Pearl Jam rock Toronto
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
A Fine Night of music in Toronto
Just back from last nights Pearl Jam show in Toronto.
I ended up with 5th row center. I was very happy with my seats. Ed did a nice preset acoustic version of "Porch" before Sleater Kinney's set. The show itself was more or less a greatest hits set. This was not a bad thing. Many uber-fans are used to PJ throwing in rare b-sides or obscure covers in their sets, and I enjoy this as well, however last night was just as good as I have ever seen them. Blistering renditions of "Do The Evolution" "Present Tense" and "Blood" were highlights, as was a beautiful cover of Neil Young's 'Harvest Moon". U2 references were made throughout the night and Ed had jumped on stage with U2 at their show in Toronto on Saturday, so perhaps it came as no surprise when Bono joined PJ for a lights on version of Neil Young's "Rockin' In The free World". A very cool moment. Toronto is a great city and it was a fantastic night. Special thanks to my sis for coming out with me to this show.
Note: By the time Bono jumped onstage I had run out of film in my camera, so I had to post pics I found on the net.
Ed solo: Porch
Set list: Release, Go, Animal, Save You, Given To Fly, Corduroy, Love Boat Captain, Small Town, Even Flow, Habit, Daughter, Better Man, 1/2 Full, Black, Do The Evolution, Rearviewmirror
1st encore: You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Present Tense, Wishlist, Harvest Moon, Indifference, Alive
2nd encore: Blood, Jeremy, Leaving Here, Rockin' in the Free World w/Bono and Sleater Kinney, Yellow Ledbetter
U2's website take on the PJ/U2 meetings...
http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news_id=1716
More later,
HelperMonkey
I ended up with 5th row center. I was very happy with my seats. Ed did a nice preset acoustic version of "Porch" before Sleater Kinney's set. The show itself was more or less a greatest hits set. This was not a bad thing. Many uber-fans are used to PJ throwing in rare b-sides or obscure covers in their sets, and I enjoy this as well, however last night was just as good as I have ever seen them. Blistering renditions of "Do The Evolution" "Present Tense" and "Blood" were highlights, as was a beautiful cover of Neil Young's 'Harvest Moon". U2 references were made throughout the night and Ed had jumped on stage with U2 at their show in Toronto on Saturday, so perhaps it came as no surprise when Bono joined PJ for a lights on version of Neil Young's "Rockin' In The free World". A very cool moment. Toronto is a great city and it was a fantastic night. Special thanks to my sis for coming out with me to this show.
Note: By the time Bono jumped onstage I had run out of film in my camera, so I had to post pics I found on the net.
Ed solo: Porch
Set list: Release, Go, Animal, Save You, Given To Fly, Corduroy, Love Boat Captain, Small Town, Even Flow, Habit, Daughter, Better Man, 1/2 Full, Black, Do The Evolution, Rearviewmirror
1st encore: You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Present Tense, Wishlist, Harvest Moon, Indifference, Alive
2nd encore: Blood, Jeremy, Leaving Here, Rockin' in the Free World w/Bono and Sleater Kinney, Yellow Ledbetter
U2's website take on the PJ/U2 meetings...
http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news_id=1716
More later,
HelperMonkey
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
This place is getting busy
As I prepare to make my way up to the great white north to see PJ in Toronto, I have to say that new Franz Ferdinand single is damn catchy...a good late summer buzz. Speaking of PJ...glad I bought my tix before this show was announced....
Pearl Jam to do Benefit Show at House of Blues in Chicago
http://www.tenclub.net/
At 1K a ticket the only people there will be rich the Republicans they despise.
A place to help pets rescued from the New Orleans/Gulf Coast area.
http://www.nsalamerica.org/
Somebody sure wants that Wilco DVD to come out...
http://www.petitiononline.com/eh91786/petition.html
The DVD may be axed, but the live album tracklist has been released...as someone who was at one of these shows, I would have liked to see a little more "Summerteeth" and "Being There" representation.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-09/13.shtml
Take on the Hurricane Katrina Failure
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/k.html
More later,
HelperMonkey
Pearl Jam to do Benefit Show at House of Blues in Chicago
http://www.tenclub.net/
At 1K a ticket the only people there will be rich the Republicans they despise.
