas just isn't worth it to them when they can do the NE and west coast.

I know. Just having fun with it with it because I was pretty disappointed and pissed off about the ACL thing.


Here's another one: You know how Texas is the red state capital of the country. Well, we rank 47th in average SAT scores.

Here is one that really gets under Vedder's skin: we are 49th in percentage of women who vote.

jwillmo

circles down wrote:

There's lots of places that have not seen PJ in five years or way, way more.

I don't think they sell as well here, especially compared to cities in the northeast and west coast. These are just not very appealing cities for them to come to. The past two stops in Dallas they play the same theater in the butthole of the ghetto, there's no way to get around, and no reason to, so they probably don't have any fond memories of this city. I can tell you for sure that any event, no matter what, at Starplex (smirnoff/superpages.com center) will bring out all the mulleted rednecks. That's one culture that is hard to embrace, in fact, it's a big turnoff if that's one of your impressions of the city.

Pj probably doesn't care about most of your list. They have the luxury to be selective and Texas just isn't worth it to them when they can do the NE and west coast.

C'mon, now. For once we're trying to blow off some steam with some fucking humor instead of anger. We don't need your expert analysis.

Flagg

Yeah, all in good fun.

Exxon and Halliburton? Headquarted in TEXAS!!

QuarterToTen

Flagg wrote:

Pearl Jam hasn't played a show in Texas in 5 years this June. Many of us are starting to wonder why? Texas is home to 3 of the largest cities in the US (Houston, Dallas and San Antonio) so there is plenty of opportunity to sell tickets. Texas has a rich and diverse culture and they seem to like that kind of stuff. Plenty of outdoor activities from camping to hiking to the beach to mountains. The weather is nice in the winter. More people move to Texas than any other state in the country.

But after thinking about it, I've decided that we have plenty of things that may not appeal to Eddie Vedder and his band of merry musicians. In fact, I can name several.

I'll start with some. Feel free to add your own. Maybe we can get to the bottom of why Pearl Jam hate Texas.

1. Too many George Bush Expressways, Tollways, or Highways
2. George Bush International Airport
3. It is hot - real hot
4. Jerry Jones
5. Almost zero public transportation options
6. Lack of environmental laws - air pollution is good for you and the economy
7. If you steal a loaf of bread, we are executing you
8. We killed JFK - and yes, we have his brain
9. Snobby, stuck up Dallas women
10. W just bought a home in Dallas
11. No bike paths
12. We all carry guns
13. Matthew McConaughey – we are really, really sorry about that one though
14. 4 out of the Top 10 fattest cities in the country are in Texas
15. Mark Cuban
16. More Wal-Marts per capita than any other state
17. Jessica Simpson (and Ashlee)
18. Bugs – lots of them
19. Pick-up trucks – lots of them

more??

glad to see you have a sense of humor about it at least.

great list.

Flagg

Dave Abruzesse is from and currently lives - in Dallas!

LONGRD

#20. David James Abbruzzese

Flagg wrote:

Dave Abruzesse is from and currently lives - in Dallas!

Fuck! you beat me to it.

nowayimfaithfull

Flagg wrote:

I know. Just having fun with it with it because I was pretty disappointed and pissed off about the ACL thing.


Here's another one: You know how Texas is the red state capital of the country. Well, we rank 47th in average SAT scores.

Here is one that really gets under Vedder's skin: we are 49th in percentage of women who vote.

comon you skipped right over mine

look at it ilke this.

They love san fran, you have the catch, and a big rivalry with the niners
they love philly, nuff said, 4 and 1
they love boston, the new (americas team)
and seattle look at romos snap.
so it can be braught up from a football standpoint, and honestly its no secret that pj stoped playing texas when seattle joined the nfc.

Flagg

nowayimfaithfull wrote:

comon you skipped right over mine

look at it ilke this.

They love san fran, you have the catch, and a big rivalry with the niners
they love philly, nuff said, 4 and 1
they love boston, the new (americas team)
and seattle look at romos snap.
so it can be braught up from a football standpoint, and honestly its no secret that pj stoped playing texas when seattle joined the nfc.

You may be on to something there. Stone used to wear a Dallas Cowboys hat all the time, but not since 93 or so.

Flagg

We eat steak with every meal.

BillyPilgrim

Flagg wrote:

16. More Wal-Marts per capita than any other state

Actually, while TX does have an abundance of Satan's Stores, the award for most stores per capita goes to Arkansas (headquarters of Wal-Mart are in Bentonville, I believe). In fact, Texas isn't even in the top ten.

http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2008/03/starbuckswalmar.html Check out the data.

As for reasons they wouldn't want to play Texas, and Austin specifically, you've got me. There's still a good shot that they'll be in Dallas and Houston in September.

nowayimfaithfull

Flagg wrote:

You may be on to something there. Stone used to wear a Dallas Cowboys hat all the time, but not since 93 or so.

fuck thats right he did, those pictures on the roof top.

well than there you go, they havent won a bowl since that era, there is another reason.

Flagg

BillyPilgrim wrote:

Actually, while TX does have an abundance of Satan's Stores, the award for most stores per capita goes to Arkansas (headquarters of Wal-Mart are in Bentonville, I believe). In fact, Texas isn't even in the top ten.

http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2008/03/starbuckswalmar.html Check out the data.

As for reasons they wouldn't want to play Texas, and Austin specifically, you've got me. There's still a good shot that they'll be in Dallas and Houston in September.

Haha. Cool. OK, scratch Wal-Mart off the list. Although there are a ton of those damn things around here.

hoopinman

Flagg wrote:

Blue Laws

blue Laws here arent THAT bad...in Colorado you can only buy 3.2 beer on Sundays.

drivingrl

Flagg wrote:

9. Snobby, stuck up Dallas women

Hheeeeyyy! :(

Flagg

drivingrl wrote:

Hheeeeyyy! :(

drivingrl and a few others are notable exceptions of course.

lance_gray

circles down wrote:

There's lots of places that have not seen PJ in five years or way, way more.

I don't think they sell as well here, especially compared to cities in the northeast and west coast. These are just not very appealing cities for them to come to. The past two stops in Dallas they play the same theater in the butthole of the ghetto, there's no way to get around, and no reason to, so they probably don't have any fond memories of this city. I can tell you for sure that any event, no matter what, at Starplex (smirnoff/superpages.com center) will bring out all the mulleted rednecks. That's one culture that is hard to embrace, in fact, it's a big turnoff if that's one of your impressions of the city.

Pj probably doesn't care about most of your list. They have the luxury to be selective and Texas just isn't worth it to them when they can do the NE and west coast.

I don't understand why people keep saying they don't sell well here. Every show I've been to has been at least 90-95% full, even in OKC! So, unless your saying that they don't sell well as far as CDs then I just don't buy it. I'm pretty pissed off this morning now that I know for sure they won't be coming here. I wish they would just fucking come down here to shut us up if for anything else.

Flagg

McMansions.

lance_gray

21. Another reason they don't come here is Dallas is home to almost all known $30,000 millionaires.