Sleater-Kinney "Modern Girl"

This is my "screamer" of the week. It's an incredibly simple song that I absolutely love. I must have listened to this song 20 times today!

Posted via email from Paul Altobelli

Pearl Jam: June 19 & 20, 2008

Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ

Last month I had the pleasure to see Pearl Jam two nights in a row - June 19 and 20 at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ.

The first night I went with my brother-in-law, Kenny. I was able to secure tickets through Ten Club - "the greatest fan club on earth dedicated to the greatest fans on earth." Combine the set-list, incredible weather, decent seats, and a cool buzz and you have what may have been the best Pearl Jam shows I ever saw.

Ten years ago (8/28/98) I saw Pearl Jam for the first time with Steve, Ed, Mike, Sean, and Greg. For my second Pearl Jam show in two nights I saw the band again with the same guys. Although I enjoyed myself, I don't think this show was as good as night before. You see Pearl Jam does a different show every night and they try to combine a nice blend of "the hits" with tertiary album cuts and obscure b-sides for the die hards. Some nights they may lean one way more than another. The first show had more hits and the second show did not. Be that as it may - we still enjoyed ourselves and there is no doubt in my mind that we'll be seeing Pearl Jam ten years from now.

Here's some photos from the June 20th show.









Listen / Download:
Pearl Jam - Severed Hand (6/19/2008)
Pearl Jam - Love Reign O'er Me (6/19/2008)
Pearl Jam - Animal (6/20/2008)
Pearl Jam - Daughter (6/20/2008)

Also visit to read about my past Pearl Jam shows.

Pearl Jam - May 27, 2006

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Set 1 Wasted Reprise, Life Wasted, World Wide Suicide, Do The Evolution, Animal, Severed Hand, Corduroy, Marker In The Sand, Given To Fly, Unemployable, Lukin, Not For You, Daughter(W.M.A.), I Am Mine, Jeremy, Present Tense, Why Go, Porch

Encore 1 Better Man, Come Back, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Last Kiss, Alive

Encore 2 State Of Love And Trust, Blood, Even Flow, Comatose, Leash, Rockin' In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter

Listen / Download:
Lukin / Not For You - May 27, 2006 - Pearl Jam
Present Tense - May 27, 2006 - Pearl Jam

New Pearl Jam Album Leaked

Through various means I've been able to obtain the new Pearl Jam album. Simply put--this album is rock and roll at its best. The music, lyrics, power, energy, and flow, ranks up there with some of their best releases including Ten, VS, Vitology, and Yield. You have to remember when it comes to music I'm somewhat jaded. It takes something really special to make me dance and excite me the way music used to when I was younger. This new Pearl Jam album is that special. So much so I can't stop playing it. I've must have listened to this album twenty times since Monday. It's that good. So good in fact that I know I'll still be listening to it years from now with the same enjoyment and satisfaction as I do with the aforementioned PJ albums.

There are 13 songs on this album of which three are slow in tempo. One of these songs is called "Gone." This song is amazing and I can guarantee it will become a concert audience favorite sing-a-long ala "Better Man." "Gone" has actually been released on the Borgata Casino, Atlantic City October 1st, 2005 official bootleg (available through Pearl Jam's website). "Gone" is my favorite song on the album but it was not at first. It took a few listens before it hooked me. I hope you enjoy "Gone" as much as I do.

Listen / Download
- Pearl Jam - Gone

Download Pearl Jam's "World Wide Suicide"

Taken directly from (the newly redesigned) www.pearljam.com

Beginning now, you can download the new single from Pearl Jam at bootlegs.pearljam.com. Or, if you like you can download "World Wide Suicide" by clicking here. This MP3 version of the song contains no Digital Rights Management so you can share it with your friends. Spread the word.




WORLDWIDE SUICIDE
(lyrics: Vedder, music: Gossard)

I felt the earth on Monday. It moved beneath my feet.
In the form of a morning paper. Laid out for me to see.

Saw his face in a corner picture. I recognized the name.
Could not stop staring at the. Face I'd never see again.

It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
What does it mean when a war has taken over

It's the same everyday in a hell manmade
What can be saved, and who will be left to hold her?

The whole world...World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

Medals on a wooden mantle. Next to a handsome face.
That the president took for granted.
Writing checks that others pay.

And in all the madness. Thought becomes numb and naive.
So much to talk about. Nothing for to say.

It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder

Laying claim to the take that our soldiers save
Does not equate, and the truth's already out there

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

Looking in the eyes of the fallen
You got to know there's another, another, another, another
Another way

It's a shame to awake in a world of pain
What does it mean when a war has taken over

It's the same everyday and the wave won't break
Tell you to pray, while the devils on their shoulder

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

The whole world,... World over.
It's a worldwide suicide.

Listen/Download
Pearl Jam - World Wide Suicide

New Pearl Jam album

Pearl Jam announced today that they will release their highly anticipated, self-titled, eighth studio album on May 2nd through J Records. Pearl Jam's new album marks the band's first studio release in nearly four years and their first in partnership with J Records.

The album was produced and mixed by Adam Kasper and Pearl Jam at Studio X in Seattle.

Tracklisting for "Pearl Jam":

Life Wasted
World Wide Suicide
Comatose
Severed Hand
Marker In The Sand
Parachutes
Unemployable
Big Wave
Gone
Wasted Reprise
Army Reserve
Come Back
Inside Job

Pearl Jam - October 3, 2005

I've been seeing rock shows for years and for the most part I really can't tell you much about them. Oh sure, I can tell you a song or two they might have played. Or maybe if I really think about it I can tell you what they were wearing or what the stage looked like but that's about it. That's not really the case anymore. The internet has changed all that. Now, a few hours you see a show you can go online and find the set list, pictures, and in some cases actual songs from the show.

Last night I saw Pearl Jam for the fourth time. You want to know what they played? You want to see some pictures? You want to hear a few songs? Enjoy.

Pearl Jam - Philadelphia, PA: Wachovia Center - October 3, 2005

Harvest Moon
Little Sister
Leaving Here / Rockin' in the Free World
Yellow Ledbetter

  

  

  

    


First Set
01. wash
02. hail, hail
03. brain of j
04. spin the black circle
05. given to fly
06. sad
07. alone
08. even flow
09. green disease
10. faithfull
11. whipping
12. not for you
13. leatherman
14. betterman
15. nothingman
16. once
17. bleed for me
18. blood

First Encore
19. around the bend
20. harvest moon [w/sleater-kinney]
21. hard to imagine
22. crown of thorns
23. crazy mary
24. alive

Second Encore
25. last kiss
26. in my tree
27. do the evolution
28. sonic reducer
29. little sister
30. leaving here [w/sleater-kinney]
31. rockin' in the free world [w/sleater-kinney]
32. yellow ledbetter