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  1. while i'm on my review process here a couple of excerpt of another Mike interview

    On Pearl Jam’s new album: “Well, we’re gearing up to finish the second part of the record that we started about two years ago. We all decided to pull back a little bit after we had done about seven songs, which I think are going to be on the next record. I’m not really sure. It all depends upon how this next session goes. I have a feeling that we’ll have something out this year. We are all very prolific in bringing in ideas and we’re all in conversation and are starting to rehearse in about a month. I feel like we’ll have something by this year. I don’t know that everyone in the band feels that way, but I’m going to do my damndest to move it along if I can have any kind of say in it. I would really like to get it out this year because we would really like to do some touring and things like that.”

    On Pearl Jam’s songwriting process: “It’s all of those things. Specifically for myself, I will demo ideas in my studio and try to make them as good as possible and if Matt [Cameron] isn’t around I will use a local drummer friend of mine to help me get an idea down. So I’ll bring fully realized demos to the equation and then it all kind of changes from there because everybody kind of goes, ‘Well why don’t you take out this part or put this in here or move this over here or do half of that?’ Stone [Gossard] and Jeff [Ament] are great editors so once you have your demo you bring it in and people scrutinize it and they either like it or they don’t. If they do then I just go, ‘Dude, if you have any ideas, just go for it.’ I also want to be able to add to people’s songs in the way that I do and I think I’m kind of the coloring on top of a lot of ideas and melodies at times. I feel like if Ed [Vedder] brings in a song, I want to be able to do a solo that’s cool for it. He may not have any ideas for what that is yet until I do it right there on the spot. Sometimes Jeff will bring in a couple of riffs and we’ll just jam on that. Matt will bring in parts of stuff. That being said, everyone brings in fully realized demos, too. It’s like everything; we have a lot of stuff. We don’t have any outside songwriters. [Laughs.]”
  2. Wonder when they announce this Fall tour
  3. I hope soon...I failed to get tickets to that London show so I am hoping they'll pass through Toronto (at a larger venue) so I don't have to spend over $300 for a ticket on Stub Hub and drive 2.5 hours (each way!) on the same day, by myself (none of my friends want to go to this one) just to see them in 2013.

    I'll do it if I have to but ...

  4. If memory serves me right,the 2010 spring mini tour was announced in March
    of that year.Last years mini Euro June/July tour was announced in Feb I believe.It was cold in NYC when I booked my flight to London,for the IOW/Man 2 gigs..

    So it might be awile.....
  5. As long as it's before July 16th, I can wait.
  6. Originally posted by EDDMB:[..]

    If memory serves me right,the 2010 spring mini tour was announced in March
    of that year.Last years mini Euro June/July tour was announced in Feb I believe.It was cold in NYC when I booked my flight to London,for the IOW/Man 2 gigs..

    So it might be awile.....


    No, I believe the 2012 European Tour was announced in December. I was in my last year of school and my friend got the tickets and I remember having a gig that night and specifically recall the date being December 16th. I think that was the date tickets went on sale for the entire tour.
  7. This is me being a bit of an ass - on many levels

    Camden 1 (2006-05-27)

    Welcome to New Jersey – or do we say Philadelphia? (Just paraphrasing EV here.)

    The show starts calmly with “Wasted Reprise” and the kicks into “Life Wasted.” I STILL have to get used to these shows being from 2006 as I still think they do a better job nowadays by using this combo to open an encore ever so often. They’ve mastered “WWS” by now (which follows) making for a nice start. Afterwards, two solid heavy hitters (“Do the Evolution” and “Animal”) are played which takes the intensity up a notch.

    What follows seems to be a back-and-forth of new versus old. “Severed Hand” comes first followed by “Corduroy.” This pairing works well but then “Marker in the Sand” is performed, then “Given to Fly,” and then “Unemployable.” It all just doesn’t work for me. To me, from the start, assuming all these songs must have been played, they should have gone:
    Reprise
    Life Wasted
    WWS
    Severed Hand
    Evolution
    Animal
    Marker
    Unemployable
    Corduroy
    Given to Fly
    I think the flow of the show would have worked much better.

    Things pick up really fast – and in a fast way – with “Lukin” which is followed by (finally they played this one again!) “Not For You.” Unfortunately, this isn’t their best performance of the song (serves them right for leaving it off the setlist for so long) as EV flubs a few lyrics and the “Modern Girl” tag is, imho, much too slow.

    “Daughter” is next – sound goods – but no “It’s OK” tag tonight. An extended “W.M.A.” tag does follow, however, and the crowd seems to be into the “police stopped my brother again” lyric. Following this song with “I Am Mine” works quite well to me.

