i gotta be honest, this pic doesnt make me happy. there is nothing wrong with the picture, mind you, but damn if the men of pearl jam arent looking a little old. you know what that means, right? yeah, i, too, no longer look like the fresh faced 17 year old that wore out 4 copies of his ten tape back in 91/92. only slightly depressing….

here are the elder statesmen, pearl jam, playing in madrid, spain on 6.9.07 @ festimand sur. its an fm broadcast, btw.

1. porch
2. animal
3. world wide suicide
4. hail hail
5. corduroy
6. small town
7. severed hand
8. given to fly
9. green disease
10. even flow
11. daughter – wma – another brick in the wall II
12. alive
first encore
13. last exit
14. not for you
15. modern girl
16. comatose
17. go
second encore:
18. black
19. i believe in miracles
21. baba o’riley
21. yellow ledbetter

afternoon, all. here is a pearl jam boot that may or may not be referred to as “first week rehearsals,” supposedly taking place between 10.13 – 23 in 1990. whatever it is, there is some pretty awesome stuff here. until later…

1. even flow

2. once

3. breath

4. release

5. girl

6. goat

7. alive

8. alone

9. oceans

10. black

11. improv

12. weird a

13. daddy

i dont believe i have ever heard heard a les savy fav song and i am not sure why. have always heard great things about em, but we have yet to meet up until now. are they really indie rock’s best live band? i only ask cause that’s what the press release proclaims. anyway, the only real reason i even ventured forward was cause attached to said email/press release was a cover of superchunk’s “precision auto,” which i of course i had to check out. i can say that it sounds like “precision auto” but nothing special to be honest. i digress, on 4.29 les savy fav is releasing a digital only copy of their new years eve show from the bowery which they have entitled after the ball drops. they do a bunch of cool covers, i must admit, which include pixies’ “debaser,” nirvana’s “sliver,” misfit’s “astro zombies,” and a couple more. should be worth checkin out, even for a non fan like myself. here be a few live performances from the archives. for you fans out there where would one start with in regards to the les savy fav catalogue?

sweet descends from after the ball drops

precision auto

disco drive from an 05 performance in atlanta

reprobates resume from the same performance, i assume

in these woods again, from the same show

les savy fav site / french kiss records

i was at this pearl jam show which took place at the metro all the way back on 3.28.92. i was but a wee lad, all of 18, and was under the influence of mushrooms, which just so happened to be my first time indulging in such an activity. i wasn’t that fond of it, to be honest, and i only took shrooms one other time. i really didnt want to the second time but it was a matter of getting laid or going home alone – i chose the former. what i remember of that night is that we walked from what used to be the damen, on the corner of damen and roscoe, to her apartment on lake and around ashland – which is a pretty decent walk @ 3 am especially 12 years ago when some of those areas of chicago weren’t what they are today. forgive my reminiscing, this is the xrt broadcast of said show, but not the entire show.

1. release

2. evenflow

3. once

4. state of love and trust

5. alive

6. black

7. deep

8. jeremy

9. why go home

10. porch

11. garden

hay, hay, hay! so is the writers strike over or not? the only thing i can find alluding to the fact is on digg. i really dont care either way, just kinda sick of hearing people talk about it.

here is a lovely fm broadcast of pearl jam in germany on 11.3.96. it does have a couple of issues a long the way, but nothing really worth noting. the only issue that i have with it is that the track listing doesnt coincide with what i was given. be that as it may, still a great show.

1. intro

2. long road

3. last exit

4. hail hail

5. go

6. in my tree

7. corduroy

8. better man

9. lukin

10. hunger strike

11. even flow

12. daughter

13. jeremy

14. sometimes

15. rearviewmirror

16. immortality

17. alive

18. blood

19. who are you

20. state of love and trust

21. not for you

22. chit chat

23. present tense

24. leaving here

25. yellow ledbetter

top of the labor day to you all! ah, its nice to have days off, or at least any consecutive amount days greater than 2. we just got back from camping for the evening, which was cool but really you need more than a day to get in the swing of camping. still nice to do some fishing and commiserate with the locals.

for those that have heard it, what do you all think of the band of horses song? its really not all what i expected but i love its simplicity.

i dont think there had ever been a more anticipated release, at the time, than the release of pearl jam’s vs. i was going to western illinois university back in 93 and the whole campus, or everyone i talked to, was abuzz about its release. the local record shop, rockin robins, did a midnight sale and it seemed like half the campus was there. it was damn cold night in macomb, illinoise but that didnt harsh the mood that was quickly turning into complete pandemonium the closer midnight came. i was probably 20th in line and when i stepped foot into rockin robins i could barely hold in my excitement. i might have had wood, but thats between you and me. once the monies and product was exchanged i think i actually ran back to my dorm. which is quite rare for me cause i only run when chased, which is really never. i think i eventually got home around 1 am and i was up to at least 5 am taking it all in. to this day, i dont think any album has hit me has hard on initial listen as vs did.

here are the men of pearl jam playing in madrid, spain on 6.9.07 @ festimand sur. its an fm broadcast so you will hear the station djs from time to time.

1. porch

2. animal

3. world wide suicide

4. hail hail

5. corduroy

6. small town

7. severed hand

8. given to fly

9. green disease

10. even flow

11. daughter – wma – another brick in the wall II

12. alive

first encore
13. last exit

14. not for you

15. modern girl

16. comatose

17. go

Second Encore:
18. black

19. i believe in miracles

21. baba o’riley

21. yellow ledbetter