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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Check out this idea... cheers.

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=219418
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    ^ def.

    Also spread the word the old fashioned way..

    lots of fans not on this board you know :p

    Here's another idea:

    Aussies help us out..

    hold up signs that say "Please play the American South!" at your shows! Get their attention!
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



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    "Make our day"
  • pjalive21pjalive21 Posts: 2,818
    we are a force to be dealt with and will not go away till you come and visit each and every one of us :)
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Lizardking wrote:
    "After Australia we are going to be done for a while, well and Hawaii"

    Are you going to play the South? I asked

    "No, we just don't sell very well down there, maybe in the future we can hook up with the Foo Fighters and go South"

    Any Seattle dates coming?
    "No, atleast nothing yet, but doesn't mean we won't do one in 6 months or something?

    Mike is about the nicest guy I have ever met!!!

    I just want to go BACK to the beginning and reiterate my CHIEF COMPLAINT about this whole play the South/not play the South situation.....

    HAD I KNOWN THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO PLAY THE SOUTH ON THIS TOUR, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT TICKETS TO ONE OF THE OTHER SHOWS ON THE TOUR AND TRAVELED TO SEE THEM. WHAT I AM UPSET ABOUT IS BEING LEFT IN THE DARK AND NOT BEING TOLD THAT THIS TOUR, UNLIKE PREVIOUS TOURS, WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES.

    So there :-p
  • RodrigoDuRodrigoDu Posts: 140
    I'll also write them a letter
    I dont believe theyre not playing the south...
    "The ocean's made me, but who came up with love?"

    D.C. '00
    West Palm Beach '03
    Tampa '03
    Philadelphia '03
    Albany '03
    Mexico City 1,2,3 '03
    Pittsburgh '06
    Cincinnati '06
    NYC 2 '10
    Costa Rica '11
    Mexico City '15
    Dana Point '21
    Chicago 2 '24
  • RodrigoDuRodrigoDu Posts: 140
    I'll also write them a letter
    I dont believe theyre not playing the south...
    "The ocean's made me, but who came up with love?"

    D.C. '00
    West Palm Beach '03
    Tampa '03
    Philadelphia '03
    Albany '03
    Mexico City 1,2,3 '03
    Pittsburgh '06
    Cincinnati '06
    NYC 2 '10
    Costa Rica '11
    Mexico City '15
    Dana Point '21
    Chicago 2 '24
  • RodrigoDuRodrigoDu Posts: 140
    I'll also write them a letter
    I dont believe theyre not playing the south...
    "The ocean's made me, but who came up with love?"

    D.C. '00
    West Palm Beach '03
    Tampa '03
    Philadelphia '03
    Albany '03
    Mexico City 1,2,3 '03
    Pittsburgh '06
    Cincinnati '06
    NYC 2 '10
    Costa Rica '11
    Mexico City '15
    Dana Point '21
    Chicago 2 '24
  • jubilairesjljubilairesjl Posts: 497
    Despite what the other thread says that Mike said, we should continue to make noise and let them know how we feel. So Pearl Jam, PLAY THE SOUTH!!!! You can wait till it warms up, but we want to see you guys!!!!
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    NYC 5/2/2016
  • yield2meyield2me Posts: 1,291
    I'm in!
    “May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
  • RodrigoDuRodrigoDu Posts: 140
    Dollpartz wrote:
    I just want to go BACK to the beginning and reiterate my CHIEF COMPLAINT about this whole play the South/not play the South situation.....

    HAD I KNOWN THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO PLAY THE SOUTH ON THIS TOUR, FOR WHATEVER REASON, I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT TICKETS TO ONE OF THE OTHER SHOWS ON THE TOUR AND TRAVELED TO SEE THEM. WHAT I AM UPSET ABOUT IS BEING LEFT IN THE DARK AND NOT BEING TOLD THAT THIS TOUR, UNLIKE PREVIOUS TOURS, WOULD NOT INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES.

    So there :-p

    I totally agree with you!
    Its really not fair for us in the South! and now they're not even gonna play here because of a few empty seats. Sounds to me PJ is getting a bit "G-R-E-E-D-Y"
    "The ocean's made me, but who came up with love?"

