Proof that PJ posters move even if the consensus is dislike for the print.
When I saw the Louisville poster my first thought was “that shouldn’t be too hard to get.” Now I think you’re right - the actual poster doesn’t matter anymore.
I would buy that in a heart beat - the more absurd the Vedder.
98: St. Louis. 2000: Alpine. 2003: Chicago. 2006: Chicago Night 2, Milwaukee Night 1. 2007: Chicago (Lolla). 2009: Chicago 1 & 2. 2011: Alpine 1 & 2. 2013: Chicago & LA Night 1. 2016: Chicago 1 & 2. 2018: Chicago 1 & 2.
I do have to say that Fresno was a really good show...really good....!!!! and it makes the poster far more likable due to that fact.... Fresno still has to rank up there with one of the most random nights I have had a concert in a long time.... 1. Drove three hours south of home for the show 2. The line for a recommended restaurant was ridiculous so my concert partner and I decided to start drinking whisky at a Buffalo Wild Wings (first time for me....Buffalo Wild Wings--not whisky). 3. Rolled into the show purchased more whisky....along with a poster -shirts, stickers and pins unavailable 4. Watched a supremely entertaining show with local gangbangers (full body tattoos with no shirts on during entire show) standing in the row behind me yelling repeatedly until they started to go hoarse "WE LOVE YOU EDDIE!!!!!"--- pretty odd--btw the whisky made me care less than I would have normally. 5. Said gangbangers spilled beer on me while show was going on--my concert partner and his brother in law looked over and were convinced that it was going to turn into a fight when I turned around to "confront" previously mentioned gangbangers. 6. I actually turned around because they were apologizing profusely and I was telling them that it was fine. 7. What my friends thought was going to be fisticuffs turned out to be me offering the gangbangers (See above) a stick of gum....for some reason my friends thought that this was the most hilarious thing ever. 8. We left the venue and my hazy decision making allowed me to determine that a bacon wrapped hot dog sold by a local street merchant was just the thing to finish off the night....or so I thought. 9. As we were walking back to our respective hotels, my two concerts friends (not the gangbangers but, as a sidebar, I will tell you that we exchanged manly hugs at the end of the show) remembered the hotel "concierge" said that good drinks were served at the 500 Club Casino (https://500clubcasino.com/). Guess what? Said "concierge" was not totally wrong. I will tell you that no one in the world was more shocked than I was when a bartender yelled "last call" out over the din of the late Tuesday night/Wednesday morning crowd. 10. Walked a couple of blocks back to the Marriott hotel room that I had rented....and prepared for the 3+ hour drive back the next day and a late arrival at the office.... I honest-to-god, not kidding, for real had a hangover flashback at the end of writing this ....and absolute "nail-in-the-temple" headache that is now abating.... Wings, whisky, poster, Pearl Jam, gangbangers, gum, bimbo dogs, casino, whisky, late night, long drive home....god damn it Fresno you had me at hello......
And yes...the poster means more to me than the "art" itself....
^^nicely told. I hung with a cool street dude once after a cbgb show where white collar kids there tried to rough me up. learned to save prejudice for politicians. Friends are in the shadows.
The bomb proof Hamilton shipment is pretty freaking sweet! Shipped flat.
He does do,a great job of packing them up
2005 - London
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1 2018 - Fenway 1&2 2022 - Hamilton, Toronto 2023 - Chicago 1&2
I do have to say that Fresno was a really good show...really good....!!!! and it makes the poster far more likable due to that fact.... Fresno still has to rank up there with one of the most random nights I have had a concert in a long time.... 1. Drove three hours south of home for the show 2. The line for a recommended restaurant was ridiculous so my concert partner and I decided to start drinking whisky at a Buffalo Wild Wings (first time for me....Buffalo Wild Wings--not whisky). 3. Rolled into the show purchased more whisky....along with a poster -shirts, stickers and pins unavailable 4. Watched a supremely entertaining show with local gangbangers (full body tattoos with no shirts on during entire show) standing in the row behind me yelling repeatedly until they started to go hoarse "WE LOVE YOU EDDIE!!!!!"--- pretty odd--btw the whisky made me care less than I would have normally. 5. Said gangbangers spilled beer on me while show was going on--my concert partner and his brother in law looked over and were convinced that it was going to turn into a fight when I turned around to "confront" previously mentioned gangbangers. 6. I actually turned around because they were apologizing profusely and I was telling them that it was fine. 7. What my friends thought was going to be fisticuffs turned out to be me offering the gangbangers (See above) a stick of gum....for some reason my friends thought that this was the most hilarious thing ever. 8. We left the venue and my hazy decision making allowed me to determine that a bacon wrapped hot dog sold by a local street merchant was just the thing to finish off the night....or so I thought. 9. As we were walking back to our respective hotels, my two concerts friends (not the gangbangers but, as a sidebar, I will tell you that we exchanged manly hugs at the end of the show) remembered the hotel "concierge" said that good drinks were served at the 500 Club Casino (https://500clubcasino.com/). Guess what? Said "concierge" was not totally wrong. I will tell you that no one in the world was more shocked than I was when a bartender yelled "last call" out over the din of the late Tuesday night/Wednesday morning crowd. 10. Walked a couple of blocks back to the Marriott hotel room that I had rented....and prepared for the 3+ hour drive back the next day and a late arrival at the office.... I honest-to-god, not kidding, for real had a hangover flashback at the end of writing this ....and absolute "nail-in-the-temple" headache that is now abating.... Wings, whisky, poster, Pearl Jam, gangbangers, gum, bimbo dogs, casino, whisky, late night, long drive home....god damn it Fresno you had me at hello......
