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Number 505
Pearl Jam

&#8220;Even Flow&#8221;

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<div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"><strong><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBJw5WPpU2I/AAAAAAAAFTY/NA0vglqBSzs/s1600-h/USA+3.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBJw5WPpU2I/AAAAAAAAFTY/NA0vglqBSzs/s200/USA+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="65" height="40" /></a></strong></span></div>
<p>Number 505</p>
<p></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;">Pearl Jam</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;">&#8220;Even Flow&#8221;</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;">(1992)</span></strong></div>
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<div><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Genre</span>:<span style="color:#ff6600;">Alt Grunge</span></span></strong></div>
<div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/2008/04/number-504-monkees.html"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SCK-poylQwI/AAAAAAAAFgY/GQcYJmCzOc4/s200/previous.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a> <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/2008/04/number-506-janes-addiction.html"><img style="cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SCK-j4ylQvI/AAAAAAAAFgQ/BVsO2iFH-vU/s200/next.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
<p>art by <a class="u" href="http://shanzid.deviantart.com/"><span style="color:#33cc00;">shanzid</span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBJ1iWPpU3I/AAAAAAAAFTg/JPn56SX-4NU/s1600-h/Pearl_Jam___Early_Line_Up_by_shanzid.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBJ1iWPpU3I/AAAAAAAAFTg/JPn56SX-4NU/s200/Pearl_Jam___Early_Line_Up_by_shanzid.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Pearl Jam</span></strong>, the working mans Nirvana. Here&#8217;s an old Pearl Jam joke, which they themselves come up with &#8230;.. Question: &#8220;How many members of Pearl Jam does it take to change a light bulb?&#8221; Answer: &#8220;Change?! Change? We&#8217;re not gonna change for anyone! Do you hear me? Not for anyone.&#8221; Nirvana may have changed the music world in the early 90&#8217;s but it was Pearl Jam who kept it running and all the time keeping the faith. I like this quote from Stephen Thomas Erlewine is the best, it sums PJ up to a T &#8230;. &#8220;<em>The members of Pearl Jam have earned a reputation for taking themselves too seriously, fighting huge corporations, and refusing in general to play by the rock-and-roll handbook. And while they&#8217;ve tried to change their angst-ridden image, that&#8217;s a daunting task when you carry the burden of being branded the last great spokesmen of your generation</em>.&#8221; Yep, thats the price of rocking in a free world.</div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"><strong>The Band</strong></span></div>
<div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBPFN2PpVII/AAAAAAAAFVo/Sr8MGfra0Ww/s1600-h/Pearl+Jam+1.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBPFN2PpVII/AAAAAAAAFVo/Sr8MGfra0Ww/s200/Pearl+Jam+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_jam"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Pearl Jam</strong></span></a> <span style="color:#ff0000;">rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock &#38; roll band of the &#8217;90s. After vocalist Andrew Wood overdosed on heroin in <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1990"><span style="color:#ffff00;">1990</span></a>, guitarist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Gossard"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Stone Gossard</span></a> and bassist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Ament"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Jeff Ament</span></a> assembled a new band, bringing in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McCready"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Mike McCready</span></a> on lead guitar and recording a demo with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Soundgarden</span></a>&#8217;s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Cameron"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Matt Cameron</span></a> on drums. Thanks to future <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_jam"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Pearl Jam</span></a> drummer Jack Irons, the demo found its way to a 25-year-old San Diego surfer named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Vedder"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Eddie Vedder</span></a>, who overdubbed vocals and original lyrics and was subsequently invited to join the band (then christened Mookie Blaylock after the NBA player). <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Krusen"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Dave Krusen</span></a> was hired as the full-time drummer shortly thereafter, completing the original lineup. Renaming themselves <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_jam"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Pearl Jam</span></a>, the band recorded their debut album, <a href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,144722,00.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Ten</span></a>, in the beginning of <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1991"><span style="color:#ffff00;">1991</span></a>, although it wasn&#8217;t released until August; in the meantime, the majority of the band appeared on the Andrew Wood tribute project <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Dog"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Temple of the Dog</span></a>. <a href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,144722,00.html"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Ten</span></a> didn&#8217;t begin selling in significant numbers until early <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1992"><span style="color:#ffff00;">1992</span></a>, after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_%28band%29"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Nirvana</span></a> made mainstream rock radio receptive to alternative rock acts. Soon, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Pearl Jam</span></a> outsold <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_%28band%29"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Nirvana</span></a>, which wasn&#8217;t surprising &#8212; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_jam"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Pearl Jam</span></a> fused the riff-heavy stadium rock of the &#8217;70s with the grit and anger of &#8217;80s post-punk, without ever neglecting hooks and choruses; &#8220;Jeremy,&#8221; &#8220;Evenflow,&#8221; and &#8220;Alive&#8221; fit perfectly onto album rock radio stations looking for new blood</span></span><span style="color:#ff0000;">.</span> ~ [Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide]</div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">Ten</span></strong></div>
