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5/13/10 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow VA with Band of Horses
setlist Here
I’m going to put my gripes at the end because it was a great two days and you gotta be positive when it comes to Pearl Jam….my favorite band in the world!
We left at 9am because I was not going to deal with DC
traffic if I could help it. I like getting somewhere early to be able to
relax/nap/chill. We stayed at this nice Days Inn in Bull Run. Loved our room,
tons of space for my wheelchair. But we passed it because it had a dinky little
sign. It was on a short poll barely standing up. It even had a wire to help
hold it up, as if it would blow away if it wasn’t tied to the building. “No
wonder we passed it!” We got there around 2pm with no traffic problems.
I had mailed my Pearl Jam chick key chains to donate to
the preshow fundraiser for the Crohn’s
Foundation. I wasn’t sure I wanted to go and I wanted them there even if I
wasn’t going to be. It was held at the Bungalow Alehouse in this huge new shopping center called
Virginia Gateway. I saw online there was a Chili’s near by. I’m sorry, just
sitting with my guy drinking Tropical Sunrises and eating our fav yummys won
over the alehouse. :)
The timing was perfect. Nap, leisurely meal, with lots of
time to get to the venue that was right around the corner.
It was chilly that day. We wore shoes not sandals, and jeans
with jackets. It was strange to be dressed for a concert that way, but hey at
least no sweating. Not to sweet when rocking out? That’s nice!
It was cloudy the entire day, I’m so glad it didn’t rain.
In my opinion Band of Horses is a yawnfest but Brian kept
saying, “This sounds like your type of music. Why don’t you like this?”
I did kind of like it. They played more up beat songs at
the end of their set.
We had gotten my shirt and used the restroom before we
found our seats. At the merchandise booth we were directed to the lower
accessible side, which I really appreciated. I couldn’t see the lower counter through
the crowd of people. I got the green shirt with flags on front. The date on the
back was listed Washington DC. I found out later Pearl Jam had wanted to play
the MCI/Verizon Center again, but the hockey team was in the playoffs and the
dates conflicted. I hear the poster says Washington DC too.
We had Ten Club fan tickets for section 103 row H. I had
not wanted to bother Ten Club for ADA seats. I figured the venue could do it
when I got there. (funny because our room number was 301)
The staff was great about it. Although it took until
Pearl Jam came on to fix our seats, I was happy where they put me. We sat
behind the sound booth so I could see when people stood up. They were also two
huge screens that helped too. This venue was built around the same time the
Virginia Beach Amphitheater was built, in 95 after the ADA. Each venue’s ADA
seats totally suck! You can’t see the stage when people stand up. There were no
family restrooms either but I’ll get to that later.
During Band of Horses we chatted with Beverley. She had
come all the way from Raleigh NC by HERSELF! I wasn’t surprised but impressed
and I understood exactly why she did that. I probably would have done the same
if I wasn’t disabled. She said, “It’s worth it.” I totally agree. She had a
cool blue stickman tattoo on her right foot. We chatted for 15mins or so. She
saw what our situation with the seats were and as soon as it looked like we’d
be taking care of she asked what our Ten Club seats were and took off!
Lol! I didn’t mind one bit! I hope she
had a great time and I hope I get some good Pearl Jam karma for that. :)
This had to have been the most upbeat Pearl Jam setlist
I’ve ever seen. It kicked ass!
Maybe Ed was buzzed and wanted to jam hard, or maybe he
didn’t like this venue and was like, “Fuck it, maybe if I kick out the jams the
night will pass quicker.” Whatever it was was fine by me. I probably jiggled a
few screws loose on my chair, especially during Spin the Black Circle. :)
BLOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unbelievable I saw that live. I was giggling through a good part of Blood. I could not believe
they were playing it.
Other favs: Garden, Spin the Black Circle, Sonic Reducer
Stone has grown his hair out. I think it’s helped
contribute to his energy on stage or something because he was rocking out! Very
cool to see him move around more. There was a moment where Jeff and Mike (I
think) where facing each other jamming out and Jeff's smile was huge. I loved
it! At the end the house lights came on I guess because they were playing past
curfew. They finished that song then Mike played the Star-Spangled Banner. Very
cool.
Parking was good and leaving wasn’t bad because we parked
in handicapped/VIP. I still had snacks in the van because you never know, we
might have gotten lost in the dark back to Days Inn. Lol. We didn’t though. The
next morning while Brian was making waffles in the lobby he saw some Pearl Jam
fans there too. I didn’t get a waffle. “No more syrup.” Brian said. lol! He
brought me up a bagel though.
