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April 08, 2003

Vedder and the Fan

Ted Barlow went to see Pearl Jam the other night:

Then you take it off and- here’s the sick part- are you ready? (Vedder removes the mask and lowers it onto an adjacent microphone stand, like putting a hat on a hat stand.) Total fucking impalement. And then you sing to it. This is a bizarre, violent ritual that I made up, because I’m a sick fuck. And a celebrity.” (He proceeds to sing a song to the floating Bill Gates head next to him.)

I don’t know what he did with the Bush mask the other night in Denver. But if the "impalement" was anything like what he did last night, there was nothing violent about it.

Umm...excuse me, Ted, but Isn't impalement a violent act? Didn't you just quote Vedder himself saying, "This is a bizarre, violent ritual?" It seems to me not beyond the pale that we can take Vedder's word for it if he says that's the intent of the message he is broadcasting.

Update: I know this is surprising, but Blogspot's permalinks aren't working again. Go to http://tedbarlow.blogspot.com/ and scroll down.

Update: I went back and re-read what Barlow wrote and I now see what he meant. Vedder's statements were obviously sarcasm and I missed that part. Duh. (Thanks for pointing that out T.S.)

Posted by bubba138 at April 8, 2003 08:16 AM