PJ20 book!

vladsplat
vladsplat Posts: 118
edited March 2012 in The Porch
When it first came out I thought "Yay! another full-color picture book about a great band with some linear notes injected! *sarcastic voice*..."

WRONG! It's pretty great! I have the deluxe dvd of PJ20 (because I'm a total PJ whore) and it's pretty in-depth. The book is SOOOO a great accompaniment to the movie tho. Lots more insight (especially into the drummer info, all of 60 seconds of total movie time) into the entire timeline of PJ and MLB and Temple of the Dog. I'm not even a quarter of the way into it, but I'm REALLY impressed and just thought I'd share what I thought of the book. I guess for some reason I just had really low expectations and it has so far blown those away.

Have a good one kids!
Cheers and thanks!

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  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    It's really a must have as a fan
  • big mick
    big mick Hull UK Posts: 773
    Bronx Bombers wrote:
    It's really a must have as a fan
    I loved the book, I started off by listening to Greenriver then Mother Love Bone as I read the beginning and as I hit each album in the book I listened to the corresponding CD including Temple Of The Dog, if a CD ran out I listened to a PJ bootleg to fill the gap - great book and got me back to giving all the albums a go instead of picking my faves out. Loved every minute of it! :D
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  • Vitalogensia
    Vitalogensia Posts: 2,317
    I have the book and loved it, been trying to get other people to read it.

    I've about to get the Pearl Jam vs. Ames and Lance Mercer books, are they "must haves" as well?
  • big mick
    big mick Hull UK Posts: 773
    SK359828 wrote:
    I have the book and loved it, been trying to get other people to read it.

    I've about to get the Pearl Jam vs. Ames and Lance Mercer books, are they "must haves" as well?
    I think they are :D
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  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    This just reminded me that I never finished the book. I made it to 2004 and stopped reading it for some reason, thinking I'd get back to it in a few days. That was a few months ago. I need to find out what they did after Riot Act!

    It's a damn good book though. Very detailed and a lot of new and personal stories from their history.
  • William Wallace
    William Wallace Posts: 553
    The book is simply amazing!
    It includes so much interesting information, easily the best PJ-20 release.
  • big mick
    big mick Hull UK Posts: 773
    William Wallace wrote:
    The book is simply amazing!
    It includes so much interesting information, easily the best PJ-20 release.
    As always the book is better than the film, the OST is also a cracker. The book, DVD and Cd all sit very well together, I'm glad they released the lot, just wish I could get my hands on triple DVD or Blu-ray.
    Reading England 2006, Manchester England 2009, London England 2010, Manchester 1 2012, EV London 1 2012
  • CTD10
    CTD10 Posts: 351
    The book blows the movie away..... waaaaaaay better.
    ctd
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    skimmed it at barnes and nobles one day with my coffee...that was more than enough for me.
    81 is now off the air

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  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,292
    the background insights behind betterman was worth the price of the book, alone

    that song was always top 3 songs on my list and it moved an inch closer to the top, after reading the pj20 book
  • Constant Recoil...
    Constant Recoil... Posts: 1,276
    I could not have been more happy when I got the book! I thought it was very detailed and well organized. Just one question on page 57, July 4th, 2nd paragraph, 3rd line, 2nd word is that a typo :D just thought I would send some one in a mission :lol: and I never find any typos because I am a very bad editor so if it is one I will be very happy...and if not I will feel very stupid for posting this :D
  • A satellite forever orbiting
    A satellite forever orbiting Posts: 1,889
    SK359828 wrote:
    I have the book and loved it, been trying to get other people to read it.

    I've about to get the Pearl Jam vs. Ames and Lance Mercer books, are they "must haves" as well?

    the lance mercer book is the only pj book i don't own. i highly recommend the ames book. got a signed copy at one of the backspacer key shows.
    If nothing is everything, I'll have it all
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    helplessdancer wrote:
    the background insights behind betterman was worth the price of the book, alone

    that song was always top 3 songs on my list and it moved an inch closer to the top, after reading the pj20 book
    That was one of my favourite moments in the book, for sure.
  • Spoony C
    Spoony C Posts: 278
    For those that enjoyed the book (as I did), I can also recommend Mark Yarm's Everybody Loves Our Town, the recent oral history of the grunge scene, which I finished reading last weekend. There's not as much in the photo/art department--it's not a coffee-table book, so photos are limited to a couple of bundles in the middle--but their band photo of Green River is priceless. The book is a thorough, well-researched oral history, with interview quotes from pretty much everybody who was anybody in the big and small bands out of Seattle, including archival quotes from those who are no longer with us.