That second day was much warmer. Freaking Virginia yo-yo
weather! Luckily it didn’t make my head hurt. On the way back home we took I66
to I81 just to make a visit to The Cheese Shop. Anytime we’re in that part of Virginia we
have to stop there! I had never been on I66. It was beautiful. Nothing on
there, all you see is trees and mountains. The Cheese Shop is in the same town
where Brian and I met. We found ourselves hanging around that town nearly the
whole day. We remembered the awesome record store and headed over there for at
least an hour. Crossroads.
It really was a great two days.
And now for the gripes…
The times I’ve seen Pearl Jam it's been in the south.
It's where I live. I don't have money to travel far. It gets on my nerves Ed
seems to be extra wound up when he's here. It was my 5th show and I guess I’m
beginning to feel sympathy for the 'shut up and sing fans'. All Virginians aren't
Republicans. Chill out a little ed. Virginia isn't the deep south.
I feel like shouting back if I knew I could be heard in
the crowd, “Stop yelling at me Ed I’m with ya! Calm the fuck down. Just because
we are in the south doesn't mean we all disagree with you.”
Pearl Jam does a lot of cool stuff beside angry Ed rants.
Show people. Show them at the shows that I’m at. lol. For example a thread
about a fan that gotten a mysterious illness had been very popular on their
chat board. She had tickets but had missed the show. Her friend posted a song
request. Smile. Pearl Jam played that song and Ed mentioned her name! Another example,
a lady had done a great amount of work for patients with chronic illness Pearl
Jam heard about this and pulled her up on stage I do believe. There are many
other examples over the years.
Brian noticed Ed buzzed, drunk, whatever you want to call
it even before the kill yourself comment.
I know as a fan with a drunk/buzzed Ed it can be a double edge sword,
you hear kickass setlists and when he's like that you have brace yourself for
the crap that may or may not come out of his mouth. Usually I find it
amusing/empowering but I feel he took it too far this time. I was shocked when
he said the kill yourself thing. I’m really glad he corrected himself quickly.
I could tell he regretted saying that. It’s ironic because in the old days
Pearl Jam would get tons of letters from kids saying how their music prevented
them from killing themselves.
I feel the bank thing is hopeless so why rant about it?
They'll regulate things and whoever comes in next will deregulate things all
over again. Just my opinion. There’re better things to rant about. I feel
there's no justification to tell people to kill themselves.
His comment went something like this (and I'm
paraphrasing):
Is there anyone here who's a lobbyist? (a couple of hands
go up - crowd boos in general)
Now, now... there are lobbyists who work for good things like
(insert something good here).
And there are lobbyists who work for Goldman Sachs. If
you're a lobbyist for Goldman Sachs, please kill yourself. You'll save the life
of others... instead of taxpayers bailing out Goldman Sachs.... yada yada...
I don't really mean "kill yourself", but please
change, and work for good.
Ed ranting on lobbyists pressuring politicians to vote
against financial reform...he says do everyone a favor and kill yourself
...you'll save lives if you kill yourself...well don't die just come to your
senses... then went Pearl Jam into The Fixer.
One more quick thing.
While I’m glad I was pointed towards the lower accessible
merchandise counter AND the venue staff fixed my seats with no fuss I didn’t
like the way I was treated when I used the restroom. Customer Service was nice
they pointed us towards First Aid. First Aid then showed us the security guards
restroom, which was next to their space. There was this one woman who got an
attitude. “Now these are the guard’s bathrooms.” I didn’t like her tone. I
said, “Well I wouldn’t have to bother you if there was a family restroom.” She
sounded like we were damn lucky to be using their toilet. Or we were going to
trash it or something. Or we shouldn’t be bothering her. The doors didn’t even open in the correct
direction.
I remember writing an email to the venue months
beforehand asking if they had a family restroom. Hey I asked! I received no
reply.
When we got back to our seats I was so irritated that I
went back to Customer Service to make a complaint. They were very understanding
and apologetic. I felt much better.
(I’m going to start pissing in public. I’m sick of places
having no family restrooms. Lmao! Just kidding. Brian would die of
embarrassment. He didn’t even go with me to make that complaint)
Oh, before I got back to my seat the final time I ran
into Ayedavanita! She gave me a big hug. At least I think it was her. Hehehe.