    D.C. '00
    West Palm Beach '03
    Tampa '03
    Philadelphia '03
    Albany '03
    Mexico City 1,2,3 '03
    Pittsburgh '06
    Cincinnati '06
    NYC 2 '10
    Costa Rica '11
    Mexico City '15
    Dana Point '21
    Chicago 2 '24
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    RodrigoDu wrote:
    I totally agree with you!
    Its really not fair for us in the South! and now they're not even gonna play here because of a few empty seats. Sounds to me PJ is getting a bit "G-R-E-E-D-Y"

    Damn, I hesitate to say that about my favorite band of all time, I really do! I don't know what the reason is, and literally do not care. If they don't want to come here, that's their right, but a little heads up to the fans in the south would have been nice, and that's all I'm saying. Obviously, in the future, I won't wait for them to announce all of the shows, I'll just try to get my ass to the first one I can, but its such a letdown. They were so good in Kissimmee, and before that, the last time I had a chance to see them was at Golden Gate Park in 95, and we all know how that show turned out! It's okay though, I'm still faithfull, but every now and then just have to vent!
  • stonegstoneg Posts: 1,940
    I will not give up hope.I has been 2 years since I saw them live.It will happen for Florida.Even if it takes another 6 months to a year it is all worth it.
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    cool! keep this thread bumped so all us "southerners" have a shot of seeing 'em in the lower half! :)


    Hmmm - should we state "I'm willing to pay more if you are playing smaller venues"?
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • TheGossmanTheGossman Posts: 1,120
    I'm in, and so is my dog otis
    9/4/98, 8/4/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/15/03, 4/16/03, 4/19/03, 4/25/03, 4/26/03, 4/28/03, 4/29/03, 4/30/03, 7/8/03, 7/9/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/6/04, 9/1/05, 9/2/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 8/5/07, 6/11/08, 6/12/08, 6/14/08, 6/16/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08
  • dangerboydangerboy Posts: 1,569
    stoneg wrote:
    I will not give up hope.I has been 2 years since I saw them live.It will happen for Florida.Even if it takes another 6 months to a year it is all worth it.

    unofficial sticky 7/1/03 brstow va was the last show for me....3 and a half years....


    ebay isn't evil people are


    The South is Much Obliged
  • MakingWavesMakingWaves Posts: 1,293
    RodrigoDu wrote:
    I totally agree with you!
    Its really not fair for us in the South! and now they're not even gonna play here because of a few empty seats. Sounds to me PJ is getting a bit "G-R-E-E-D-Y"

    I couldn't agree more and all I wanted was an advance notice that they wouldn't be playing anymore US dates. If they come I will go I would be so excited but it I don't think it will happen. I never thought I would think PJ would be greedy.
    I am done with this crap.
    Seeing visions of falling up somehow.

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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Back from the 'Bama Game bump.......Roll Tide!!! :)

    Plant some trees

    Please, oh please, won't you tour the South, Pearl Jam
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • therovertherover Posts: 88
    That line, "we don't sell well down there," fucking makes me sick. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SCALE BACK YOUR FANBASE!!!! ITS YOUR FAULT DUMBASSES!!!!!!!! You don't hardly do any promotion, tour 40% of the country and you expect to sell out everywhere? Might need to look into some business classes while you're on break. Music doesn't run on the supply and demand theory.

    NO SUPPLY = NO DEMAND

    The Black Keys will be here in November, I will be buying tickets.

    Sorry, rant over.
  • ThumbingMyWay32ThumbingMyWay32 Posts: 1,224
    Shut Up!!!
    "Sarcasm: intellect on the offensive"

    "What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact."

    Camden 5-28-06
    Washington, D.C. 6-22-08
  • stonegstoneg Posts: 1,940
    second page save.
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    Tampa 00'
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    House of Blues 03'
    Tampa 03'
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    Tampa 08'
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Keeping the faith....

    still advocating the planting of trees....

    still hoping that Pearl Jam makes it this way.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • weenieweenie Posts: 1,623
    Time to get moving on a Sunday morning, but first:

    PLAY THE SOUTH!
    Please?
    ~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
    Mohandas K. Gandhi

    ~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
    Henry David Thoreau
  • FahkaFahka Posts: 3,187
    yeah we should keep them simple as well. Pearl Jam Please play the south, we love you and will help anyway we can to make it happen.





    signed sincerely




    but yeah, count me in... im writing mine now ;)
  • FahkaFahka Posts: 3,187
    btw, maybe we should just mail them as we write them?





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  • NCBRINCBRI Posts: 1,902
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Check out this idea... cheers.

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=219418


    Ill be sending a short one along with my email receipt for my tree planting donation. If they don't want to respond to us via The Pit, then we might as well start filling up their mailbox in Seattle.
    Brian
  • NCBRINCBRI Posts: 1,902
    BarkingDogs wrote:
    Movin this info to the last page for all to see.....

