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Ryan rants about pants, Pay Per Post, and possible police brutality in a YouTube video (see video below).
1. Michelle Newman "Goodnight Kiss"
2. Chelsea Williams "Run"
3. Lythium "Fish Out of Water"
4. The Outside "Blame You I Do"
5. Act As If "On Your Hands and Knees"
6. Moxy Phinx "Reynita"
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Let me first say that this isn't so much a review as it is a fanboy's reaction. I'm writing this as I'm listening to Pearl Jam's Live at the Gorge. So if you don't care about the music created by Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Ed Vedder, and Matt Cameron - with "Boom" Gaspar - stop reading now. If you're just a casual fan (i.e., only like the radio singles, which only date from 1991 to 1994), this is not for you. No worries, it's cool that you're digging on "Jeremy" everytime it shows up on your randomized iTunes playlist. Anyway, bottom line: Only two kinds of music listeners should pick up this live box set.
The first kind are fanboys and fangirls, people who are members the Ten Club...like yours truly. In fact, I'm listening to my Ten Club copy, which (like last year's self-titled album) doesn't have any UPC bar codes. That itself is cool. But even more so is that I received this box set on Saturday, when the official release date is tomorrow.
OK, so the three concerts presented in this box set took place at the Gorge, in George, WA. Yes, I said the Gorge in George, Washington. There's a gorge in George Washington. (I should've ranted about that in my podcast). Like I said, you really need to be a better-than-average Pearl Jam fan to enjoy this because the whole thing is a sing along. It's like church, but with Ed's warm baritone and Mike's blues-infected leads and Stone's riffage (and vice versa for Stone and Mike) and Jeff and Matt's groove. Boom's Hammond B3 drives it home. The first songs on the first disc are definite sing-alongs: "I Believe in Miracles" (Ramones cover), "Small Town," "Off He Goes," "Low Light," "Man of the Hour," "I Am Mine"...etc., etc., etc.
There's this vibe because of the outdoor venue. The open air reduces any sort of reverberation, with all sounds leaking into space (if that were possible). So far, it feels totally different from the show I went to last year (at an indoor venue). Anyway, this particular show was recorded near the end of summer, so you can almost feel the heat. And it's freakin' hot right now, so it's perfect. I can't wait to listen to the July 2006 Gorge shows because that's when it was a really scorching summer. So I'll stop writing this non-review and continue listening (whilst I work).
Oh yeah, the second kind are people who are open to music and open to more Pearl Jam. You might not like it in the end, but at least you took a chance. Well, you can always go to http://www.pearljamlive.com/ to listen to a plethora of other shows (and thus save some bucks).
This is not much of a review. Sorry. Go to www.pearljam.com/goods for the special fanclub package, otherwise pick it up elsewhere.
I said in my podcast (which I'll post soon) that it's great to be a twentysomething/thirtysomething teenager. And it is. Next time I'll write another non-review, of the Halfing Pumpkins' return to form - Zeitgeist.
I truly admire all three bands...no offense intended to the bands. With that said, you choose which definition fits where (answers may be used more than once, or not at all). As defined by Answers.com...
first (fûrst)
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number one in a series.
2. The one coming, occurring, or ranking before or above all others.
3. The beginning; the outset: from the first; at first.
4. Music. The voice or instrument highest in pitch or carrying the principal part.
5. The transmission gear or corresponding gear ratio used to produce the range of lowest drive speeds in a motor vehicle.
6. The winning position in a contest: finished the season in first.
7. Baseball. a. First base. b. A first baseman.
1964:
hom·age (hŏm'ĭj, ŏm'-)
n.
1. Ceremonial acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord under feudal law.
2. Special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly. See synonyms at honor.
1992:
par·o·dy (păr'ə-dē)
n., pl. -dies.
1. A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. See synonyms at caricature.
The genre of literature comprising such works.
2. Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice.
3. Music. The practice of reworking an already established composition, especially the incorporation into the Mass of material borrowed from other works, such as motets or madrigals.
2006:
cop·y (kŏp'ē)
n., pl. -ies.
1. An imitation or reproduction of an original; a duplicate: a copy of a painting; made two copies of the letter.
2. One specimen or example of a printed text or picture: an autographed copy of a novel.
3. Material, such as a manuscript, that is to be set in type.
4. The words to be printed or spoken in an advertisement.
5. Suitable source material for journalism: Celebrities make good copy.
Ryan channels his inner-Jack Black (he tries to, anyway) and incoherently talks about Face Melters and their effect on faces. Et cetera. Et cetera. Peter Cetera.
Do the code. Rock ‘n roll.
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1. DREAD:WAR “Blood of the Pharaoh”
2. S.L.U.D.G.E. “Fallen Youth”
3. S.L.U.D.G.E. “Sorrowladen”
4. Midnight Run “This Is What It Sounds Like to Be Depressed”
5. Starlight Cinema “Left Coast Cinderella”
6. The Outside “Blame You I Do”
Concert Calendar/Show Schedule (details):
6.21.07 Radio@MutinyUniverse.com #4
6.21.07 The Outside @ Snitch
6.22.07 Chelsea Williams @ Universal City Walk
6.22.07 The Flutterbies @ Kulak's
6.24.07 Michelle Newman @ The Mint
6.26.07 Chelsea Williams @ Port O' Call
6.28.07 Radio@MutinyUniverse.com #5
Let’s play some records,
Ryan
Now with more Ryan rant!
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1. The Outside “Blame You I Do”
2. Negatrude “Swerving”
3. S.L.U.D.G.E. “Sorrowladen”
4. Moxy Phinx “Waiting”
5. Act As If “Please Catch Up”
6. Oliver Charles “Water”
Concert Calendar/Show Schedule (details):
6.13.07 Lythium @ The Derby
6.14.07 Radio@MutinyUniverse.com #3
6.15.07 Chelsea Williams @ Universal City Walk
6.16.07 Chelsea Williams @ Universal City Walk
6.21.07 Radio@MutinyUniverse.com #4
6.21.07 The Outside @ Snitch
6.22.07 Chelsea Williams @ Universal City Walk
6.22.07 The Flutterbies @ Kulak's
6.24.07 Michelle Newman @ The Mint
6.26.07 Chelsea Williams @ Port O' Call
6.28.07 Radio@MutinyUniverse.com #5
Let’s play some records,
Ryan
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1. Act As If "On Your Hands and Knees"
2. S.L.U.D.G.E. "Fallen Youth"
3. Midnight Run "The 2000 lb. Man"
4. Chelsea Williams "You Don't Wanna Know"
5. Lythium "Say Goodbye"
6. Starlight Cinema "Left Coast Cinderella"
7. Moxy Phinx "Mirror Talk"
8. The Society of Gloves "White Rhino"
Concert calendar/show schedule (details):
| 6.02.07 | Chelsea Williams @ Universal City Walk |
| 6.03.07 | Chelsea Williams @ Third Street Promenade |
| 6.03.07 | Starlight Cinema @ Fireside Room |
| 6.07.07 | Radio@MutinyUniverse.com #2 |
| 6.13.07 | Lythium @ The Derby |
| 6.14.07 | Radio@MutinyUniverse.com #3 |
| 6.15.07 | Chelsea Williams @ Universal City Walk |
| 6.21.07 | Radio@MutinyUniverse.com #4 |
| 6.22.07 | Chelsea Williams @ Universal City Walk |
| 6.22.07 | The Flutterbies @ Kulak's |
| 6.26.07 | Chelsea Williams @ Port O' Call |
| 6.28.07 | Radio@MutinyUniverse.com #5 |
| 7.05.07 | Radio@MutinyUniverse.com #6 |
