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Mike...Matt...Jeff...Jerry...Stone...Chris...Ed...Boom
So my old Roommate and great friend Jeremy and i went to see Pearl Jam last night...and when we are 72 years old we will look at each other and know..."Remember that night..."....i had two fan club tickets so we were right by the stage to the side...perfect view...the show was amazing...opened with "Sometimes" from the lovely NO CODE...during the fist set they played "Faithful" a song of one of my fav. records YIELD...very rare to hear that...So that made might night to hear that rare song i was happy...they also covered Pink Floyd's "Interstellar overdrive" !!!...Ben Harper comes out and plays "Red Mosquito" with Pearl Jam awesome! but during the encore Ed invites SOUNDGARDEN's Chris Cornell to the stage...the sound of everyone going crazy was of an ocean wave crashing...you that moment when you are alone in the sea...that wave crashes...it's almost silent...it was something like that...and then Mike starts playing "Hunger Strike" and Jeremy and in are in complete AWE...a Temple of the Dog reunion and i'm 10ft from the stage...just amazing...Chris and Ed singing...just can't believe i'm seeing this...the song was maybe 4 minutes...but it's one of those moments that will stay with me forever...I told Jeremy "I can die now...i can die now"...the last song of the night was "Alive" during the solo Mike hands of his guitar to the almighty JERRY CANTRELL(ALICE IN CHAINS Man!)...who continues and finishes the solo for Alive...i'm out of breath...lost my voice...heart is pounding...i'm sure i hit everyone around me with my dreads...i saw Temple of the Dog...and Jerry Cantrell helped out...There are moments that go down in Rock History...and this is one of them...you know like the Band's last show...Beatles last "show"...Dylan playing electric at the folk festival...the Temple of the Dog reunion in 2009?...we left the venue knowing that we truly witness something very special...Somewhere i have a list of things i've always wanted to happen...i need to find it and mark this one off...Jeremy and i were like little kids who just spent 2hrs with their heroes...
i must find that list...
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| i was in line today...and when i reached for my wallet (that is a white envelope with my ID and the little cash i have in it) there was something written on it...in my handwriting...
"You can only make the elephant dance once"
i began laughing...the cashier asked me if i was ok...i gave her my wallet...she laughed asked what it means...
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| Interviewer: Do you have a favorite sound? Tom Waits: Bacon. In a frying pan. If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound. |
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| i heard something today that i really liked..."sometimes we stumble...we just need to stumble in the right direction..." now....where is the right direction?
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| A man who can play the accordion, but doesn’t. -Tom Waits
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