Memories,Meetings,Memorabilia and the story and pictures behind them.
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lastexitlondon said:Any glen hansard fans here? Had some cool moments at his gig s.
Chicago of 2011, girlfriend of 2 years waited outside after solo Ed show. Waited...and waited...finally came out but wasn't talking or signing anything. Just went along the barricade smiling and shaking hands. Looked right at me as he was shaking a hand...but it wasn't my hand. Lol
Same venue but to see Glen around 2015...girlfriend and I parked in a garage and started walking when she pokes my side smiling a big smile saying "It's Glen!" It was quite frigid out but he was kind enough to stop and pose for a picture. Brief, but kind."A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory0 -
Loujoe said:I'll tell a tambo story (im not too proud of) I told elsewhere before. 2000 before ev had boxes to toss to the crowd. Phoenix az. Right up front maybe a row back. Ed's handing a tambo down to a woman in front of me...YOINGK...I grab it before it reaches her. (What a jerk I know!!) I was caught in the moment and was gonna give it to my girl. my girl was like what are you doing. Ed looked like he was going to jump on my head for a beat down!. I went to hand back to the intended target...realizing my jerk move...someone else grabbed it. It was passed around and finally made it back to who it was for. Looking back...it was the end of the show...I shoulda took off with it! Honestly I'm happy she got it. Was the longest 30 seconds of my life!!!
Picked up this poster last year. Hot!0 -
Hahah brutal savagery Chris
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -0 -
You deserved that tambourine too.0
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Dumb fun anyway!! At least I got to hold it!! Wow 21 years ago.
I have another embarrassing story told before but I'm BORED. So FYE (and my shame) really I don't think I'm a jerk, maybe I am!!
Big fan of primus and stuff les does. He was playing 10 minutes from my house. Whales and Woe tour with that dude who played sax with mad season. Shriek? Amazing show!
So I went solo (because I'm a jerk) called an old friend before the show to talk outside the club. Pre-show chat. He got me into primus..
So he goes off on how some old friends overdosed and died. Got me bummed, but whatever. I'll go see a great show and maybe blow off some steam.
Les is different than primus...no pit...but I may have bumped into a few chill fans aggressively. Once I realized I won't get a pit going. I met the chill vibe.
Still dancing around like all the rest of the crowd, feeling the urge to give the world the finger. So I was sticking up my middle fingers. It's not church right?
Mr Claypool in pigface...stops the sold out show and has a conversation...with me...
Les..'so why would you go to a show pay money to come give us the finger?'...silence spotlight on me...
Les...'to me it means you want to have s.x with me or your a di.k.'.
Crowd in unison..."HE'S A DI.K!!!"...more silence
Me..."it means I want to go fishing with you"
Les.."why would I want to go fishing with an a..hole"
I love that story...I just wish I wasn't the main character!!!
Someone stop me and tell your own stories. Can't be worse than mine.
PS. I don't stick my finger up at shows anymore. Maybe PJ, but only during Save You!
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Love that these stories have taken a turn to the heavy (and beautiful, seriously beautiful) and also the embarrassing! Keep em coming!0
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lastexitlondon said:Ok i have some more. My profile pic on here is at London last tour. Long story. Long night sleeping outside the 02. Great night with all my dear friends old and new. And The rob . Pj radio.
I have chronic health anxiety and as the years have gone on gigs have become unbearable but such is my love for the love i feel for the togetherness it kept me going. Leeds was so hard but london was a new level of terror. Anyhow. I spent all day before at the 02 with close friends i had made all through Europe then night came. Felt alone so got drunk. Next day met a new friend Richard. Queued all.day . As it got near afternoon we all got moved into the venue. I could not cope at all. I wanted to go home. Im an honest guy. I was a mess in tears. A guy who was dying of blood cancer offered me a valium i declined and thought
Come on rob sort your shit out you prick.
Anyhow my dear friends ewa elder and keith her husband cradled me. We got in. And ed said "good evening " i said to myself if i die now . Its where i want to be......
It all took me over.... i cried and cried (oh i forgot to say i was at this time rail in front of ED.)
When porch played ed came to the crowd and stood on the barricade in front of us
It was so out of this world. I have been rail a few times but this time ed came right up to me and held my hand . I had been crying. It was whilst he sang the words... i just wanna live.i knew that i would never touch you . Hold you .Feel you in my arms again . We had a moment that was 30 seconds. That felt like he knew i was in pain. I cant describe it.
This part in particular, just... heavy and beautiful:
"I was a mess in tears. A guy who was dying of blood cancer offered me a valium i declined and thought
Come on rob sort your shit out you prick.
Anyhow my dear friends ewa elder and keith her husband cradled me. We got in. And ed said "good evening " i said to myself if i die now . Its where i want to be......"
