Memories,Meetings,Memorabilia and the story and pictures behind them.
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Careful - I bought a suit at 23. By the time I needed to wear one, I needed to buy another. 🤨Loujoe said:Cool and wow. I guess I should buy a tux when I turn 21!"A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory0 -
been a fan since 92. never heard Veddersexual until just now.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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I guess it's not the kind of thing you advise someone to "catch up" on, but yes, I remember it coming up often '93-'00 and I loved it, PJ once again pushing boundaries and helping people evolve!HughFreakingDillon said:been a fan since 92. never heard Veddersexual until just now.
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Fan since 91, been on the boards since 2011. Thankfully have never heard that egregious term before now...JH6056 said:
TELL ME you've been a PJ fan for decades and have never heard that term!!! LOL!tempo_n_groove said:
"Veddersexual"JH6056 said:
I only got to see 2 shows at City Gardens (and neither with a killer lineup like yours), but I LOVED that place! Dirty, sweaty, felt like a basement, but great energy, loved it!Loujoe said:Very nice Rob^^^
Quick story I'm sure I told before. back in 89 maybe 90, friend of mine likes voivod. "Hey they are playing at a dirty club city gardens, do you want to go?" Sure. Oh yeah Faith no more and Soundgarden are opening for them. Ok. I knew little about each band. Drove to trenton and landed in time for Faith no more. Dang they were great!! Then soundgarden where a screaming topless cc (hot and I'm all man) in doc martins climbed the (bloodied from gwar show) ceiling and kicked it in above my head. Damn. What a memory...
Then voivod was pretty killer too.
Saw that line-up again at the ritz nyc.
Met cc in Toronto and talked about that tour and show. He was a gentleman to me.
Killer life.
Great story too! Over the years I see guys who are not into guys but find Ed hot call themselves "Veddersexual". I wonder what the Chris Cornell equivalent version is, because no surprise at all he had the same effect on everyone, regardless of orientation!
What da fuq!?!
Actually Loujoe was close with his "won't go out for drinks after", because if I remember the standard correctly at the time, it was "I only like women but I wouldn't kick Eddie Vedder out of bed", that made you "Veddersexual".
Granted, I was absent from all things PJ for a good 10 yrs until about 2013 so maybe the concept died then? If so, nice job Loujoe for resurrecting what clearly needed resurrecting!
If I did it was washed from my mind thankfully.0 -
Well, if you guys are serious and you actually find it offensive, I've no problem deleting those comments. It was always said in good spirit and humor at the time, and I don't remember it ever being censored by the Admins, but I've no interest in using a phrase that fans see offensive or problematic, so just say the word in this case... fine with deleting.tempo_n_groove said:
Fan since 91, been on the boards since 2011. Thankfully have never heard that egregious term before now...JH6056 said:
TELL ME you've been a PJ fan for decades and have never heard that term!!! LOL!tempo_n_groove said:
"Veddersexual"JH6056 said:
I only got to see 2 shows at City Gardens (and neither with a killer lineup like yours), but I LOVED that place! Dirty, sweaty, felt like a basement, but great energy, loved it!Loujoe said:Very nice Rob^^^
Quick story I'm sure I told before. back in 89 maybe 90, friend of mine likes voivod. "Hey they are playing at a dirty club city gardens, do you want to go?" Sure. Oh yeah Faith no more and Soundgarden are opening for them. Ok. I knew little about each band. Drove to trenton and landed in time for Faith no more. Dang they were great!! Then soundgarden where a screaming topless cc (hot and I'm all man) in doc martins climbed the (bloodied from gwar show) ceiling and kicked it in above my head. Damn. What a memory...
Then voivod was pretty killer too.
Saw that line-up again at the ritz nyc.
Met cc in Toronto and talked about that tour and show. He was a gentleman to me.
Killer life.
Great story too! Over the years I see guys who are not into guys but find Ed hot call themselves "Veddersexual". I wonder what the Chris Cornell equivalent version is, because no surprise at all he had the same effect on everyone, regardless of orientation!
What da fuq!?!
Actually Loujoe was close with his "won't go out for drinks after", because if I remember the standard correctly at the time, it was "I only like women but I wouldn't kick Eddie Vedder out of bed", that made you "Veddersexual".
Granted, I was absent from all things PJ for a good 10 yrs until about 2013 so maybe the concept died then? If so, nice job Loujoe for resurrecting what clearly needed resurrecting!
If I did it was washed from my mind thankfully.0 -
offensive? haha. no. I just never heard it. and I'm pretty sure tempo is being tongue in cheek.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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It's not offensive, it is just like nahh man! Don't go there!
