ACL.... things are coming together

Here's some pictures on the construction at Zilker Park for this weekend


The Entrance to ACL is up and ready



The Live Strong Stage where Pearl Jam will be hitting the stage on Sunday.


...more to come!!!

Austin City Limits SIMULCAST... who's going?

Hey guys,

Just want to let everyone know, I'll be at the Pearl Jam SIMULCAST of the taping of Pearl Jam on ACL TV show(airing Nov. 21st - check local listings). I will be there around 5 or 6 to get into the auditorium for a good seat. I'm hoping to catch a few of you dedicated PJ fans to get your comments on the taping. I will be giving a FULL report of the weekend events on this site and on a upcoming podcast. I'll be wearing a "Given To Cast" t-shirt. If you see me, come up and say "hey, are you that dude..." Here's the info. about the simulcast:

Simulcast of Pearl Jam Taping

Austin City Limits will tape a performance by Pearl Jam on Saturday, October 3. Our studio capacity is too limited to meet the demands for this taping and we didn’t want our loyal blog readers to miss out on it so we’re video streaming the live recording direct from our studio to fans in the Hogg Memorial Auditorium.


We’ll be giving away tickets to the simulcast at noon on Friday, October 2, at KLRU-TV (map to KLRU ). Tickets will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis, four (4) per person limit until supplies run out. We’ll be giving away more than 400 tickets to the simulcast, so bring your friends.

Remember, this is not to the studio taping, but to the simulcast party. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the screening will start at 8 p.m. Hogg Memorial Auditorium is located on the University of Texas campus, directions here .


BTW, be sure to check out my Facebook page (www.facebook.com/giventocast) for LIVE updates and setlist of Saturday night and Sunday shows.

VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Michael Toland
Manager, National Productions of KLRU-TV
and
KLRU-TV, Austin PBS

Salt Lake City, UT Setlist - 9-28-09

Photo of poster courtesy of pearljamevolution.blogspot.com

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Photo by: Kristin Murphy, Deseret News

Set List: Of The Girl, Breakerfall, Hail Hail, Severed Hand, The Fixer, Low Light, Marker In The Sand, Even Flow, Unthought Known, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Got Some, Given To Fly, Immortality, Satan's Bed, Amongst The Waves, Do The Evolution, Blood

1st encore: Bee Girl (Fan brought on stage for wedding proposal), Just Breathe, Red Mosquito w/Ben Harper, Daughter, Supersonic, Spin The Black Circle


2nd encore: I Believe In Miracles (Ramone, Ray), Crazy Mary (Williams), Alive, Yellow Ledbetter

09-26-09 Portland, OR - Clark County Amphitheater Setlist

Thanks to pearljamevolution.blogspot.com for photo

Soundcheck: Breakerfall, Ghost, Once, Red Mosquito, Golden State

Main Set: Gonna See My Friend, Last Exit, Why Go, The Fixer, In Hiding, Johnny Guitar, Green Disease, Amongst The Waves, Even Flow, Off He Goes, Unthought Known, Daughter, Supersonic, Present Tense, Got Some, Once, Life Wasted.

Encore 1: Golden State (w/ Corin Tucker), The End, Red Mosquito (w/ Ben Harper), Inside Job, Go.

Encore 2: Do The Evolution, Not For You/(Modern Girl), Black, Porch, Yellow Ledbetter

Pearl Jam Fans in Austin please help me out

Hey guys,

This is to anyone in the Austin area or will be in Austin on Oct. 2 at noon. KLRU (PBS station in Austin) is giving away tickets to see the SIMULCAST of the taping of ACL with Pearl Jam on Oct. 3rd. They will be giving away 4 tickets on a first come, first served basis. if you show up at KLRU station. I am hoping a PJ fan would do me a great favor a pick me up 2 tickets. I would really be indebted to you and would be happy to feature you, along with other fans, on a upcoming podcast, giving your feedback on the show. I would also will be heading to 6th Street afterwards and would be happy to buy you an adult beverage of your choice for your efforts. Please help the podcast out. Thanks to everyone.

If you can, please email me at mario@giventocast.com or you can send me a message via me Facebook page (www.facebook.com/giventocast) or Twitter me (www.twitter.com/giventocast)

Thanks again.

Vancouver BC - Setlist

Photo courtesy: pearljamevolution.blogspot.com


Main Set: In My Tree, Save You, The Fixer, Severed Hand, Johnny Guitar, Given To Fly, MFC, Even Flow, Amongst The Waves, Sad, Unthought Known, Light Years, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, Grievance, No Way, Got Some, Rearviewmirror

Encore 1: I Got Shit, Love, Reign O'er Me, Breath, State Of Love And Trust, Alive

Encore 2: Last Kiss, Indifference w/ Ben Harper, Wasted Reprise, Better Man/(Save It For Later), Yellow Ledbetter

The Fixer Vancouver show - 9-25-09


Video Courtesy of Magmazing of YouTube


Yellow Ledbetter from Vancouver show - 9-025-09


Courtesy WhistlterWoody from YouTube

Given To Cast Podcast - September 22, 2009

Show Notes:
Music from the Seattle Night I show

Amongst The Waves
Johnny Guitar
Unthought Known
Just Breathe
The End


Thanks to everyone that downloads and listenes to this. I appreciate all of you and also those that contribute to the show.

