I am enjoying this book so far but man, whoever edited it should have taken at least one more pass.
I'm not a grammar expert but I see this sometimes
It’s mostly the extra commas and sentence fragments that annoy me; I can see how a couple of those can get missed but not this many. On the other hand get a load of this: Sometimes I catch myself writing - in internet message board comments - like this - with a million dashes - or parentheses, sometimes - and I’ll go back and fix that shit. If you’re (presumably) getting paid to edit a book for publication, how do you let that go?
I honestly don’t mean any of this as shade toward the author. I’m enjoying the book quite a bit. It’s a really nice synthesis between band history and fan memoir. I don’t agree with all of his specific opinions on songs and albums and shows and whatnot, but I didn’t expect to and frankly it would be kind of disturbing if I did. If you can handle 400 pages of someone else’s opinions on Pearl Jam without getting the chance to interrupt and get your own $0.02 in, then I definitely recommend this book.
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I am enjoying this book so far but man, whoever edited it should have taken at least one more pass.
I'm not a grammar expert but I see this sometimes
It’s mostly the extra commas and sentence fragments that annoy me; I can see how a couple of those can get missed but not this many. On the other hand get a load of this: Sometimes I catch myself writing - in internet message board comments - like this - with a million dashes - or parentheses, sometimes - and I’ll go back and fix that shit. If you’re (presumably) getting paid to edit a book for publication, how do you let that go?
I honestly don’t mean any of this as shade toward the author. I’m enjoying the book quite a bit. It’s a really nice synthesis between band history and fan memoir. I don’t agree with all of his specific opinions on songs and albums and shows and whatnot, but I didn’t expect to and frankly it would be kind of disturbing if I did. If you can handle 400 pages of someone else’s opinions on Pearl Jam without getting the chance to interrupt and get your own $0.02 in, then I definitely recommend this book.
Outsourced shitty editing is common in publishing today.
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About 40 pages in & I’m not sure what to make of it yet. It seems like the author is trying really hard to not be a fan. Trashing MLB’s work was painful to read. Not sure what to make of comments on Ed going from an Anthony Keidis imitator to his Pearl Jam ‘form’ for lack of a better term all inside of a years time.
I took this book out of the library and am glad I did. While the early stuff is somewhat interesting, it's a tedious read. About the halfway mark I started flipping through it, mostly looking for anything on shows I've attended. It's a good idea but one that could have better executed.
Reading 2004
Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016 Fenway 2, 2018 MSG 2022 St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
I took this book out of the library and am glad I did. While the early stuff is somewhat interesting, it's a tedious read. About the halfway mark I started flipping through it, mostly looking for anything on shows I've attended. It's a good idea but one that could have better executed.
Same for me, I have read the first part quite quickly but going through the second part was really hard.
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Sometimes I catch myself writing - in internet message board comments - like this - with a million dashes - or parentheses, sometimes - and I’ll go back and fix that shit. If you’re (presumably) getting paid to edit a book for publication, how do you let that go?
I honestly don’t mean any of this as shade toward the author. I’m enjoying the book quite a bit. It’s a really nice synthesis between band history and fan memoir. I don’t agree with all of his specific opinions on songs and albums and shows and whatnot, but I didn’t expect to and frankly it would be kind of disturbing if I did. If you can handle 400 pages of someone else’s opinions on Pearl Jam without getting the chance to interrupt and get your own $0.02 in, then I definitely recommend this book.
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Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
Chicago 2007
Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
Fenway 2, 2018
MSG 2022
St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
"I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
Things happen in the game. Nothing you
can do. I don't go and say,
"I'm gonna beat this guy up."
2014 : Amsterdam 1&2, Milan, Berlin, Werchter
2018 : Amsterdam 1&2, Pinkpop, London 1, Berlin, Werchter, London 2
2020 : ?