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if it was a choice between Veddersexual and "it doesn't get eddie vedder than this", I choose the former.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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I will take all of the above over "the boys"HughFreakingDillon said:if it was a choice between Veddersexual and "it doesn't get eddie vedder than this", I choose the former.0 -
Same! Well, fan since 95 or 96, but nonetheless...HughFreakingDillon said:been a fan since 92. never heard Veddersexual until just now."A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory0 -
Uncle Neil would not approve of either of these.HughFreakingDillon said:if it was a choice between Veddersexual and "it doesn't get eddie vedder than this", I choose the former.I'll ride the wave where it takes me......0 -
I agree with getting rid of "the boys" but in addition no more "jamily"Get_Right said:
I will take all of the above over "the boys"HughFreakingDillon said:if it was a choice between Veddersexual and "it doesn't get eddie vedder than this", I choose the former.0 -
Ok so some of you OGs never heard the term, but I definitely didn't make it up, it was A THING! A very funny thing usually, too, especially when it was a significant other huffy about the amount of swoony attention someone was giving to the stage or even videos of PJ.
But hey, it's never too late to declare yourself! It is 2021 after all...
Wow I haven't heard the term "Jamily" in a long while! I know many who eye roll with that, but I always thought it was kinda sweet!0 -
yeah, it was way less cringey before I turned 47. lolJH6056 said:Ok so some of you OGs never heard the term, but I definitely didn't make it up, it was A THING! A very funny thing usually, too, especially when it was a significant other huffy about the amount of swoony attention someone was giving to the stage or even videos of PJ.
But hey, it's never too late to declare yourself! It is 2021 after all...
Wow I haven't heard the term "Jamily" in a long while! I know many who eye roll with that, but I always thought it was kinda sweet!By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
I m guessing we went to a lot of the same shows. Shn was number 59 for me.Get_Right said:
Out of body experience. Was seriously lifted in the air and pushed about 10 feet forward during Animal.mcgruff10 said:
That pit was no joke!Get_Right said:Love the feedback. No photos from 96, but I can say, that we walked out of that pit and into cold Heinekens and hot dogs, which at the time might as well have been caviar.
So same friend, makes the same call and we get tickets and backstage passes. we get there and we realize the passes are for the 28th. Now these were Epic records hospitality passes, not all access passes. The Epic team lets us in and says "no problem, welcome to our little party!" We are in a large tent and there is a casual spread, nothing too fancy, but cold beers, snacks, sandwiches and a dude working burgers and dogs on the grill. We looked around and Pearl Jam had its own little tunnel system of tents all roped off and clearly friends and family only. We are standing in our area backstage and we watch Pearl jam walk towards the stage about 100 feet in front of us! We felt special, it was nice! We make our way out of the tent into the crowd and we are about 30 people deep in the heart of the pit. BRUTAL. We find space and are able to duck in and out of the backstage area without issue. Free beers, food and bathrooms! WHAT A SHOW. I walk away in total awe. I have seen some great shows in my day, but Randalls II will always be special to me.
This was also my first PJ show and to say that it changed me is a total understatement. I often tell people that was the day Ed replaced Jerry in my musical life. Ohana 1 was show number 60!I'll ride the wave where it takes me......0 -
If it's ok to steer this thread away from PJ for a moment again, I just posted some AWESOME stories from someone I knew online 20 yrs ago about early days of Seattle ("Lucky Seattle residents back in the day" thread here on Porch), but one story where this amazing woman M took her friend Q who was already a mega Nirvana fan before Nevermind came out to see a pre-Nevermind unannounced Nirvana show in Seattle without telling her who they were going to see, it reminded me of this story... (Also the Chris Cornell & Soundgarden fans here should definitely check out that other thread, a very nice Soundgarden show snippet there).
But my story of being told I was going to see a show but not told who...
NYC 1997, same ex (who now really was an ex) called me and said his brother, who worked for a radio station, had gotten him 2 tix for a show at a theater in Times Sq, I guess then called "The Supper Club" but according to Wikipedia it was The Edison Theater first. Capacity 541 people. This is the same ex btw who made me miss Pearl Jam at the unannounced Slims show in '93 when we were still a couple because we were fighting about how much I loved Pearl Jam. Can anyone relate? LOL!
But we were still friends and he called me and said "I don't know who it is, but it's got to be good because my brother was adamant I HAD to go, HAD to take a big music fan as my guest, and HAVE to be at this theater no later than 3:00pm on this day. Wanna go?"
So went, got out of work late so was already a little late to get there and freaking out, got out of the subway and was RUNNING through Times Sq. I mean trying to act like a superhero running, and I tripped and FLEW through the air before landing on my knees, one knee landing on a rock. Pain like I couldn't explain. Nice strangers helped me up, and I cried and limped the rest of the way through TImes Sq to the theater. SUPER RELIEVED to arrive and still see a line outside and a very pissed ex but then he looked at my face and was like "What happened???" I told him, he pulled me into the line and TRIGGER WARNING: about to describe a kinda gross medical situation with my knee. Feel free to go to next paragraph if you don't wanna know. Still here? I was wearing a skirt with leggings under it, so I pulled the leggings down & as I pulled them past my knee, a chunk of my actual knee came off, stuck to the leggings with blood. "Ohhhhhh shit..."