<div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBPGtGPpVJI/AAAAAAAAFVw/VgjMV3FMQ-U/s1600-h/Pearl+Jam+2.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBPGtGPpVJI/AAAAAAAAFVw/VgjMV3FMQ-U/s200/Pearl+Jam+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_%28band%29"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#ffff00;"><strong>Nirvana</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">&#8217;s </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,139402,00.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Nevermind</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="color:#ff0000;">may have been the album that broke grunge and alternative rock into the mainstream, but there&#8217;s no underestimating the role that </span></span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Pearl Jam</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">&#8217;s </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,144722,00.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Ten</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> played in keeping them there. </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_%28band%29"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Nirvana</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">&#8217;s appeal may have been huge, but it wasn&#8217;t universal; rock radio still viewed them as too raw and punky, and some hard rock fans dismissed them as weird misfits. In retrospect, it&#8217;s easy to see why </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Pearl Jam</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> clicked with a mass audience &#8212; they weren&#8217;t as metallic as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Chains"><span style="color:#ffff00;">Alice in Chains</span></a> or </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Soundgarden</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">, and of Seattle&#8217;s Big Four, their sound owed the greatest debt to classic rock. With its intricately arranged guitar textures and expansive harmonic vocabulary, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,144722,00.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Ten</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> especially recalled </span><a class="dlink" href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Jimi%20Hendrix%20718"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Jimi Hendrix</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> and </span><a class="dlink" href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Led%20Zeppelin%20577"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Led Zeppelin</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">. But those touchstones might not have been immediately apparent, since &#8212; aside from Mike McCready&#8217;s </span><a class="dlink" href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Eric%20Clapton"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Clapton</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">/</span><a class="dlink" href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Jimi%20Hendrix%20718"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Hendrix</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:arial;">-style leads &#8212; every trace of blues influence has been completely stripped from the band&#8217;s sound</span>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:right;"><span style="color:#33cc00;">shampoo? wha?<br />
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<div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBPH-mPpVKI/AAAAAAAAFV4/MBSoOB5GUS4/s1600-h/Pearl+Jam+3.jpg"><img style="float:right;cursor:hand;margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBPH-mPpVKI/AAAAAAAAFV4/MBSoOB5GUS4/s200/Pearl+Jam+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Though</span></strong> they rock hard, </span></span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Pearl Jam</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> is too anti-star to swagger, too self-aware to puncture the album&#8217;s air of gravity. </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Pearl Jam</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> tackles weighty topics &#8212; abortion, homelessness, childhood traumas, gun violence, rigorous introspection &#8212; with an earnest zeal unmatched since mid-&#8217;80s<span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><a class="dlink" href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/U2%20661"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">U2</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">, whose anthemic sound they frequently strive for. Similarly, </span><a class="dlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Vedder"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Eddie Vedder</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">&#8217;s impressionistic lyrics often make their greatest impact through the passionate commitment of his delivery rather than concrete meaning. His voice had a highly distinctive timbre that perfectly fit the album&#8217;s warm, rich sound, and that&#8217;s part of the key &#8212; no matter how cathartic<span style="color:#ffff00;"> </span></span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,144722,00.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Ten</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">&#8217;s tersely titled songs got, they were never abrasive enough to affect the album&#8217;s accessibility. </span><a class="dlink" href="http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,144722,00.html"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Ten</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"> also benefited from a long gestation period, during which the band honed the material into this tightly focused form; the result is a flawlessly crafted hard rock masterpiece</span>.</span> ~ [Steve Huey, All Music Guide]</div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">The People <em>vs</em> Pearl Jam</span></strong></div>
<p><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBPK4WPpVLI/AAAAAAAAFWA/8ST65B2owIE/s1600-h/Pearl+Jam+4.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBPK4WPpVLI/AAAAAAAAFWA/8ST65B2owIE/s200/Pearl+Jam+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">With</span></strong> the success of Ten, Pearl Jam became a key member of the Seattle grunge explosion, along with </span></span><a title="Nirvana (band)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_%28band%29"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Nirvana</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">, </span><a title="Alice in Chains" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Chains"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Alice in Chains</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">, and </span><a title="Soundgarden" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Soundgarden</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">. The band was criticized in the music press; </span><a title="United Kingdom" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">British</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> music magazine </span><a title="NME" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NME"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">NME</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> said that Pearl Jam was &#8220;trying to steal money from young alternative kids&#8217; pockets&#8221;. Nirvana&#8217;s </span><a title="Kurt Cobain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Kurt Cobain</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> angrily attacked Pearl Jam, claiming the band were commercial </span><a title="Selling out" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selling_out"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">sellouts</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">, and argued Ten was not a true alternative album because it had so many prominent guitar