A place to help pets rescued from the New Orleans/Gulf Coast area.
http://www.nsalamerica.org/
Somebody sure wants that Wilco DVD to come out...
http://www.petitiononline.com/eh91786/petition.html
The DVD may be axed, but the live album tracklist has been released...as someone who was at one of these shows, I would have liked to see a little more "Summerteeth" and "Being There" representation.
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-09/13.shtml
Take on the Hurricane Katrina Failure
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/k.html
More later,
HelperMonkey
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
New Releases Today
Before we get to the new releases you must watch the world's greatest Beer Ad.
I already told you about Super Furry Animals...you want more. Pick up the Dandys or StellaStarr. Rosie Thomas is always nice and Nada Surf has grown up even more. I haven't listened to Clap your hands but that is way too much hype.
9/13/05
Apollo Sunshine / Apollo Sunshine (spinART)
The Bad Plus / Suspicious Activity? (Columbia)
Blues Traveler / Bastardos! (Vanguard)
Tracy Chapman / Where You Live (Atlantic)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
CocoRosie / Noah's Ark (Touch And Go)
The Dandy Warhols / Odditorium or Warlords of Mars (Capitol)
Donovan / Try For The Sun: The Journey of Donovan (3-disc set) (Epic/Legacy)
Elizabethtown / Songs From The Brown Hotel (RCA)
David Gray / Life in Slow Motion (ATO)
Iron & Wine / Calexico- In The Reins (Overcoat Recordings)
B.B. King / Original Greatest Hits (Virgin)
Lake Trout / Not Them, You (Palm Pictures)
Paul McCartney / Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (Capitol)
Sister Getrude Morgan / King Britt Presents Sister Gertrude Morgan (Ropeadope)
Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift (Barsuk)
Tim O'Brien /Cornbread Nation (Sugar Hill Records)
Tim O'Brien / Fiddler's Green (Sugar Hill Records)
Charlie Sexton /Cruel and Gentle Things (Back Porch Records)
Sigur Rós / Takk... (Geffen)
Soulive / Break Out (Concord)
Bonnie Raitt / Souls Alike (Capitol)
Stellastarr* / Harmonies for the Haunted (RCA)
Stereolab / 3 X 7” (Too Pure)
Super Furry Animals / Love Kraft (XL Recordings)
Switchfoot / Nothing Is Sound (Sony)
The Reigning Sound / Home for Orphans (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
Rosie Thomas / If Songs Could Be Held (Sub Pop)
Dar Williams / My Better Self (Razor & Tie)
Getting bad with Apple. I wondered when someone was going to do this.
Derek Smalls now has a label.
The Stones have done it...now the Beatles. Online?
Death Cab at number four.
Find out how much you'd get sued for if they found your unpaid for goods. The Piracy calculator.
I joke about the end of the world...but I think it really is around the corner. Of course they have promised-- they wouldn't use them unless they are sure that there really are WMDs. (I don't think I've ever written a funnier sentence). I can't believe we voted these people back. I guess we get what we deserve. Thanks Kansas or Ohio or any other flat state in the middle.
That's it...I must go now
More later...maybe
Bro
I can't leave on a bad note. well I could but just ask yourselves. How cool are these fifth graders?
I already told you about Super Furry Animals...you want more. Pick up the Dandys or StellaStarr. Rosie Thomas is always nice and Nada Surf has grown up even more. I haven't listened to Clap your hands but that is way too much hype.
9/13/05
Apollo Sunshine / Apollo Sunshine (spinART)
The Bad Plus / Suspicious Activity? (Columbia)
Blues Traveler / Bastardos! (Vanguard)
Tracy Chapman / Where You Live (Atlantic)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
CocoRosie / Noah's Ark (Touch And Go)
The Dandy Warhols / Odditorium or Warlords of Mars (Capitol)
Donovan / Try For The Sun: The Journey of Donovan (3-disc set) (Epic/Legacy)
Elizabethtown / Songs From The Brown Hotel (RCA)
David Gray / Life in Slow Motion (ATO)
Iron & Wine / Calexico- In The Reins (Overcoat Recordings)
B.B. King / Original Greatest Hits (Virgin)
Lake Trout / Not Them, You (Palm Pictures)
Paul McCartney / Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (Capitol)
Sister Getrude Morgan / King Britt Presents Sister Gertrude Morgan (Ropeadope)
Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift (Barsuk)
Tim O'Brien /Cornbread Nation (Sugar Hill Records)
Tim O'Brien / Fiddler's Green (Sugar Hill Records)
Charlie Sexton /Cruel and Gentle Things (Back Porch Records)
Sigur Rós / Takk... (Geffen)
Soulive / Break Out (Concord)
Bonnie Raitt / Souls Alike (Capitol)
Stellastarr* / Harmonies for the Haunted (RCA)
Stereolab / 3 X 7” (Too Pure)
Super Furry Animals / Love Kraft (XL Recordings)
Switchfoot / Nothing Is Sound (Sony)
The Reigning Sound / Home for Orphans (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
Rosie Thomas / If Songs Could Be Held (Sub Pop)
Dar Williams / My Better Self (Razor & Tie)
Getting bad with Apple. I wondered when someone was going to do this.