Hell I’ll accept a hug from any Pearl Jam fan.
Seems I’ve bitched about my bathroom situation at a concert, which must mean I’m done with my fan view! Until next time!
6/17/08 at the Verizon Amphitheater at Virginia Beach with Kings of Leon
setlist Here
This concert stands for ‘F’.
Fourth Pearl Jam show
in the
Fucking
Front Row!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If there was ever a time were I wished the human brain
had a record button last night was it. I’m just going to say it now in the
beginning. Eddie Vedder smiled at me, and Mike McCready threw a guitar pick at
me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Brian surprised me with an Eddie Vedder pick. I didn’t
know I had it until two days later when I found it on top of my TV. That
boogerhead!)
It was like a dream, it really was. Hard to believe it actually
happened. I was so wired I was up until 4am last night. My brother and his gal
went to Busch Gardens today. I think they are nuts. Plus driving in from
Wilmington NC. I must be old or something. Where do they find the energy?
I’m going to have to write Ten Club a thank you note. (I
did)
I’m sure I missed the member sign up date in 06 to get
fan club tickets and the first year where front row was randomly picked I got
front row.
I just have a hunch it was all Ten Club’s doing!
Edit: two days later. Ten Club knew damn well what they
were doing! My ticket is marked ‘WHL’. I didn’t request ADA seating either.
When I made my call of shame, (yes, trying to meet them) they must have made
note of it. hehehe. My plotting half way worked!
(I won’t post this paragraph in the pj chat board)
The usher guy tried to give me some BS when he saw where
our tickets were. “m’am wheelchairs can’t sit in the front row.’ Bull, I had
seen wheelchairs up there before. We had even sat up front at other concerts.
(Def Leppard/Journey & Megadeth/Motley Crew) Wheelchairs are just sat off
to the side. I hollered over Kings of Leon, ‘Just put me as close as possible!’
But we were definitely in the front row. I have the blue wristband only given
to first row-ers to prove it! I kept repeating to myself, ‘this is unreal, this
is unreal, I can’t fucking believe this happening. I gonna cry….I’m gonna cry.’
That went on for about 15 minutes before I kind of settled down. Kind of.
We saw our old neighbor. His wife was home with their new
baby. I told them we missed them because they were so nice. I gave him one of
the PJ chick key chains and Brian added in that I had had made them. ‘I knew
you were cool!’ hahaha. It really is a small world, to see him there. He past
us one other time during the show and gave me a hug. So sweet!
I noticed the guy behind me was checking out my key
chains. I had them on my wheelchair handles. So I tried to talk to him. Damn CP
got in the way first, but Brian was there to touch my leg, that’s my signal and
it helps me to calm down. So we had your standard pj fan chat. How many times
have you seen them, what’s your favorite song, what’s your favorite album? Ah,
well Ten’s a given, what’s your favorite besides Ten? I made it a point to talk
to people and I’m glad I did.
Damn, I was trying to keep this short!
Their background was not that of a surprise to me. I had
seen it on Bonnaroo TV the previous weekend. It was waves; it had an Asian feel
to it because it was tinted brown. Mom said they didn’t use the big screens
which sucked, for them. Boom has this red china lion head on his keyboard. It
was tiny. So I wonder if people saw it. The type you see at China street
festivals. The pj surf logo was on either side of the stage. (I’d love to have
that hanging on my wall!) In 06 all they had was a stuff toy bat on stage. Lol.
But I love it; keep it simple, it’s all about the music.
Ed came out and started with a slow but inspirational
song. The breeze was blowing just then. It was awesome looking! ….wind thru his
hair. He made comments about the smoke. (He read my warnings on the chat board!
Yeah right.) I was worried the smoke
was going to ruin the show. But God knew I was going to a Pearl Jam show!
(smoke from fires on the VA border) Ed made comments about last time they were
there after Rockslide happened, and thanked the VB fans for giving them
strength. He said something about writing ‘I am Mine’ right here in Virginia
Beach in 2000. Cool!
My favorite two songs together were Comatose and Why Go. I sang and almost lost my voice. They did Jeremy and I was surprised Ed could still pull it off. He’s not a grandpa, but I guess I just associate that song with a young Ed. They did Insignificance, which is one of my favorites! I was close enough to see Jeff and Stone smile. That was neat. During a guitar solo I was angled just right to see Ed off in then back smoking a joint. Oh he was sloshing his wine bottle too. That’s a given….that wine bottle. I thought I saw him throw it out into the crowd. But that can’t be? It’s glass. Or did he? He dedicated Guarantee to ‘a girl named Corrine.’ Chris McCandless’s sister!!!!!!!!! It was hard to hear and I thought Ed said Green at first. The Into the Wild book said she lived in Virginia Beach.
