Given To Cast 2006 Christmas Show

Hey guys, Well, I thought I would post the Christmas Podcast from 2006 because I just haven't found the time to do a new one. My New Year's Resolution is to start putting a little time aside for the podcast. I feel like I am not giving it the attention it needs. So I pledge to do better. With that, I will end the year with a contest for you listeners. You have to listen to the podcast to find the answer. Here's the question: What does the little girl ask Santa for Christmas??? All correct answers will go into a hat and I will pick one name as winner of a copy of Pearl Jam's VS CD... Good luck!! Given to Cast 2006 Christmas Show

Pearl jam Announces 2012 European/UK Tour

Pearl Jam is pleased to announce they will headline three European festivals and six of their own shows between June 20th and July 10th, 2012. Los Angeles punk rockers X will serve as the support act for all Pearl Jam’s own headlining shows. Pearl Jam 2012 European/UK Tour Listed by: Date, City,Venue, Ten Club Pre-Sale,Public On-Sale 6/20/12 Manchester, United Kingdom MEN Arena Dec 13, 2011 9AM PST (9 GMT) Dec 16, 2011 6/23/12 Isle Of Wight, United Kingdom Isle Of Wight Festival N/A On Sale Now 6/26/12 Amsterdam, Netherlands Ziggo Dome Dec 13, 2011 9AM PST (9 GMT) Dec 17, 2011 Livenation Ticketmaster 6/29/12 Werchter, Belgium Rockwerchter Festival N/A On Sale Now 6/30/12 Arras, France Main Square Festival N/A Dec 13, 2011 7/4/12 Berlin, Germany O2 Arena Dec 13, 2011 9AM PST (9 GMT) Dec 15, 2011 7/7/12 Stockholm, Sweden Ericsson Globe Arena Dec 13, 2011 9AM PST (9 GMT) Dec 15, 2011 7/9/12 Oslo, Norway Spektrum Dec 13, 2011 9AM PST (9 GMT) Dec 15, 2011 7/10/12 Copenhagen, Denmark Forum Dec 13, 2011 9AM PST (9 GMT) Dec 15, 2011 All dates are subject to change. The Ten Club has been hard at work evaluating and updating its systems to better serve the Ten Club members. We are now happy to announce we are holding a fan club members only pre-sale on Tuesday, December 13th from 9am – 5pm Pacific for all eligible members. One of the first changes we’re introducing is a partnership with Crowdsurge to aid in your online ticket purchasing experience through the Ten Club. A new ticketing system means new process for purchasing pre-sale tickets. Eligible members will receive an email with more detailed information. Eligibility • Only members active as of Monday, December 5th at 11:59pm PST are eligible for the fan club pre-sale. • Memberships purchased after that date and time will not be eligible for this pre-sale. • Expired members who did not renew by the deadline, but are still within their grace period are not considered active members and are not eligible for the pre-sale. Your grace period applies to retaining seniority status only. Ticket Info • Fan Club ticket pairs are for standing floor only with the exception of Manchester where you will have the option of either: - Standing floor tickets - A small section of reserved tickets on the first level. Please choose wisely as these two ticket options cannot be exchanged. • Seated tickets will be available through the general public sale for all non-festival shows with the exception of Copenhagen, which does not offer seating. • Ten Club will hold an Early Entry for all standing floor fan club pre-sale ticket holders. One pair of Early Entry wristbands will be distributed per standing ticket pair at will call. • All shows are All Ages with the exception of the following shows. Please note these are venue issued and enforced safety restrictions. -Manchester (14+ Floor, Reserved seats All Ages if accompanied by adult) -Berlin (16+ unless accompanied by an adult) -Stockholm (13+, no exceptions) • For Manchester reserved tickets only- seat locations are assigned based on seniority in the fan club. Seat locations are not revealed in advance. You will find out your seat location when you pick your tickets up at will call. • You may purchase one pair of tickets for as many shows as you like in one order. No need to purchase shows separately. • For disabled seating and pricing, please email tickets@tenclub.net with the email subject “DISABLED SEATING” no later than December 12th. Ten Club will respond with information on how to make your online disabled ticket pair purchase through the CrowdSurge site on the day of the pre-sale. Important • www.crowdsurge.com/pearljam will be your Ten Club ticketing destination. Tickets will not be available on pearljam.com. • By participating in the pre-sale you agree to Ten Club’s Ticketing Policy, CrowdSurge’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. • Ten Club pre-sale begins on December 13, 2011 at 9:00am PST / 5:00pm GMT. The pre-sale ends at 5:00pm PST / 1 AM GMT on December 13, 2011.

