Author’s note I’m serializing the first 10% of State of Love & Trust here on my blog. It’s a story about Pearl Jam fans in Detroit’s oldest neighborhood, Corktown. This is the first installment. Ellie – Detroit, Mich. – Tuesday, May 20, 2006 I pulled the Yield bus into a rest stop somewhere between Grand… Continue Reading “On the Bus” Getting in Tune – State of Love & Trust
Tuesday Evening, 73°F and clear Listening to The Beatles—Dear Prudence This is for every Pearl Jam fan who doesn’t think Stone Gossard gets anywhere near as much credit as he deserves. Ellie, Clive, and Saint all understand who the sacred heart of Pearl Jam really is. Oh my god, Stone, hell yes. Read about these hardcore… Continue Reading Stone, hell yes
Tuesday Evening, 33°F and foggy Listening to The Nice, Rondo Progholm Syndrome … It’s no secret that I have a thing about progressive rock. I tend to go through phases with it, where I will get deep down into a single prog band for days or weeks then I’ll come back out of my prog binge… Continue Reading Progholm Syndrome
have been greatly exaggerated Tuesday afternoon, 63° and windy Listening to Night Beats, The New World If you believe rock n roll is dead, or that there is no good new rock music, or that Justin Beiber, Rhianna or *insert popular, predictable, auto-tuned act here* killed rock n roll, I have seven suggestions for you. 1.… Continue Reading Rumors of Rock-n-Roll’s Death
In My Pearl Jam Universe Thursday night, 70°F Listening to The Rolling Stones, Let It Loose Or how I got copyright permission on lyrics from Pearl Jam How many times have you been told that you can’t put lyrics in your novel? That it’s impossible (or at least prohibitively expensive) to obtain copyright permission on… Continue Reading A Banner Day