I think it was during Alive when Ed walked over and was
right in front of me. Oh, he had a Who shirt on….kickass…ties in with my Magic
Bus plate frame on my van. His mic wouldn’t reach so he dropped it. He walked
passed me. People were rushing the stage. Scary but I didn’t notice. I was leaning
over far because damn Brian was in the way. Ha! The exact moment where I looked
around Brian is when Ed smiled at me. On top of that I was so stoked I didn’t
go all CP-ish. I was smiling pretty, I could feel it. Brian wouldn’t lie to me,
so a few minutes later I asked him if Ed looked at me. He confirmed it.
Ok, I won’t deny it, Ed is old, but I swear when he
smiles the age disappears and it is the cutest thing ever! He’s so intense. He
may not climb the rafters anymore, but that same energy is still there.
At one point Brian was trying to call attention to me by
pointing at me for Ed to toss me a tambourine. I thought that was sweet of
Brian.
I wasn’t on Mike’s side, which bummed me out. Just an
enie weenie bit. I did catch Stone doing his neck bob. I think it’s call the
Stony Pony by the fans. He did have a beard but it couldn’t hide his smile he
beamed a couple times through the show. It seemed real fast after Ed smiled at
me that Mike cross to my side and threw one of his picks at me. Did Ed mention
to Mike to do that? I’m delusional, I know. As he threw his pick this guy
reached right in front of my face to try to catch it. He hit my nose. Then I
felt somebody’s elbow go right into the top of my head. Ok, bouncers poor job!
None of those things hurt though because I was so pumped. Brian was down on his
hands and knees trying to find the pick. I was doing my nonstop nervous anxiety
giggling thing. There was no way we were going to end up with the pick. But lo
and behold this guy found it and handed it to us. I think I remember looking
back at the guy that had hit my nose and he told me he was sorry. That pick
look like it was headed straight down my shirt if he hadn’t blocked it.
heehehe! Mike got in my shirt. Ha! The Pick is yellow. A different dog on each
side, with Mike’s name. Maybe his pets? I want to thank that guy for finding
it for me. Mike, your fans are the best........I got the pick!
One of the rushees was this old lady. She looked about 70.
As people were trying to find the pick, she handed Brian a green earplug off
the ground. Gross! He threw it back on the ground fast. After the show, she
started talking to me. Her daughter dates Bono’s stage manager. Who cares?
Goodness. She’s in love with Eddie Vedder. Double gross! She kissed me on the
check and got her bright red lipstick all over me. Triple gross! Well at least
it was just her. Usually, drunks like to hang over me at concerts. I suppose it
was partly my fault too. She was talking to a woman in a wheelchair and I had
stopped to give her a keychain. (I’m glad I did stop. That’s when Brain found
the Eddie Vedder pick!)
That’s about it. Other than running around trying to find
a family restroom. Yes, the amphitheater still does not have one. I ask them to
put one in every year. By the time it’s all said and done, all the staff knows
I have to pee. Gggrrrrr. Read
Letter
I loved the look on my mom’s face when I told everybody
about Ed and Mike.
Seemed to be a lot more girls then at DC 06. yey!
Oh what a night………
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Front row wristband!
Click here to see onstage pics (not my pics)
~YOUTUBE VIDEO OF MIKE TOSSING ME HIS PICK!~
Wish it was closer thou.....
Starts around 2:55 Ed's banging those tambourines.
YOU CAN SEE MIKES ARM GO UP AS HE TOSSES THE PICK TO ME!
if you zoom in.
At 3:31 in the video Click here
Here's a screen capt of THAT second Mike threw it. Click here He must be
a pro at tossing picks. When he tossed it, life went in slow motion. I could
see the pick sail slowly through the air directly at me.........then bam! That
guy hit me in the nose trying to catch it. I'll never forget it.
youtube amazes me! I can't believe it's on there.