leads. Cobain later reconciled with Vedder, and they reportedly became friends before Cobain&#8217;s death in <a href="http://crowbarred1000.blogspot.com/search/label/1994"><span style="color:#ffff00;">1994</span></a>. Pearl Jam was criticized early on - most notably by </span><a title="Nirvana (band)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_%28band%29"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Nirvana</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> frontman </span><a title="Kurt Cobain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Kurt Cobain</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> - as being a corporate cash-in on the </span><a title="Alternative rock" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">alternative rock</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> explosion. Over the course of the band&#8217;s career, however, its members became noted for their refusal to adhere to traditional music industry practices; including refusing to make </span><a title="Music video" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_video"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">music videos</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;"> and engaging in a much-publicized boycott of </span><a title="Ticketmaster" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticketmaster"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Ticketmaster</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">. In 2006, </span><a title="Rolling Stone" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone"><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ffff00;">Rolling Stone</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> described the band as having &#8220;spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame</span>.</span> ~[wikipedia]</p>
<div>Roll Call&#8230;..</div>
<div>For <em>more</em> Pearl Jam <em>visit</em> <a href="http://crowbarred-mmvol1.blogspot.com/search/label/Pearl%20Jam"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Mellow Mix Vol 1 #116</span></a></p>
<div>For Jimi Hendrix see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Jimi%20Hendrix%20718"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 718</span></a></p>
<div>For Led Zeppelin see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Led%20Zeppelin%20957"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 957</span></a> &#38; <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Led%20Zeppelin%20577"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 577</span></a></p>
<div>For Eric Clapton see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Eric%20Clapton"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 537</span></a></p>
<div>For U2 see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/U2%20661"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 661</span></a></p>
<div>For <em>more</em> U2 <em>visit</em> <a href="http://crowbarred-mmvol1.blogspot.com/search/label/U2"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Mellow Mix Vol 1 #129</span></a> &#38; <a href="http://crowbarred-mmvol1.blogspot.com/search/label/U2%20038"><span style="color:#3366ff;">#038</span></a></p>
<div>For Robert Plant see <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Robert%20Plant%20845"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Number 845</span></a></p>
<div>For James Hetfield <em>visit</em> <a href="http://crowbarred-mmvol1.blogspot.com/search/label/Metallica"><span style="color:#3366ff;">Mellow Mix Vol 1 #033</span></a></div>
<div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBPa6WPpVMI/AAAAAAAAFWI/CxvNMWpSuu0/s1600-h/RS+Pearl+Jam.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:hand;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_EfAejaDy-Nc/SBPa6WPpVMI/AAAAAAAAFWI/CxvNMWpSuu0/s200/RS+Pearl+Jam.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>What does Rolling Stone think of PJ?</p>
<div><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">All hail</span></strong> seattle&#8217;s new sons of <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Led%20Zeppelin%20577"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Zeppelin</span></a>, still kicking and shrieking with a whole lotta moxie. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Soundgarden</span></a> bolts out of the starting gate on Badmotorfinger with a nifty high-speed inversion of the &#8220;How Many More Times&#8221; riff on &#8220;Rusty Cage.&#8221; It then proceeds to upend the entire Zep-lick apple cart, stitching melodic fragments and jarring time signatures together with Frankenstein enthusiasm and hauling the results over hot guitar coals. &#8220;Jesus Christ Pose,&#8221; a searing put-down of somebody with a major crucifixion complex, is as good as Badmotorfinger gets, a runaway train ride of stammering guitar and psycho-jungle telegraph rhythms</span>.</span></div>
<div style="text-align:right;">art by ~ <a class="u" href="http://sinke.deviantart.com/"><span style="color:#33cc00;">sinke</span></a></div>
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<div><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">On Ten, <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">Pearl Jam</span></strong> – descended from the late, lamented Mother Love Bone – hurtles into the mystic at warp speed. Singer-lyricist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Vedder"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Eddie Vedder</span></a> sometimes lets his words get way ahead of his good intentions: &#8220;I don&#8217;t question/Our existence/I just question/Our modern needs&#8221; (&#8221;Garden&#8221;). Focus instead on his voice – a ragged, enraged mongrel blend of <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Robert%20Plant%20845"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Robert Plant</span></a> and <a href="http://crowbarred-mmvol1.blogspot.com/search/label/Metallica"><span style="color:#33ccff;">James Hetfield</span></a> – and the Pearls&#8217; surprising, and refreshing, melodic restraint. They wring a lot of drama out of a few declarative power chords swimming in echo</span>. <span style="font-family:courier new;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Of_The_Dog"><span style="color:#33ccff;">Temple of the Dog</span></a> is not a band but a one-off project recorded in memory of Love Bone vocalist and OD victim Andrew Wood, with members of both Soundgarden and the future Pearl Jam exorcising their grief with the amps at full crank. If for nothing else, buy it for the eleven-minute requiem &#8220;Reach Down,&#8221; a fiercesome death-rattle blues that may some day come to be regarded as Seattle&#8217;s own &#8220;In My Time of Dying</span>.&#8221;</span> ~ [RS:DAVID FRICKE 1991]</div>
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<div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Other songs with reference to Pearl Jam <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Jane%27s%20Addiction"><span style="color:#ff6600;">#506</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers%20521"><span style="color:#ff6600;">#521</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Rage%20Against%20The%20Machine"><span style="color:#ff6600;">#588</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Al%20Stewart"><span style="color:#ff6600;">#590</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Harry%20Nilsson"><span style="color:#ff6600;">#599</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Neil%20Young%20677"><span style="color:#ff6600;">#677</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Smashing%20Pumpkins%20680"><span style="color:#ff6600;">#680</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Smashing%20Pumpkins%20864"><span style="color:#ff6600;">#864</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Go%20West"><span style="color:#ff6600;">#880</span></a>, <a href="http://crowbarred.blogspot.com/search/label/Iron%20Maiden%20975"><span style="color:#ff6600;">#975</span></a>, </span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number</span> (we stay loyal to Kurt!) <span style="color:#33cc00;">and the Album ranked at Number</span> <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">207</span></strong></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>This song has a crowbarred rating of 75.1 out of 108 </strong></span></div>