Pearl Jam Tour Announcement this coming week

Looks like the guys are continuing to keep hitting the road in 2012. Sea from The Ten Club forums posted this yesterday:

A little birdie tweeted us to say "we should have our Ten Club memberships & addresses up to date by the 5th of December." Then he flew away tweeting something that we thought sounded like, "Cheerio, Auf Wiedersehen, Farvel…"

People are interpreting this post to mean that the guys will be heading to Europe once again. England, Germany, Denmark.. It seems they may announce the tour dates sometime after Dec.5. Check back here for full list of dates when they become available...

"Not For You" video directed by Cameron Crowe

As part of the the release of PEARL JAM TWENTY on DVD and BluRay, it seems the band has decided to release a music video for "Not For You". They got Cameron Crowe to direct it using archival footage that includes Jack Irons playing drums... Pretty cool... Check it out!!! Pearl Jam Twenty "Not For You" music video Found this one when searching for video on You Tube. Thought it was worth a posting...

SuperGlued PJ20 Lithograph signed by Pearl Jam

Well, my doorbell just rang and I answer it and see the FedEx guy leaving a 5' long tube and I was thinking it was gonna be a poster I bought... but low and behold it is the LONG awaited arrival of the SuperGlued lithograph... I was under the impression that it would be a 10"x12" signed picture but it is actually a 40"x27" PJ20 movie poster/lithograph SIGNED in silver paint pen by all five members of the band...SWEET!!!! This is now my prize PJ possession!!! Still waiting for the Discography but i am sure it'll be here shortly... Thank you SuperGlued and Pearl Jam... Very Happy!!!

UPDATE: Pearl Jam "Green Bay" logo decal giveaway

Hey Guys, Gonna giveaway a "Green Bay" Pearl Jam logo decal to ten (10) lucky winners.... Here's what you need to do, make an audio tag for the podcast... All you have to say is, "Hi, (YOUR NAME) from (WHERE YOU ARE FROM) and you are listening to Given To Cast"... send me an mp3 or wav file of your show tag to mario@giventocast.net and I will send 10 lucky winners the decal. If you have already sent me tag or I have a tag already from you, you will automatically be entered in drawing... Hurry, contest ends October 14th, 2011 at 11:59 cst UPDATE: Extending drawing for Green Bay "PJ" logo decals until October 31, 2011 at 11:58 cst. Keep sending in your audio files for the show. INSTRUCTIONS on how to use your smart phone to send audio file: 1. Use any Smartphone , i.e. "iPhone, Blackberry, Android. 2. Start Voice Recorder App that should be on your phone or you can download a free one from your app store. 3. Record 10-15 sec show tag similar to this script: " Hi, I'm from and you are listening to Given To Cast." 4. Save file using your name as file name and send via email attachment to: mario@giventocast.net 5. Listen to future podcast to hear your show tag!

Pearl Jam Twenty Soundtrack hits the charts this week

Pearl Jam Twenty Soundtrack has debuted at #1 on the Hard Rock Albums Charts. It also debuted at #1 on Alternative Album Charts, #10 on Billboard 200, #2 Top Rock Album, #20 Digital Album and #12 on Canadian Album Charts.

UPDATE: Pearl Jam Twenty at No. 1 at the box office this weekend... kinda!!!

