Help bring Pearl Jam to NCSU

submitted by eclipse824 on Thursday, September 9 2004 at 2:03 PM

WKNC, Youth Voice and Voters Project, NCSU Student Government, and a number of other student and community groups are coming together to put on a large-scale voter registration event in Raleigh, on or near NCSU campus, on October 7th, 2004, the day before voter registration ends in North Carolina.

This petition is to gather support for our event, to convey that support to the band Pearl Jam who will be passing through the area on that date but is not currently booked, and hopefully to convince them to play for us. We are confident that with enough support, we will be able to convince the band and make this happen. (note: this is a new petition with a slightly different message, so if you signed the old one, please sign this one as well.)

Please give your support for our voter regstration and education efforts by signing this petition and forwarding it as widely as possible. WKNC and the rest of the coalition will also have a number of other voter registration and education events coming up, so stay tuned for the facts.

And make sure to register to vote before October 8th.


jamie Proctor

GM - WKNC
gm@wknc.org

posted by nasteeerr on Thursday, September 9 2004 at 4:07 PM

lets bring 'em

cause i can't go to asheville

9/9/2004 4:12:57 PM

you mean you couldn't find a more biased band than pearl jam???

9/9/2004 4:22:56 PM

Well we tried to get the "League of Bush Destoyers Band of Malice", but they were busy in Kenya

9/9/2004 4:25:55 PM

gg WKNC

I'll encourage IFC to sign the petition

9/9/2004 4:27:16 PM

i didnt realize this had been discussed ad nauseum in entertainment, but still...

9/9/2004 4:28:10 PM

read my explanations there if you like.


Tim, if TKE or IFC would like to go be a part of this and the other things we're wroking on, someone send me an email.

9/9/2004 4:42:27 PM

oh my god that would be awesome.

9/9/2004 4:49:03 PM

actually i'd be for it if it were the pearl jam of the early 90's,
but since they suck now

[NO]

9/9/2004 4:59:52 PM

we should get a band that doesnt suck to play

9/9/2004 5:48:11 PM

fuck yeah

pearl jam is as good as they have ever been, bring em on

9/9/2004 6:00:35 PM

just signed the petition
before sending this to petition to pearl jams people, change the petition from PEAL JAM to PEARL JAM

9/9/2004 7:52:34 PM

haha no you see it is Peal Jam that is coming, the typo is Pearl Jam everywhere else

Quote :

"Bring Peal Jam to Raleigh "

-From the top of the page on the petition

9/9/2004 7:58:54 PM

I think this is awesome. There is no better band to choose. Asheville then Raleigh would be an awesome fall break.

9/9/2004 8:14:56 PM

their music = no.

their politics = no.

final verdict...

no.

9/9/2004 8:34:32 PM

my lips are shaking
my nails are bit off.

9/9/2004 8:51:21 PM

Yellow Ledbetter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9/9/2004 9:56:17 PM

i like pearl jam
signed

9/9/2004 11:15:02 PM

Wait am I confused. Is it 1994???

9/10/2004 1:56:31 AM

If you're going to go after anti-Bush bands, at least make it a good one, plzkthx.

I like my music and my politics to remain separate (kinda ironic, considering some of the stuff I listen to).

9/10/2004 2:05:35 AM

i wish people would read the number of things I've said about band politics and this situation before writing about it.

9/10/2004 3:01:41 AM

I feel chastized.

And sleepy.

Mostly sleepy.

9/10/2004 3:34:23 AM

Quote :

"Wait am I confused. Is it 1994???"

a) no
b) if you're gonna be a smartass, the year is 1992

9/10/2004 8:06:49 AM

I thought it was 2004

DEAR GOD , I"VE GONE BACK IN TIME! I must warn my past self not to sleep with that one prositute in paris.

9/10/2004 8:30:45 AM

I've got to warn the world about Hitler...and get to the ice cream store!