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<link>http://wpaulbishop.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/sunset-on-huron/</link>
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by Paul Bishop &#8212; June 30, 1992
Ripples on the water
Golden waves of sunset
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<h4>by Paul Bishop &#8212; June 30, 1992</h4>
<p>Ripples on the water<br />
Golden waves of sunset<br />
Sun sinking in pink clouds<br />
This is where my heart&#8217;s set<br />
To sail on into unending day<br />
Until the light passes away<!--more--></p>
<p>A seagull flies along<br />
Above the gentle surf<br />
Its cry melancholy<br />
As it seeks for its berth<br />
Oh, to be a bird with wings to fly<br />
Into the dreamy sunset sky</p>
<p>I walk along the shore<br />
To find the trail to home<br />
Gazing on the sunset<br />
Where pastel clouds do roam<br />
Perhaps tomorrow I&#8217;ll find a way<br />
Into the sun to fly away</p>
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<title><![CDATA[His Own Little World]]></title>
<link>http://wpaulbishop.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/his-own-little-world/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[HIS OWN LITTLE WORLD
by Paul Bishop &#8212; October 19, 1992
He looked up into the sky
As he lay upo]]></description>
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<h4>by Paul Bishop &#8212; October 19, 1992</h4>
<p>He looked up into the sky<br />
As he lay upon the ground<br />
Staring at the moon and stars<br />
Constellations all around<br />
Glowing brightly in the night<br />
In the air around his head<br />
His own world of stick-on stars<br />
Filled the space above his bed</p>
<p>His cosmos wasn&#8217;t real he knew<br />
But he liked to pretend a lot<br />
Flying around his solar system<br />
In the dream-starship he&#8217;d bought<br />
Whenever he came warping about<br />
All the mean aliens ran<br />
But he was the one speeding away<br />
When the dark shadows began</p>
<p>&#8220;Be very quiet,&#8221; came a soft voice<br />
&#8220;This won&#8217;t hurt at all,&#8221; it said<br />
&#8220;This is how to show you love me.&#8221;<br />
A hand moved under sheets of the bed<br />
What happened next is perverse to tell<br />
A shadow blotted out the stars<br />
Darkness passed over his own little world<br />
And left him with deep emotional scars</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lonely White]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LONELY WHITE
by Paul Bishop &#8212; January 21, 1992
The wind swirls snowflakes outside my house
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<h4>by Paul Bishop &#8212; January 21, 1992</h4>
<p>The wind swirls snowflakes outside my house<br />
A maddening dance of winter&#8217;s fury<br />
Obliterating everything under a pristine white mantle<br />
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<p>There is only a thin layer of transparent glass between me and the storm<br />
I love to watch the dizzying display as the snowflakes rush by borne on the wind<br />
That there are million of snowflakes, all different is a fact that amazes me<br />
I love to dip my hand into a fresh mound of snow and try to examine the flakes before they melt into nothingness</p>
<p>Ah!  But I can&#8217;t do that today<br />
The storm rages across the yard<br />
Which for the moment has become my world<br />
My own world, encased in walls of opaque white</p>
<p>My world, separated totally from your world, fifteen hundred kilometres away<br />
So far away<br />
Where are you in this white whirling?<br />
Have I lost you?</p>
<p>Are you thinking of me, as I think of you?<br />
I am here with millions of flakes<br />
How can you feel alone when there are millions of things around you to see and feel?<br />
It&#8217;s easy</p>
<p>You&#8217;re not here to enjoy them with me</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Searching Heart]]></title>
<link>http://wpaulbishop.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/the-searching-heart/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[THE SEARCHING HEART
by Paul Bishop &#8212; February 25, 1992
I heard the wind calling my name
So I l]]></description>
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<h4>by Paul Bishop &#8212; February 25, 1992</h4>
<p>I heard the wind calling my name<br />
So I left home to find fortune and fame<br />
And I went far into the west<br />
Trying to buy my soul some rest<!--more--></p>
<p>I looked above and saw a star fall<br />
Suddenly I felt no peace at all<br />
So to the north I followed the trail<br />
Searching for my star to no avail</p>
<p>I felt the sun beat upon my face<br />
And realized this is no kind place<br />
Far in the south the land I trod<br />
But found no warmth in the passing sod</p>
<p>I saw the moon rise over the hill<br />
The night was dark, the wind was chill<br />
So cold was I that I returned east<br />
There a home would be found at least</p>
<p>But o&#8217;er the hill the summons was heard<br />
And again my aching heart was stirred<br />
I searched my home for the sounding call<br />
But the voice could not be found at all</p>
<p>I still heard it like a tinkling bell<br />
No matter on mountain or in hidden dell<br />
Then suddenly a voice made me start<br />
&#8220;Do you not know?  I am thine heart.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Why hast thou neglected me<br />
In the hopes of being free?<br />
For though we traveled far, with clouds above<br />
During all that time I have not known love.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Why hast thou always strayed<br />
And never saw foundation laid?<br />
Always moving on and so<br />
Anything endearing I must let go.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Yet thou hast ignored my oft-heard pleas<br />
And travelled across the hills and leas<br />
Though in no one place would you stay<br />
For want of love, I now waste away.&#8221;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio Rap circa '92]]></title>
<link>http://cobwebsandstrange.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/radio-rap-circa-92/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cobwebsandstrange.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/radio-rap-circa-92/</guid>
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&#8220;I got more skills than John Han-got-cock&#8221;
Das Efx - Dead Serious (East West, 1992)]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;">&#8220;I got more skills than John Han-got-cock&#8221;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;">Das Efx - <em>Dead Serious </em>(East West, 1992)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Post aus Hohenschönhausen, 1992]]></title>
<link>http://postiques.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/post-aus-hohenschonhausen-1992/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