I know that we as dedicated Pearl Jam fans don't care what the movie made in terms of box office receipts but I think it is a very good indicator of the popularity of the movie, given that it was only released, domestically in less than 99 theaters... Using that as a gauge and knowing that in most of those theaters there were only two or three showings in one day, the movie made $280,343, according to Boxoffice.com UPDATE: I know what you are saying about the title of this post... Lion King 3D was #1.... that's true but...This weekend, PEARL JAM TWENTY was Number 1 in Platform theaters of 99 or less.... It was only shown in 9 theaters this weekend (Sept. 23 - 25) and it avg. $9,946 for a total of $89,514 for THREE DAYS on NINE screens. So, yes Pearl Jam Twenty is Number 1(Sept. 23-25 in catagory of movies showing on 99 screens or less). Kinda of misleading I agree.... but true. Note: these numbers do not reflect the sales of PPV viewings this weekend...

SPOILER ALERT!!! Fan Club Single and Deep Magazine are out!!

Hey guys, Just got a hold of pictures of the NEW fan club single and the cover of the latest DEEP mag as well.... Don't wanna see them tell it reaches you, then turn a way now.... all pictures are by half empty of Pearl Jam Forum

Songs are - "No Jeremy" and " Falling Down" from June 20, 1995 vinyl size: 10" disc

PJ20 movie to air on PayPerView Saturday in US

Hey guys, Looks like the powers that be have decided to show PEARL JAM TWENTY on Pay-Per-View this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 24th and 25th. Check your local listings. i know for sure that Directv, Time-Warner, Comcast and Dish will be showing it.

Given to Cast - Episode 9-23-2011

Hey guys,

In honor of the release of PEARL JAM TWENTY today, I have come out with a new podcast. A lot of great music including some songs from the PJ20 Soundtrack and some songs from Night II of the PJ20 Weekend. Enjoy!!!


GIVEN TO CAST - EPISODE 9-23-2011


Show Notes:
The Week in Review
Song of the Week: songs from PJ20 soundtrack
GTC Extras: select songs from PJ20 Night II

Podcast pushed back til next week....

Sorry, guys but my headphone/mic gave out on me... have to buy another one... Gonna try this weekend and have something for you on Monday. Thanks for your patience!

Given To Cast - PJ20 Edition Pt. 1

Hey guys,

The PJ20 Edition Part 1 is up and ready for your listening pleasure... Great music and shout outs from some of my friends, including Tim from The Ten Club, Jessica from TwoFeetThick.com, the coolest guys in the world, Travis and Chris from Virginia, Daniel and Brian from Texas, Tom from Philly and more...




Show Notes:

- The Week in Review: PJ20 highlights, tailgating, the fundraiser and Night 1
- Song of the Week: Ole (new song - Download it for FREE at tenclub.net
- Extras: Songs from the first night including: Release, In My tree, In The Moonlight, Who You Are, Rearviewmirror and of course,
TEMPLE OF THE DOG (Stardog Champion(Mother Love Bone), Say Hello 2 Heaven, Reach Down, Hunger Strike)

PJ20 Night II setlist - September 4, 2011

PJ20 Night II setlist - September 4, 2011

Main Set: Wash, The Fixer, Severed Hand, All Night, Given To Fly, Pilate, Love Boat Captain, Habit, Even Flow, Daughter (It’s Ok tag), Leatherman, Red Mosquito, Satan’s Bed, Elderly Woman Behind A Counter in A Small Town, Unknown Thought, New World, Black, Jeremy
Encore I: NEW SONG (written during weekend), Just Breathe, Nothingman, No Way, Public Image, Smile, Spin The Black Circle
Encore II: Hunger Strike, Call Me A Dog, All Night Thing, Reach Down, Sonic Reducer
Encore III: Alive, Rockin’ In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter (Star Spangled Banner ending)

PJ20 Night I setlist - September 3, 2011

PJ20 Setlist Night I

Main Set: Release, Arms Aloft, Do The Evolution, Got Some, In My Tree, Faithful, Who You Are, Push Me Pull Me, Setting Forth, Not For You/(Improv), In The Moonlight, Deep, Help Help, Breath, Education, Once, State of Love and Trust, Better Man, Wasted Reprise, Life Wasted

Encore I: Rearviewmirror, Stardog Champion, Say Hello 2 Heaven, Reach Down, Hunger Strike, Love Reign O’er Me, Porch

Encore II: Kick Out The Jams

Wishlist Foundation Fundraiser Party & 10C tix pictures

So we are excited that the day has finally come...PJ20 is on!!!! Last night we hit up the Wishlist Foundation Pre Party and there were tons for PJ fans... They even hit capacity by 8:00pm... Took video and pics of the night... some pics below....

