PJ slam in the Miami New Times needs some challenging!

Some guy named John Linn used the upcoming West Palm show to slam Pearl Jam in his little event post at miaminewtimes.com. He's goes on and on about how "Everything they endorse turns to poop." I don't know what planet John Linn is living on but if he can't recognize all the good things PJ has done over the past 15 years he must have some serious blinders on.

Is Pearl Jam REALLY a worthwhile target for a negative slam anyway? I'm not saying they're perfect but they do a helluva lot more good than the majority of the bands out there. They at least have the courage and integrity to stand up for what they believe in and try and make a difference. Slamming them is really ridiculous and makes John Linn look like a real jerk.

There is a comments section on the article page. Let's let him and his readers know the GOOD things PJ has done! Check out the article:

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/events/pearl-jam-1023105

Fightin’ the Good Fight
Dennis Rodman’s favorite band keeps on rockin’ in the free world.
BY JOHN LINN

Pearl Jam has always been a political sort of band — recall the Ticketmaster boycott, Eddie Vedder’s public Bush bashing, and the group’s aversion to big business, including their own record labels. Unfortunately, their political maneuvers don’t always work out. It’s like the Midas touch in reverse: Everything they endorse turns to poop. Their refusal to follow label orders dropped them pretty far off the radar during the late Nineties and put them in a bad way with Epic Records. What’d they do? They swore off record labels, hoping to do it on their own, but then ended up signing with J Records for their 2006 self-titled release — J Records being owned by Sony BMG, the same group that owns Epic. Oops. In early May, they backed an Oregon senatorial candidate, Steve Novick, a tiny (four-foot-nine) liberal Democrat, even pledging concert proceeds to his campaign if he won his primary. He lost.

Yeesh. Let’s just hope no one was listening when the group declared its support for Obama with a little ditty called “Rock Around Barack,” a reworking of the Bill Haley & His Comets classic. The band plays the Cruzan Amphitheatre at 7:30 p.m., the very first show of its North American tour. Secure your ticket starting at $42 plus any outrageous service charges at http://www.ticketmaster.com. Hey, even rock stars need to pick their battles.