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August 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: So Proud. So Very Proud.
We watched that West of Memphis documentary recently; the one that Peter Jackson financed. Eddie Vedder’s in there, the Bono of grunge. And he’s all this and that about atrocities and injustices and then up with an acoustic guitar to offer his own injustice and atrocity, barely covering Bob Dylan and doing to the song […]Archive
October 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Pearl Jam: MTV Unplugged
Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged Sony Legacy Fuck, I hate Pearl Jam. Eddie Vedder with his weapons-grade laryngitis – making enough bad music himself but having undue influence on the awful Nu-Metal Years where the Creeds and Stainds of that world gargled marbles and spat out cliches. Bleurgh!Archive
December 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 973
Pearl Jam, Vs. (1993) You know I’ve thought about buying this record a lot – I never could quite bring myself to go through with it. Loved it at the time. Even loved Pearl Jam for a bit. Got over that real quick – but in recently revisiting just what it is I love about […]Archive
December 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 3 – Dave Abbruzzese
He’s played on a few records, and hooked up with some interesting and talented players (he’s even been hired and fired by Axl Rose) but the truth is I haven’t followed Abbruzzese’s work all that closely. The truth is I only care about one record that he made. And the timing of it (his timing […]Archive
October 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Classic Albums I Can’t Ever Listen To Again: #12 Pearl Jam, Ten
With the news that Pearl Jam is (sadly) returning from a pleasant, but clearly not long enough, hiatus – there’s a new album and an American tour – I thought I’d look at the band’s debut album and why I can’t listen to it. Possibly a stretch even considering this a classic, but the flannelette […]Archive
May 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman