Körfez’den Philippe Cousteau Bildiriyor… June 23, 2010
Körfezdeki petrol faciasını PJ parçaları eşliğinde, yerel halktan ve uzmanlardan yorumlarla ve dehşet verici görüntülerle veriyor Philippe Cousteau (Jacques Cousteau’nun oğlu)… CNN videosu:
Spin eski PJ sayıları March 26, 2010
Spin dergisinin Pearl Jam ile ilgili eski sayılarına aşağıdaki bağlantılardan ulaşabilir, röportajların tümünü okuyabilirsiniz:
http://books.google.com/books?id=qr8zLwlIOpwC&lpg=PP1&lr=&rview=1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=1XjH458f108C&lpg=PP1&lr=&rview=1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=wF1pZCI8MZYC&lpg=PP1&lr=&rview=1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Sundance’te… January 22, 2010
Sundance Interview: Joseph Gordon-Levitt from /Film on Vimeo.
Nihayet… PJ Austin City Limits November 23, 2009
Ne zamandır bahsediyorum… PJ Austin City Limits kaydı internette de yayınlandı; BURADAN izleyebilirsiniz. Bir saatlik muhteşem bir performans!
Eddie Vedder ile Ropörtaj November 22, 2009
Spin Özel September 23, 2009
Spin Dergisinin Pearl Jam üzerine hazırladığı özel yazı dizisini alıp, metni internete koyan hayranlardan Allah razı olsun diyorum… grup üyelerini gündelik yaşamlarında, birer insanoğlu olarak kaydetmeyi becermişler. Bizimkiler genellikle kişisel hayatları ile ilgili pek konuşmayı, paylaşmayı sevmiyorlardı… şimdiye kadar! O yüzden bugüne kadar okuduğum en özel yazılardan biri. Müzik, yeni albüm, grup olarak ayakta kalmak dışında balta fırlatmak, aile ve çocuklar, bireysel perspektifler ve hesaplaşmalar… hepsinden bir damla. Okurken Eddie’nin arka bahçesi gözlerimin önünde canlandı.Makalenin tümünü BURADAN veya BURADAN okuyabilirsiniz. Brezilyalı PJ takipçisi arkadaşlara buradan da teşekkürler…
MOVING TARGETS
Eddie Vedder And Gang Have An Ax To Grind — And Throw — As Rock’s Former Angry Young Men Try A New Approach.You haven’t really tasted death until you’ve been inches away from an ax swung by Eddie Vedder. Not that Vedder is careless. He’s just… focused. He gets this look: You know the one, from the “Jeremy” video, vaguely lupine — lips curled, fangs bared, eyes crazy. He grips the haft with both hands, draws the blade back over his head, and lets it fly, watching it tumble end over end in an elegant arc, sinking into its target — a three foot-wide cedar stump — with a deep, satisfying thunk.
By Josh Eells
Eddie Vedder Röportaj… September 17, 2009
Pearl Jam turnesi Kanada ayağında Eddie ile yapılan bir röportaj… Brad Wheeler tarafından yapılan görüşmede Vedder yeni albümdeki parçalar için teker teker yorumlar yapmış. Orijinalini BURADAN; veya aşağıdan bir kısmını okuyabilirsiniz:
Gonna See My Friend… tough, high-energy rocker that likes to be heard loud.
“All I remember is writing it in a little room on a small table with a little four-track tape machine. I got it sounding loud real quick, without disturbing the neighbours. I work using headphones a lot. I’m not going to have any hearing left. We all make sacrifices at our jobs, and my hearing is obviously going to be the first thing to go.”
Got Some… One of the songs influenced by eighties new-wave pop.
“I’m talking about music to put on when you don’t know how you’re going to get to work, when you’re just not feeling it. It rains in Seattle 220 days a year on average – there’s a lot of mornings it’s hard to get going. This song will do it.”
The Fixer… the lean riff-rocked first single.
“Men, we all think we can fix anything. It’s not necessarily a good thing. In a relationship, a woman will say ‘This is wrong,’ and we’re like, ‘I’ll fix that, don’t worry about it, we can fix it.’ These wonderful people, the woman you’re in a relationship with, they don’t want you to fix it. They just want you to listen to what’s happening: ‘Don’t fix it, I want you to own this with me – feel it.’ This is a reminder song to me, to stop fixing.”
Johnny Guitar… an angular Elvis Costello-like number motivated by an album-cover photo from a record by pimp-blues guitarist Johnny (Guitar) Watson that was pasted over a men’s room urinal. “It’s actually not the first time we’ve got our inspiration from something on a bathroom wall. It’s a made-up story about a kid falling in love with a girl on a record cover. I imagine that must have happened a few times.”