9/10/2004 10:15:18 AM

I would say hell yes, but I know that a good chunk of the show is going to be spent talking about a political matter that I'm sick of quite frankly. I dont support Kerry or Bush. Maybe if Eddie hadn't sold out Nader?

9/10/2004 10:36:26 AM

whooohoooo i love Peal Jam

9/10/2004 2:26:04 PM

[no]

9/10/2004 2:31:24 PM

pearl jam sucks
maybe 6 years ago...

9/10/2004 3:03:30 PM

What the fuck difference does it make?
They are the same band.

9/10/2004 4:24:21 PM

well...i never really liked em

9/10/2004 6:18:01 PM

pearl jam is awesome, you guys who are freshmen and sophomores are too young to know them i guess if you dislike them. They have so many good songs. Why bring someone else with like 2 hits....

9/10/2004 11:26:00 PM

if you liked their older stuff, but dislike their newer material, you wouldn't find their current concerts a disappointment

9/11/2004 12:03:50 AM

i saw them in charlotte in 2000 and it was great.

haven't listened to quite so much pearl jam since then though. its not that i don't like their new stuff, i just got burnt out and exposed myself to a lot of different music around that time.

9/11/2004 3:19:14 AM

i encourage anyone to trade pj's music because they encourage it

the link below gives such as pj unplugged and eddie + beck

http://www.giventofly.it/download/concerti.htm

they encourage trading TRADING but HATE SELLING UNLAWFUL MUSIC

trade with friends never sell

[Edited on September 11, 2004 at 3:26 AM. Reason : TRADE]

9/11/2004 3:25:05 AM

Eddie votes Straight Republican didyouknow

9/11/2004 10:43:02 AM

Not going to happen. The band has said they will never return to Raleigh.

9/11/2004 9:17:25 PM

oh yeah

they got pissed at the rpd in 98

they even told them to fuck off in the liner notes on "live on two legs"

haha

9/12/2004 1:53:41 AM

Quote :

"Not going to happen. The band has said they will never return to Raleigh."

Ummm....I think i saw them in Raleigh last april. So....yeah.

9/12/2004 2:11:59 PM

Please... let's pick a biased group. If this was simply to get people to vote for reguardless of their political affiliation, then we would pick a group that isn't so biased and outspoken. This is ridiculous; trying to swing votes by bringing a band that has bashed a picture of our president with a microphone stand on stage. That is disrespect to our country.

9/12/2004 3:28:25 PM

no it's not

it's disrespectful to bush

principles and policies are two different things

9/12/2004 3:45:48 PM

It's disrespectful to Bush, not to our country...

For some of us, he isn't a very good represenative of us anyway.

It's an individual decision, but rather than have one biased band come we should try to have many, representing a wide variety of ideas and beliefs, it's going to be hard to find someone that is completely unbiased.

If this is about registering to vote...we should have many people come and perform...thats just how I feel.

Graham, the important thing is that its going to bring people out, whether they agree or not, people will register to vote, and honestly thats what we need right now, is a large group of voters our age. It's crucial that we get our age group to vote, and speak out. Our ideas matter, we need people to see this...

[Edited on September 12, 2004 at 8:11 PM. Reason : sg]

9/12/2004 8:09:14 PM

so what are the chances of this actually happening?

9/12/2004 8:36:57 PM

^^I don't know if I can believe you, considering that you lie


^none, they publically stated they were never coming back to the area.

9/12/2004 9:22:17 PM

yeah, that was in 98 that they said that.....

they didnt come to raleigh in their 2000 tour, but they did come in their 2003 tour, i have the ticket stub to prove it

Quote :

"April 15, 2003 - Alltel Pavilion Walnut Creek; Raleigh, North Carolina Opening: Sleater-Kinney Ed solo: You've Got to Hide Your Love Away before opening band Set List: Release, Even Flow, Save You, Help Help, Given To Fly, Cropduster, I Am Mine, Lukin, Not For You, Corduroy, I Got Id, You Are, Small Town, Insignificance, Alive, Porch, Blood; 1st encore: Gimmie Some Truth, Love Boat Captain, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Glorified G, Evolution, Rearviewmirror; 2nd encore: Fortunate Son with Sleater-Kinney, Rockin In The Free World with Sleater-Kinney "