<guid>http://postiques.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/post-aus-hohenschonhausen-1992/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Weit im Nordosten Berlins gibt es den Plattenbauten von Neu-Hohenschönhausen ein mustergültiges Ne]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Weit im Nordosten Berlins gibt es den Plattenbauten von Neu-Hohenschönhausen ein mustergültiges Neubauvorhaben der DDR, dass von 1984 bis 1989 immerhin 30.000 Wohnungen an den Stadtrand, vor allem auf ehemalig als Rieselfelder genutzte Flächen, stellte. So entstand eine eigene Mittelstadt, deren infrastrukturelle Ausgestaltung leider nie wie geplant umgesetzt wurde und die nun einige städtebauliche Patchwork-Elemente wie das fragwürdige Lindencenter am Prerower Platz besitzt. Auf der Mehrbildkarte, die vermutlich im Jahr 1990 vom DDR-Ansichtskartenhauptverlag Bild und Heimat aus dem vogtländischen Reichenbach zusammengestellt wurde (der hier schon auf das VEB verzichtete), ist das Einkaufszentrum noch als HO Handelshaus oben rechts zu sehen. Leider ließ sich die glänzende Karte nur recht unscharf abfotografieren, so dass man es eher erahnt, als exakt erkennt.</p>
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<p>Allerdings ist die Vorlage auch nicht perfekt. Entsprechend addieren sich die Unschärfen. Das vielleicht interessanteste Element der Karte soll daher extra herausgehoben werden. Es ist das Stadtwappen des Neubaugebietes, welches seit 1987 Verwendung fand und eines der letzten der DDR sein dürfte.<br />
Sehr schön kommt das Selbstverständnis des Neuaufbaus und der Jugend zum Ausdruck: Zwei Kinder pflanzen einen Baum und zwar an einem der Pfuhle, die für das Wohngebiet charakteristisch sind. Dahinter erheben sich die Plattenbauten nahezu festungsartig. Konkret war das Leben allerdings in den achtziger Jahren dort tatsächlich eine Baustelle, auch wenn so manche Ecke bei schönen Wetter offensichtlich zur Postkartenidylle taugte. Bei den Bewohnern in den Kernbezirken Ostberlins besitzt Hohenschönhausen allerdings nicht den besten Leumund und wird im besten Fall noch als öde Trabantenstadt vorgestellt.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-72" href="http://postiques.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/post-aus-hohenschonhausen-1992/hsh3/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-72" title="Stadtwappen Berlin-Hohenschönhausen (Neu-Hohenschönhausen)" src="http://postiques.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/hsh3.jpg" alt="Stadtwappen Berlin-Hohenschönhausen (Neu-Hohenschönhausen)" width="600" height="450" /></a><br />
Die konkrete Ansichtskarte wurde als Teilnahme an einem Gewinnspiel der Berliner Morgenpost im August 1992 verschickt und ist in 1000 Berlin 11 abgestempelt. Auffallend ist dabei der Zusatzstempel, der noch am 12. August für das schon drei Tage zuvor beendete 32. Deutsch-Amerikanische Volksfest im Dahlemer Hüttenweg werben sollte.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-74" href="http://postiques.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/post-aus-hohenschonhausen-1992/hsh1/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-74" title="Ansichtskarte Hohenschönhausen" src="http://postiques.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/hsh1.jpg" alt="Ansichtskarte Hohenschönhausen" width="600" height="430" /></a></p>
<p>Frankiert ist die Karte mit der seit dem 06.11.1987 in der BRD verwendeten Dauermarke &#8220;Bavaria München&#8221; zu 60 Pfennig aus der tollen Dauerserie &#8220;Sehenswürdigkeiten&#8221;, deren fast 60 Motive immerhin 17 Jahre (1987-2004) die deutsche Briefportolandschaft maßgeblich bestimmten. Inwieweit die bayerische Schutzpatronin vor der Ruhmeshalle bewusst als Kontrapunkt zur sozialistischen Neubaustadtgestaltung gedacht war, oder einfach keine andere Marke zur Hand, bleibt wohl auf ewig ein Rätsel (wobei ich meinen letzten Forum-Scheck auf die zweite Variante setzen würde..).</p>
<p>Die Ansichtskarte, der es trotz blauhimmelndem Aufnahmewetter nicht so recht gelingt, das glückverheißende Leben in der Plattenbaumoderne als neues Maß der menschlichen Wohnwelten zu vermitteln und die zu allem Überdruß auf den unteren beiden Bildern auch noch eine vieldeutig drohende schwarze Druckanomalie aufweist, ist in jedem Fall ein bemerkenswertes kleines alltagskulturelles Dokument aus der Vereinigungszeit, wie auch die eher niedlich wirkende handschriftliche Streichung und Korrektur des Staates, dem Berlin als Hauptstadt dient(e), zeigt.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[AK-SEN, MN-SEN &amp; GA-SEN (UPDATED!)]]></title>
<link>http://democrashield.com/2008/11/17/ak-sen-mn-sen-ga-sen-updates/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Democrashield</dc:creator>
<guid>http://democrashield.com/2008/11/17/ak-sen-mn-sen-ga-sen-updates/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[AK-SEN: Democrat Mark Begich now leads convicted felon Ted Stevens by 1,022 votes.  Alaska&#8217;s ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>AK-SEN: </strong>Democrat Mark Begich <a href="http://www.elect.alaska.net/data/results.htm">now leads</a> convicted felon Ted Stevens by 1,022 votes.  Alaska&#8217;s election division has said they will most likely finish counting all the outstanding votes tomorrow; at this point, it&#8217;s hard to see how Stevens can pull this one out. It looks like Mark Begich will be heading to Washington in January.</p>
<p><strong>MN-SEN: </strong>Democrat Al Franken&#8217;s camp is <a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/franken_camp_worried_they_migh.php">trying to determine</a> why a slew of absentee ballots were rejected from; until that&#8217;s decided, they&#8217;re pushing the state not to certify the vote, which is set to happen on Wednesday.  Marc Elias&#8211;lead recount attorney for the Franken campaign&#8211;said that, until the absentee ballot situation is resolved, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think that they have a vote count <em>to</em> certify.&#8221;</p>
<p>Franken is also <a href="http://www.americablog.com/2008/11/al-franken-will-meet-with-senate-dem.html">huddling with</a> the Senate Democratic leadership tomorrow.</p>
<p><strong>GA-SEN: </strong>While former Senator Zell Miller is campaigning for incumbent Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss, former President Bill Clinton&#8211;who turned Georgia blue in 1992&#8211;will be campaigning for Democrat Jim Martin.</p>
<p>Martin also has an ad out hitting Chambliss for his role in the failing economy:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/yjauxs2j5W4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/yjauxs2j5W4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: Some <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/17/frankens-position-looks-s_n_144449.html">good news</a> about Minnesota:</p>
<blockquote><p>Professor Michael C. Herron of Dartmouth College, has <a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eherron/mn.pdf">put together a new study</a> of the voting patterns in Minnesota, in the process determining that the majority of voters who cast unrecorded ballots in the Senate race were likely Franken supporters.</p>
<p>&#8220;If someone put a gun to my head and said, &#8216;You have to bet,&#8217; I would bet Franken,&#8221; Herron said, when reached by phone. &#8220;It won&#8217;t be a wipe-out. Two hundred votes is effectively tied. We just know that, in this case, Democrats tend to [screw up their ballots] more often [than Republicans].&#8221; In Minnesota, the &#8220;intent&#8221; of the voter is considered during recounts.</p>
