Pegi Young | Photo by Tom Bejgrowicz As we’re winding down our twenty-minute chat over the phone, Pegi Young pauses and, calmly, gets to the heart of the matter. “This is my life’s work, and it has to survive,” she tells me. “It’s too important, and it’s made a huge difference in so many people’s … Read more
ALL PHOTOS BY JASON GONULSEN In just five days, Pearl Jam’s Ten will turn 25. I first heard the album with friends in the back of a minivan. We were in Rockford, Illinois, keeping warm from the cold morning wind, about an hour from trying out for the Illinois State Select soccer team. The rain … Read more
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam | All photos by Jason Gonulsen I moved last month, and for the first time in my life, I hired someone to haul the heavy stuff out the door. No rounding up the buddies at the last minute and compensating their time with pizza and beer. No conversations while moving … Read more
Easy come, easy go Easy left me a long time ago “You gotta know you’ll never let her go,” Eddie Vedder sings. “She’s a lightning bolt.” Of course, that’s on the title track, a song that reaffirms Vedder’s never-ending youth as a vocalist — the man just doesn’t slow down. We’re hit soundly from the … Read more
All photos by Jason Gonulsen If I don’t fall apart Will my memory stay clear? So you had to go And I had to remain here But the strangest thing to date So far away and yet you feel so close I’m not going to question it any other way It must be an open … Read more
All photos by Jason Gonulsen We are here and then we go My shadow left me long ago Pearl Jam’s latest album, Lightning Bolt, is about breaking free. But it isn’t about completely letting go. Listen to “Sirens,” “Getaway,” “Lightning Bolt” — there is a message there: drop negative energy, but keep remnants of a charge … Read more
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam | Photo by Jason Gonulsen To celebrate Pearl Jam’s October U.S. tour that kicks off today in Cincinnati, we’re rolling out a new feature called “10 Songs, 10 Stories” where we, the writers at Speakers in Code, talk about songs that have left marks on our lives. Pearl Jam will … Read more
Photo by Elizabeth Weinberg And I know you want to take it slow But baby you should know I brought my stereo How wonderful would it be to hear Madi Diaz sing today’s Jam of the Day at Bonnaroo, perhaps at one of the smaller tents, at that exact time when the sun is at … Read more
Tomorrow night at The Fox Theatre, Eddie Vedder will be rocking with his ukulele, playing songs from his new album, Ukulele Songs, an album that’s really growing on us here at Speakers in Code. Of course, Vedder will also be playing Pearl Jam songs, and today’s JOTD is kinda one of those. “Can’t Keep” is … Read more
Eddie Vedder and his magical uke are back at it once again, and this time it’s with some strings to accompany! He will release a new solo album, Ukulele Songs, on Tuesday, May 31st through Pearl Jam’s Monkeywrench Records. Just another exciting piece to help us celebrate his other project’s 20th anniversary. Ukulele Songs is … Read more