The Production Side

I’ve been on a huge Police kick, so I decided to write about a classic track from 1980’s Zenyatta Mondatta. The song was written by Sting while The Police were on tour. The story goes that while in his hotel room Sting saw a program about starving children and was inspired to write “Driven To Tears”.
The song has great lyrics by Sting and Stewart Copeland does some amazing drumming as well. It’s been preformed by both The Police and Sting’s solo concerts and at events such as Live Aid and Live Earth.
Pearl Jam also covers “Driven To Tears” from time to time at …read more

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Welcome to the first edition of FYI Friday, which means I’ll be sharing some knowledge about everything related to the 90’s alternative scene that you may or may not already know, but it should be an educational experience for us all.
Let’s kick off with a band  that I mentioned earlier this week (and one of my favorites), PEARL JAM!

Before they were known as Pearl Jam the band called themselves Mookie Blaylock. Mookie Blaylock was an All-Star Basketball player for the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks and Golden State Warriors. Pearl Jam’s title for their debut album Tenwas Blaylock’s jersey number.
Original Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer, Jack …read more

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I’ve chosen Pearl Jam’s “Severed Hand” for song of the week, because I just saw a TV ad for their new box set, Live at the Gorge 05/06, and they played a live version of “Severed Hand”. It reminded how awesome this song is and I immediately had to listen to it.
I first heard this song in April 2006 in a Montreal hotel room when Pearl Jam was on Saturday Night Live; I had to leave the next morning so I had to call it an early night . Anyways, I was instantly hooked when I heard the opening guitar. …read more

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Pearl Jam’s decision to release a 7-disc box set from their Gorge, WA shows from 2005 and 2006 stirs up mixed emotions. As a fan, I look forward to any Pearl Jam release and a box set should have me skipping around. The setlists from these shows make me kick myself for not making the trip across the States to Seattle. The shows include the usual suspects of hits that include “Black”, “Given To Fly”, “Even Flow”, “Corduroy”, “Better Man”, “Alive” and “Yellow Ledbetter”. Not to mention gems such as “Low Light”, “Sad”, “Insignificance”, “Leash”, “Satan’s Bed”, “God’s Dice” and …read more

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