And yes...the poster means more to me than the "art" itself....
This story pretty much sums up why the posters for the shows we go to can be important, regardless of what they look like. We can sit there and look at them and remember our own stories. Someone with me in line in Denver said pretty much the same, that it is about the memories.
Also, the Denver poster has grown on me a ton. I love the meaning of it, being local, and there is just something unique about it. Took it to get framed yesterday and doing something way different than I have and it is going to look amazing.
Wings, whisky, poster, Pearl Jam, gangbangers, gum, bimbo dogs, casino, whisky, late night, long drive home....god damn it Fresno you had me at hello......
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denver, not so much
There are limits ...
"Let the Ocean dissolve away my past."
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"He made the deal with the devil, we get to play with him.
He goes to hell, of course. We're going to heaven."
Fresno still has to rank up there with one of the most random nights I have had a concert in a long time....
1. Drove three hours south of home for the show
2. The line for a recommended restaurant was ridiculous so my concert partner and I decided to start drinking whisky at a Buffalo Wild Wings (first time for me....Buffalo Wild Wings--not whisky).
3. Rolled into the show purchased more whisky....along with a poster -shirts, stickers and pins unavailable
4. Watched a supremely entertaining show with local gangbangers (full body tattoos with no shirts on during entire show) standing in the row behind me yelling repeatedly until they started to go hoarse "WE LOVE YOU EDDIE!!!!!"--- pretty odd--btw the whisky made me care less than I would have normally.
5. Said gangbangers spilled beer on me while show was going on--my concert partner and his brother in law looked over and were convinced that it was going to turn into a fight when I turned around to "confront" previously mentioned gangbangers.
6. I actually turned around because they were apologizing profusely and I was telling them that it was fine.
7. What my friends thought was going to be fisticuffs turned out to be me offering the gangbangers (See above) a stick of gum....for some reason my friends thought that this was the most hilarious thing ever.
8. We left the venue and my hazy decision making allowed me to determine that a bacon wrapped hot dog sold by a local street merchant was just the thing to finish off the night....or so I thought.
9. As we were walking back to our respective hotels, my two concerts friends (not the gangbangers but, as a sidebar, I will tell you that we exchanged manly hugs at the end of the show) remembered the hotel "concierge" said that good drinks were served at the 500 Club Casino (https://500clubcasino.com/). Guess what? Said "concierge" was not totally wrong. I will tell you that no one in the world was more shocked than I was when a bartender yelled "last call" out over the din of the late Tuesday night/Wednesday morning crowd.
10. Walked a couple of blocks back to the Marriott hotel room that I had rented....and prepared for the 3+ hour drive back the next day and a late arrival at the office....
I honest-to-god, not kidding, for real had a hangover flashback at the end of writing this ....and absolute "nail-in-the-temple" headache that is now abating....
Wings, whisky, poster, Pearl Jam, gangbangers, gum, bimbo dogs, casino, whisky, late night, long drive home....god damn it Fresno you had me at hello......
And yes...the poster means more to me than the "art" itself....
learned to save prejudice for politicians.
Friends are in the shadows.
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The bomb proof Hamilton shipment is pretty freaking sweet! Shipped flat.
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
2018 - Fenway 1&2
2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
2023 - Chicago 1&2
He totally does. And no customs / duty taxes to Canada.
Also, the Denver poster has grown on me a ton. I love the meaning of it, being local, and there is just something unique about it. Took it to get framed yesterday and doing something way different than I have and it is going to look amazing.
Yep. I'm guessing early this coming week.