Columbus area Pearl Jam fan gone missing...

dimitrispearljam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-DFcp-jUqM

Lost In Ohio

Wow at the above link.


Here's a bit of the review in the Columbus Dispatch:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/ar ... fjt-1.html

On the second encore, Vedder thanked the fans, saying, "Life is a mysterious thing," and dedicating Come Back to missing OSU student Brian Shaffer. Things wrapped up with Alive, with the lights coming on as the fans yelled, "Who answers?" and ended after 11 p.m. with Yellow Ledbetter.

Lost In Ohio

http://www.findbrianshaffer.com/

And they have the "Come Back" intro and song there as well.

It's almost as if Come Back was written FOR Brian, but probably one spooky coincidence. Brian went missing on 4-1-06 and "The Avacado" was released on May 2, 2006. He probably went missing about the same time as the artwork was being finalized, the final touches were being put on it, and everything was being mass produced.


Speaking of Come Back, I think it'll be my new song that I can't get over, but every time I listen to it, it'll depress the shit out of me. Listening to this song is going to suck, but it'll be like something that I need.

It's sort of like the line "When somethings gone, I wanna fight to get it back again." but an entire song that speaks to me in the way that one line does.

IamMine

Nice, LIO! I'm so glad the band spoke about him and dedicated the song to him. It's the right thing.

As for the spooky coincidence... well, I don't think Ed would dare telling who/what the song was intended for because he has said from time to time, that it is left up to the listeners for personal interpretations. I always thought it was for his best friend, Johnny Ramone, who passed away on Sept 15, 2004. But that's *my* interpretation for *him*. I do have different personal uses for it, whenever the mood/situation suits me.

If it weren't for your and others (like Yahimita)'s persistence, this thread wouldn't have stayed up this long or lead to some new leads/hope, so kudos to you all, despite some naysayers and negative support.

How much money was raised for CrimeStoppers at the pre-party?

Lost In Ohio

IamMine wrote:

Nice, LIO! I'm so glad the band spoke about him and dedicated the song to him. It's the right thing.

As for the spooky coincidence... well, I don't think Ed would dare telling who/what the song was intended for because he has said from time to time, that it is left up to the listeners for personal interpretations. I always thought it was for his best friend, Johnny Ramone, who passed away on Sept 15, 2004. But that's *my* interpretation for *him*. I do have different personal uses for it, whenever the mood/situation suits me.

If it weren't for your and others (like Yahimita)'s persistence, this thread wouldn't have stayed up this long or lead to some new leads/hope, so kudos to you all, despite some naysayers and negative support.

How much money was raised for CrimeStoppers at the pre-party?

Yeah, you're right that Ed (and the others) have been secretive about the meanings of songs. The only ones we REALLY know are, and i'm sure i'm forgetting some:

Alive, Once, Footsteps, Jeremy, Yellow Ledbetter, 4/20 (or whatever that hidden track on Lost Dogs is called), Betterman, perhaps Leatherman, Bu$hleaguer, Love Boat Captain, Arc, Green Disease,

We can take a good guess at Black, Animal, Leash, Small Town, Red Mosquito (food poisoning in Europe?), Lukin (Matt Lukin's fridge and perhaps a stalker), Around the Bend (lullabye written for Jack's son?), Brain of J (JFK's brain or part thereof disappearing?), MFC as being a song about small Italian cars that go really fast, and Amongst The Waves.. Ed said that ATW was basically a surf/love song, so maybe it belongs in the other list.


As far as what was raised, I have no idea. I know a TON of people brought in "bathroom items" for the charitable drive...I thought I did good with five items, but as I said somewhere on here, other people brought in waaaaaaay more than that!

I sent Kevin an email asking how much was raised, but no replies yet.

mickeyrat

I'm not sure about anyone else , But I brought in 26 items (Kroger had a 10 for 10 sale going on!!), was given 26 raffle tix 1 for 1. wasn't complaining at all. Having been in a position to receive similar help from Orgs like NS Inc. It felt right. Also felt bad I couldn't contribute to the PJ raffle items. So there ya go.


Split the raffle tix with my guest who was seeing the band for the first time!! She won the indy poster and rocked her socks off!!

Lost In Ohio

mickeyrat wrote:

I'm not sure about anyone else , But I brought in 26 items (Kroger had a 10 for 10 sale going on!!), was given 26 raffle tix 1 for 1. wasn't complaining at all. Having been in a position to receive similar help from Orgs like NS Inc. It felt right. Also felt bad I couldn't contribute to the PJ raffle items. So there ya go.

Were those bathroom items? I told them that it was "2 tickets per each bathroom item" but I think it could have also been a bit chaotic up there at times as well. Either way, it sounded like you were happy, and Neighborhood Services (www.nsicolumbus.com) certainly got a lot of much-needed stuff:


Already posted to the Columbus pre-party thread, but here's what we've raised so far:
Around $740.00 in cash
Maybe $150.00 in goods
Hopefully a week or two for a check from the "PJ fan club." I wonder if Kevin meant the Wishlist Foundation when he said that.
There should be an additional donation from Garage Bar.

mickeyrat

Lost In Ohio wrote:

mickeyrat wrote:

I'm not sure about anyone else , But I brought in 26 items (Kroger had a 10 for 10 sale going on!!), was given 26 raffle tix 1 for 1. wasn't complaining at all. Having been in a position to receive similar help from Orgs like NS Inc. It felt right. Also felt bad I couldn't contribute to the PJ raffle items. So there ya go.

Were those bathroom items? I told them that it was "2 tickets per each bathroom item" but I think it could have also been a bit chaotic up there at times as well. Either way, it sounded like you were happy, and Neighborhood Services (http://www.nsicolumbus.com) certainly got a lot of much-needed stuff:


Already posted to the Columbus pre-party thread, but here's what we've raised so far:
Around $740.00 in cash
Maybe $150.00 in goods
Hopefully a week or two for a check from the "PJ fan club." I wonder if Kevin meant the Wishlist Foundation when he said that.
There should be an additional donation from Garage Bar.

Cool. Yeah I saw that 2 tix per, but didn't want to get greedy!! My plan was , should I have won more than 1 item each , I was going to send the "overage" with Wishlist to Indy. But It worked out. She got the poster an dWE got the show of a lifetime. Most pleased . And damn fine job setting that up. Looked like a success!!!!


Heard anything about that 10tv crew that was there? When , if it will air?

Lost In Ohio

mickeyrat wrote:

Heard anything about that 10tv crew that was there? When , if it will air?

I had heard it aired on the Columbus CBS affiliate (http://www.10tv.com) at the 11 PM news that night, or maybe it was the 6 PM news?? I'm guessing the 11.

I'll be unavailable for the rest of the day, but maybe you could contact someone at 10TV and see if they can post the story online? Actually, I think there's a service that sends DVDs, but i'm not sure. I may be able to talk to someone tonight about it, but i'll probably forget.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/statio ... story.html

mickeyrat

Lost In Ohio wrote:

mickeyrat wrote:

Heard anything about that 10tv crew that was there? When , if it will air?

I had heard it aired on the Columbus CBS affiliate (http://www.10tv.com) at the 11 PM news that night, or maybe it was the 6 PM news?? I'm guessing the 11.

I'll be unavailable for the rest of the day, but maybe you could contact someone at 10TV and see if they can post the story online? Actually, I think there's a service that sends DVDs, but i'm not sure. I may be able to talk to someone tonight about it, but i'll probably forget.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/statio ... story.html

Quick search , didn't find it. Maybe I'll check Crimestoppers site too.
Sent an email to 10tv, now to wait for a reply.

mickeyrat

Unsure if this has been posted yet. Knowing Yahamita's interest , it probably has!!

But I'll post this anyway.
http://stopcrime.org/?page_id=361

It's a crime stoppers blog to honor Randy Schaffer.

Lost In Ohio

Yeah, I think the "For Randy" section was brought up before, but it's always good to bring it up again, as people certainly aren't going to read all 73 pages.


And an edit:

Here is a video from the pre-party!
http://vimeo.com/11593408


FYI,
23 seconds, you can see Lori in the middle (she runs the findbrianshaffer.com website,) and her son. The other lady in light blue on the right of the image is someone else from CrimeStoppers.

37 seconds in, the guy in red is the husband of Lori, the woman who runs findbrianshaffer.com

1:07, you can see Kevin Miles, the president of the local CrimeStoppers. He's mentioning Brian buying tickets for the 06 Cinci show.

yahamita

mickeyrat wrote:

Unsure if this has been posted yet. Knowing Yahamita's interest , it probably has!!

But I'll post this anyway.
http://stopcrime.org/?page_id=361

It's a crime stoppers blog to honor Randy Schaffer.

Yes, What a wonderful man Randy was.. I still have his pic on my frig..such a huge smile..was full of life and love..He would have been in tears full of hugs and thanks for all the hard work all of you did for the fundraiser.

mickeyrat

Ok, emailed our local CBS affiliate 10tv about the spot we saw being filmed at the preparty. Got a quick reply too.
Video is VERY short but here it is. It's more about the many missing persons in the area than just about Brian. Enough from me.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/video/ ... eo=1034708

Lost In Ohio

From 4-7 seconds, i'm on the left. I do NOT look like that, hahahaha. I see they "stretched" the video. Grrr. Make me look like a freakin' funhouse, why don'tcha.

Lost In Ohio

Lost In Ohio wrote:

Already posted to the Columbus pre-party thread, but here's what we've raised so far:
Around $740.00 in cash
Maybe $150.00 in goods
Hopefully a week or two for a check from the "PJ fan club." I wonder if Kevin meant the Wishlist Foundation when he said that.
There should be an additional donation from Garage Bar.

Upon further review, it was $766 in cash donated from Wishlist to CrimeStoppers.

mickeyrat

Lost In Ohio wrote:

Lost In Ohio wrote:

Already posted to the Columbus pre-party thread, but here's what we've raised so far:
Around $740.00 in cash
Maybe $150.00 in goods
Hopefully a week or two for a check from the "PJ fan club." I wonder if Kevin meant the Wishlist Foundation when he said that.
There should be an additional donation from Garage Bar.

Upon further review, it was $766 in cash donated from Wishlist to CrimeStoppers.

the amjority of which would have come from the raffle tix sale? and the purchased items from the table?

Lost In Ohio

Yeah, that's what I would guess.

Lost In Ohio

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Lost In Ohio wrote:

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