[Edited on September 12, 2004 at 9:54 PM. Reason : meh]

9/12/2004 9:50:37 PM

They made the comment about not coming back after the 2003 tour

kkthxu

9/13/2004 3:45:25 AM

show me where they said that. because they said it in 98 because the cops were hardasses on a couple of rowdy fans, and they got locked up. they even put something in the liner notes of their live cd about it. but, they came back 2 tours later kkthxu

9/13/2004 10:56:29 AM

fucking search for it yourself.

9/13/2004 11:38:50 PM

aha, thats the point. it doesn't exist, its not true, you are wrong.

9/14/2004 12:19:13 AM

does anyone edit these things??

Quote :

"There are a number of large groups putting on large-scale voter registration and education events across the country this fall, especially in so-called battleground states. However, none of those groups has chosen Raleigh or the Triangle for their events. That is why a coalition of student and community groups in the area are coming together to put on a large-scale voter registration event in Raleigh, on or near the campus of NC State University, on October 7th, 2004, the day before voter registration ends in North Carolina."

those groups = plural
has= singular

it should read, "none of those groups have chosen"

9/14/2004 5:22:57 PM

Quote :

"they even told them to fuck off in the liner notes on "live on two legs""

That always cracked me up.

9/14/2004 8:27:59 PM

yes, yes it does exist steviewonder, but you are blind, so I can't expect you to read.

9/15/2004 1:36:52 AM

ehhh forget it then, i got no more time for yo jibba jabba. you are wrong by the way, even though you will never admit it

9/15/2004 2:31:40 AM

Quote :

"those groups = plural has= singular it should read, "none of those groups have chosen""

JTHelms, you should learn grammar before you attack mine.

None is the subject of that clause. "None" is a contraction or "Not One". "those groups" is part of a prepostitional phrase, set off by the preposition "of". "Not one" is singular as is the verb "has." Thus, "has" is the correct verb form for that sentence.






Bad news on this though... The band said no. Thanks to everyone for trying. I'll let you know as our other stuff comes together

[Edited on September 15, 2004 at 10:57 AM. Reason : .]

9/15/2004 10:55:58 AM

as I said, they refuse to play the triangle again.

9/15/2004 2:46:50 PM

wouldn't peal jam be marmalade?
that would make a good name for a pearl jam tribute band

[Edited on September 15, 2004 at 10:23 PM. Reason : ]

9/15/2004 10:22:30 PM

jason, you were wrong

in 98 they got mad

they were angry at the cops for slamming the book on an underage kid and his friends eddie bought beers for at a bar

but they came back in 2003 and rocked out

i was at both shows

9/16/2004 12:07:59 AM

bwahahahaha

gg marko

i was at virginia beach 2000 and raleigh 2003, both of which are the best concerts i have ever been to

9/16/2004 12:21:34 AM

could have sworn that havppened in 2003 as well, when the band got into a fight at the bar.

9/16/2004 11:51:22 AM

bttt

9/17/2004 8:46:21 AM

fuck that, pearl jam is completely biased against bush ... they are playing that whole 'rock against bush' bull shit ... fuck them

9/17/2004 4:38:54 PM

YOU GO, BIG GUY

9/17/2004 5:16:11 PM

Quote :

"fuck that, pearl jam is completely biased against bush ... they are playing that whole 'rock against bush' bull shit ... fuck them"

first of all, you're a tke blowhard
second of all, i bet your mom loves you

9/17/2004 7:22:56 PM

Quote :

"they were angry at the cops for slamming the book on an underage kid and his friends eddie bought beers for at a bar"

Well that's pretty retarded (and I don't mean the cops).

9/19/2004 10:27:15 AM

been a while
since i heard myself talk

9/19/2004 2:43:05 PM