How to control tour depression after that Philly Experience?

Back in 03' I traveled for around 2 months going to shows. I had just finished undergrad and an internship at vh1 and celebrated by going to 14 shows. The last one being Hershey. I remember driving home and being sooooo depressed. In all honesty I've found the best remedy to be to listen to other music. Listening to pj will just bring back good, but in some way painful memories. Listen to something new, or something very different. I currently recommend Raphael Saddiq, Monsters of Folk or Blackrok which comes out soon. Sometimes you have to take your mind off of pj's awesomeness

Aero83_ wrote:

LeatherMandi wrote:

Aero83_ wrote:

I tend to trade addictions, thank god ski season is just about here..
Plus, I heard some MSG rumors in the not so distant future so theres that to look forward to..

yeah but.. msg sounds like shit remember? :P

No, but I'd love to find out first hand..

haha ved commented on the msg sound at the philly shows thought it was funny.. "its a great building but..."

Yeah feeling it but we will get boots & more shows before you know it, we are all very lucky to have a band that really cares about us as a whole no other band makes me feeel like this at all

When we get the offical word that the shows will be released on DVD, it will lift my PJ depression. One can only hope.

Post Tour depression???

It's not like you went to war or anything.

Go see a different band, there are many out there.

Find a hobby, volunteer, Fly a kite . . etc.

ties em off wrote:

how good is this. i went to the halloween show. went home sunday night. my ride fell through getting picked up from the airport coming back from philly ended up having to work so i got picked up from a person i shouldn't have. lots of whiskey and a big fight later i kept drinking...woke up in a parking lot. fired on monday. real job

interview at a restaurant at 2 tomorrow. ha.

i know this is not tour depression..but it's still good stuff

actually excited.
i hate desks

Thats pretty much by far the raddest story----> Way to make it memoriable!!! Those kind of experiences (when youre young and lacking responsibility) are the best!

one word - drinking

on2legs wrote:

demetrios wrote:

And coming back home to a place where it's tough to explain to your friends at home about the experience, cause many aren't even into the band or stuff, takes the passion away sometimes.
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I know what u mean... people at work give me looks like I'm crazy when I tell I drove to Philly 3 times this week to see Pearl Jam.

They don't get it... but then again I don't get the guy at work who spends ridiculous amounts of money chroming every part of his motorcycle or the other guy who spent enough money for a down payment on a house putting after market crap on his truck.

So I guess it comes down to spending time doing what makes you happy even if other people don't always get it.

Ha Ha! I did the same thing! Everyone thought I was nuts, best thing I have done in a while and well worth it!! Thankfully I was able to crash at a friend's place after Saturday's show!

As far as the post tour blues... Bootlegs, plenty of bootlegs... and then the speculation of the next tour to re-light the spark of hope in the Pearl Jam experience.

For me, the Yankees winning could not have come at a better time. Feelin the PJ withdrawal pretty hard. I hope the high of winning the championship will hold over until the boots come. That's when I am usually able to move on