i dont believe i have ever heard heard a les savy fav song and i am not sure why. have always heard great things about em, but we have yet to meet up until now. are they really indie rock’s best live band? i only ask cause that’s what the press release proclaims. anyway, the only real reason i even ventured forward was cause attached to said email/press release was a cover of superchunk’s “precision auto,” which i of course i had to check out. i can say that it sounds like “precision auto” but nothing special to be honest. i digress, on 4.29 les savy fav is releasing a digital only copy of their new years eve show from the bowery which they have entitled after the ball drops. they do a bunch of cool covers, i must admit, which include pixies’ “debaser,” nirvana’s “sliver,” misfit’s “astro zombies,” and a couple more. should be worth checkin out, even for a non fan like myself. here be a few live performances from the archives. for you fans out there where would one start with in regards to the les savy fav catalogue?
sweet descends from after the ball drops
precision auto
disco drive from an 05 performance in atlanta
reprobates resume from the same performance, i assume
in these woods again, from the same show
les savy fav site / french kiss records
i was at this pearl jam show which took place at the metro all the way back on 3.28.92. i was but a wee lad, all of 18, and was under the influence of mushrooms, which just so happened to be my first time indulging in such an activity. i wasn’t that fond of it, to be honest, and i only took shrooms one other time. i really didnt want to the second time but it was a matter of getting laid or going home alone - i chose the former. what i remember of that night is that we walked from what used to be the damen, on the corner of damen and roscoe, to her apartment on lake and around ashland - which is a pretty decent walk @ 3 am especially 12 years ago when some of those areas of chicago weren’t what they are today. forgive my reminiscing, this is the xrt broadcast of said show, but not the entire show.
1. release
2. evenflow
3. once
4. state of love and trust
5. alive
6. black
7. deep
8. jeremy
9. why go home
10. porch
11. garden
hay, hay, hay! so is the writers strike over or not? the only thing i can find alluding to the fact is on digg. i really dont care either way, just kinda sick of hearing people talk about it.
here is a lovely fm broadcast of pearl jam in germany on 11.3.96. it does have a couple of issues a long the way, but nothing really worth noting. the only issue that i have with it is that the track listing doesnt coincide with what i was given. be that as it may, still a great show.
1. intro
2. long road
3. last exit
4. hail hail
5. go
6. in my tree
7. corduroy
8. better man
9. lukin
10. hunger strike
11. even flow
12. daughter
13. jeremy
14. sometimes
15. rearviewmirror
16. immortality
17. alive
18. blood
19. who are you
20. state of love and trust
21. not for you
22. chit chat
23. present tense
24. leaving here
25. yellow ledbetter
top of the labor day to you all! ah, its nice to have days off, or at least any consecutive amount days greater than 2. we just got back from camping for the evening, which was cool but really you need more than a day to get in the swing of camping. still nice to do some fishing and commiserate with the locals.
for those that have heard it, what do you all think of the band of horses song? its really not all what i expected but i love its simplicity.
i dont think there had ever been a more anticipated release, at the time, than the release of pearl jam’s vs. i was going to western illinois university back in 93 and the whole campus, or everyone i talked to, was abuzz about its release. the local record shop, rockin robins, did a midnight sale and it seemed like half the campus was there. it was damn cold night in macomb, illinoise but that didnt harsh the mood that was quickly turning into complete pandemonium the closer midnight came. i was probably 20th in line and when i stepped foot into rockin robins i could barely hold in my excitement. i might have had wood, but thats between you and me. once the monies and product was exchanged i think i actually ran back to my dorm. which is quite rare for me cause i only run when chased, which is really never. i think i eventually got home around 1 am and i was up to at least 5 am taking it all in. to this day, i dont think any album has hit me has hard on initial listen as vs did.
here are the men of pearl jam playing in madrid, spain on 6.9.07 @ festimand sur. its an fm broadcast so you will hear the station djs from time to time.
1. porch
2. animal
3. world wide suicide
4. hail hail
5. corduroy
6. small town
7. severed hand
8. given to fly
9. green disease
10. even flow
11. daughter - wma - another brick in the wall II
12. alive
first encore
13. last exit
14. not for you
15. modern girl
16. comatose
17. go
Second Encore:
18. black
19. i believe in miracles
21. baba o’riley
21. yellow ledbetter
