{"id":1238,"date":"2008-06-12T10:52:17","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T10:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/bits\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2008-06-12T10:52:17","modified_gmt":"2008-06-12T10:52:17","slug":"pearl-jams-got-an-idea-buyable-live-recordings-in-multiple-formats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/?p=1238","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Jam's Idea: Buyable Live Recordings in Multiple Formats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming in a day late, yet still completely free, is today’s music note: Pearl Jam’s 2008 Bootleg Program<\/a>. Now Pearl Jam is one of my curious bands from my College Life Mach I. I first heard them while I was attending College A(that’s what we’ll call it in effort for me to remain distanced and objective).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Totally Skippable Flashback Sequence<\/strong>
\nGrowing up in the middle of nowhere has its perks but one of those is not an influx of new music. At home I had the mainstream movies and TV giving me peeks at what I was missing. High School was new music hell. It was a place and time that all anyone breathed, thought and drank was hip hop. To this day, I know I would not be as bored with the genre if I wasn’t near drowned in it for half a decade.<\/p>\n

Cut to the early 90s. I hit the college scene. Being surrounded by music, people and ideas that were new and different. It was a bit off-putting at first. That morphed into fucking fantastic pretty damn quick. It was during this time Charles introduced me to Pearl Jam<\/a>‘s TEN<\/a>. I knew I would never be the same again. I followed their sound as best I could. ( Remember kids, The Internet wasn’t as user friendly to as it is now.) I shudder to think how things would have turned if I had access to a proper Internets back in those days.<\/p>\n

I grabbed up each and every new album. I just wanted that same feeling again. Each one had their moments but none ever lived up to TEN. Even so, I kept and eye on what they were up to. Their failed, yet inspiring, battle with Ticketmaster<\/a>. Temple of the Dog.<\/p>\n

Nowadays it’s their social battles that hold my interest. How they use their fame to affect change or the new ways they aim to get music to their fans. I like how they don’t crap on their fanbase like a lot of the “Big Bands” past and present.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What You Really Want to Know: 2008 Bootleg Programme<\/strong>
\nI’ve learned, by way of their myspace<\/a>, Pearl Jam’s expanding on their Bootleg Program<\/a>. Two weeks after each concert jam, you’ll be able to buy the digital bootlegs in mp3 or, the more awesome(yet space consuming),FLAC<\/a> formats at a reasonable price.<\/p>\n

For those of you who only want PJ streamed through their Intertubes and want nothing to do with this payment business, you can visit Pearl Jam Live.com<\/a>. They’ve got concerts listed back to 1990. I can’t tell you about their quality because the site does not seem to like Firefox. The third browser crash gave me that clue.<\/p>\n

If you must have the physical evidence of you Pearl Jam love in your hands, that can be arranged too. Also, Mobile Bootlegs of 3 stand-out tracks per concert. This is offered through Verizon, of course, because AT&T would never think to jump onto something quite as useful. Complete details for each are provided at Pearl Jam’s MySpace<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who knew MySpace was still useful much less relevant?<\/p>\n

While PJ, on the other hand, remains innovative well into the 21st Century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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