The Porch - All Things Pearl Jam

25 Years of Alive!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 01:40:00 +0000

It doesn't get much better than this...

Congrats to the Cubs!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:42:00 +0000

As a Cleveland native it pains me to say it but congrats to the Cubs for an amazing season and a hard fought World Series. Check out the new video for Eddie Vedder's "All The Way."

When somebody loves you
It's no good unless he loves you, all the way
Happy to be near you
When you need someone to cheer you, all the way

Taller than the tallest tree is
That's how it's got to feel
Deeper than the deep blue see is
That's how deep it goes, if its real

When somebody needs you
It's no good unless he needs you, all the way
Through the good or lean years
And for all the in between years, come what may

Who know where the road will lead us
Only a fool would say
But if you'll let me love you
It's for sure I'm gonna love you, all the way
All the way

2016 Tour Dates! Which Shows are you hitting?!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 23:00:00 +0000

For the most up to date, official info, always check out pearljam.com

Pearl Jam to play Global Citizens Festival 2015

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 15:01:00 +0000

The Faithful shall gather in NYC this September! Pearl Jam will be playing alongside Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, and a host of other musicians. Tickets go on sale July 10th at 10am. There are several ticket packages available as well as ways to win one of 48,000 tickets that will go to those who are taking action to end extreme poverty.

For more information on tickets and the event check out the details on Pearl Jam's Official site. Click Here.

Citizen Dick Contest Via Sound Sonic Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 20:19:00 +0000

Check out the contest our friends are running over at Sonic Sound Magazine this week only. Click Here

Sound Sonic Magazine contest... #StayTuned

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 16:41:00 +0000

Pearl Jam fans can expect some activity soon from our friends over at Sound Sonic Magazine. Founders Meridith Hart and Lisa Schreiner are avid PJ fans and have promised to deliver a great contest with some cool giveaways next week. Stay Tuned to CometothePorch.net and Sound Sonic Magazine for more info...

Pearl Jam Fan taking initiative

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 02:30:00 +0000

Crowdfunding: The proliferation of the internet, social media, and e-commerce have culminated into an amazing opportunity for consumers to put their money where their mouth is. Today, we are seeing movies get made, products get launched, and causes being supported in small increments by thousands of people who add up to make a difference. Why not try this for concerts?

The Foo Fighters helped to blaze the trail when they played Richmond, Virginia as a result of a crowdfund campaign (learn more). Now, Pearl Jam fan Dan Sheffer has taken the initiative and put it out there to PJ fans to support an initiative to bring Pearl Jam to his neck of the woods.

Initial chatter has been overwhelmingly positive and supportive from the fan base. Some have concerns that, if successful, the band would be put into an "awkward" position of having to say yes. Not sure I've ever heard of a band who says no to a sold out arena of fans who self funded an event because they are so passionate about their music; but if you think Pearl Jam has an issue with peer pressure I guess that would make sense?...

Anyway, with Ticketmaster fees and a variety of other challenges, crowdfunding might be the way of the future for concerts! Here's all of the info from the site but be sure to head over to this link to contribute. An $80 donation gets you a ticket if it happens!

"We are raising funds for a fan funded PJ show(s) at Forest Hills Tennis Center. A historic venue in Queens, NY, this would be a unforgettable evening(s) for the band, the fans, the crew and NYC. We have the support of several PJ groups on FB and Twitter and will give our proposal to Pearl Jam management no later than 1/2015.
We will be contacting the press and local politicians to make this happen. If The Beatles, The Who and Dylan can play Forest Hills why not add legendary Pearl Jam to the mix?

Why not try? I'm sure my fellow 10 clubbers would agree! Think of it as PJ25!
This is an extremely unique, historic venue and we think that the band would love playing here and it will be a show to tell future generations. We encourage all feedback and can use all the help we can get to make this a reality! We would also like to donate some of the proceeds to EB research.

Forest Hills is a historic venue, a great place to live, it deserves to be put on the map again. Pearl Jam is the best band on the planet to do it!
The plan is simple Pearl Jam fans. If we get the numbers , let's talk to the band and see what we can do. Worst case is that they say no.

JUST REMEMBER WE ALL BELIEVE!!!!!
LET'S MAKE HISTORY!

FAQ's:
When is my card charged?
If the project you're backing is successfully funded, your card will be charged when the project reaches its funding deadline. If the project does not reach its funding goal, your card is never charged.

Can I cancel a pledge?
By pledging, you are committing to supporting that person’s project; cancelling that commitment is discouraged. If you must cancel, visit the project page and click “Manage Your Pledge.”
What if the band don't agree to the crowd funded Show?
We will cancel the project immediately, no credit/debit cards will be charged -

What is there to lose? - Nothing!
This is an all or nothing project, it either happens or it doesn't.

