Eddie Vedder Newsweek Article 3-29-09

blondieblue227

yeah Ed four was a good number for me me.
my fourth pj show i finaly got front row!

good article. short and sweet.

decides2dream

nice read, thanks for posting!


You recently had a second daughter.
Yep, she's 4 months old. She was born on Bruce Springsteen's birthday. So my one kid's 4, my other kid's 4 months, I'm 44, Barack Obama is the 44th president—it's all lining up nicely here.




awesome!

giventopurr

Great article. Thank you.

Lizard

Thanks for posting.

I ran to the lobby in my office to tear it out of the magazine but it is only on-line.

brokenarrow

jamlreap wrote:

ED VEDDER: THE PLUMBER OF ROCK STARS! maybe a plumber's crack on the cover of the new release?

no plumber's crack on the cover, believe me, it ain't a pretty sight. :shock: :? :oops:


he is the plumber, been one since '99 , glad to see he's accepted it even though his plumbing skills have never been that great, (especially when it comes to repairing garbage disposals, don't let him near one).
that's a great article,

Lee M

Plumber

PJSEMPRE

01/24/98 Kerrang! "I nearly became a plumber!"
...I inform Vedder that a number of people suggested that if he were so unhappy about being in a band, he should go off and become a plumber. Gossard's jaw instantly drops and he breaks into a loud laughing fit. Eddie shakes his head at his colleague and smiles.
"It's something I definitely thought about," Vedder insists. "I mean, I definitely started to examine that kind of possibility. But luckily - for me and for people with burst water pipes or blocked toilets everywhere - there were some options we could explore to maybe have our peace of mind and still make music."
Vedder glances at Gossard, who is now wiping tears away from his eyes. "So, do you need to go to school to be a plumber?" he asks him.
"I think so," Gossard replies. "But I'm sure there's ad-lib plumbers. You could start a new breed of plumbers - you know, the Eddie Vedder School Of Plumbing , that refuses to follow the conventional rules of the system. But just remember that if you're going to do it to always show your butt-crack - that's the golden rule you can't ignore."
http://www.freewebs.com/pearljamstudy/0 ... lumber.htm

aNiMaL

Great interview! Thanks for posting it.

loveatree

thanks for posting...guess i'm out of the loop, i didn't know ed had another little girl

raindrop

nice to hear from Ed

bernmodi

Ed the Plumber rules!

Danimal

Did he quote a Ben Harper song in this article?

eyecanwalk

Do you miss that Seattle heyday of the early '90s at all?
I think what we miss is the bands all showing up at each other's shows, and five people being up onstage, and then the next night the same people that were up onstage being in the audience and vice versa. Everyone was very supportive of each other. And, you know, there were some great f--king living-room parties as well. And it still happens, it's just a little less.


ahh yeah- the living room parties. those were the days

PureandEasy

All these little interviews we’re seeing with the band about the re-release of Ten, combined with the email from the ten club about making sure our accounts are up to date – gets me all warm and fuzzy inside.

I’m thinking about my PJ vacation plans, just to need to know where and when I’m going.

I hope they don’t keep me waiting too long. :P

JR8805

You know, I'll never understand how Ed has gotten a reputation as being so existentially serious. He's always struck me as a very witty guy who has quite often made me laugh--out loud. I'd like him to be the rock star of plumbers, and I'd like him to show up at my house today. I cannot seem to fix my leaking toilet by myself and could use a lesson by the most rock star-like of plumbers. Come on, Eddie! I need you!!!! I'm paying union scale. Scale, get it, music man? Okay, so I'm not the rock-star of comediennes. But, I know why plumbers make what they do. Nothing works right, nothing fits...everything leaks. I need the rock star of plumbers ASAP!

Steve Dunne

i could use ed the plumber!!!

IamMine

Thanks for the article!

I also got a surprise treat when we were flipping channels today and there's PJ revisiting Ten on VH1.com and then reading this article!

Matt, Mike, Stone, and Jeff look so good and enjoyed their interviews!

Thanks for making my day...

Crazyboutev

Thanks for posting it. We dont get a lot of stuff in Australia - so we are forced to look for it and finding here was very handy! Loved the interview

choop

ed must be a union plumber based on the price of his solo tickets.

Fahka

I wish the interviewer had asked better questions but good read none the less, love it anytime papavedd graces us