Live Show: Pearl Jam (7/13/1998)

Photo: Danny Clinch

The only Bonnaroo headliner I'm really interested in is the boys from Seattle. If there was any one band that got the most backlash from the early '90s grunge blow up, it is obviously Pearl Jam. There are a lot of reasons for this. They didn't go in a cliche' direction and just keep churning out radio friendly rockers. They seem to be the only major band from that era that never broke up so they are the only one that stuck around long enough for all bandwagoners to get sick of them. They speak out on political issues and for some reason people don't like that. And probably worst of all, starting in the middle 90's and continuing even today, too many douchebags ripped Eddie Vedder's vocal stylings resulting in bands ranging from "utterly terrible" to "oh my god, shoot me in the face".

While their relevance and influence on music today may seem fairly non-existent, that doesn't mean they haven't produced some amazing music and still do a hell of great live show. I'm the first to hate on stadium rock shows, but Pearl Jam sure puts forth a convincing argument for them. The show I choose below starts off with a couple songs from their fourth full length, No Code. While most will cite this as the point where they began to fall off, it is hard for me to think of a more underrated album. The relative lack of hard rocking audience pleasers certainly didn't make them more popular, but it did give them a chance to really dig into their capacity for songwriting, and the results were an album that I think has aged better than most from that genre. If you have any apprehensions about Pearl Jam being a worthwhile act to see, pick up a copy of No Code and listen to this show:

Pearl Jam
The Forum: Los Angeles, CA, USA
1998-07-13

Source: ALD > Unknown DAT
Transfer: Unknown DAT -> Unknown Transfer to CD -> EAC -> FLAC Frontend > .flac
FLAC generation done by John Reynolds (jr@twofeetthick.com)

Set:

Sometimes
Corduroy
Hail Hail
Brain of J
In Hiding
Even Flow
Given to Fly
MFC
Not for You
Wishlist
Jeremy
Do the Evolution
Dissident
Present Tense
Spin the Black Circle
Rearviewmirror
Go > encore break

Encore 1:

Elderly Woman
Better Man
Daughter
Alive > encore break

Encore 2:

Baba O'Riley

Download Lossless Torrent Here

Videos Of The Day: Lollapalooza 2007

I opted for Pitchfork Fest instead of Lollapalooza this summer for my now atleast yearly fest trip to Chicago, but Lolla was really awesome last year when I went and here's a little video in case you didn't get a taste either this year:

Pearl Jam:



Interpol:



Regina Spektor:



Beatle Bob introducing Yo La Tengo:



Peter Bjorn And John with chick from Silversun Pickups and dude from Apostle Of Hustle:

Torrents Of the Day: Pearl Jam

Ok, so there's alot of great Pearl Jam Torrents floating around The Traders Den. Here's some recent shows:

Pearl Jam 2007-06-26 Copenhagen Forum, Denmark (16-bit) (FLAC)

Pearl Jam 2007-06-23 Southside Festival (16-bit) (FLAC)

Pearl Jam 2007-06-12 Olympiahalle - Munich, Germany (24-bit) (FLAC)

And then there's this:

Pearl Jam xxxx-xx-xx Evolution: 1985 - 1994 | 4 CD Boxed Set (FLAC)

Pearl Jam
Evolution
1985-1994
***Liberated Bootleg***
Cedrum Sound Lab CD-91,
CD-92, CD-93, CD-94

Source: Gold CD > EAC (wav) > TLH (flac8)

Disc I:


01: Together Will Never
02: Bazaar
03: Anything I Want

04: San Diego Beach

05: Thru Fade Away
06: Holy Roller
07: Holy Roller (Version #2)
08: Half Ass Monkey Boy
09: Mother Love Bone
10: Mother Love Bone (Version #2)
11: Stardog Champion
12: Chloe Dancer
13: Lady Godiva Blues
14: Stargazer
15: Mindshaker Meltdown
16: I'm Your King Bee
17: Hold Your Head Up
18: Bone China
19: Bone China (Version #2)

Time: 73:39

Disc II:


01: My Kind of Love
02: These Are No Blues For You
03: King of Games
04: Bone China

05: How's That
06: Wanted You to Know
07: Wanted You to Know (Version #2)
08: What
09: Believe You Me
10: Believe You Me (Version #2)
11: Answer
12: Just A Book
13: What The Funk
14: Crossroads
15: One Step Up
16: Street Funky Man
17: Sick of Pussy's
18: Can't Find a Better Man
19: Can't Find a Better Man (Version #2)

Time: 73:25

Disc III:


01: Alive
02: E' Ballad
Pearl Jam (#1)>
03: Alive
04: Even Flow
05: Once
06: Breath
07: Release
08: Girl
09: Alone
10: Mystery
11: Christmas Tree
12: Sonic Reducer

13: Animal
14: Whippin'
15: Daughter
16: Go
17: Dissident
18: W.M.A.