What if the band do agree to a crowd funded show?
We will work closely with the management company to make sure everything is arranged and you don't have to worry about a thing. As long as they have said yes, you have a ticket - the date will be confirmed in due course.

When will I know the date of the concert?
Once the project is successful, all further information will be released in due course. You will have secured your ticket so just sit back and relax. If you are unable to make the arranged date, let us know and we will resell your ticket at face value.

What can I expect from the concert if it is successful?
PJ Live in a historic venue! I don't think we need to explain what that could mean!

Why Forest Hills?
Forest Hills offers many conveniences and is extremely close to all mass transportation. It is in a safe amazing area that looks like London England! The venue is historic and some of the bands heroes have played there! This could be amazing! It's time to put this place back on the map as a premier venue. It has gone in disrepair for far too long.
We want PJ, we want another historic destination show, we want it soon!

Where are my seats?
We will be doing tickets in a lottery. 10C or otherwise. Senority does not apply, we are all fans here!"

Contribute Here!

Cincinnati, OH - 10/1/14

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 01:39:00 +0000

The tour kicked off with a bang in Cincinnati! We had a great time at the Five Horizons party at Holy Grail and then enjoyed an amazing show.

SET 1

Pendulum

Nothingman

Of The Girl

Mind Your Manners

Lightning Bolt

Corduroy

Spin The Black Circle

Got Some

Even Flow

Sirens

Love Boat Captain

Present Tense

Daughter

State Of Love And Trust

Waiting on a Friend

Jeremy

Comatose

Setting Forth

Porch

ENCORE 1

Sleeping By Myself

Man Of The Hour

Parachutes

All Those Yesterdays

Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town

Given To Fly

Unthought Known

Do The Evolution

Better Man

ENCORE 2

Black

The Real Me

Alive

Rockin' In The Free World

Yellow Ledbetter

Pearl Jam writes and performs a new song in Moline

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 02:38:00 +0000

Not that Moline needs any more hype than, "they played No Code front to freakin back live!" but here's another gem that happened. Eddie Vedder cranked out an original song ten minutes before the show and performed it live! What a night...

Boot Release Schedule for 2014 Fall Tour

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:43:00 +0000

One thing Pearl Jam fans can't live without is Official bootlegs! Here are the official release dates for the 2014 fall tour via Pearl Jam's official website.

Pearl Jam - Climbing, stage diving, crowd surfing...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:57:00 +0000

Among the million reasons we love Pearl Jam, these crazy antics are at the top of the list. Although the boys have tempered a bit in recent years, the spirit and excitement of their live shows is better than ever. We're less than a week away from the 2014 Fall tour. I hope to see you on the road!

Pearl Jam to play Bridge School 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 01:32:00 +0000

PJ has a long history of supporting "Uncle Neil" and his passion project, The Bridge School. Check out a few other pages (tearjerker alert) showing the bands involvement with the organization over the years.

Eddie Vedder Interviews Page 1
Eddie Vedder Interviews Page 2

About Bridge School:

The Bridge School is a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that individuals with severe speech and physical impairments achieve full participation in their communities through the use of augmentative & alternative means of communication (AAC) and assistive technology (AT) applications and through the development, implementation and dissemination of innovative life-long educational strategies. The Bridge School is an internationally recognized leader in the education of children who use augmentative and alternative communication and has developed unique programs and trained highly skilled professionals in the use of state of the art assistive technology.

Learn More

Support Bridge School by donating: Click Here

Adam Levine does an Eddie Vedder impression on Jimmy Falon

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 03:11:00 +0000

I never thought I'd have the lyrics to "Muffin Man" stuck in my head all day! Fast forward this clip to 4:30 for a laugh as Adam Levine does an impression of Eddie Vedder singing Muffin Man. Both stars are well known Pearl Jam fans which makes it that much more fun.

Related links:
Eddie and Jimmy perform "Balls in your mouth"
Adam Levine offers to drum for Pearl Jam if MC needs a break

Pearl Jam - Cold Confession - Demo Avocado

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:17:00 +0000

Although this one hit the cutting room floor when Avocado came out, I find it to be one of the hardest hitting songs of the Pearl Jam collection. If only the records could just be longer! Enjoy.

