Why does Pearl Jam hate Texas?

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  • Kertokovich
    Kertokovich Posts: 193
    I was born here, and live here and for the most part.....can't stand this place.

    More good reasons for Pearl Jam not playing would be:
    1. The Koffe Kup Kafe just south of me on Hwy 281 in Hico, I believe. Surely it was not meant to intimidate.
    2. I sign I remember seeing as a kid in Bowie, TX letting all black people know they better be gone before dark or they would never see the sun rise.
    3. TCEQ - Permitting Millions of Polluters Every Day
    4. The Mavericks blowing the 2006 Championship
    5. More children without insurance than any other state
    6. Radio Stations 570 KLIF and especially WBAP 820 with their barrage of Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin.
    7. The "We are the best" attitude, along with "Love it or Leave It"
    8. The "Liberals Suck and You'll Take My Gun Only from My Cold Dead Hand" Bumber stickers that dot the back of pick up windows.
    9. "Wife beaters, Fuckin Wifebeaters" - some of you remember that, you have to, actually one of my greatest moments in Texas.
    10. George W., It's already been said but it can't be said enough.


    I remember Ed saying in 03 that they wouldn't be back for a long while. Now I wonder will it ever happen.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    moses562 wrote:
    I had to pause and reply to this real quick before reading on... Texas DOES NOT HAVE MOUNTAINS... there are many hills... some which might look like mountains... but no REAL mountains... I will never be able to accept this and I've been in Texas for about 18 years now... I've climbed REAL mountains... seen real mountains... mountains are breath-taking... and I know that this is just my OPINION.

    As noted above, travel down to Big Bend and the Chisos Mountains. You get up around 8,000 feet. It's not the Cascades, but it's worth checking out. I've yet to make it down there, but it is on my list of places to go backpacking.
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  • Kertokovich
    Kertokovich Posts: 193
    slightofjeff wrote:
    I've lived in Texas my whole life ... and while, I'll admit there are some douchebags that live here, I'm not 100 percent sure there are more douchebags per capita than anywhere else ... it's a big fucking state.

    As for the argument that PJ can't sell here ... well, every show I've been to in this state, and I've basically been to every one since '95, has been sold out. Even Lubbock fucking Texas, which is the like the sweat ball on the armpit of America.

    Of course, they haven't been here in five fucking years and counting, so maybe their appeal has dwindled here since then. I still find it hard to believe that they couldn't play one show in the second largest state in the union and sell tickets ... but what do I know?

    I don't neccesarily mind their anti-Texas stance, mind you. I get to see plenty of America because of it ... it would just be nice, once every half decade, to be able to sleep in my own bed the night after seeing Pearl Jam.

    If only I could afford to travel to tother places I would, I still would now if it was an ajoining state, but hell closest thing I can find of late has been Denver, with a short set or Tennessee and I can't afford the festival tickets. I agree all the shows I have been to in Dallas were well attended. It is a burnout, I knew I should not have got my hopes up for Sept. 25
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    Sept. 1995 Austin
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  • Corduroyboy
    Corduroyboy Posts: 1,256
    They fear Dennis Rodman will show up again and not want to get off the stage!
  • InHiding19
    InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    cause Texas sucks thats why
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  • Kertokovich
    Kertokovich Posts: 193
    Agreed! Why the fuck can't I convince my wife to move. Of course I would just want to move back to a state where Pearl Jam is more rare.
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    Nov. 1993 OKC
    Sept. 1995 Austin
    July 1998 Kansas City
    Oct. 2000 Dallas
    June 2003 Dallas
  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    well. maybe it's because there's only two things from texas.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    moses562 wrote:
    I had to pause and reply to this real quick before reading on... Texas DOES NOT HAVE MOUNTAINS... there are many hills... some which might look like mountains... but no REAL mountains... I will never be able to accept this and I've been in Texas for about 18 years now... I've climbed REAL mountains... seen real mountains... mountains are breath-taking... and I know that this is just my OPINION.

    Have you ever been to El Paso? The Davis Mountains?

    I mean, it ain't Kilamanjaro, but they are mountains by the geological definition.
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  • Kertokovich
    Kertokovich Posts: 193
    On Mountains, Oklahoma also has some very old "Clash and Fold" Mountains.
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  • suns22
    suns22 Posts: 94
    When I see Pearl Jam at bonnaroo, I might bring a sign that says:

    "Play TEXAS, you pussies!"
    San Antonio '03
    Houston '03
    Dallas '03
    Hopefully more to come in TX.......some day.
    Bonnaroo '08
  • whidbey
    whidbey ATX Posts: 57
    Oklahoma PJ Fan wrote:
    I remember Ed saying in 03 that they wouldn't be back for a long while. Now I wonder will it ever happen.


    I was at the San Antonio show and the Dallas show in 03. Where did he say that?
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  • olderman
    olderman Posts: 1,765
    it's the Big Ranch Steak House in Amarillo that keeps PJ away

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    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • Kertokovich
    Kertokovich Posts: 193
    whidbey wrote:
    I was at the San Antonio show and the Dallas show in 03. Where did he say that?
    He said it at the Dallas show, at the end or in one of the encores I think. Flagg you remember don't you?
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  • ryph raph
    ryph raph Posts: 887
    Satan... I mean george herbert walker bush resides there.
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  • suns22
    suns22 Posts: 94
    Oklahoma PJ Fan wrote:
    He said it at the Dallas show, at the end or in one of the encores I think. Flagg you remember don't you?

    I was there, he did say it, you can hear it on the boot.

    I think five years qualifies as a long time.
    San Antonio '03
    Houston '03
    Dallas '03
    Hopefully more to come in TX.......some day.
    Bonnaroo '08
  • InHiding19
    InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    PJ is smart these last couple years and hopefully the stick to their policy of "don't mess with texas"
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  • lance_gray
    lance_gray Posts: 166
    Oklahoma PJ Fan wrote:
    6. Radio Stations 570 KLIF and especially WBAP 820 with their barrage of Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin.

    That's why you should listen to Russ Martin! I was also at the last Dallas show they played. Great show.
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  • Kertokovich
    Kertokovich Posts: 193
    lance_gray wrote:
    That's why you should listen to Russ Martin! I was also at the last Dallas show they played. Great show.
    I am a Ticket listener but I do like Russ. Both would be one of the few good things about Texas, along with the thousands of us who have kept renewing our 10 Club memberships and hoping for the Dallas, Houston, San Antonio or Austin announcement that does not seem to be coming.

    Agreed on the greatness of that show. It was my favorite, althoughl ooking back on the 93 OKC show it holds a special place as well. As does the 200o Porch and all the other great stuff they have done at the last two Dallas shows.
    Can't You Feel This World, With Your Heart and Not Your Brain
    Nov. 1993 OKC
    Sept. 1995 Austin
    July 1998 Kansas City
    Oct. 2000 Dallas
    June 2003 Dallas
  • Kertokovich
    Kertokovich Posts: 193
    Reason No. 1324 - Soon to be not just one but two Bush Libraries.
    Can't You Feel This World, With Your Heart and Not Your Brain
    Nov. 1993 OKC
    Sept. 1995 Austin
    July 1998 Kansas City
    Oct. 2000 Dallas
    June 2003 Dallas
  • Fury Three
    Fury Three Posts: 32
    I remember when I was living in San Antonio in 2003. One of those canned morning FM radio shows literally opened a discussion of "How you feel about Pearl Jam playing here," the oblique implication being that they were liberal and against the war and how dare they.

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