Glad you lived to tell it all! And I hope the guy with blood cancer is still with us?0 -
He said he didn't have long. And was living. Seemed happy.
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Loujoe said:Dumb fun anyway!! At least I got to hold it!! Wow 21 years ago.
I have another embarrassing story told before but I'm BORED. So FYE (and my shame) really I don't think I'm a jerk, maybe I am!!
Big fan of primus and stuff les does. He was playing 10 minutes from my house. Whales and Woe tour with that dude who played sax with mad season. Shriek? Amazing show!
So I went solo (because I'm a jerk) called an old friend before the show to talk outside the club. Pre-show chat. He got me into primus..
So he goes off on how some old friends overdosed and died. Got me bummed, but whatever. I'll go see a great show and maybe blow off some steam.
Les is different than primus...no pit...but I may have bumped into a few chill fans aggressively. Once I realized I won't get a pit going. I met the chill vibe.
Still dancing around like all the rest of the crowd, feeling the urge to give the world the finger. So I was sticking up my middle fingers. It's not church right?
Mr Claypool in pigface...stops the sold out show and has a conversation...with me...
Les..'so why would you go to a show pay money to come give us the finger?'...silence spotlight on me...
Les...'to me it means you want to have s.x with me or your a di.k.'.
Crowd in unison..."HE'S A DI.K!!!"...more silence
Me..."it means I want to go fishing with you"
Les.."why would I want to go fishing with an a..hole"
I love that story...I just wish I wasn't the main character!!!
Someone stop me and tell your own stories. Can't be worse than mine.
PS. I don't stick my finger up at shows anymore. Maybe PJ, but only during Save You!
or maybe the guy that was pointing in that gal's face that got bounced from that show a few years back? Vedder stopped the show for that one too. Was that you?
I kid, but we do have room on the Asshole list. I currently hold the #1 spot right @dankind?
You must have other redeeming stories? If not please keep putting the bigger anvil on your chest because these are gold!0 -
Im sure i told my tambo story. Thankfully its all caught on you tube. A Canadian of all people stole my one and ed came back and gave me another.Post edited by lastexitlondon on
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -0 -
https://youtu.be/McAuN97zn2s
4.min onwards. Its me in my white t shirt.
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -0 -
lastexitlondon said:
https://youtu.be/McAuN97zn2s
4.min onwards. Its me in my white t shirt.0 -
I've been to many shows without incident. Other than pushing someone over for a setlist...getting picked up by my face at a skinny puppy show...waking up on the floor of cbgbs after passing out (no drugs or drinking) just pushing the limits as a kid...locking eyes with RJ Dio and sharing devil horns while on the shoulders of a good friend...knocking over Al Jorgensen's bottle of booze before a stagedive.(sure I told this one before too).had em all lined up on the edge of the stage, revolting cocks... steer beers and queers...me ride the crowd into the bouncer pit...no bouncers...climb on stage...knock over bottle...high 5 AJ..he was shocked to see me...and launch into the crowd...lived to tell.. I love my life...0
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lastexitlondon said:
https://youtu.be/McAuN97zn2s
4.min onwards. Its me in my white t shirt.0 -
Love hearing all these stories, thanks for sharing all.0
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This is a memorabilia story, sorry no pics. In 1998, my friend who worked at a record store gave me a cool promotional item for Yield, a life-sized 3-D cardboard Yield sign that said Pearl Jam on it. I took this sign to several '98 shows for fun. After the Cleveland Blossom Music Center show, my friend and I were in my car trying, very slowly, to get out of the parking lot. I was holding the Yield sign out of my car window when two a**holes ran up and grabbed it and tried to wrench it from my hands to steal it. Luckily I had a tight grip and fought them off, but this moment in PJ history always left me feeling disappointed in humanity.0
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Cool sign and nice your friend gave it to you. Sorry that happened to you. Hope they grew out of that stage and are better people now.0
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JC29866 said:This is a memorabilia story, sorry no pics. In 1998, my friend who worked at a record store gave me a cool promotional item for Yield, a life-sized 3-D cardboard Yield sign that said Pearl Jam on it. I took this sign to several '98 shows for fun. After the Cleveland Blossom Music Center show, my friend and I were in my car trying, very slowly, to get out of the parking lot. I was holding the Yield sign out of my car window when two a**holes ran up and grabbed it and tried to wrench it from my hands to steal it. Luckily I had a tight grip and fought them off, but this moment in PJ history always left me feeling disappointed in humanity.
I kid I kid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have zero PJ meetings, cool things given to me. Other bands I do though.
These are great.
@Loujoe that Jorgenen story is awesome!0 -
There was a guy I spoke to years ago. Last name Noone. He had a fantastic story. Wish he were still on here.0
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