Time: 74:23

Disc IV:


01: Blood
02: Glorified G
03: Rats
04: Leash
05: Hard to Imagine
06: Alone
07: Indifference
08: Rearviewmirror
09: Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town

10: Footsteps (acoustic)
11: Daughter (acoustic)
12: Tortured (acoustic)
13: Blood (soundcheck)
14: Sonic Reducer (live)
15: Can't Find a Better Man (live)
16: Roadhouse Blues (live)
17: Break On Through (live)
18: Light My Fire (live)

Time: 74:29

Notes:

I bought this as a boxed set in a cd store by my house in dallas
in 1997. It cost me ~65$ us. The packaging is a bronze/brass box
with an embossed Pearl Jam logo on the front, and the entire track
listing stickered on the back. The sticker on the back also states
that is is one of 1000 ever produced. It was used when i bought it,
and i have only played it a limited number of times.

The important parts of the booklet were scanned and included along with
this release. Some of the files are originals (scans, most of this txt
file) from when I posted this to stg in 2003 as shn files. This is a
new rip, all of the files were ripped with no skips detected by eac.
The cds were badly scratched when I purchased them, I have repaired
them once, and this is likely to be the last time the originals
see a cd player/drive for quite some time.

Enjoy...

trustthex

Torrent Of The Day: Pearl Jam (10-6-1991)

Pearl Jam 1991-10-06 (FLAC)

Pearl Jam
10-6-91
Palladium: Hollywood, CA

Source: Original Silver Bootleg > EAC > WAV > FLAC

Notes from pjnola24:
I don't know if this is a PRE-FM SBD or an FM Broadcast show. The Hard to Imagine Website claims that this show is available only as FM Broadcast. This is probably accurate; however it seems that the sound quality is just as good as some PRE-FM SBD shows that I've heard. The left/right separation on the guitars is fairly good and the clarity and separation of the individual instruments is pretty good as well.

Also note, that this IS the complete show. Pearl Jam was apparently an opening band for Alice and Chains and Soundgarden for this particular show.

1 - Wash
2 - Once
3 - Even Flow
4 - Alive
5 - Jeremy
6 - Why Go
7 - Porch

Friday Free-Style

Late edition because I got uber-drunk last night dancing like a fool at East Side Lounge. I highly recommend you go there on a Thursday night and check out the Rare Form DJ Crew. Saturday night I'll be checking out the Jupiter Watts CD Release show at the Earl. Cable And Tweed has a good article on them complete with mp3s.

The Police are talking about maybe doing an album. This video should make you laugh:



Sebadoh is at the Variety Playhouse Sunday night. Read up.

Seattle's September festival Bumbershoot has announced a partial line-up including The Shins and The Wu-tang Clan. I have to say compared to the ba-jillion other festival line-ups this year its pretty weak.

Wilco will be in Atlanta at Chastain Amphitheatre on June 19th right after playing Bonnaroo. The new album, Sky Blue Sky, comes out May 14th and is all over the Internet right now. Low will be opening for them.

Keith Richards snorted his father.

Pearl Jam have officially confirmed they will be headlining Lollapalooza. Here's some videos:







REM talk about the new album they are about to make.

Super Furry Animals have new album out in August.

TV On The Radio's Daivd Sitek is producing the new Massive Attack album.

Queens Of The Stonage new album is due out by July.

Perpetual Groove, The Whigs, and The Drive-By Truckers are headlining Athfest is Athens, Ga June 20th-24th. They will announce full line-up soon.

Man Man is touring with Modest Mouse and they will both be here on May 5 at the Masquerade.

How about a GWAR video:



Check out this new website for the new Porcupine Tree album.

James Iha is officially ruled out of the Smashing Pumpkins reunion stuff.

Mattias Gustavsson of Dungen is releasing a solo album on April 17th.

CocoRosie will be at the Masquerade on May 10th.

Andrew Bird is touring but the closest to Atlanta he will get is Nashville, TN.

Interviews:

• Bright Eyes
• The Decemberists
• Thermals
• Dean And Britta
• Peter Bjorn And John
• Shearwater
  

The Decemberists are at the Tabernacle tonight so i will leave you with some Decemberists videos:

Lollapalooza Line-up Confirmations, Rumors and Speculations

Thanks to Sixtimes at the Lollapaooza message board, Here's some confirmations:


Lupe Fiasco (http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40065/Lupe_Fiasco_Announces_Lengthy_Tour)
The New Amsterdams (http://filter-mag.com/index.php?id=13709&c=1)
Jack's Mannequin (http://www.lollapalooza.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=68391)
The Roots (http://news.hiphopsite.com/blogs/newsonthedl/archive/2007/02/20/uestlove-it-s-official-we-are-on-bonnaroo.aspx)
Son Volt (no online reference, but Cosmo says he saw it in an ad in the new Rolling Stone)
Pearl Jam (not officially confirmed: http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/poprock/278176,CST-FTR-lolla01.article)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (unofficial: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0703020099mar02,1,5001378.story?ctrack=1&cset=true)
Daft Punk ("Another Message Board," http://www.lollapalooza.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=70847)

Obviously the biggest rumor is Smashing Pumpkins because they do now officially have tour dates in Europe and this is their hometown.

More updates as we get more info.

Lollapalooza Rumors Begin: Pearl Jam to Headline?

The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Pearl Jam will be headlining the third installment of Lollapalooza v2.0. Right now Perry and Company are not commenting, but they will be releasing their line-up in about a month. Last year Lollapalooza was a lot of fun and I really hope this is true because I will most likely be going back again for this. We'll keep you up to date on any Lollapalooza developments.