19 years ago today, a young band, calling themselves Mookie Blaylock played a one-off show at a small club in Seattle. The band, having risen from the ashes of the demise of their previous attempts at stardom, would soon change their name to Pearl Jam and would explode along with the rest of the grunge scene. But while the rest of the grunge movement has succumbed to death, breakup, and overdose, Pearl Jam remains a formidable force in rock music; releasing a Number One album, getting radio airp...
CNN Showbiz — Rock bands, including REM and Pearl Jam, want to know whether their music was played at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Scotsman.com — REM, Pearl Jam and Billy Bragg are among a coalition of musicians demanding that the US government release details of music they claim was used as torture at Guantanamo B... more info
MTV.com News — 'It's anti-American, period,' said R.E.M. about the practice of using their music and others' at high volumes to intimidate detainees.By Gil Kaufman
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VH1 News — R.E.M., Pearl Jam and other artists have joined in the campaign to close Guantanamo Bay in response to their music being used at high volumes to intimidate detainees. more info
LargeHeartedBoy — The New Statesman interviews author John Irving. How do you start a novel? With the last sentence. Every novel of mine began with a last sentence, and not even the punctu... more info
Troubled Souls Unite — 19 years ago today, a young band, calling themselves Mookie Blaylock played a one-off show at a small club in Seattle. The band, having risen from the ashes of the demise... more info
Perfect Porridge —
Turning on the TV and what do I see?
A pageantry of empty gestures all lined up for me – wow!
I’d have thought by now we would be ready to proceed
But a tearful hym... more info