Lyrics:

He scared himself into a trance
Ducking down rivers, secretly
He floated out into the ocean
Of his worst dream, of his rough sea?
Of all the men he could trust
He was not one of them, always hurting himself
This scars and seams, the wounds are tone
Whatever time had healed, it's still too cold
A life washed away, like words in the sand
And when the high tide came, so went his brain
A troubled past, a troubled future
A troubled way leaning on a bar stool
When strobelight stop, he finally saw
Navigation towards a brand new course
But to himself the memory clear
Cold confession only, that only he could hear

He let himself scream, he let himself cry
Let himself reach the other side
There was no Christ, there was no cross
Just forgiveness, allowed himself
Accepted the past, then set it free
Oh and it ran off like an animal with ease
He holds the bruise?, he holds their star
In his pure arms, in his clear heart
He's safe now, he's back in her breast
He saw his path, and changed it, chased it, at last

The #ALS Ice Bucket Challenge!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 02:32:00 +0000

I'm so excited that the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has gone viral! Team Gleason was one of the first beneficiaries of The Five Horizons Foundation. I had a chance to meet Steve and his wife in New Orleans last year and they were nothing short of inspirational people. It's great to see Pearl Jam getting involved in the challenges! McCready challenged the whole band so I'll post their videos here as they become available.

Some great stats about how this challenge has affected fundraising and awareness:

From July 29 to August 13, the national office of The ALS Association received $5.5 million compared with $32,000 in donations during the same time period last year. Association-wide (which includes national and chapter revenue), the organization has received $7.6 million compared to $1.4 million during the same time period last year (July 29 to August 13). These donations have come from 145,918 new donors to The Association. Locally, the Northern Ohio Chapter has seen a 30% increase in support since July 29, compared with the same time period last year, most of which has arrived in the past week.

Please consider supporting Team Gleason by visiting their website and making a donation. Click here.

Mike McCready

Eddie Vedder

Jeff Ament

Boom Gaspar

Stone Gossard

Matt Cameron

Steve Gleason

Ice Bucket Challenge from Team Gleason on Vimeo.

Amy Allen's 2013 Tour in a flash!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 02:18:00 +0000

Amy Allen is someone I consider fortunate to call a friend. She's combined her professional photography skills with her love of Pearl Jam on more than one occasion and this is video is a great example of the results. Amy is also hosting her second pre party fundraiser for The Five Horizons Foundation this October in St. Paul where you can win some of her work! Details are here on Facebook.

Milton Keynes, UK - 7/11/14

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 01:51:00 +0000

Final show of the 2014 Euro Tour!

Set List:

Pendulum

Wash

Nothingman

Black

Don't Go

Brian of J.

Comatose

Save You

Hail Hail

Mind Your Manners

Do The Evolution

Got Some

Lightning Bolt

Nothing As It Seems

Given To Fly

Sirens

Corduroy

Even Flow

Let The Records Play

Spin the Black Circle

Rearviewmirror

Encore 1

Yellow Moon

Footsteps

Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns

Betterman

Jeremy

Lukin

Porch

Encore 2

Rain

Daughter

Blood

Alive

Keep On Rocking In The Freeworld

Leeds, UK - 7/8/14

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:50:00 +0000

Wow, this is what you call a legendary set!

This was the first international pre party fundraiser for The Five Horizons Foundation! Thank you very much for the help from our amazing local partner SORM Studios for doing the lions share of the work. Check out the Five Horizons website for more info on future parties on the Pearl Jam tour.

Set List:

Pendulum

Of the Girl

Small Town

Breakerfall

Hail Hail

Once

Mind Your Manners

Lightning Bolt

Tremor Christ

Wishlist

Who You Are

Ghost

Even Flow

Sirens

Push Me Pull Me

Do The Evolution

Don't Give Me No Lip

Army Reserve

Present Tense

Given to Fly

Setting Forth

Rearviewmirror

Encore 1

Man of the Hour

All or None

Fatal

The Real Me

Porch

Encore 2

Smile

Leaving Here

Black

Jeremy

State of Love and Trust

Alive

Baba O'Rieley

All Along the Watchtower

Indifference

Werchter, Belgium - 7/5/14

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 23:57:00 +0000

Set List:

Rearviewmirror

Mind Your Manners

Animal

Corduroy

Lightning Bolt

My Fathers Son

Do The Evolution

Given To Fly

All Night

Even Flow

Sirens

Small Town

Why Go

Spin The Black Circle

Wasted Reprise

Life Wasted

Better Man

Encore 1

Future Days

Mother

Jeremy

State of Love and Trust

Black

Daughter

Porch

Encore 2

Sonic Reducer

Alive

Keep on Rockin in the Free World

Yellow Ledbetter

Gdynia, Poland - 7/3/14

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 02:30:00 +0000

All Pic's via PearlJamOfficial

SET 1

Corduroy

Mind Your Manners

Lightning Bolt

Animal

Given To Fly

Pilate

Do The Evolution

Getaway

Got Some

Nothingman

Even Flow

Sirens

Jeremy

Unthought Known

Public Image

Lukin

Rearviewmirror

ENCORE 1

Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town

Better Man

Porch

Alive

Baba O'Riley

See more at Pearljam.com

Oslo, Norway - 6/29/14

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:28:00 +0000

An amazing set list that includes the first ever live performance of Strangest Tribe.