    This little movement seems to have grown some legs of its own....

    The *** Official Plant a Tree, Play the South*** petition has been merged with this thread.

    Im going to keep posting this until we get lots more people on board.

    We are hoping to get the attention of the band and do something great for the enviroment at the same time. What we would like to do is plant as many trees as possible in order to offset the "Carbon Footprint" (see Activism) of PJ'S tour when they come southward (and I know they will!)

    Below are some suggested links to foundations that will plant trees for small donations. They will even send you a certificate indicating that the trees have been planted and where they were planted. For as little as 10 bucks, only half the cost of your 10c membership, you can get 10 trees planted in honor of PJ's Southern Tour leg in 2007.

    My 10 trees are planted and they should be photosynthesising as we speak. Once my certificate arrives, it will be forwarded to the 10c.

    Folks, its entirely possible, with a little help we could get litterally thousands of trees planted with this little "Southern Homegrown Movement".

    The steps are simple:

    1) Pick a foundation from the links below (or any other that you like), or just visit your local home improvement
    megastore.

    2) Purchase your trees. (stealing your neighbor's trees and re-planting them is NOT recommended :D.)

    3) Have your certificate, if applicable, filled out to indicate that these trees were planted in honor of Pearl Jam's Southern US Tour in 2007.

    Or, if you plant a tree at your house, just snap a picture.

    4) Send your certificate, printed email receipt or photo to the 10c at the below address.

    ** SNAIL MAIL IS THE OPTIMAL ATTENTION GETTING METHOD.**
    on the outside of your envelope please write:
    "Trees for Pearl Jam Movement"

    It's that easy!

    Let's really get the band's attention in a positive way instead of just bitchin and moaning!:)

    Re-Forestation Links:

    http://www.arborday.org/join/TICTIM/index.cfm

    http://www.americanforeststore.org/

    http://www.saveourhemlocks.org/

    And the 10c address to mail in that certificate or photo:

    Pearl Jam
    PO Box 4570
    Seattle, WA
    98194-0570

    THANKS AGAIN TO ALL WHO HAVE OFFERED A BOATLOAD OF AWESOME SUGGESTIONS AND HELPFUL LINKS AND THANKS FOR BEING ALL AROUND COOL PEOPLE! :D

    LET'S MAKE THIS WORK! GO PLANT A TREE!



    Facts From the Arbor Day Foundation Site:

    Over the course of 50 years, a single tree can generate $31,250 of oxygen, provide $62,000 worth of air pollution control, recycle $37,500 worth of water, and control $31,500 worth of soil erosion.
    __ __ ____ ___ ___ _____ ___ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ __ ___

    So, based on the list we have so far (if youve planted a tree or ten, please add your name to the list that's circulating):

    We will have generated $ 4,687,500.00 worth of oxygen, provided $9,300,000.00 worth of air polution control, recycled $5,625,000.00 worth of water and controlled $4,725,000.00 worth of soil erosion!!! :D

    How about those numbers boys and girls...all from 15 people planting 10 trees each for a grand total of only $150 !!

    So, let me reitterate my point again in another way...for only $10...1/2 the cost of your 10c membership, 1/3 the cost of a tour poster (about 1/10 if you go and flip it on eBay) or the roughly the cost of 9 Wendy's Bacon Jr. Cheesburgers (plus tax)... you can help out a great cause and get PJ's attention in an environmentally friendly way....

    Help us offset the "Carbon Footprint" (see Activism header on 10c website) of PJ's tour, (and hopefully grab enough of their attention that they will add the South to their 2007 tour itenerary), by coughing up measly 10 bucks on your next payday (you're only gonna blow it on booze and smokes anyway)..... visit one of the suggested websites today and......

    PLANT A FEW TREES so PJ will PLAY THE SOUTH!


    This should be pushed to the forefront.
    Brian
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    It's almost time for some football.........yeah baby!!!

    It's always time to plant trees...

    and it's way past time for Pearl Jam to tour the South!!!
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Thanks to all the forth-coming support from folks out of the South......we do appreciate it.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    Yeah I'm sure this is gonna work.....
  • SPALMASPALMA Posts: 2,279
    Just came back from the beach... such a beautiful day, water is green-turquoise, 79 degrees... so nice.

    Wonder if any PJ members are going to be down here for the Kelly Slater surf competition later this month.
    Maybe they'll see the light...
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
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