    Obviously, it focuses on a broader subject than just PJ, but there is plenty of good stuff related to the band. There's more detail about Andy Wood and Mother Love Bone, and some overlap with stories from PJ20 about Pearl Jam, but this book covers nearly everyone in the scene, from those who broke big (PJ, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains) to those who were important parts of the circle without becoming household names (Tad, Mudhoney, Gruntruck, Skin Yard, Melvins, The Gits, etc). And the personal nature of the text--direct quotes--lends emotional impact to both the successes and the tragedies. A highly recommended read for fans of the so-called "Seattle Sound."
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,890
    Spoony C wrote:
    For those that enjoyed the book (as I did), I can also recommend Mark Yarm's Everybody Loves Our Town, the recent oral history of the grunge scene, which I finished reading last weekend. There's not as much in the photo/art department--it's not a coffee-table book, so photos are limited to a couple of bundles in the middle--but their band photo of Green River is priceless. The book is a thorough, well-researched oral history, with interview quotes from pretty much everybody who was anybody in the big and small bands out of Seattle, including archival quotes from those who are no longer with us.

    Obviously, it focuses on a broader subject than just PJ, but there is plenty of good stuff related to the band. There's more detail about Andy Wood and Mother Love Bone, and some overlap with stories from PJ20 about Pearl Jam, but this book covers nearly everyone in the scene, from those who broke big (PJ, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains) to those who were important parts of the circle without becoming household names (Tad, Mudhoney, Gruntruck, Skin Yard, Melvins, The Gits, etc). And the personal nature of the text--direct quotes--lends emotional impact to both the successes and the tragedies. A highly recommended read for fans of the so-called "Seattle Sound."

    I need to pick up a copy. Also the Commando - The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone. Pretty cool pics of Ed in that one. Thanks Dan!! :)
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,965
    Any difference between the paperback and hardcover for Everyubody loves...

    I prefer paperback. But maybe I'l be missing out on something.
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  • kellanazzie
    kellanazzie Posts: 1,484
    Spiritual_Chaos wrote:
    Any difference between the paperback and hardcover for Everyubody loves...

    I prefer paperback. But maybe I'l be missing out on something.
    Not sure about the differences, haven't seen the paperback yet, but, if your on facebook, look for the "Everybody Loves Our Town" page. He is giving out signed paper-back copies of his book this week.
    I'm going to buy this one in hardcover, I thought it was excellent & very worthy of a second read. Just as the PJ20 book is.
  • YLed2
    YLed2 Posts: 5,534
    It's a really cool book. I finished it in probably 4 days or so because I couldn't put it down when I first opened it. The parts I liked the most when they went through the discography of each album in detail and talked about the album's inspiration and meanings behind some of the songs, etc.
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  • pjradio
    pjradio Posts: 6,704
    great read.....& it looks good on a coffee table
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,490
    edited March 2012
    I absolutely LOVE this book. I first borrowed it from the library, and immediately realized I needed my own, because I couldn't mark up the library book to highlight al the songs named in certain performances so that I could go check for them or seek out that particular bootleg! It's an absolute must have for a big fan, and particularly for one who collects bootlegs. I read the book with my mp3 player attached to me and my computer by my side so that I could check out all the shows, events, songs, articles , etc etc etc relating to what the book references, or just to dig deeper into stuff the book touches on. I've never had so much fun reading a book in my life! ... and I LOVE books and read a lot of them, so that's saying something!

    One complaint though. I find the layout and design pretty awful. I don't really care because the written content (and some of the photos of documents and hand written notes) are what I really care about. But seriously, the design and layout sucks. And I know there are thousands of way better photos they could have used. I don't get why they chose to use so many random, fuzzy, can't -see-anything photos.
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