Why does Pearl Jam hate Texas?

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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    We eat steak with every meal.
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  • BillyPilgrim
    BillyPilgrim Posts: 1
    Flagg wrote:
    16. More Wal-Marts per capita than any other state


    Actually, while TX does have an abundance of Satan's Stores, the award for most stores per capita goes to Arkansas (headquarters of Wal-Mart are in Bentonville, I believe). In fact, Texas isn't even in the top ten.

    http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2008/03/starbuckswalmar.html Check out the data.

    As for reasons they wouldn't want to play Texas, and Austin specifically, you've got me. There's still a good shot that they'll be in Dallas and Houston in September.
  • nowayimfaithfull
    nowayimfaithfull Posts: 2,051
    Flagg wrote:
    You may be on to something there. Stone used to wear a Dallas Cowboys hat all the time, but not since 93 or so.


    fuck thats right he did, those pictures on the roof top.

    well than there you go, they havent won a bowl since that era, there is another reason.
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    BillyPilgrim wrote:
    Actually, while TX does have an abundance of Satan's Stores, the award for most stores per capita goes to Arkansas (headquarters of Wal-Mart are in Bentonville, I believe). In fact, Texas isn't even in the top ten.

    http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2008/03/starbuckswalmar.html Check out the data.

    As for reasons they wouldn't want to play Texas, and Austin specifically, you've got me. There's still a good shot that they'll be in Dallas and Houston in September.

    Haha. Cool. OK, scratch Wal-Mart off the list. Although there are a ton of those damn things around here.
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  • hoopinman
    hoopinman Posts: 294
    Flagg wrote:
    Blue Laws

    blue Laws here arent THAT bad...in Colorado you can only buy 3.2 beer on Sundays.
  • drivingrl
    drivingrl Posts: 1,448
    Flagg wrote:
    9. Snobby, stuck up Dallas women


    Hheeeeyyy! :(
    drivingrl: "Will I ever get to meet Gwen Stefani?"
    kevinbeetle: "Yes. When her career washes up and her and Gavin move to Galveston, you will meet her at Hot Topic shopping for a Japanese cheerleader outfit.

    Next!"
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    drivingrl wrote:
    Hheeeeyyy! :(


    drivingrl and a few others are notable exceptions of course. :D
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  • lance_gray
    lance_gray Posts: 166
    circles down wrote:
    There's lots of places that have not seen PJ in five years or way, way more.

    I don't think they sell as well here, especially compared to cities in the northeast and west coast. These are just not very appealing cities for them to come to. The past two stops in Dallas they play the same theater in the butthole of the ghetto, there's no way to get around, and no reason to, so they probably don't have any fond memories of this city. I can tell you for sure that any event, no matter what, at Starplex (smirnoff/superpages.com center) will bring out all the mulleted rednecks. That's one culture that is hard to embrace, in fact, it's a big turnoff if that's one of your impressions of the city.

    Pj probably doesn't care about most of your list. They have the luxury to be selective and Texas just isn't worth it to them when they can do the NE and west coast.

    I don't understand why people keep saying they don't sell well here. Every show I've been to has been at least 90-95% full, even in OKC! So, unless your saying that they don't sell well as far as CDs then I just don't buy it. I'm pretty pissed off this morning now that I know for sure they won't be coming here. I wish they would just fucking come down here to shut us up if for anything else.
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    McMansions.
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  • lance_gray
    lance_gray Posts: 166
    21. Another reason they don't come here is Dallas is home to almost all known $30,000 millionaires.
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  • cash
    cash Posts: 55
    I can tell you for sure that any event, no matter what, at Starplex (smirnoff/superpages.com center) will bring out all the mulleted rednecks. That's one culture that is hard to embrace, in fact, it's a big turnoff if that's one of your impressions of the city.


    Yet they always seem to play Jersey and NY which IMO is filled with far worse Douchebags than the redneck circuit could ever bring forth
  • drivingrl
    drivingrl Posts: 1,448
    lance_gray wrote:
    21. Another reason they don't come here is Dallas is home to almost all known $30,000 millionaires.

    So true.

    How about:

    Lack of good public transportation
    Our intolerance towards immigrants
    Rick Perry
    Hogging the Ogallala Acquier
    Too many guns
    Our craptacular school system
    Religious nuts (I'm looking at you, crazy pedophiles over there in West TX)
    drivingrl: "Will I ever get to meet Gwen Stefani?"
    kevinbeetle: "Yes. When her career washes up and her and Gavin move to Galveston, you will meet her at Hot Topic shopping for a Japanese cheerleader outfit.

    Next!"
  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    drivingrl wrote:
    So true.

    How about:

    Lack of good public transportation
    Our intolerance towards immigrants
    Rick Perry
    Hogging the Ogallala Acquier
    Too many guns
    Our craptacular school system
    Religious nuts (I'm looking at you, crazy pedophiles over there in West TX)


    Yeah, I forgot all about the polygamist compound!!
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  • lance_gray
    lance_gray Posts: 166
    Flagg wrote:
    Yeah, I forgot all about the polygamist compound!!

    They were just trying to help those kids!
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  • My Corduroy Jacket
    My Corduroy Jacket Austin, TX Posts: 571
    lance_gray wrote:
    21. Another reason they don't come here is Dallas is home to almost all known $30,000 millionaires.

    Never a truer statement made then that
    Austin, TX
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Flagg wrote:
    Fire Ants - I don't know if other states have those little fuckers but they might as well be the state animal down here.
    Fire Ants came into the U.S. via the Port of Mobile, Alabama....first documented by a very young E.O. Wilson (who's from Alabama!!!)....We gave the nation Fire Ants, but we gave the world E.O. Wilson.


    I love Texas!!!! Great birding on the coast (which I have done) and in the Rio Grande Valley (which I have not done.) :( Great zoos in both Dallas and Fort Worth!!!!

    ...and Texas gave us......Whataburger!!!!!!
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    Scared Anton Chigurh is still out there somewhere.
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  • kh65
    kh65 Posts: 946
    As a percent of the population I would say they probably have a smaller number of fans. Also, they tend to like to go to places that are cold and wet :)
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    kh65 wrote:
    As a percent of the population I would say they probably have a smaller number of fans. Also, they tend to like to go to places that are cold and wet :)


    I think most of them are in my yard.
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    I don't think they liked that whole "Don't Mess with Texas" thing.
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