Integral Life Presents Stone Gossard

Rubysdad

Stone Gossard united with Integral Naked for a fascinating interview, offering an insider's view of the gritty origins of grunge music, and the struggles of maintaining one's artistic ideals in the vertigo of sudden fame.

"In this dialogue Stone Gossard leads us through the story of Pearl Jam's iconic rise, as well as his own experiences in the early grunge scene, long before any of us had ever known what teen spirit actually smelled like. Stone and Ken also discuss the current state of the music industry, some of the key problems it needs to come to terms with, and the role of record labels in the future of music. Stone's story is one that is truly aligned with the essence of Integral Art, which attempts to restore Beauty to it's rightful place within the human condition emphasizing creativity instead of deconstruction, idealism instead of apathy, depth instead of sensationalism, authenticity instead of irony and always reflecting the fullest expressions of both artist and audience alike. We hope you can join us in this fascinating exploration of artistic idealism and creative reverie...."

Download the entire 40-minute dialogue between Stone Gossard and Ken Wilber at http://in.integralinstitute.org/landing/Stone_Gossard/index.html

cincinnati dude

Great interview. But it's not the whole thing, is it?

Indifference

cincinnati dude wrote:

Great interview. But it's not the whole thing, is it?

It is - I listened to it last week before it was free and it was right around 40 minutes.

wma11

And its free this time??

Given to...

Right on, mate.

Pegasus

cincinnati dude wrote:

Great interview. But it's not the whole thing, is it?

It's the first part (in whole)..there's 3 in total, coming in later months I believe.

jonbond1779

Very cool!!!

Insights into the origins and evolution of Pearl Jam! WOW

Kilgore_Trout

haha just got to the ticketmaster issue

"well fuck you" (stoneys the very best!... great to get a more in depth look at his background and opinions... wish all the other members were more vocal more often instead of just ed)

aNiMaL

Yeah, I downloaded and listened to this a few days ago - GREAT interview/chat with Stone!!! He is very candid about everything he talks about.

I thought it was cool to hear him tell about his entire musical career.

Stone is the Man!

restlesssoul

cool, cant wait to hear this...

a5pj

rock on stone can't wait to give it a listen!

justam

Thanks for mentioning this.

ashtrayrock

Stone is one cool kat

Gossard_Is_God

restlesssoul wrote:

cool, cant wait to hear this...

same same same thanks!"!!

WindNoSail

So, the interview seems like it cutout in the middle, but it was very interesting. I think the younger PJ fans need to hear about how it all happened and why, including the desire to just be artists and how that is in conflict with the business of music. So, anyone know if I have to wait or is there a way to hear the rest.????

otter

That "interview" was awful. It was like listening to a phone conversation with a really anoying dude.

Here, Stone is excited to talk about Pearl Jam history along with the history of grunge music and this is the guy who has 40 min with him?

Aside from his retelling of common knowledge he never followed up on the interesting things Stone said.

I hated that. I just hope there is a new interview with a fan.

sorry my first post was negative but I was super anoyed

scottbird

Excellent interview, never really get to hear stone talk so I was psyched. Loved when he talked about ticket master, I want to hear more thoughts on PJ's view of the current record industry.

TunnelThroughDenial

When Stone was talking it was great but that was about 4 minutes of the 40 minute interview. It seemed like more of a monologue from the interviewer than a chance for the interviewee to answer questions and tell his story.

Hopefully parts two and three let Stone do some talking!

gozzo5058

thanks for posting!

andreasjunge

I can only agree with a lot of things said - really interesting stuff, but being on the phone with ANYBODY for that long is something that's hard to listen to.

djrekluse

I just posted this in another thread, but thought it would be appropriate here as well....

Just so you guys know, we have just just released Part 2 of the interview, which you can access here:

http://in.integralinstitute.org/landing/stone_gossard/index.html

Same deal, just put in your email address, and you will be emailed a link. For those who have already put in your email addresses, you will receive an email later today with a link to the download page.

And please, if you could, spread the word by sending out the link to the landing page, and not posting a link to the actual mp3! We aren't using your emails for any evil outsider marketing campaigns or anything like that, and any followup email you may receive you can immediately opt out of. We are simply a small start-up media company trying to make more of an impact in the world, and trying to do it all as consciously and conscientiously as possible--and directing as many people to the landing page as possible will greatly help with that.

I hope you guys enjoy the interview--and be sure to check out all the free videos and audio samples on the download page, once you receive your link! It is my hope that some of you will really enjoy the types of material we are putting out into the world....

And if any of you have any questions at all around any of this, shoot me an email at cdevos at integrallife dot com.

Corey W. deVos
Managing Editor, Integral Naked
Audio Manager, Integral Life
Managing Editor, KenWilber.com

djrekluse

Oh - and in this same vein, any of you who may be familiar with Saul Williams might really enjoy these two interviews, discussing his latest album with Trent Reznor: The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust

http://in.integralinstitute.org/landing/saul_williams/index.html