<p>[...]</p>
<p>In other words, there are probably somewhere between 8,000 and 10,000 Minnesota voters who had clear problems filling out a ballot and likely voted in the Senate race. Many of these individuals, moreover, hailed from Democratic communities.</p>
<p>&#8220;Ultimately, the anticipated recount may clarify the relative proportions of intentional versus unintentional residual voters,&#8221; writes Herron. &#8220;At present, though, the data available suggest that the recount will uncover many of the former and that, of the latter, a majority will likely prove to be supportive of Franken.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[Christmas 1992                  New Year 1993]]></title>
<link>http://harperchristmas.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/christmas-1992-new-year-1993/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>harperchristmas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://harperchristmas.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/christmas-1992-new-year-1993/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some women kiss a lot of  frogs before they find a prince. Lady Di started off kissing a prince and ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Some women kiss a lot of  frogs before they find a prince. Lady Di started off kissing a prince and &#8212; well, we all know what happened to that fairytale. Chuck and Di&#8217;s separation completed the 1992 hat trick for the marriages of three children of Queen Elizabeth II: Chuck, Andy and Anne. Her fourth child, Edward, is pursuing a career in the theater.</p>
<p>Bad news for royals is good news for royalties, however, since American newspapers and magazines are eager to hire freelance writers (like Tim) to dish the latest dirt. And he is eager for assignments that require him to go to the local pub and prod his drinking mates for pithy Joe Six-Pints reaction quotes: &#8220;What did she ever want with that pillock with big ears? Bloody polo player&#8230;It all comes down to the bedroom, and he&#8217;s the type to keep his cufflinks on&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Other separations are going on, too &#8212; some of them affecting the Harper-Bobrowitz household a little more directly. Jonathan, having achieved what he regards as the ultimate age of 4, is no longer going to nursery school. Instead he is in the pre-school at New End, the Hampstead neighborhood state school where Lizzie is in the equivalent of second grade. He still sleeps with toy cars (metal) under his pillow at night. He just got over an ear ache that required him to borrow Tim&#8217;s stocking cap when he went outside; now he says Tim can have it back &#8220;next summer, maybe.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lizzie was separated from her two front teeth in mid-October (enclosed photo was selected because it shows the gap to best advantage). You might remember that the loss of her first milk tooth last year was regarded as a major step toward mutant teenagehood. This time she simply made a note to include &#8220;two front teeth&#8221; on her shopping &#8212; sorry, WISH list for Santa. Shortly after the teeth fell out, Lizzie headed full-speed down a hill on her two-wheeler, lost her balance and made a one-point landing &#8212; on her face. Left with bloody nose, scratched and swollen lips, egg-sized bump on the forehead, shiners under each eye and no front teeth, she didn&#8217;t need a mask for Halloween.</p>
<p>One separation that didn&#8217;t occur was us from England, obviously. During the summer, Nancy and Reuters agreed that 1993 is absolutely, positively the last year we&#8217;ll be here. This time we really mean it. Really. Sometime during the second half of 1993 we&#8217;ll leave. But we don&#8217;t know when, or where we&#8217;ll end up. We stayed away from the U.S. this year, not because we were trying to avoid the politicking, but because we wanted to concentrate on this side of the Atlantic for our last year here. So we went to Egypt for two weeks with the kids and all four grandparents. It worked out well (Cairo, Luxor, Red Sea) because the kids and grandfolks were all on roughly the same schedule for getting up, eating, going to bed, complaining, etc.</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s it from London as we start our ninth (!) year in England.</p>
<p>Happy Hols from Tim, Nancy, Lizzie and Jonathan</p>
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<title><![CDATA[David?  Or Keith?]]></title>
<link>http://mysweetdiaries.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/david-or-keith/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>geligirl</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mysweetdiaries.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/david-or-keith/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Date: March 19, 1992
Age: 12

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<p><strong>Age: </strong>12</p>
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<title><![CDATA[And Now, I Cry]]></title>
<link>http://mysweetdiaries.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/and-now-i-cry/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>geligirl</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Year: 1992
Age: 12

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<p><strong>Age:</strong> 12</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Shows of 1992]]></title>
<link>http://mysweetdiaries.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/my-private-journal-part-five/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[  I still love the Ben Stiller Show. 
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<title><![CDATA[Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction - Live Argentina]]></title>
<link>http://metalmusikvideos.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/megadeth-symphony-of-destruction-live-argentina/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One Bass pumping song, if this doesn&#8217;t make you wanna take on the world, i dunno what would, e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>One Bass pumping song, if this doesn&#8217;t make you wanna take on the world, i dunno what would, excellent concert. They sound now what they did 20 years ago. Now that&#8217;s pretty rare for such a group to be playing at their best an not going down hill since their prime! Dave mustang is a beautiful player guitar player, he has so much variety an speed control, i believe hes one of the better metal players ever!</p>
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<p>This song was first realsed on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#38;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FCountdown-Extinction-Megadeth%2Fdp%2FB0002EXH4K%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dmusic%26qid%3D1226631007%26sr%3D8-1&#38;tag=metmus-20&#38;linkCode=ur2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325">Countdown To Extinction</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=metmus-20&#38;l=ur2&#38;o=1" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> in 1992. Enjoy!!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Czyja jest Polska ?]]></title>