Set List

PENDULUM

via @fleurneal

HARD TO IMAGINE

LAST. KISS

M.Y.M.

ANIMAL

LAST EXIT

INTERSTELLAR

CORDUROY

LIGHTNING BOLT

IN HIDING

FATHER'S SON

SAD

LIGHT YEARS

EVEN FLO

GARDEN

SIRENS

NOT FOR YOU

DOWN

LBC

PORCH

ENCORE 1

YELLOW MOON

SLEEPING BY MYSELF

STRANGEST TRIBE

FOOTSTEPS

WAITING ON A FRIEND

SATAN'S BED

WHY GO

LUKIN

REARVIEWMIRROR

ENCORE 2

COMATOSE

LEASH

ALIVE

ROCKIN'

YELLOW LEDBETTER

via @PearlJam

via @rtw702

via @pjradio

Stockholm, Sweeden 6/28/14

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 20:56:00 +0000

Watch as Eddie Vedder takes a camera phone from a fan and does a little pro-bono cinematography. Some rock stars whine about fans with their cameras; Eddie embraces it and creates an incredibly memorable moment.

Set List:

Release

Sometimes

Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town

Black

Animal

Mind Your Manners

Why Go

Corduroy

Lightning Bolt

Red Mosquito

My Father's Son

Given To Fly

Daughter

W.M.A.

Sirens

Even Flow

Green Disease

Jeremy

Spin The Black Circle

Rearviewmirror

ENCORE 1

Just Breathe

Oceans

Mother

Once

Supersonic

Sonic Reducer

Porch

ENCORE 2

Do The Evolution

Better Man

Alive

Baba O'Riley

Indifference

Berlin, Germany - 6/26/14

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 01:57:00 +0000

Reportedly, Stone Gossard sang some "Let it Go" today. Is this going to become a theme after Ed did it in Milan for his daughter?

UPDATE: More accurately, Stone refused to sing Let it Go, by singing a line :). The Frozen drama continues! :).

Set List:

Pendulum

Low Light

Nothingman

In My Tree

Why Go

Do The Evolution

Corduroy

Lightning Bolt

Mind Your Manners

Gods' Dice

Hold On

Given To Fly

You Are

Who You Are

Even Flow

Sirens

Jeremy

Immortality

Eruption

Lukin

Rearviewmirror

ENCORE 1

Sleight Of Hand

Sleeping By Myself

All Those Yesterdays

Crazy Mary

Comatose

Blood

Porch

ENCORE 2

Bee Girl

I Believe In Miracles

Alive

Rockin' In The Free World

Yellow Ledbetter

Vienna, Austria - 6/25/14

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 14:54:00 +0000

Set List:

Long Road

Can't Keep

Black

Last Exit

Why Go

Spin The Black Circle

Hail, Hail

Got Some

Lightning Bolt

Mind Your Manners

Severed Hand

I Got Id

Amongst The Waves

Rain

Even Flow

Sirens

Wishlist

Rats

Public Image

Do The Evolution

Rearviewmirror

ENCORE 1

The Needle and The Damage Done

Speed of Sound

Footsteps

Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town

Daughter

State Of Love And Trust

Brain Of J.

Lukin

via Gina L

Porch

ENCORE 2

Smile

Fuckin' Up

Alive

Baba O'Riley

Indifference

via Gina L

Vancouver 12/4/13

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:31:00 +0000

Three hours well spent!

Set List:

Oceans

Can't Keep

Low Light

Corduroy

Breakerfall

Mind Your Manners

Why Go

Gods' Dice

Lightning Bolt

In Hiding

Even Flow

Setting Forth

Not For You

Daughter

Infallible

After Hours

Sirens

Jeremy

Gonna See My Friend

Improv 12/02/13

Porch

ENCORE 1

Soon Forget

Yellow Moon

Thumbing My Way

Footsteps

Mother

Insignificance

Given To Fly

Got Some

Better Man

ENCORE 2

Do The Evolution

Black

Alive

Kick Out The Jams

Yellow Ledbetter

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