Big, Bold, and Free

Hammartime33
Hammartime33 Posts: 207
edited October 2009 in The Porch
Remember that? anyone have any idea of what that was supposed to be??
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,122
    nope, but wouldn't it at least be nice if they revealed what they had planned rather than acting as though nothing ever happened in the first place
  • Hammartime33
    Hammartime33 Posts: 207
    mookeywrench wrote:
    nope, but wouldn't it at least be nice if they revealed what they had planned rather than acting as though nothing ever happened in the first place

    for sure, that seemed like one of the biggest letdown in years.. hell, it was free.. Big and bold would have just made it better.
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,122
    my guess is that they were going to stream the new album before its release date, but J records probably said no.
  • Hammartime33
    Hammartime33 Posts: 207
    mookeywrench wrote:
    my guess is that they were going to stream the new album before its release date, but J records probably said no.

    doesn't seem big enough.. it is bold and free however..
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,122
    Hammartime33 wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    my guess is that they were going to stream the new album before its release date, but J records probably said no.

    doesn't seem big enough.. it is bold and free however..

    This was in early 2006 mind you
  • BeerBaron
    BeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,100
    I don't think we'll ever know. From talking to a couple of people who are in the know, it would have been VERY BIG, whatever it was ... they just couldn't pull it together in the end.
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  • InMyTree4
    InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    i dont know what anyone is talking about! helppp
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  • BeerBaron
    BeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,100
    InMyTree4 wrote:
    i dont know what anyone is talking about! helppp
    Back a few years ago the mods started a thread on the Pit saying that Ten Club members were going to get something "big, bold, and free" and to stay tuned ...

    Some weeks (days?) later, the thread mysteriously disappeared and nothing ever came of it...
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    mookeywrench wrote:
    nope, but wouldn't it at least be nice if they revealed what they had planned rather than acting as though nothing ever happened in the first place
    I agree it would be nice to know what it was supposed to be...
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    I found it. Here is the original letter. Wish it was dated, but it was around 2005 or 2006...

    A Love Letter to the fans:

    It’s all love. And we just wanted to you to know … We love you because you love Pearl Jam. We love you because you participate in our Ten Club fun. We love you because of your enthusiasm and support for both Pearl Jam and the Ten Club. We love you because of your passion and dedication to music. It’s all love.

    Like any other loving relationship, you must acknowledge that we are not perfect. We recognize we have some faults. Sometimes we send out newsletters too late, or the holiday single doesn’t come out during the holidays. Or we can only offer limited amount of tickets or merchandise, which leaves some of you without and extremely frustrated. Or sometimes our forums will go down, leaving you without your link to other fan club members. Or sometimes our web-store will not function properly for you and you are not able to purchase the items you are interested in … we want you to know we feel your pain. Every healthy relationship is a little push and pull, ebb and flow, up and down, so it’s nothing personal.

    Pearl Jam and the Ten Club have been through many changes in the past year. The band has left their record label of 14 years and ventured into unstable but exciting territory of doing many things on their own. The Ten Club is a small operation and has taken on a lot of these endeavors, and we are learning many things along the way - your input is extremely helpful. During this transitional time, just know we are trying to make things better for you, to offer you more opportunities and include you more into the world of Pearl Jam.

    That being said, we have high hopes that you will like us a whole lot more when all is said and done. We are planning to do something for our members early next year, to follow the release of the new record … something big, bold, beautiful, and free! So hang tight and enjoy the ride with us, continue to provide us with your input, and continue to spread the PJ love.

    Did we mention that we love you? It’s all love.

    Always,

    ~Ten Club Staff
  • threefish10
    threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    aNiMaL wrote:
    We are planning to do something for our members early next year, to follow the release of the new record … something big, bold, beautiful, and free! So hang tight and enjoy the ride with us


    that rules out the streaming of the album suggestion.
    condescending and sarcastic since 1980
  • hopethatuchoke
    hopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    What's funny is, the reason they wrote that apologetic post was because of things THEY were doing wrong to us. It was a very nice gesture on their part to realize their errors and apologize and all but then to just ignore that they ever said it....so ignorant and unprofessional.

    I'm starting to worry that the Ten Club Backspacer CD concert downloads are going to go the way of the BBF proclamation. Another digital lounge email came out today and there was no mention of our downloads. The album has been out for three weeks now.
  • BeerBaron
    BeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,100
    aNiMaL wrote:
    I found it. Here is the original letter. Wish it was dated, but it was around 2005 or 2006...

    A Love Letter to the fans:

    It’s all love. And we just wanted to you to know … We love you because you love Pearl Jam. We love you because you participate in our Ten Club fun. We love you because of your enthusiasm and support for both Pearl Jam and the Ten Club. We love you because of your passion and dedication to music. It’s all love.

    Like any other loving relationship, you must acknowledge that we are not perfect. We recognize we have some faults. Sometimes we send out newsletters too late, or the holiday single doesn’t come out during the holidays. Or we can only offer limited amount of tickets or merchandise, which leaves some of you without and extremely frustrated. Or sometimes our forums will go down, leaving you without your link to other fan club members. Or sometimes our web-store will not function properly for you and you are not able to purchase the items you are interested in … we want you to know we feel your pain. Every healthy relationship is a little push and pull, ebb and flow, up and down, so it’s nothing personal.

    Pearl Jam and the Ten Club have been through many changes in the past year. The band has left their record label of 14 years and ventured into unstable but exciting territory of doing many things on their own. The Ten Club is a small operation and has taken on a lot of these endeavors, and we are learning many things along the way - your input is extremely helpful. During this transitional time, just know we are trying to make things better for you, to offer you more opportunities and include you more into the world of Pearl Jam.

    That being said, we have high hopes that you will like us a whole lot more when all is said and done. We are planning to do something for our members early next year, to follow the release of the new record … something big, bold, beautiful, and free! So hang tight and enjoy the ride with us, continue to provide us with your input, and continue to spread the PJ love.

    Did we mention that we love you? It’s all love.

    Always,

    ~Ten Club Staff
    Where did you dig that up from? Had you copied it somewhere before it disappeared?
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    BeerBaron wrote:
    Where did you dig that up from? Had you copied it somewhere before it disappeared?
    I had copied it from RM after it was gone from here.
  • dustinpardue
    dustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    I thought the free download of World Wide Suicide was the free thing
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  • Travelar
    Travelar Posts: 3,453
    dustinpardue wrote:
    I thought the free download of World Wide Suicide was the free thing

    Free yes, but certainly not bold or big.
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    when was th bbf announced? i know pj had msg on hold first for nov 2005 and when they let go of that hold, they then held it for march 2006 (or the same day they recorded storytellers) and i was wondering if that was going to be a free show.
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  • stoneg
    stoneg Posts: 1,941
    I always wished it was going to be a few free 10 club only shows.I guess I was thinking to BIG! :geek:
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  • Mcam55
    Mcam55 Posts: 1,407
    CJMST3K wrote:
    when was th bbf announced? i know pj had msg on hold first for nov 2005 and when they let go of that hold, they then held it for march 2006 (or the same day they recorded storytellers) and i was wondering if that was going to be a free show.

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  • Father Hubbard
    Father Hubbard Chicago Posts: 1,695
    i thought i read somewhere that there was going to be something with the gorge shows being free but that never materialized

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