Just Breathe… Triggered by a song from Vedder’s Into the Wild soundtrack, with added strings and French horns.
“There’s never a dull moment on the road – every day it’s something. Maybe that’s why my goal is the dull moment. That’s what this song is: It’s saying, ‘Just stop, and be together. Don’t talk now, just breathe and feel each other’s presence – now that the kids are in bed.’
Amongst the Waves… About ebbs and flows – of a couple’s relationships or even those of a long-running rock band. “On the strength of this album, we feel good about where the band is at. Our relationship is long-standing, but it’s turned into a forthcoming relationship. We’re open and honest. Things go pretty easy – we feel like a gang. We feel like a galvanized group of individuals. As far as waves, I think we’re up there.”
Unthought Known… Culled from a book, a talk with an actress, and one late night.
“It’s about a conversation with Catherine Keener, and a book – I think it might have even been called Unthought Known . I got back late to my hotel in New York, and I pushed it that extra hour. I pushed the limits of how much you can drink and smoke, and this song came out of it. I think the thought of the song is that there are things that you know, and they’re in us, but we just haven’t thought of them. But they’re there, and we base decisions on them.”
Supersonic… A towering track written two years ago by guitarist Stone Gossard, with Vedder adding lyrics about living life with the volume on full, and the need for loud music.
“There’s something about this infusion of energy. It’s a tangible thing that gives you as much energy as a drug. It can change the shape of your mood. I think [rock music] is the greatest art form there is, because there’s so many elements to it, volume being one of them. But momentum, and rhythm, and the literary side of a good lyric, it can really transport you.”
Speed of Sound… A brooding, down-tempo track with complex chord changes that stemmed from a songwriting session with a Rolling Stones guitarist.
“I was working with Ronnie Wood on a record he’s putting together. He asked me if I could contribute some words, which really excited me because I love his voice. This particular song was a little difficult to transcribe though, so it ended up in [Pearl Jam's] court. I played it to Brendan at four in the afternoon, and by the next afternoon it was complete.”
Force of Nature… A classic grungy Pearl Jam vibe, originally titled Distant Planet .
“It’s about the strength of one person in the relationship, when they can withstand some of the faults in another – maybe drug addiction, or straying off the path. The person in the song is the lighthouse for the other person caught in the storm.”
The End… A Springsteen-like ballad with strings, about an unknown future.
“I got a phone call from a friend, from Spain. I couldn’t pick up the phone because I was recording the guitar part. I had written half the song’s lyrics. When I checked his message, he had said something that enabled me to write the second verse, and in 20 minutes, it was done. That’s how it happened on this record. It was writing the quick ones – there was no room for the other stuff. We’ll see how long approaching it like this goes. But it’s the right way for us to do it right now.”
Billboard Pearl Jam – Backspacer Makalesi September 14, 2009
Billboard dergisinin Pearl Jam ile ilgili Backspacer vesilesi ile yayınladığı makaleyi BURADAN okuyabilir veya dinleyebilirsiniz. Eddie Vedder ve Stone Gossard ile yapılan röportajın yer aldığı yazıda yeni albümün yaratılış süreci ve parçalar ile ilgili sorular yer alıyor. Eddie’nin şarkılar üzerinden hayata ve insan ilişkilerine dair yaptığı yorumlar pek bir keyifli… Göreceli olarak oldukça kısa olan Backspacer’i bezelye çorbası değil de maden suyuna benzetmesi gibi! Makalede albümün oluşumundan görsel öğelerin yaratılış sürecine, dağıtım ve pazarlama stratejilerinden solo turne deneyimlerine kadar pek çok detay yer alıyor.
Mike McCready & Beatles September 10, 2009
MTV’nin Pearl Jam’in Mike McCready ile yaptığı röportajda Beatles üzerine konuşuluyor.Yeni “Rock Band” oyunu ile ilgili de yorumlar yapan gitarist, oyunda kendini çok geliştirmesi gerekitğini itiraf etmiş!
Alman Televizyonu Pearl Jam Röportajı
Almanya’da, büyük ihtimalle Avrupa turnesi sırasında yapılan 18 dakikalık Pearl Jam röportajı videosunu … BURADAN izleyebilirsiniz. Eddie Vedder ve Matt Cameron ile yapılan söyleşide Alman sunucu oldukça yüzeysel, genel ve de bazen saçma sorular sorsa da bizimkiler bir şekilde durumu kurtarmışlar. Böyle videoları dünyanın bu ucundan çok izleme fırsatı bulamadığımızdan, bulduklarımız olduça değerli oluyor. Kısaca Eddie ve Matt içtenlikleri, alçakgönüllülükleri ve nezaketleri ile genç ve acemi gazeteciyi alt etmişler!