Seattle II Setlist

Special thanks to pearljamevolution.com for picture
Seattle, WA Setlist Night II

Soundcheck: NO WAY (3x)

Main Set: Sometimes, Why Go, All Night, The Fixer, Dissident, Johnny Guitar, Faithfull, Lukin, Not For You/Modern Girl, NO WAY, Unthought Known, Unemployable, Comatose, Insignificance, Present Tense, Got Some, Go

Encore 1: Just Breathe, The End, Black, In My Tree, Spin The Black Circle

Encore 2: Supersonic, Do The Evolution, The Real Me, Porch, Yellow Ledbetter/Star Spanged banner

Unthought Known Live - Sept. 21, 2009 - Seattle, WA

Here's some awesome video of Pearl Jam playing live in Seattle, WA, Sept. 21, 2009 - Unthought Known (Live Debut)
Special Thanks to albawild for this video

Seattle, WA - Night I Setlist

photo by nwrockfan

Main Set: Long Road, Corduroy, Gonna See My friend, Got Some, Hail Hail, Amongst the Waves, Daughter(no tag), Evenflow, Johnny Guitar, Unthought Known, Worldwide Suicide, Small Town, Off He Goes, Down, Save You, The Fixer, Life Wasted,

Encore 1: Just Breathe, The End, Inside Job, Rearviewmirror

Encore 2: Given To Fly, Do The Evolution, Betterman, The Real Me, Indifference, Alive

New Target commercial featuring Pearl Jam

Hey guys,

The Pearl Jam/Target commercial is here. Check it out:

Backspacer T-Shirt on sale at Target for Charity

Photo Courtesy of Ten Club/The Sky I Scrape

Starting September 20th, Target will not only be selling the new CD, "Backspacer", but you can buy a Bacspacer T-Shirt as well. And the proceeds got to charity. here's the story...

Pearl Jam and Target have partnered with eco-friendly clothing designer, Loomstate, to create a limited-edition Pearl Jam Backspacer t-shirt to be sold in select Target stores beginning Sunday, September 20th.

All proceeds benefit Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. The limited-edition shirts were made in the USA and are 100 % organic cotton. The front of the t-shirt features Backspacer artwork from renowned cartoonist Tom Tomorrow.

In addition to the t-shirt partnership, Pearl Jam will donate $1 per paid ticket from their two hometown shows to Feeding America affiliate, Food Lifeline. Target will match this donation.

New Poll and winner of last poll

Hey guys,

The latest poll is up. Please take a second and submit your answer.

This week's question: What is your favorite song from Backspacer?

Last week's question:

What is your favorite Pearl Jam sstudio album?

Yield won with 15% of the vote. Thanks to all that participated.

iTunes has removed my feed...

Hey guys,

It seems that itunes has removed my feed because of technical issues. I am still trying to work them out. If you want to just hear the podcast, you can by clicking the audio player in the last post. If you wish to download it, you can at:

www.giventocast.mypodcast.com

Sorry. I'm starting to really hate iTunes?

Given To Cast podcast - September 12, 2009

Hey guys,

The latest podcast is up. Great music and under 30 min.

Given To Cast Podcast- Sept 12, 2009



Show Notes:

The Week in Review
Song of the Week - "Just Breathe"
Rare Song - "I must not have bad thoughts" w/ Tim Robbins
Contest Winner announcement
Extra Songs: "Who You Are', "Thumbing My Way", "Rise", The boys are back in town" (For the Cowboys fans)

Backspacer has leaked... It was a matter of time

Hey guys,

It seems that the hard work PJ has done to keep Backspacer under wraps till the 20th has ended. According to some unnamed sources, Backspacer has leaked. It was bound to happen but I have to say they did a pretty good job controling the release up til now.

I am not going to be a party to giving out information on how to get it. If you really want it, you do that part yourself. I will say that you should be very careful downloading any files because they could contain viruses.

Reminder: I will be doing a podcast dedicated to reviewing Backspacer on Sept. 20th hopefully it'll be up by that night. Anyone interested in participating, email me at mario@giventocast.com

3SAT interview with Ed and Matt

Hey guys,

I came across an interview with Eddie and Matt when they were in Germany. It's a pretty good one and it's about 19 min long. Click the link below to watch it.

3 SAT Interview

Thanks pearljamevolution.blogspot.com for posting.

BTW, The newest podcast will be up soon. Stay tuned and thanks for sticking with it. Also, if you want to participate in reviewing the new album, send me an email at mario@givnetocast.com and let me know. I'll be picking someone at random to participate in an upcoming podcast review of the CD.

pearljamtour.tv - Episode 4: A Retrospective

pearljamtour.tv's newest episode is up and entitled: "A Retrospective". Pretty good mix of older music and video. Check it out below:




Next episode will be dedicated to the new album "Backspacer"

The Vault show listings

Hey guys,

By now you guys know that Target will be selling the new album on Sept. 20th. And I think by now you guys know that, by buying your copy of backspacer from them, you get access to "The Vault" and will be able to download two(2) live shows from the past. Well, here are the list of shows you will be able to choose from:

The Vault Show list

Halifax (22/09/05)
Philadelphia (03/10/05)
Santiago (21/11/05)
Chicago (17/05/06)
Grand Rapids (19/05/06)
Camden (28/05/06)
E Rutherford (06/03/06)
San Francisco (16/07/06)
New York (25/06/08)
Hartford (27/06/08)
Mansfield (28/06/08)