AT&T's webcast of Lollapalooza is making the news this week because Eddie Vedder's anti-Bush rant was censored during Pearl Jam's performance of "Daughter". Pearl Jam, my favourite non-Canadian band, always tags on another song at the end of "Daughter". On this night, they tagged on Pink Floyd's "Another
For a very long time, Porch was my favourite Pearl Jam song. On April 11th, 1992, Sharon Stone hosted Saturday Night Live and Pearl Jam was the musical guest. First they played Alive, and then they played Porch. Here's that performance.
Eddie Vedder's been busy with his solo stuff. He's finishing some new music for the upcoming Sean Penn-directed film "Into the Wild" and an album of his songs is due in September. Vedder likes to work on Penn films. He's all over the "Dead Man Walking" soundtrack and he recorded
We all love Pearl Jam's Yellow Ledbetter. Even those who hate Pearl Jam like this tune, because it's so damn pretty. It even found its way into the Friends series finale, and that couldn't ruin the song for me. It's the perfect concert closer, too. But what the hell is
I recently posted the video for The Tragically Hip's new single, "Yer Not the Ocean". There's a suspension bridge featured in the video that I'm trying to identify. A couple of commenters think it's the Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver but I disagree. Below is a picture of the
Don Cheadle and Adam Sandler star in Reign Over Me, which is scheduled to hit theatres March 22nd. I don't know if the movie is going to be any good but if you watch the trailer you'll hear Pearl Jam's cover of The Who's Love, Reign o'er Me at the
I've always liked a good cover. There's something about a familiar song being interpreted by another band that I dig. About five years ago we in the SLS committee threw together Cover Me Badd, 18 of our favourite new rock style covers of the day. Just a couple of years
This June 1st article by Greg Wyshynski makes the following statement. Eddie Vedder and the boys were on top of the world in the early 1990s, and then suffered public indifference and critical blasting for the next decade. But they kept making the albums they wanted to make, and touring
One of my favourite tunes on the new Strokes disc is "You Only Live Once". It's the next single from First Impressions of Earth and it has a B side that's intriguing the hell out of me. The Strokes have covered Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me" with Pearl Jam's Eddie
Even if I hated Pearl Jam's music, I'd love the band. You can't deny the fact these guys get what it means to be a fan better than any other rock outfit on the planet. There was the free download of World Wide Suicide, the high quality DRM-free official bootlegs,
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Awesome Pearljam show yesterday, even more awesome then first,(and that was pretty awesome!). The set list was fantastic and the crowd was louder and more energetic. The band replaced some
Last night, I attended the second of two Pearl Jam concerts at the Air Canada Centre. This time, I was seated to the right of the stage, on the Stone Gossard side, 16 rows ups. The first show was great, this show was spectacular. The Toronto Sun review of the
Last night, I attended the Pearl Jam concert at the Air Canada Centre. It was the first of two back-to-back shows. I was seated to the left of the stage, on the Mike McCready side, 19 rows ups. Here are my thoughts on yet another great show. My Morning Jacket
Pearl Jam's tour kicks off tonight here in Toronto. I'll be there and I'll return tomorrow for show #2. Pearl Jam is enlightened enough to have a progressive policy regarding cameras, so I'll try and snap some pix. Before I head on down to the ACC, it's time for Pearl
Last June, on a whim, I jotted down five superficial life goals. Number two on that list, right after "Celebrate Maple Leafs Stanley Cup victory" was "Watch Pearl Jam concert from backstage and meet Ed". The last time Pearl Jam came through Toronto, everything seemed to line up perfectly to
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Quick note of possible interest for you. I was watching CSI:NY tonight and Pearl Jam's "World Wide Suicide" was played over a scene of CSI's digging up the end zone
Pearl Jam will be the musical guests when Lindsay Lohan hosts "Saturday Night Live" on April 15. It's a rare television appearance for Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready and Matt Cameron. Speaking of PJ, they'll be soon in town for a couple of Toronto gigs at the
Pearl Jam's "World Wide Suicide" is currently the number one single in Canada. This is the first time a single has hit #1 without appearing in any tangible format. I've already blabbed about how it was a free, high quality, DRM-free MP3 download, but it's also worth noting this is
Quick. Name the Pearl Jam single that has debuted the highest on Billboard's Radio Monitor modern rock chart. I hear some of you saying "Jeremy", others are saying "Daughter", someone just said "Spin The Black Circle" and I'm sure I just heard "Given To Fly". Good guesses all of them,
I just submitted a tune for SLS15 consideration. I submitted "World Wide Suicide" from Pearl Jam. This is the new Pearl Jam single they gave away for free online. I wrote all about it here. If you want to decide for yourself if it's SLS-worthy, I'm more than happy to
I mentioned the new Pearl Jam single "World Wide Suicide" was hitting radio this month and it would be available as a free download for a couple of days. It's available now and I just downloaded a copy. It's a completely DRM-free, extremely high quality MP3 file and downloading it
We know Pearl Jam's new song will be called "World Wide Suicide", but what's the name of their new album? Their eighth studio album will be self-titled. Pearl Jam will release Pearl Jam on May 2 via J Records. Ya know what else is cool? For two days beginning March
According to sources, Pearl Jam will release a new single called World Wide Suicide on May 2nd but it'll hit radio on March 14th. What does Eddie Vedder have to say about the new record? It's "easily the best stuff we've done but also some of the hardest stuff. It's
Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World" is our other national anthem. It's both musically and lyrically worthy of this honour, and two events over the past few months have cemented its status as the song that unites. On July 2nd of this year, Canada's Live 8 concert took place
I had a blast at the Pearl Jam concert and was lucky enough to witness first hand "Rockin' in the Free World" with Ed and Bono taking turns on the mic. It truly was one of those moments. Back in August I wrote about Pearl Jam's decision to release 192
