She scratches a letter – into a wall, made of stone,

Maybe some day, another child, won’t feel, as alone as she does.  It’s been two years – and counting, since they put her in this place.  She’s been diagnosed, by some stupid fuck – and mommy agrees!

Giving fans a ton of swag for the money seems to be the new thing these days – especially since downloading has become so widespread.  When a band goes out of their way to release collectors or special editions, like this, or this, or this, or this absolutely ridiculously amazing and redicoulously priced Pearl Jam Ten remaster – I can’t help but whip out the credit card and order meself a copy.  I mean, look at all this:

COLLECTOR’S EDITION BOX SET (2 CDs plus DVD, 4 LPs and Cassette):
CD 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
CD 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by Brendan O’Brien, plus six bonus tracks:”Brother,” “Just a Girl,” “State of Love and Trust,” “Breath and a Scream,” “2,000 Mile Blues”,and “Evil Little Goat.”
DVD of Pearl Jam’s previously unreleased 1992 MTV Unplugged performance including never before seen bonus performance of “Oceans” with 5.1 surround sound audio remix.
LP 1: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl
LP 2: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl and remixed by Brendan O’Brien
LP 3 & 4: Drop in the Park – Live at Magnuson Park in Seattle on September 20, 1992 (audio mixed by Brendan O’Brien) “Even Flow,” “Once,” “State Of Love And Trust,” “Why Go,” “Deep,”, “Jeremy,” “Black,” “Alive,” “Garden,” “Porch”
Cassette: replica of original “Momma-Son” Pearl Jam demo cassette featuring “Alive,” “Once” and “Footsteps”
Package also includes an Eddie Vedder-style composition notebook filled with replica personal notes, images and mementos from the collections of Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament, a vellum envelope with replicated era-specific ephemera from Pearl Jam’s early work and a two-sided print commemorating the Drop in the Park concert.

Eddie and crew sure know how to please.  This is leaps and bounds better than any of the aformentioned packages, and even better than the NIN Ghosts box.

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