Derek Smalls now has a label.
The Stones have done it...now the Beatles. Online?
Death Cab at number four.
Find out how much you'd get sued for if they found your unpaid for goods. The Piracy calculator.
I joke about the end of the world...but I think it really is around the corner. Of course they have promised-- they wouldn't use them unless they are sure that there really are WMDs. (I don't think I've ever written a funnier sentence). I can't believe we voted these people back. I guess we get what we deserve. Thanks Kansas or Ohio or any other flat state in the middle.
That's it...I must go now
More later...maybe
Bro
I can't leave on a bad note. well I could but just ask yourselves. How cool are these fifth graders?
Sunday, September 11, 2005
We all remember where we were...
Dictionaraoke. speak and spell karaoke. This is beautiful. Truly Beautiful.
Reverse Dictionary. fun cool and helpful.
KCRW MD HARCOURT PUBLISHES "MUSIC LUST"
Sasquatch Books, publisher of Book Lust and More Book Lust by America's favorite librarian Nancy Pearl, will release KCRW Santa Monica-Los Angeles MD Nic Harcourt’s Music Lust: Recommended Listening for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (Sasquatch Books, Sept. '05, $16.95, 288 pp). In Music Lust, Harcourt replicates what Nancy Pearl did for readers in her two best-selling books as he offers an eclectic guide to the best in recorded music from Afro-Beat to Frank Zappa. In more than 80 unique and unusual thematic lists, Harcourt provides an eclectic range of recommendations with key albums and songs identified. In a similar fashion to his radio show, Harcourt bases his recommendations according to what he thinks is worth listeners' attention. While he does provide historical context and explanation to his recommendations, this book does not claim to be a comprehensive music guide. Harcourt signed copies of his Music Lust at the Virgin Megastore in West Hollywood, CA yesterday, 9/8. Along with being MD at KCRW, Nic hosts the daily Morning Becomes Eclectic and the weekly nationally-syndicated radio program, Sounds Eclectic.
The Grunge Daugther gives first interview.
Star Wars musical.
More later
Bro
Reverse Dictionary. fun cool and helpful.
KCRW MD HARCOURT PUBLISHES "MUSIC LUST"
Sasquatch Books, publisher of Book Lust and More Book Lust by America's favorite librarian Nancy Pearl, will release KCRW Santa Monica-Los Angeles MD Nic Harcourt’s Music Lust: Recommended Listening for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (Sasquatch Books, Sept. '05, $16.95, 288 pp). In Music Lust, Harcourt replicates what Nancy Pearl did for readers in her two best-selling books as he offers an eclectic guide to the best in recorded music from Afro-Beat to Frank Zappa. In more than 80 unique and unusual thematic lists, Harcourt provides an eclectic range of recommendations with key albums and songs identified. In a similar fashion to his radio show, Harcourt bases his recommendations according to what he thinks is worth listeners' attention. While he does provide historical context and explanation to his recommendations, this book does not claim to be a comprehensive music guide. Harcourt signed copies of his Music Lust at the Virgin Megastore in West Hollywood, CA yesterday, 9/8. Along with being MD at KCRW, Nic hosts the daily Morning Becomes Eclectic and the weekly nationally-syndicated radio program, Sounds Eclectic.
The Grunge Daugther gives first interview.
Star Wars musical.
More later
Bro
Friday, September 09, 2005
Remember me...I remember you
If you thought my typing was bad before...watch what happens on no sleep.
Great PhotoJournal from NOLA. Sad and beautiful.
