Man! I knew I should have gone to that show!

Whenever anyone’s being a dreamer and an optimist, saying it’s just gonna be different, do me a favor and tell ‘em to read history and US congressional voting records.

It’s not cynical to suspect that a man jumping off a cliff will not in fact fly but instead plummet to his death because he has learned to predict how gravity behaves. It is blind faith to think the man will fly.

Politics are no different. There are means to predict the action of others and that is to learn how they have acted in the past. When someone reads history, understanding both economic and civil political issues, one is not being cynical when one is skeptical of any promise of ‘change’ by one who has so far behaved no differently than the politicians of the past. That is called reasoned foresight.

I saw the show the night before
w/no Eddy.
It’s great being able to catch
a band like the knitters in such
a small place.

Logically, your argument makes sense, except you totally throw out the notion that sometimes changes actually occur. Society evolves. We just elected a black man into office, when less than 50 years ago, they were still fighting for their rights. Sure, he’s not going to drastically change the world, but he is one of the many important steps on the journey to a progressive future.

Eddie I hope you read this I totally want to meet you. Srsly.

My boys! I’m so proud of you guys in America, you really did well this time around. Power to the people – and keep on rockin PJ!

Einat, Israel.

I am just begging to be noticed now days.

i doubt pearl jam gives a rats ass that they are mentioned in this rolling stone article..

Vedder, ROCKS.

We’ll see him making more frequent visits to the neighborhood watering holes and doing his own grocery shopping. No one gives a rip anymore about Pearl Jam. They are has beens.

Another reason that Seattle is still, almost 20 years later, the coolest town in the USA.

this idiot says “pearl jam are has beens”.. lol ahhh, do you ever see their tour numbers guy?! they sell out just as quick as they did in 1992.. if they WANTED to (writing more radio friendly pop rock, make videos, do more interviews, etc…) they would still have the “media prescence” they did then too. its their choice. pearl jam is one of the few bands in history that can, and is, as famous as THEY want to be. its that simple.

A president can’t change the world ?? You don’t see how Dubya changed the world over the past 8 years ??? If there was ever a fingerprint left by a president it was Dubya’s disastrous reign of error……..

Thanks better yet.

This probably was a great show, but Doe’s comment would have pissed me off, so I’m glad I wasn’t there.
I think their celebratory mood would have sustained itself just fine without knocking on dissenters and skeptics.

I was at the Tractor both nights, the Knitters are one of my favorite live bands (came from Eugene, Oregonn and saw Portland show). If you know John Doe & his politics of which he is passionate, he was saying in so many words, at least give him a chance. It will take a lot to reverse the total fuck-ups of the Bush Crime Syndicate. Now all they need is a one way ticket to Holland (W., Dickie Boy, Rumsfield, and Condo-lies-a-lot need to go to jail for a very long long time).

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