AND
I'm pretty sure this is when Ed smiled at me! I'll never
forget his smile......clear blue eyes...light crystal blue. Click here
5/30/06 at MCI/Verizon Center in DC with My Morning Jacket
setlist Here
Well, where do I start? It was the last day of our four-day
trip, so we were a little worn out to begin with. (Went to Baltimore Aquarium
too) We left early for DC since it was check out day from the motel anyway. We
got to DC around 2pm and found a place to park. Of course all the worrying and
anticipation of the traffic and navigation problems we might’ve ran into were
totally wrong. We had way more problems in Baltimore. Let’s just say I hate parking garages
with a passion now. We parked right next to the MCI garage, so that was nice,
no searching. The parking attendant was antsy. We paid him, and then got our
things together out of the van. “Can I help you?” “We’re just getting our stuff, we’re leaving now.” Gezz, after
$25 we just forked out why are you rushing us? Later on in the day, we came
back for some aspirin and there were groups of PJ fans just hanging out,
drinking beer, and killing time. HA! Wonder how the attendant dealt with that?
It was fun to see how everybody “represented” on their vehicles. Car beside me
had a license plate that read “Vitalogy”. It might’ve been spelled different,
but you get the drift. Anyways, after we paid we took our time walked around,
picked up our tickets, asked were the family bathroom was for future reference.
Gawd, if there was one line I can identify with this trip, it’s that, “Where’s
your family bathroom?” Asked it around 10 times during the trip. But at least
they had them, right?
So we made our way down to the bar were the CCFA PJ fundraiser was at, we
were really early…. we are dorks. The AC was feeling nice so we sat there,
ordered nachos and water. HA! I go to RFD, with a mile
long list of beers, I have water. I tell ya, if it wasn’t so hot, and if didn’t
have to make it through a concert and help Brian stay awake on the drive home,
I’ve would’ve been drinking. Place was laid out well too, not cramped at all.
At least not until people came for the fundraiser. We sat there awhile after it
started, then left to wonder around the block. I think a few of my key chains sold, but
would’ve gone faster if they were more girls there. (They had the PJ chick on
them) It seemed the bar was filled with guys! Glad I saw more PJ chicks at the
show. Man, the hours dragged on that day. “What time is it Brian? What time is
it Brian?” It was so hot too, 106! I guessed 110, wasn’t off by much. Around
5:30 we moseyed back down to the front doors of the MCI Center. I thought the
opening band; My Morning Jacket was set to play at 6:30, according to PJ’s
website. They had to open the doors soon? Wrong. But it was good we were in
line I guess. Tried to hang back by the box office doors, ahhh AC, but got
tired of listening to the scalpers haggle, so we moved up. Asked a guy with a
printout of the seat chart if I could glance at it. Section 120, first level by
the stage! Yes! To think I almost missed the join date for the ticket presale
at Ten Club by just a couple days! Yikes! There was a makeshift sign on a piece
of paper taped on the glass of the stadium doors that read: “Moshing is prohibited
during the show.” Or something to that effect. It tickled me, considering the
early PJ days. Never thought I’d see THAT posted at a PJ show.
So the crowd starts moving, and through the window I
could see people running to what must’ve been the merchandise table. Man, us
PJers have a hard-on for collecting concert gear! Brian asked if we should find
our seats first. Nope! Got to get me a shirt first. HA! It was a nice change to
have a color other than black to choose from. Since the album cover was blue,
got me one of those. Girlie cut too, yes! Ten Club has come a long way with
customized girl stuff. I was thinking of getting a black shirt too. The one
with the surfboard logo. It was phat! Wish they had it in white. I figured it’d
just sit in my closet since it was black so I passed. That line at the table
was insane, if you want to call it a line, more like a mob of people. I was so
nervous I was going to hit somebody with my power chair. I slowly inched
forward, got as close as I could to the guy ahead of me ankles. Yikes, one
false move, ouch! Nothing happen though. Now to find our seats. Luckily the
music hadn’t started yet, so I could explain to our usher why I ordered regular
seats instead of disabled. Didn’t want my view to suckass. I don’t trust venue
layouts for disabled seating. Usher was real nice, told us we could sit there
off to the side before the stairs begin.