<link>http://gegenjay.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/czyja-jest-polska/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<div><span style="color:#000000;"><img src="http://iskry.pl/images/stories/Ludzie/Olszewski_J.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" vspace="1" width="80" height="67" align="left" />Pytanie &#8220;czyja będzie Polska&#8221; postawione przez J. Olszewskiego w &#8220;noc czerwcową&#8221; 1992 można uznać za najistotniejsze w epoce postpeerelu dlatego, że wciąż pozostaje ono bez odpowiedzi. Ciekawostka, swego czasu A. Kwaśniewski odniósł się do niego polemicznie w czerwcu 2000 następujących słowach: </span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>&#8220;Pozwólcie, że przypomnę kilka oczywistych prawd. Dążenie do porozumiewania się i dialogu jest naturalną potrzebą społeczną. Ideologizacja każdego sporu nie wiedzie do precyzji widzenia przez polityków tego co naprawdę jest do zrobienia. Dlatego pytanie &#8220;czyja ma być Polska&#8221; tak często roztrząsane w politycznych debatach, jest źle postawione. Na to pytanie można odpowiedzieć tylko w jeden sposób. Polska ma być nasza, Polska ma być wspólna. Polska ma być domem każdego.&#8221;</strong></span></div>
<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong><img src="http://iskry.pl/images/symbole_znaki/marionetki.gif" alt="" hspace="5" vspace="1" width="264" height="360" align="right" /></strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">Kwaśniewski mówił to już w Polsce całkowicie zdominowanej przez Układ, mógł więc sobie pozwolić na tę wciąż obecną w naszym życiu politycznym hipokryzję, jeśli nie ostentacyjny cynizm, kiedy to komuniści uznają się za pełnoprawnych uczestników porządku ekonomicznego, medialnego i politycznego po 1989 r. Nie można zresztą mieć o to do nich pretensji - ktoś w końcu im te prawa nadał, ktoś dokonał legalizacji PZPR właśnie &#8220;po obaleniu komunizmu&#8221;.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">Ta legalizacja nastąpiła drogą postępującego kompromisu z komunistami (rozpoczętego Magdalenką i okrągłym stołem). Kompromis bowiem z tymczasowego i &#8220;pragmatycznego&#8221; (jak to przedstawiano obywatelom w 1989 r.) zmienił się w trwałą umowę społeczno-polityczną, prowadzącą od zalegalizowania PZPR do uprzywilejowania komunistów we wszelkich sferach polskiego życia. O ile jeszcze przystąpienie do rozmów z czerwonymi można było traktować jako paktowanie z bandytami, którzy oblegli miasto czy wieś, o tyle uznanie ich praw do dalszego przebywania w miejscu, do którego wdarli się siłą ze zbrojną pomocą innych bandytów stanowiło pogwałcenie praw obywatelskich Polaków. I kompletne zafałszowanie współczesnej historii.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">PZPR od samego początku swego istnienia w 1948 r. była nielegalna - tak samo jak i PPR założona przez sowieckich agentów, z której PZPR się wywodziła. Pertraktowanie z komunistami pod koniec lat 80. powinno było mieć charakter ustalania warunków &#8220;zawieszenia broni&#8221; - tzn. powinno było wyglądać tak: jesteście już osłabieni i więcej nas łupić nie dacie rady, składacie broń i my to doceniamy jako akt dobrej woli, wobec tego nie rozstrzelamy was za to wszystko, co zrobiliście, a przede wszystkim za zdradę Narodu Polskiego, ale tak czy tak zostaniecie osądzeni przez niezawisłe sądy (choć może wymiar kary będzie złagodzony właśnie przez wzgląd, że się poddajecie i wycofujecie z życia polityczno-społecznego Polski). </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">Tak to powinno wyglądać i odtąd komunistyczni zbrodniarze, którzy uniknęliby kary śmierci mogliby się zajmować jedynie pisaniem więziennych pamiętników, które wydawałyby im jakieś rosyjskie wydawnictwa na rosyjski rynek. Złożenie broni przez czerwonych powinno było także obejmować pełne przejęcie przez Naród Polski złodziejskich majątków, tajnych kont etc., a im więcej informacji na temat swoich wieloletnich łupów czerwoni przekazywaliby w akcie skruchy, tym łagodniej by ich mógł potem potraktować wymiar sprawiedliwości (na zasadzie np. &#8220;nakradli się, ale sporo tego oddali, co pozwoliło utworzyć fundusz emerytalny&#8221;). Inaczej traktuje się złodzieja, który coś ukradł, sprzedał, a pieniądze przehulał, aniżeli takiego, co ukradł, ale po jakimś czasie zwrócił właścicielowi skradzione dobro. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">Tak jednak się nie stało, jak doskonale wiemy. W 1989 r. zalegalizowano PZPR i od razu obdarzono go nadzwyczajnymi przywilejami, najpierw godząc się na &#8220;kontraktowe wybory&#8221; (nie było żadnego powodu, by tworzyć kadłubowy sejm - należało od razu domagać się w pełni wolnych wyborów, a w ich trakcie komuniści politycznie przepadliby natychmiast), a następnie pozwalając komunistom tworzyć &#8220;listę krajową&#8221; i &#8220;wystawić&#8221; Jaruzelskiego na kadłubowego prezydenta. W kadłubowym sejmie komuniści mieli zresztą nie tylko legitymację, ale i przystąpili od razu do tworzenia &#8220;niekomunistycznego rządu&#8221; z premierem Kiszczakiem na czele. Jednakże &#8220;konstruktorzy transformacji&#8221; (&#8221;transformers&#8221; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> z Michnikiem na czele, musieli uznać, że taka akcja stanowiłaby nie tyle policzek, co splunięcie w twarz Polaków, uznali więc, że &#8220;co za dużo to niezdrowo&#8221; i wysunęli propozycję utworzenia kadłubowego rządu z Mazowieckim na czele. Rząd był kadłubowy, bo przecież komuniści zachowali w nim wpływ na istotne sfery życia politycznego. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">Owe trzy lata dziwoląga, który jeszcze w 1989 r. nazywał się &#8220;peerel&#8221; i posługiwał sie peerelowskimi pieniędzmi, dopiero w grudniu owego roku &#8220;zmienił nazwę&#8221; (ach ta dbałość o fasadę), stanowiły dla komunistów okres &#8220;sprzątania po samych sobie&#8221;. Czerwoni niszczyli dokumentację esbecką, po drodze zamordowali paru księży, z którymi mieli niezakończone porachunki, a jednocześnie przystąpili do działań propagandowych, które miały zapewnić pezetpeerowcom &#8220;miękkie lądowanie&#8221; po pierwszych powojennych wolnych wyborach.  W tym celu, na co z zupełnym spokojem patrzyła &#8220;strona solidarnościowa&#8221;, przystąpili oni w styczniu 1990 do &#8220;samorozwiązywania PZPR&#8221;, czyli do przepoczwarzania się w &#8220;socjaldemokrację&#8221;. Komedię odegraną przez Rakowskiego, który niemalże płakał nad wyprowadzaniem sztandaru zbrodniczej komunistycznej partii, potraktowano jako kolejny (po wyborach z 4 czerwca 1989) symboliczny kres komunizmu, gdy tymczasem komuniści mieli sie znakomicie, stając się po &#8220;ustanowieniu reguł wolnorynkowych&#8221; przez rząd tegoż Rakowskiego w 1988 r., przedstawicielami wielkiego biznesu w Polsce. Na to również ze spokojem patrzyła &#8220;strona solidarnościowa&#8221;, jedynie antykomunistyczne dzikusy porykiwały z lasu, że coś w Polsce dzieje się nie tak. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><img src="http://iskry.pl/images/stories/Humor/srebrniki.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" vspace="1" width="268" height="351" align="left" /></span><span style="color:#000000;">Jednakże, żeby było śmieszniej, zaczęto rozmaite patologie &#8220;młodej demokracji&#8221; zwalczać za pomocą środków zupełnie niewspółmiernych do skali wewnątrzpaństwowego zagrożenia. Oto więc Wałęsa miał się stać torreadorem, który czerwonemu bykowi paroma ciosami zada śmierć lub przynajmniej dotkliwe rany. Wałęsa (ze swoimi &#8220;siekierkami&#8221;, &#8220;gonieniem w skarpetkach&#8221; &#8220;wietrzeniem warszawki&#8221; i Mieciem etc.), który nigdy nie powinien był być prezydentem - został nim, co pogrążyło już &#8220;nowe państwo&#8221; do reszty. Następne wypadki (obalenie rządu Olszewskiego, tryumfalny powrót komunistów w 1993 i wreszcie przypieczętowanie tego powrotu zwycięstwem Kwaśniewskiego), to były logiczne konsekwencje tychże dwóch posunięć, których skutki odczuwamy do dziś: zalegalizowania PZPR-u oraz wywindowania Wałęsy stanowczo ponad jego możliwości mentalne i polityczne. Fatalne konsekwencje. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>&#8220;Jest Polska, była Polska przez czterdzieści parę lat – bo to jednak była Polska – własnością pewnej grupy. Własnością z dzierżawy, może nawet raczej przez kogoś nadanej. Po tym myśmy w imię racji, własnych racji politycznych, zgodzili się na pewien stan przejściowy. Na kompromis, na to, że ta Polska jeszcze przez jakiś czas będzie i nasza i nie całkiem nasza.<br />