    The main set finishes with “Jeremy” (where EV sings the first chorus!), a really nice performance of “Present Tense,” and a nice one-two Ten punch of “Why Go” and “Porch.” Admittedly, “Porch” is a bit long and seems a bit subdued on this night. I preferred a high-octane rendition of this song.

    EV introduces the band and calls the audience his friends to start the first encore which, not surprisingly, is well received. “Better Man” follows – an okay performance where EV messes up a few lyrics during the last version. He lost his place.

    “Come Back” is next. It should have been played before “B-Man.” I do appreciate the emotion EV puts into his singing near the end of the song, however. “Small Town” follows – I guess it was mainly an encore song back in 2006.

    Now EV introduces a few individuals who had been wrongly-accused for crimes they did not commit thanks to the help of a local charity. He then invites them (the ones who are, coincidentally, musicians to play “Last Kiss” together. Touching? Maybe. Worth listening to? Definitely not. It sounds like shit. They’d really butchered this song up to this point on the 2006 tour. Next comes “Alive” to close the first encore. – again. I still love it but the “Last Kiss” debacle has put me off a bit.

    The second encore seems to provide a little redemption. “State of Love and Trust” opens – it deserves to be an encore song and is followed by a ferocious version of “Blood.” Next...Guess what? I got this show from pearljambootlegs.org and for whatever reason it doesn’t include the last five songs of the show! For this reason, I have nothing to add about the performance of “Even Flow” (a refreshing position for it in the setlist), “Comatose” (stop including it in the encore!), “Leash” (I would have liked to hear their second crack at it), “RITFW,” and “YLB” (ho hum)!

    Highlights: Animal, Severed Hand, Present Tense, Corduroy, State of Love and Trust, Blood

    Rating: A generous 2.5 Stars. Maybe I’d raise it if I heard the end of the show.
  8. Dont blame you Matt,Ron and I have been exremely tardy.

    Problem is,Im not listening to PJ really...but I have my review for Boston N2 at the ready.
  9. Boston N2 05.25.06

    Rocking version of Severed Hand kicks things off.Corduroy,WWS,Evolution,GTF (decent version),Dissident and then Even Flow.Couldnt ask for a better start.Band sound crisp and fresh.But,the show is brought to an absolute halt.Marker,Low Light,Insignificant,Army Reserve.Piss break /beer run galore.

    Ed talks about how it was such a beautiful day in Boston and a beatiful day for them and his daughter whose “back home in another city.” He then mentions that their thoughts turn toward those put in a dire situation overseas and plays a solid,but cut version of Garden.I have mentioned over and over,I dont understand why they played it this way.

    I Got ID>SOLAT sound great,unfortunately the boring Comatose follows.Killing the feel.

    Inside Job,as always,is welcomed.RVM (as usual) closes this broken set.What a shocker.RVM ended the main set.Flip this classic with Alive please.Still love hearing both songs.

    Encore 1

    Wasted Reprise > Man of the Hour.Not bad,but I certainly would have been annoyed.

    Before Small Town,Ed says the song used to be so easy to play, but they kept “fucking it up.” Small Town sounds good,and Ed lets the crowd finish.Again,this tune should have been played mid set,not now.If the boys are going to bust out the acoustic's,play Small Town,sure.But also play Off He Goes,Nothing Man,IMMORTALITY,DAUGHTER ???

    Parachutes is nice,but for me this doesnt belong in the encore.Ed loses his way.Ocean's anyone ????

    Black absolutely saves this encore.Stunning version.I would have let out a sigh of refief here.....crowd sing their hearts out...as if they were waiting all night.

    Alive (as usual) closes the encore.Why couldnt the band play Alive second,during the main set ? PJ (unlike Dave Matthews Band) are so fucking predictable.I love this tune,but it has to be moved in the set. How about ending the encore with Once ?? or blowing my mind and busting out DIRTY FRANK ????

    Encore 2

    Why Go.I like it....good version.Life Wasted ???,terrible placement here.WTF Ed ??!! Encore 2 is reserved for CLASSICS.He knows better.

    SMILE ??!!!!???!! No Code ? Hmmmmm...Turns out,a small girl was in the crowd (3rd row),with a sign that said Smile.Ed brought her up onstage,she gave him flowers.Ed hugs her,and plays the tune.Classy.Nice moment.Very very nice.I would have been bitching like a little child by now,but this scene would have shut me right up for the night.Impressive.Hands down,highlight of the show.

    The classic INDIFFERENCE follows.Ed discusses, how the proceeds for the show are going to benefit a charity for homeless children in the city, and how a "great man promised they’d match the donation". He seems moved to know such a man “with intelligence and heart,” and says you may have heard of him since his name is Theo Epstein (G M of the Boston Red Sox)”. The crowd goes bananas.Another great moment.

