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  1. "We may take breaks and do other things, but we feel we'll ultimately have Pearl Jam as a family." - Stone Gossard


    Hmmmm...when is the next family reunion in the studio ???
  3. Nice.......more solo material from EV !!!!
  4. Well, that sounds exciting. I rewatched Once, the movie with Glen Hansard, just yesterday.
  5. So here we are second stand at United Center and the gig starts with the by now usual 3 block Severed-Suicide- Wasted. We’re still early in the tour but i’m beginning to wish they separate them every now and then .. for a second night at least. Solid songs for a solid concert opening still they can be tried in a different way. Good ones not out standing this day.

    Band completely not synchronized at the start of Marker in the Animal; i love when this kind of things happen .. if occasionaly of course. The initial misunderstanding leads to play both with Animal first. Quite weak both .. i’m finding Stone not at top form till now.

    Do the Evolution next .. a hard rocket that usually gives a nose-up .. it does a bit but not as it’s used to.
    I love it’s paired with Whipping, always a highlight for me, it suffers the lack of the boys as a band though.
    They’re still warming up it seems to me.

    Lets jump to the probably most controversial, not understood at times and loved (by me and half fandome part) PJ album .. nice one for ½ Full, Mike seems to be in for his solo part .. I Am Mine .. great mid tempo great blend of acoustic and electric guitar well performer by the band here in Chicago, Eddie not trying it in deep maybe. First moment, this two, that stands out from what have come so far.

    Classic following with Even Flow .. tech problem of Stone guitar? Matt esitation? Bad timing? Whatever .. another stumble right at the start; song flows fluently afterward though .. pulled solo during one of the most famous moments of Mikey.

    Gone and Insignificance are well played but i’d say these are not the songs that can move the equilibrium of a concert and it hasn’t obviously happened either this time.
    Eddie rides a sure horse at this point for it would be a nothing-special Better Man .. if it were not for the tag; Save It For Later is actually more than this .. it’s like he’s realized the song is closed too hurry and throw it at the end. I liked this not-tag version though.

    The concerts “goes” Down and, for my liking, it’s always great when an outtake or a b-sides, like this case, is in the set. Another Riot Act and paired with its lead song of the single (I Am Mine); i always thought Down could have easily been in the album in some other place .. i like this “immediate” song even though i don’t like how it ends here.
    I have nothing else to say about this type of Garden, nice but far away of what it is, so i pass to one of the tops, if not the top of the Avocado .. always a pleasure to listen and in Chicago is not different a different Inside Job.

    Lukin -> Why Go to close the main set with the first usually being a very appreciate by me in a PJ gig … not this one; moreover the transition to Why Go hasn’t worked well, it could have been much better potentially.

    Wasted Reprise opens the encore and it’s a very good one in this position and as concert opener too. I prefer when it works introing a harder song than Man of the Hour. I love the huge sweetness of this one, still i was waiting for another type there .. not bad at all nevertheless.

    The well known chord and harmonica make foresee and hope for a time trip to where it all started .. the tape that travelled Seattle-San Diego-Seattle .. and it happens ..Footsteps-Once-Alive .. reversed Momma-Son!!! .. always a very very special celebration time for the fans and always a Highlight and an estatic trip. Funny yesterday i was looking at the whole Ten collector edition of mine and of course that magic cassette copy lingered in my hands …

    A shitty Last Kiss comes next, nothing else to say hehe .. maybe too much emotions for the previous threesome has surrounded the band hehe.
    Double Last for the second encore Kiss makes way to Exit, definetely a much better song and performance but it didn’t take much.
    Glorified G i think is out of place in a second encore, i like it and i think that the main set is its natural place.

    Not a very brilliant Small Town, in line with the gig, preludes to the second special back-to-roots moment .. Crown of Thorns! .. guess it has been suggested by the story of the Mother Love Bone t-shirt man seen by Eddie the previous night. Aside of its romantic significante a great song indeed .. of course Stone and Jeff completely in it and a very nice choir by Matt.

    The band leads better rockin in the free yellow world to end what i think it’s a “weird” concert. Definetely they were not at top form, limp Matt C distracted Stoney not dogged Jeff, but i can hardly find a particolar reason fori t .. not that they were “unwilling” or the set wouldn’t have been that long. Wrong evening for all the band, who more who less, like it can happen to everyone.
    For sure those 2 rare gems save something of the night.

    Highlights: reverse Momma-Son – Crown Of Thorns - I Am Mine – Save It For Later

    Rating: 3 1/2
  7. A personal favorite of mine is up...Grand Rapids...gorgeous morning here in NYC..low 50s already...did a long jog blasting Grand Rapids....this show IMO is amazing........I will review it soon....busy busy day today.....my NY Rangers open tonight,in the "redone" MSG...I hope my sightlines are still great....and 2 NFL championship games as well.....

    Let's Go Rangers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...Lundqvist needs some help in front of him !!!!
  8. have you seen this Ed? aside of Mike you should know the bass player .. hehe

  9. Woa..my boy Stefan Lessard..nice...
  10. Originally posted by EDDMB:A personal favorite of mine is up...Grand Rapids...gorgeous morning here in NYC..low 50s already...did a long jog blasting Grand Rapids....this show IMO is amazing........I will review it soon....busy busy day today.....my NY Rangers open tonight,in the "redone" MSG...I hope my sightlines are still great....and 2 NFL championship games as well.....

    Let's Go Rangers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...Lundqvist needs some help in front of him !!!!

    The Swede was pulled in the home opener,his teammates gave him no help......I'am vexed.
  11. I saw that (NYR drubbing) but didn't want to mention such sensitive matters. It's a long season - not as long as usual, I suppose.
  12. They did not look sharp,they were spent,Pitt looked much better,and they played on Sat as well......the season should have started later..one week to prepare is ridiculous...

    The walkways in the "new" MSG are awful upstairs...I visited a friend who has seats in the "blue seats" as we used to call them..there is no room,the seats are closer together and if you have the misfortune of having someone who is "a bit large in the middle",you will have an elbow in you side all night...my seats are close to the ice thank the Lord,but still...its wrong to cram the fans in the rafters like that,they are "packt like sardines in a crushed tin box"

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