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<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>I zdawało się, że ten czas się skończył. Skończył się wtedy, powinien się skończyć, kiedy uzyskaliśmy władzę pochodzącą z demokratycznego, prawdziwie demokratycznego, wyboru. A dzisiaj widzę, że nie wszystko się skończyło, że jednak wiele jeszcze trwa i że to – czyja będzie Polska – to się dopiero musi rozstrzygnąć. To się będzie rozstrzygało także w jakiejś mierze, w jakiejś cząstce dziś – tutaj, na tej sali.<br />
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<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Ja chciałbym stąd wyjść tylko z jednym osiągnięciem. I jak do tej chwili mam przekonanie, że z nim wychodzę. Chciałbym mianowicie, wtedy kiedy ten gmach opuszczę, kiedy skończy się dla mnie ten – nie ukrywam – strasznie dolegliwy czas, kiedy po ulicach mojego miasta mogę się poruszać tylko samochodem albo w towarzystwie torującej mi drogę i chroniącej mnie od kontaktu z ludźmi eskorty, że wtedy kiedy się to wreszcie skończy – będę mógł wyjść na ulice tego miasta, wyjść i popatrzeć ludziom w oczy.&#8221;</strong></span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="color:#000000;">To trwa, jak najbardziej. Tak jak trwało w 1992 r.</span></p>
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<li><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.dziennik.pl/opinie/article24245/O_rycerzach_lustracyjnej_wojny.html?service=print">http://www.dziennik.pl/opinie/article24245/O_rycerzach_lustracyjnej_wojny.html?service=print</a></span></li>
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<link>http://canadiancinephile.com/2008/11/12/porco-rosso/</link>
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<p><em>Porco Rosso</em> is a unique film in the canon of genius animator Hayao Miyazaki. The historical and geographical context of the movie is specific; there is no fantasy world or alternate universe in which the characters operate. Indeed, most of the story could have occurred in reality and within the context. The only element to the story that stretches our perceptions of reality, ever so slightly, is the titular character.</p>
<p>The story takes place during the 1920s between the two World Wars. The setting is Italy and fascism is rising. Blackshirts are everywhere and the “firm answer” of the fascist regime to the political turmoil in post-war Italy lays the backdrop to the picture. In many respects, <em>Porco Rosso</em> is Miyazaki’s most “adult” picture. It is entrenched with politics and world affairs, generating many of its more obvious plot points from the rejection of fascism.</p>
<p>We meet Porco Rosso, a man with the head of a pig, as he works as a bounty hunter guarding ships in the Adriatic Sea. He frequently combats pirates and defends other ships, yet there is a sense of camaraderie between the pirates and Porco. He is a legend in the area and has earned the respect of mostly everyone he comes into contact with. We are not told specifically how Porco wound up in the condition we find him in, although Miyazaki does include some hints that he became a pig after he left the Italian Air Force.</p>
<p>The film revolves around Porco’s relationship with Gina, a woman who runs Hotel Adriano in the Adriatic Sea, and his rivalry with American pilot Curtis. Curtis is attempting to gain employment with a gang of pirates and decides to directly challenge Porco as a way to boost his profile. When Porco heads to Milan to rebuild his plane, he comes into contact with young Fio and a group of fascists who smell bacon. Luckily, Porco has friends in the Italian Air Force who keep him ahead of the blackshirts and he is able to head back and properly challenge Curtis with a rebuilt plane (courtesy of Fio) and renewed energy.</p>
<p>The animation is typical Miyazaki, brimming with color, quality, and unbelievable detail. Miyazaki’s meticulousness is renowned and <em>Porco Rosso</em> is a marvelous example of this. His attention to detail is impeccable, especially in his presentation of Italy and the historical elements as they fit the context of the piece.</p>
<p>As Miyazaki’s sixth animated picture, this 1992 film demonstrates the director&#8217;s growth as an artist. It is often thought that <em>Porco Rosso</em> is his most personal work and that the character of Porco is loosely based on himself. Flight is a common theme in the films of Hayao Miyazaki, with <em>Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind</em> featuring airborne armies and the title character’s glider and Kiki from <em>Kiki’s Delivery Service</em> flying around on her broomstick. There is a sense here that flight represents a form of ultimate freedom, as though Porco only feels safe and, perhaps, human in the skies.</p>
<p>The core of the film for some may well be Porco’s conflict with Curtis. It ends in a bruising fist-fight, the two characters throwing ideological punch after punch at one another. But for me, the core of <em>Porco Rosso</em> lies in Porco’s denunciation of everything that holds him down. He has literally been stripped of his humanity through circumstances we don’t understand. He may turn human again and he may not. For the time being, Porco finds his ultimate autonomy in the skies and in the dismissal of all that anchors him.</p>
<p>He is Bogart-cool, always on the move, always smoking, always prepared.</p>
<p>Miyazaki’s <em>Porco Rosso</em> is a delightfully animated, tenderly constructed, and magnificently frank piece of art. It is certainly his most adult work and little besides the protagonist’s facade seems launched towards younger viewers. A delicate masterpiece, <em>Porco Rosso</em> stands as one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most significant movies and as one of the most enjoyable, affecting animated films of all time. </p>
<p>10/10</p>
<p><strong>Trailer:</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rali de Portugal 1992 - WRC]]></title>
<link>http://direita3.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/rali-de-portugal-1992-wrc/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>greatasaf</dc:creator>
<guid>http://direita3.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/rali-de-portugal-1992-wrc/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Como é sempre bom recordar, o Direita3 teve acesso às filmagens da RTP, que relatam cada uma das e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Como é sempre bom recordar, o <strong>Direita3</strong> teve acesso às filmagens da RTP, que relatam cada uma das etapas do TAP Rali de Portugal de 1992. Esta edição foi ganha por Juha Kankkunen, em Lancia Delta Integrale.</p>
<p>Aproveitem e deliciem-se com estes belos momentos do antigo TAP.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>1ª Etapa</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>2ª Etapa</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>3ª Etapa</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>4ª Etapa</strong></p>
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