I just got an advance on the Super Furry Animals new CD. It is good. Damn Good. Top 5 good. Click to buy or listen to 30 second clips. Thanks
So you want to be a mummy?
Typical. Cheney gets heckled and he makes light of the common man's problems. F-bomb is dropped. It only gets worse...remember this? Well this time it gets better. See what she has to say about NOLA.
I think she has out done herself.
Now it's a game. The flying Spaghetti Monster Game. Have fun converting the non believers.
New movie about Punk Music.
Gigwise reports: A new compilation album to mark what would have been John Lennon’s birthday is to be released.
The compilation ‘Working Class Hero – The Definitive Lennon’ is to feature the best of Lennon’s Solo offerings with a massive 38 tracks on the album
Apple busy with iProducts.
Sony wouldn't back down. New walkman to take on iPod.
I am a bit surprized but not much at the Mercury Prize winner.
and this is the perfect way to end my post. Women torches house. why? click to find out.
More later
Bro
Great PhotoJournal from NOLA. Sad and beautiful.
I just got an advance on the Super Furry Animals new CD. It is good. Damn Good. Top 5 good. Click to buy or listen to 30 second clips. Thanks
So you want to be a mummy?
Typical. Cheney gets heckled and he makes light of the common man's problems. F-bomb is dropped. It only gets worse...remember this? Well this time it gets better. See what she has to say about NOLA.
I think she has out done herself.
Now it's a game. The flying Spaghetti Monster Game. Have fun converting the non believers.
New movie about Punk Music.
Gigwise reports: A new compilation album to mark what would have been John Lennon’s birthday is to be released.
The compilation ‘Working Class Hero – The Definitive Lennon’ is to feature the best of Lennon’s Solo offerings with a massive 38 tracks on the album
Apple busy with iProducts.
Sony wouldn't back down. New walkman to take on iPod.
I am a bit surprized but not much at the Mercury Prize winner.
and this is the perfect way to end my post. Women torches house. why? click to find out.
More later
Bro
Monday, September 05, 2005
Welcome to someone new
My life is changing big time. We just had baby number two. I might not be posting as much as before...or maybe to stay sane I will post more. Watch out dirty diapers here I come.
More later
Bro
More later
Bro
Friday, September 02, 2005
I miss posting, so here I go....
Wow, Hurricane, Gas prices, Insipid Presidential speeches, MTV Video Awards...I think we all need a few days off from the rough week we all went through.
A rather all-inclusive site for band news....
http://www.bandnews.org/
Men who look like Kenny Rogers.com...the name says it all
http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com/gallery05.html
The White Stripes reveal details of first ever webcast...
http://www.nme.com/news/113580.htm
Pearl Jam announce South American tour...
http://www.tenclub.net/news.html#090205
Kanye West Rips Bush During NBC Concert...somewhere a publicist just lost a job....
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-katrina-nbc-telethon,0,5848170.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines
More later,
HM.
A rather all-inclusive site for band news....
http://www.bandnews.org/
Men who look like Kenny Rogers.com...the name says it all
http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com/gallery05.html
The White Stripes reveal details of first ever webcast...
http://www.nme.com/news/113580.htm
Pearl Jam announce South American tour...
http://www.tenclub.net/news.html#090205
Kanye West Rips Bush During NBC Concert...somewhere a publicist just lost a job....
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wire/sns-ap-katrina-nbc-telethon,0,5848170.story?coll=sns-ap-tv-headlines
More later,
HM.
Enjoy your labor day
Musical fun with Cats in a dryer. No cats were harmed in the making of this song.
One of if not the finest videos...ever. PJ Do the Evolution.
LiveJournal's from New Orleans. and here is one more LiveJournal from NOLA and some photos from Washington Post.
New Orleans died for Bush's sins. Interesting pov. and great thread at MetaFilter on this too.
why NOLA is in deep water. good overview.
Nagin interview. He is the mayor of NOLA. You can hear it there.
I leave you with men's room monologue.
More later
Bro
One of if not the finest videos...ever. PJ Do the Evolution.
LiveJournal's from New Orleans. and here is one more LiveJournal from NOLA and some photos from Washington Post.
New Orleans died for Bush's sins. Interesting pov. and great thread at MetaFilter on this too.
why NOLA is in deep water. good overview.
Nagin interview. He is the mayor of NOLA. You can hear it there.
I leave you with men's room monologue.
More later
Bro
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