Welcome to In The Present Tense!------------------------------Celebrating 20 Years of Pearl Jam

Friday, June 10, 2011

Vitoria, Lisbon I & II Added to 2006 Bootleg Section

Three more shows have been added to the 2006 bootleg section today. I'm going to do my best to keep getting several shows uploaded each week and hopefully get through the entire '06 tour within the next several weeks. I think I have 14 more Euro shows to go and then it's on to Australia and Hawaii.

Shows added today:
9-02-2006 Vitoria, Spain
9-04-2006 Lisbon, Portugal
9-05-2006 Lisbon, Portugal

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

BMX at Trilogy Park

My nephew was in this national race at age 7 and kicked some serious butt!



Pic of him winning in the semi here and later went on to win the main:

Monday, May 30, 2011

What? A bootleg update?

Yes, yes, yes... a LONG over due update to the bootleg vault has finally taken place. I don't have time to go into details but my world is beyond busy these days so getting shows uploaded hasn't been as easy as I'd hoped in this PJ20 year of celebration. But that's just what the present tense has in store for me right now. My world is my family and everything that keeps that going but I hope to keep this passion updated as much as possible too. So here is what has been added today to the 2006 bootleg section:

7-20-2006 Portland, OR (North American Tour finally completed!!)
8-23-2006 Dublin, Ireland
8-25-2006 Leeds Festival, UK
8-27-2006 Reading Festival, UK
8-29-2006 Arnhem, Netherlands
8-30-2006 Antwerp, Belgium
9-01-2006 Barcelona, Spain

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy then shows!

My world

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Gardening

This is what I'm up to lately. I'll get back to the bootlegs soon but for now here's a pic of my muddy boots :)

By the way I here there are a few new EV uke songs floating around the interweb. Anyone got them?

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Almost There

Okay 5 more shows added from the 2006 tour. One more left to round out the 2nd leg of the North American tour. Next up I'll get right into the European tour and try to get the entire tour up by the middle of February. Not sure what the plan is yet after that. Maybe hit some older stuff or just get right into 2005.

For now enjoy the '06 tour! Here are the shows that were added this morning.

07-10-2006 Los Angeles
07-13-2006 Santa Barbara
07-15-2006 San Francisco
07-16-2006 San Francisco
07-18-2006 San Francisco








This is a clip from the 07-16 gig in San Fran. Looks like there may be a DVD floating around for this one too but I don't have it at this time.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Pushing Through With The '06 Tour

Big round of updates in the 2006 tour section today with the addition of  shows in FLAC format. The St.Paul, Milwaukee, and Denver shows were all opening sets. Pearl Jam opened for Tom Petty on those dates so the sets are significantly shorter than a normal Pearl Jam show. Still worth a listen of course. There are actually pretty good fan made DVDs of both of the Denver sets. If you're into torrents you can download both of the DVDs over at Jam River.

Today's updates include:

06-23-2006 Pittsburgh
06-24-2006 Cincinnati
06-26-2006 St. Paul
06-27-2006 St.Paul
06-29-2006 Milwaukee
06-30-2006 Milwaukee
07-02-2006 Denver
07-03-2006 Denver
07-06-2006 Las Vegas
07-07-2006 San Diego
07-09-2006 Los Angelas

If I HAD to pick a best show out of these I would have to say San Diego probably takes the cake. An "Oceans" opener and a surprise "Long Road" to open the encore. Eddie also gives a pretty in depth description of the origin of "Long Road".

This is some footage from the Denver show on July 3rd, 2006. This is this footage is posted on Youtube by the creator of the DVD bootlegs so this is what the DVDs look like. Pretty good stuff. Enjoy the shows!

Monday, January 31, 2011

And That Concludes Leg One 2006...

The PJ20 celebration is rolling along here on ITPT. Just wrapped up the download links for the remaining shows of the first leg of the 2006 tour. Shows added today include:

05-30-2006 Washington, DC





















06-01-2006 East Rutherford, NJ





















06-03-2006 East Rutherford, NJ






















These shows are available in FLAC only at this time.

And here are a few samplings, video style, from these shows. First is "Low Light" from DC. Always a special moment when you get to here this gem from Yield!


Then there's "Inside Job", or what I like to call "the best fucking song from Self-Titled", from East Rutherford II. Such an inspirational piece of work from Mr. Mike McCready (Words & Music - McCready)


Leg II of the North American will kick off tomorrow (or later today) with Pittsburgh and possibly Cincy! Enjoy the shows!

Friday, January 28, 2011

Two More '06 Shows Added

Added both Camden shows 5/27 and 5/28. That's all for today. Enjoy the shows!

Thursday, January 27, 2011

My Kids Like Bootlegs Too

Added 4 more shows to the 2006 bootleg section this morning. All pretty solid shows with few special moments, at least in my opinion, during the Boston shows.
Shows added:
05-20-2006 Cleveland, Ohio
05-22-2006 Detroit, Michigan
05-24-2006 Boston, Mass
05-25-2006 Boston, Mass

During the Boston 5-24 show they open the 1st encore with a great version of Dylan's "Forever Young" followed by a great version of his "Master's Of War". This was in honor of Dylan's birthday. Late in the second encore on 5-25 they drop the "Leash" for the first time in many moons! Pretty cool moments in PJ history.
My daughters think so too...
...and here are a few of those special moments from Boston '06.
"Troubled souls unite!"

"May you build a ladder to the stars and climb on every rung..."

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Chicago II and Grand Rapids Added

The 2006 bootleg section has been updated with two more shows today. Chicago 05-17-2006 and Grand Rapids 05-19-2006. The Grand Rapids show is available in both FLAC and MP3 formats. I happened to have this one converted to MP3 already so figured I may as well upload it. The MP3s were encoded from the original FLAC files at 320kbps (CBR). Highest possible quality for an MP3.

These are both solid shows with Grand Rapids being hailed as one of the best of the tour by many. A solid and long set list and an energetic performance make this a stand out show. Chicago II is also a solid show with "Crown of Thorns" thrown in the mix. Can't go wrong with that track making an appearance.

















This could possibly be my favorite song from the Grand Rapids show. One of those songs that you can just close your eyes and be taken somewhere else. Beautiful, powerful, amazing...


This is 1/2 Full from Chicago 5/17/2006. This song always kicks ass mostly because Mike just tears this shit up!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

More fresh 2006 links

The 2006 bootleg page has a whole new look and has a few new bootleg links as well. Eventually going to move to this same layout with all of the bootleg sections but it's probably going to take quite a bit of time. I want to get each show down to just two links. One for each disc in FLAC format and then possibly put up MP3 links as well but those can be found on other sites if that's what you're really after.

Check out the new page layout and let me know what you think. The shows added today are:

05-12-2006 Albany, New York
05-13-2006 Hartford, CT
05-16-2006 Chicago, Illinois

Albany is likely the shortest set played on this entire tour but it's a great, blistering set. Definitely don't skip it just because the set list is a bit short on songs. Give it a chance and I'm certain you'll like what you hear.


Enjoy the shows and thanks for stopping by!

Here's a video sample of "Sad" from Albany. One of my favorite songs. No idea how it ended up being a "Lost Dog".