Rarities dan hits menyatu dalam setlist, menambah marak suasana

Penampilan kumpulan Collector Bugs

“Kami memainkannya (Evenflow) 50 sampai 70 kali, bahkan sampai pada titik kami membenci satu sama lain dan Stone (Gossard) tak juga puas dengan lagu tersebut.” Mike McCready

Itulah kutukan “Evenflow”, salah satu hits Pearl Jam—yang dalam satu rangkaian tur nasibnya bisa dimainkan tiap Jeff Ament dkk. naik panggung. Jason Leung, salah satu fans yang mengikuti tur Kanada dan AS pada tahun 2005 pernah bercanda pada teman-teman seperjalanannya, “Apakah kalian siap menyaksikan “Evenflow” (lebih dari) 100 kali?” Continue reading →

Having a cup of morning coffee with some friends in a nice little cafe is a fine thing to do. Unless you are supposed to be on a train at the time!

With confidence like lions, after finishing our coffee and breakfast, we marched to the platform of Gambir, tried to catch our train to Bandung. It was around 09:00 and the sun was so bright. It was October 8, 2011, the day Pearl Jam Nite VI was about to be held, for the second time in Bandung.

“Which train sir?” Asked the officer.

“To Bandung”, Denny replied.

“I’m sorry Sir, the train had already leave the station.” Now he looked weird.

“What? But the ticket said…” Nervously, Denny showed the officer our ticket’s time of departure.

“That is the time for Bekasi departure Sir. We are now in Gambir.” The officer couldn’t look uglier than he already was. Damn!

Way to go, Denny boy! Now we missed our train to Bandung! Continue reading →