This seemed like a good time to ask "Well, who's concert is this?" My ex, we'll call him Sean, handed me a plastic pass with the cover of David Bowie's new album coming out called "Earthling" on it and this as a release party show!!!!!! David. Fucking. Bowie. In a theater that holds like 550 people in NYC!!! Ok, so going to the emergency room now and missing this show is NOT an option, at least we don't think it is. But I'm in pain & it looks pretty nasty. We looked at each other, smiled, and both yelled at the same time to the outdoor line of guests: "IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? OR THE LINE?" Nice woman yells back "I'm a cancer doctor, does that count?" We look at each other, "GOOD ENOUGH! PLEASE COME TALK TO US!" I show her my legging situation and my knee, and she says "Yeah, that's gonna need stitches." "But will I survive if we don't go to the ER right now? Like, will I live through the show?" "Go to a drug store and get peroxide, alcohol, clean it out, bandages, you'll live through the show."
Ex (he is a great guy) runs and gets all the medical stuff, playes an EMT in line and helps me clean up and bandage my knee, then when they finally let us in, we hobble over to a guy near some stairs and say "Where are there chairs here, is there anywhere we can watch this show from that has chairs?" "No, only the balcony has tables, but that's VIP. Do you have a VIP pass?" "No" "Sorry, you'll have to stand." We explain the situation and he's just about to say no again when this staff supervisor guy comes up and tells him he needs to do something (has nothing to do with us). He is pissed. "Why do I have to do that? Why isn't fucking Andy doing it?" Supervisor guy says "You gotta do it." So pissed VIP security guard looks at us and says "Go. Fucking go." and we scamper up the stairs, well I crawl up, but we get a table at the front of the balcony and there is a bottle of champagne on every table. We ask if it's ok to open it and they say yes and we settle in, pour 2 glasses of champagne, look at how tiny the theater is and that we are about to see David Bowie, and we are insanely excited!
Basically, show is brilliant, lots of songs from new album of course but I will NEVER EVER forget the "Cracked Actor" and "Life On Mars" we got, along with so many other amazing songs! It was freaking stunning. And the Joy, the natural seratonin, and the champagne helped me feel very little pain. And Sean was in heaven too, we're both Blondie fans as well and Chris Stein sat at next table, and Sean was such a mega mega studier of all things Bowie, he saw 2 of guys who'd produced prior Bowie albums in the past and had great convos with them. A mega-fan's dream. The balcony was crawling with VIPs, I don't remember everyone we saw or talked to but it was amazing. I had a couple of crazy "Wow, just wow" convos too. Mostly though we just watched the show in awe.
Here's the tour band, for the musician freaks (which Sean and I totally were) in this convo:David Bowie – vocals, guitar, alto & baritone saxophoneReeves Gabrels – guitar, backing vocalsGail Ann Dorsey – bass guitar, vocals, keyboardsZack Alford[18] – drums, percussionMike Garson – keyboards, backing vocals
When the show was over we were leaving to find a cab to the Brooklyn Kings Co Hospital ER and realized there were so many unopened champagne bottles still at the end of the night. We asked a waitress, she said "Go for it", and this was the 90s so we didn't even have to hide it on our way out. Got a cab, ER, FOUR HOUR WAIT before even being seen, but champagne and recounting all the things we couldn't believe had just happened made the time pass fast. Stiches, then massive thanks to the ex and separate cab rides home to each of our places. What a freaking 24 hrs....
If I find my friend M I'll ask her how I can tell the same story in like 1 paragraph next time like she does, I promise...
Update:
My ex messaged back, he's super busy with work but he sent me 2 links, a youtube audio of 12 of the show's 17 tracks, and this review. My gawd, the setlist.... drooling all over again!
https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2019/11/19/bowie-at-the-kit-kat-klub-20-years-ago-tonight?fbclid=IwAR33MjnM8oHUm5DZL9od_y4voimN3_k18VN5a1uiVojqIVBPLmVulprUQuw
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Cool story
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -0 -
Hot.
I went to the supper club once. Didn't see bowie there.
Awesome lesson in your story how something unbelievable can come out of something bad...something like that.
Help from strangers...kindness...love for all.
Me like that!!
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And I absolutely love when your 1st comment after something is "Hot." It's such a great reaction and yes, aligns with the stuff you say you like, so it's a LouLoveFest! Thanks to you & LastExitLondon for the ongoing discussions!Loujoe said:Hot.
I went to the supper club once. Didn't see bowie there.
Awesome lesson in your story how something unbelievable can come out of something bad...something like that.
Help from strangers...kindness...love for all.
Me like that!!0 -
Kind of a dumb story but if you will listen, all I need is an audience.
Okkkkkkk.
My co-worker was going to see DRI in brooklyn kind of recently. I asked him to get me a setlist if he could. He was like why? Then alright.
In the spirit of keeping stories long. My bud was a little intense and wild. Dangerous...
He was getting beer from a bodega and while he was walking down the street with his hands full he felt a sharp object to his back. "Give me your money" my bud replies. "Give me a taste!" And gets what he asked for.
Must not have been too deep. He finds his friend and they find the dude. Mess him up, and take his knife. His friend was in the military so knows a bit about injuries. He heated the knife up, 'this is gonna hurt' resticks bud and into the show they go.
Jumped on stage and got me the set-list.
I wonder if he's still alive. I hope he is.
I think I would have gave the dude my cash and ran home crying!!!
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