...Above is what we got in our Ten Club packets... great goodies, including Live PJ CD, a single from Jeff Ament upcoming CD featuring Mike McCready and Joseph Arthur, 30 day trial of Sirius/XM and of course the tickets... BTW, we got Sec. 102, Row F... pretty decent seats for tonight... Check back here for some video of the day as I can upload it...

PJ20 Day1: Miller Park in Milwaukee

Hey guys,

We are here and ready for PJ20 but before we head down to East Troy and Lake Genea later today, check out the pictures from the game. We sat in the Loge Box seats with 10 clubbers. Will try to video cast some today and tonight when we go get tickets and fundraiser. Check back here later today... May have internet connection problems so please be patient. I will be uploading video when internet connection is available. For you guys going tonight, we will see you there.

Ten Club Park looks almost done

Looks like there's not more to do to the Ten Club Park... ready for us to enjoy the music, the scenery and the cool vibe!!!!

Pearl Jam Announces their SECOND ANNUAL TEN CLUB ROCK N' ART POSTER CONVENTION

This was released by Alpine Valley Music Theatre. There is one mistake I found. It states that this will be "The only 2011 live concerts by Pearl Jam". That isn't true because they are playing in Canada and South and Central America. They may have meant only American dates in 2011. But anyway, here it is in its entirety:



Part of the Pearl Jam Labor Day Weekened Concert Celebration

This Saturday and Sunday at Alpine Valley Music Theatre



In addition to live music by Pearl Jam, The Strokes, Queens of the Stone Age, Mudhoney, and more, plus other special surprises, Pearl Jam fans will have the ability to check out some of the most creative poster art in the country at the Second Annual Ten Club Rock N’ Art Poster Convention, onsite at the Pearl Jam Labor Day Weekend Concert Celebration at Alpine Valley this Saturday and Sunday.



Onsite poster artists at the convention are the Ames Bros./Barry Ament & Coby Schultz (amesbros.com), Brad Klausen (www.artillerydesigns.com), Brian Methe, Jermaine Rogers (www.jermainerogers.com), Justin Hampton (www.justinhampton.com), Mark 5 (www.studiomark5.com), Munk One (munkone.com), and Maxx242 (f4dstudios.com). And, to celebrate Pearl Jam’s twentieth anniversary in their own unique fashion, both Munk One and Maxx242 will be painting not to canvas, but to billboards.



2011 is a yearlong celebration of Pearl Jam’s twenty-year history. The band started off the year with the release of a new live compilation album, Live on Ten Legs, followed by the expanded reissues of Vs. and Vitalogy in March. Things kick into high gear in September with the Alpine Valley Labor Day anniversary weekend concert, followed by the release of Cameron Crowe’s film, Pearl Jam Twenty, with accompanying book and soundtrack album. For the latest Pearl Jam happenings, visit www.pearljam.com.



Limited tickets are still available for these very special once-in-a-lifetime concert events, featuring: The only 2011 live concerts by Pearl Jam, plus guests The Strokes, Queens of the Stone Age, Mudhoney, John Doe, Joseph Arthur, Glen Hansard, Liam Finn, The New No2, David Garza, Star Anna, The Young Evils, and Jason Lytle; the second annual Ten Club Rock N’ Art Poster Convention; plus many more surprises that are available to all fans with the purchase of just a general admission lawn ticket. For the most up to date information available about the Pearl Jam Labor Day Weekend Anniversary Concert Celebration, please visit http://destination.pj20.com.



SHOW: PEARL JAM LABOR DAY WEEKEND ANNIVERSARY CONCERT



VENUE: ALPINE VALLEY MUSIC THEATRE



DATES: THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 AND 4, 2011



PRICES: PAVILION SOLD OUT, $50.00 GA LAWN



Tickets available at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre Box Office, online at LiveNation.com and

Ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at (800) 745-3000.

Ten Club Park Tent is going up...

picture from Alpine Valley Facebook Page

Looks like an awesome to kick back and speak with some awesome people... I will be there for sure...