OK, NOW FOR THE EMBARRASSING PART. Anybody who knows me,
know I’ve been trying to meet PJ for ages. Ever since mom said no to the limo
Ten Club was going to send me in 94. Common sense would tell me PJ has gotten
way too huge. It’d be impossible for me to meet them. Darn it, I just have to
try at every show I go to. Yes, it was painfully embarrassing, but I’m glad I
tried. That way, I’d have no regrets. I see I’d have to take the elevator down
to ground floor, to where the crew was in order to give them my letter. See I
thought I was slick, people could read my note and I wouldn’t have to say
anything. HA! So I told Brian I’d be right back, and rushed out. Big, huge,
dumb blonde moment for me. I didn’t take my ticket! Didn’t even make it into
the elevator. “I need to see your ticket.” I handed her my letter. She looked
at it for a few seconds. “No, this isn’t a ticket.” Damn, back to Brian. So
that’s when the real trouble started. I thought we were in 121. The lady usher
wouldn’t let me in. Same thing, “I need to see your ticket.” Me, “Just please
look behind the curtain and see if you spot a skinny guy with a red hat.” She
had to get someone else, so she could stay at her post. Stupid, it was only 9
feet away. I wasn’t going to stay, just wanted a peak. If she would’ve let me,
I would’ve seen Brian was one section to the left. She took me to Customer
Service, they couldn’t help of course. If I didn’t have a ticket what could
they do? They were going to find me another seat. That didn’t solve anything,
still had to find Brian. So I took off, I said I think he’s in the Papa John’s
Pizza line. Which he could’ve been, I said I wanted some. Off I go, I
remembered where the seats were to the proximity to the stage, so I’d just peak
in, that is if they were no ushers in front. I was getting close, so close,
then tap-tap on my shoulder. “Ivy, what are you doing?” Hehehe. It was Brian. I
gave him a hug. Of course I didn’t tell him what I was really up to, no way. “I
got lost, and forgot my stupid ticket.” Got back to our seats and first act was
over. HA! I didn’t care. Later on I found out when that lady usher was trying
to find Brian, she asked a guy who was a friend of mine, Jack. He should’ve
come and said Hi, right? HA! But Jack didn’t know until his bud told him there
was somebody looking for an Ivy Kennedy. But anyways after all that drama it
was great. I was ecstatic! Seats on Mike’s side, nobody standing in front of me
blocking my view, AC kicking…everything was so right.
I’d have to say my favorite parts of the set were
Comatose and than straight on to Leash. Anybody who’s a fan knows there’s major
hype surrounding Leash. So that was killer. Really enjoyed Masters of War too.
At some time I look to my right and see a young couple. Guy was sitting down
very calm looking. His girl was dancing her ass off, singing to him. I totally
related, but then it was ironic too. That’s how I feel with Brian. I’m all into
PJ and he’s blasé about it all. Then on top of that, it was ironic because of
the girl to guy fan ratio thing. Between the two of us HE should be the fan,
HE’s a guy. That guy might’ve liked PJ, but at that moment she was tearing it up
way more than him. Mom warned us as
only mothers can do, “Watch out for those Mexicans.” (Rolls eyes) During mid
show, I looked backed, the usher had slacked off, there were about 4 of them
standing around. So I laughed turned to Brian and in his ear said, “There’s
those Mexicans mom told us about.” HA! Other highlights were Ed throwing a few
tambourines to the disabled fans in front. So cool, it gives me goose bumps.
Maybe it’ll be me one day. Yeah right! Ed stands there and points until the
person hands whatever item to the correct person Ed attended it for. So sweet.
Doubt the music would’ve continued until Ed was happy with who received his
tambourine. Oh and he tossed his towel to whoever. A guy caught it of
course…like I said there’s more male than female fans. The next day the guy
posted pictures on the chat board. He had it around his neck. Gross! He was
smiling, I would be too, but it struck me as funny. Hello, you’re a guy happy
about Ed’s sweat. Funny and gross. In the parking lot I saw some guy with the
set list PJ used, duct tape and all, showing it to everybody. The show let out
around 11. We made it to the interstate fine, got home around 3am. Brian
insisted he had to go to work. I knew he wouldn’t, but went along with it. The
one good thing about driving late, no traffic! Just got to stay awake so I
could keep Brian awake. P.S. He’s slowly coming around to the force known as PJ
fandom. He really enjoyed this show. Every time I looked back at him, he had a
look of awe or smile on his face.
I HOPE PJ TOURS NC THIS GO AROUND! AFTER ALL IT IS A
~WORLD TOUR!~
Had damn good seats considering it was a huge stadium…thanks Ten Club. Here are some pictures Brian snapped….
We were the red dot, section 120.
Grab that mic Ed……..
All these fans…and I still run into people who ask,
“Pearl Jam, are they still around?”