    LEASH ????!!!!!!??????!!!!! WTF ??!!! Noooo wayyyy.Woa.I would have seriously pissed myself now.The last time this classic was played,04.11.94 !!! In Boston.WOW !! A flub of course starts it.Who cares.This show went from ok,to classic for me here.Just these 3 songs would have made this a classic night if I was there.DROP THE LEASH DROP THE LEASH !!!!!

    RITFW and YL close,as predicted.I wouldnt have cared.I would still have been singing DROP THE LEASH DROP THE LEASH..WE ARE YOUNG !!!! DELIGHT IN THE TRUTH !!!

    Ok main set,good encore 1 (Black makes any encore good,just by being played),encore 2 is stunning.Leash ?? SMILE AND INDIFFERENCE ???

    4 1/2 stars..no question.

    The songs for me are all here...they are just spread out..very spread out.Corduroy,GTF,Dissident,Even Flow,Garden,I Got ID,SOLAT,Inside Job,RVM,BLACK,Alive,Why Go,SMILE>INDIFFERENCE>LEASH !!!!!!!!

    Thats too many great songs for just an average rating IMO.
  10. 2006-05-25 TD Garden - Boston, MA

    A big man stands behind an open door and concert starts with Severed Hand and its extended intro, very good Mike raging all over and passing the guitar for the opening notes of Corduroy .. classic and for me one of the best for topping and drastically raising the level after the opening .. and it does .. again Mike seems quite in form tonite, well carrying the song to the end in good company by the band (great Stone in covering his shoulder). WWS predictable next .. time to rest it for a night? A second night at least?
    I hope it’s not war I hope it’s not .. Evolution baby .. but Stone says it is time for it .. halllleelllujaahh .. and takes the lead .. he’s sooo good (Brad shows it all).
    Again the ball is passed to the left stage for that dreaming arpeggio of the human being that was Given to Fly .. band, in the whole, is in top form and Dissident is no less, maybe Eddie should have tackled it tougher.
    This great starting long run keeps going with classic Even Flow, Mike going for a bit chopped and long pulled-notes solo type till Stone calls the reprise and great audience to follow him.
    Great 7 songs run by now .. but .. what come next drops the inertia .. a too long down sequence Marker in the Garden (it’s good once or twice as a change but in long term it just makes me miss even more the dear old version). All these songs very well performed, nothing to say still …
    Insignificance has not much .. significance .. in this context.
    I could put I Got ID in this section too, but I do love too much this song so I don’t and it’s a very good one this in Boston.
    Mike launchs the riff, soon followed by Stone, that leads to a state of love and trust .. “minor” song that never fails .. very nice the audience even though I haven’t understood yet if Eddie had problem of syncro with the people of viceversa, somewhere else the crowd would have eaten the song. Very very good nonetheless.
    Comatose needs to start as soon as the previous ends .. those few seconds break the energy a bit. Good they pulled it off the encore though.
    The chords of Mike and the flying notes of Stone creates the wonderful atmosphere Inside Job can give .. love it .. I personally end the main set with this song every now and then when it’s played in this section .. the best for it.
    But Rearviewmirror comes to take its spot .. great jam by all the band before having seen things so much clearer, and great ride to the end.
    Wasted Reprise into Man of the Hour for a sweet reentry on stage .. other “minor” song I love as I love the little Matt backing here. Small Town in the encore? Play it as first song of it then; still quite involving one.
    Ok first appearance of Parachutes (you know for me every song must have one shot at least=.. tooth removed .. no more please! hehe
    From the bottom to the top .. Black .. no word needed .. just .. jeez the du du du du must overtop the band hehe
    Alive closing.
    Matt beats the time for the second encore .. Why Go .. solid good one but Eddie a little bit rougher thanks 
    Life Wasted .. similar speech as Small Town.
    Time for Stone to embody Jeff and Jeff Stone to give away a Smile; good lovely one.
    The great groove of Indifference seems to lead towards the end of the concert but Boston fans succeed in what was tried since years .. they drop the leash!!! Just for this they deserved a big applause! Thanks Bostonians.
    Leash can never be a closer, even if it would be cool hehe, so a double shot to end.

    Strange concert .. long moments saying fucking great! Long others saying please change rear! .. so I think getting in the middle is the best way.

    Highlights: Leash (of course) - Severed Hand – Rearviewmirror – Black

    Rating: 3 1/2
  11. I enjoyed reading both of your reviews, Ed and Ron.

    I will patiently await your Camden 1 reviews!

    Until then, I've decided to start listening to the 2000 NA shows.
  12. Go to Det 10.07 ,Alpine 10.08 (Ice Bowl gig in East Troy) and the great Chicago 10.09 show.3 straight amazing shows from Oct 2000.These 3 have always been my top shows from that great tour.

    St Louis is also very solid from 10.11.00.
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