It blows my mind.
Thought I’d add in Eddie’s guitar case. In the Baltimore
Hard Rock Cafe, near the aquarium. You can barely see his signature in this
pic. This was right above the ramp to the upper part of the restaurant. I
rolled past it a few times without even knowing….horror! Brian: Ivy, look next
to you. Me: OMG, How could I have missed that?!
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8/3/00 at Va Beach Amphitheater with Sonic Youth
setlist Here
We listened to the radio on the way there and commercial
broadcasted; they talked about how big the show was going to be. Pearl Jam had
practiced the night before, and they were going to play for two hours. The Va.
Beach show was the 1st stop on the USA tour, so there was a lot of energy!
Brian kept trying to find a channel that wasn’t talking about it, I found it
hilarious!
We parked in handicapped this time. At Megadeth, they
didn’t point us where to go, so we were in regular parking then. Which was
good, because it was raining a little. Brian was whining (of course), how about
this was probably going to be his worse concert. But that didn’t bother me! Sonic youth sucked, and Eddie thanked
the crowd for sitting through it. Brian didn’t understand why PJ would pick
them to be the opening band, if they sucked. I told him, they probably didn’t
have a choice. I thought our seats were better, because they were up above all
the people heads. We were right behind where we were last time. Brian said that
was the craziest show he’s been to. There was this cute guy that came up to us.
He was jumping and dancing all over the place! He saw Brian just sitting there,
looking bored. He went up to him, “Come
on man, feel the rhythm!” Dude was drunk as hell. He got Brian singing and
moving. He got behind me, took my arm, waved it around. I think he said his
name was Bobby. Anyway he went back to where he was, jumped those red bars, but
a guard caught him and took him out. Near the end, Eddie played “Soon Forget”
with a ukulele, which was ultra cool! They added on to “Daughter” which they
always do but it was a thrill to see in person. So much energy it was
incredible!
9/7/98 at Va Beach Amphitheater
setlist Here
I don’t remember a lot about this one, I’m sorry to say.
I was at school at the time and I had to do major planning to get there. I
think my dad picked me up, which was so nice of him to do, seeing I was three
hours away. Then mom and Micah and a friend of his picked me up from dads and
we hauled butt to Va Beach. I mean hauled butt too, thanks to mom’s driving we
weren’t late! This was my brother’s first PJ show too, so he was pumped almost
as much as I was. I was just siked to see my favorite album’s tour…Yield. I
remember Eddie dancing to “Evolution” which was a riot. I mean he was really
throwing down up there! I was pleased with my concert shirt too. When I went up
to the merchandise tent I saw a shirt from far away with a yield patch on it. I
said to myself, this would be awesome if it said Pearl Jam instead of Yield.
Sure enough, it did! On the way back home the boys wrinked of beer…said
somebody spilt it on them. Hehehe, boys will be boys.
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A near full moon tonight and an outdoor venue. Before
'Given to Fly,' Ed tells the crowd to check it out and he notes, "It's
nice to be here ... beautiful moon ... nice and hot ... a really good night for
singing." There isn't a 'Daughter' tag--Ed sings "shades go down ...
the moon is round ... shades go down." 'Rats' is a BIG surprise,
introduced as the first time played with Matt C., [we haven't heard this since
Buffalo '96] off the second album, doesn't get played much and "if I screw
up the words, fuck you ... at least we're giving it a try." The improv
leading to 'MFC' is much like the improv leading to 'Habit' at many of the
Australian shows earlier this year. Later Ed says, "Is there a difference
between a dreamer and someone who wishes for something? I think there is. I
still haven't figured out which I am," leading to 'Wishlist.' Ed chokes on
some of the 'Leatherman' lyrics so he sings "la, la" for a whole
verse and makes fun of himself. During 'RVM,' the band is silouetted and
different colors are cycled through on the backdrop, making a nice effect. Mike
absolutely rules 'Black' every night. The stage is very wide at Virginia Beach
and he runs all over it. Ed makes a crack about how they just found out there's
a curfew but they'll play right up to it and then says that they also just
learned that Stone's zipper was down during the first set but "no one got
hurt." 'Porch' is outstanding with a shirtless Mike playing the flying V,
fast breakdown with the tribal drums and Ed has the hand mirror out again.
Other highlights: rocking 'Alive' and 'Sonic Reducer;' long 'Save it for Later'
tag. Band was great; crowd was drunk.
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