Off He Goes: On the Road with Pearl Jam
Our young, fresh-from-college reporter packs his bags and hits the road, following Pearl Jam's North American tour.
By Zack Newman 06.09.08 4:08 PM
UPDATE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8: Zack is back! We've dispatched him and his trusty video phone to the Seattle Tattoo Expo. Check out his photos and videos, plus loads of music stuff too. Mike McCready's side project, Flight to Mars, is schedule to perform. As always, Zack is filing fast and furious, so stay tuned!
UPDATE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2: A special treat for Pearl Jam fans and followers of Zack Newman's Off He Goes Blog...Spin's Pearl Jam archives, in full color glory, presented for your perusal. Click here to browse Pearl Jam's many appearances in Spin over the years.
UPDATE, SUNDAY, JUNE 29: Click here to watch Zack Newman's 25-minute backstage interview with Mike McCready!












That was REALLY cool that you dedicated that to your mamma! i hear she is a metallica fan~ way to go ZACK... backstage for metallica!!!
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When did you first realize that you could melt faces?
Priceless and classic at the same time.
hehe yorel said mega :) mega indeed.
zack- great little chat you had with mike mccready! AWESOME! MEGA!WOW!!!!!! loving life kid...
I take back what I said. The JVC ad did go into my screen, I never noticed it because I never touched it. Sorry. But Its kinda cool. Peace To Jam or to Eat Toast with Jam, That is my question!?
Awww!! On PJ's myspace blog, where they encourage fans to check out YOUR blog (a.k.a. "their favorite fan of the moment"), one of the 75 fans left this comment: "Very cool :) Thanks to Zack for covering this! For those of us who can't be there, we can experience the moments through your eyes!"
Mine works great. I use a PC with Vista. I'd let you come over to my house to use my computer, but I am busy right now. I can honeslty tell you that being able to view this is complete heaven and I feel your pain bro. Maybe you got a virus. Why is it that Macs are better now with Intel than the were without? Is it a conspiracy that Macs are better? Why the Intel chip? Why does this havenothing to do with PEarl Jam? Im out.... To Jam or to Eat Toast with Jam, That is my question!?
Also, comment to Spin.com. These JVC ads only make me hate JVC. I'm tryin to watch and they keep expanding over Kyte. It's Bull spit. Mouseovers can rot in a ditch.
I love how The Rob and the Costa Ricans are these characters that keep popping up. Sort of a running cast among the others that are different everyday.
Also, damn Zack. What, did you call three songs in a row? Four? That's a pretty solid streak.
And Zack, I talked to the German TV lady and it got on the air before they broke up. She should send it in time for X Mas. The Kyte is still down.
To Jam or to Eat Toast with Jam, That is my question!?
Zach,
This is Jason from the Touring Van. Just wanna say you're doing a good job, keep on filming. We always encourage people to film and document their tours to share with others, so we love it. In fact, I was wondering if you would like to help me out on our project and submit a short clip, approx 15min of tour footage summarizing your adventures. All the info is on our website http://www.touringvan.com/project.html
shoot me an email man jason@touringvan.com
You'll encounter a lot my friends this tour, you've already met Carlos, Eli, and Ben.
Have fun!
Jason
Im off to Wally's Subs. The Kyte video thig is down, or being maintnanced. Its tight, you can embed it hellza. But I guess I'll have to wait till its back up to do that. To Jam or to Eat Toast with Jam, That is my question!?
Zack, so is there an archive section so I can read all the blogs? So excited to read your blogs and the blogs to come!
To Jam or to Eat Toast with Jam, That is my question!?
To Jam or to Eat Toast with Jam, That is my question!?
To Jam or to Eat Toast with Jam, That is my question!?I think people just hate a little more frequently on the net than in your face. Z Dawg is a fresh nugget!
seriously, why is someone hating on what Zack's doing?
DUDE, no saltiness allowed! Why does it matter if it's already been done before? I'm pretty sure Zack snatched this opportunity for the experience not to "be original". Get over it.
I'm enjoying the blog, but this totally looks like a rip off of the touring van videos, except you are documenting yourself only, and using free tickets to get rides. I appreciate the effort and wish you luck on the tour, but this has been done before without any sponsors or help. Keep doing it though, we all envy you.. B
hey now ~ Rocky and Bullwinkle say hi..... hey, think you might make 8/10
here in CV? I totally understand if you couldn't. 30 years ago, i was on the road with yorel and wouldn't miss it for the world (closing of winterland)
the time of your life is now. live it up.
zack~thanks for the t-shirt! your # 1 fan
Hey Zach!
Can you do us a huge favor and post a pic of the poster each night when you get to the venue? I guarantee it will draw a lot more visitors to your blog, which so far has been really informative!!!!! Thanks dude. I'm sure I will meet you Thursday. Enjoy tonight's show!
I just put 2 and 2 together... Zach was the dude beside us!!
My brother and I was front row center/ right side sat night for PJ's 2nd greastest set list of all time. #1 State Park and I was not even there for it :( However I have been to 31 shows and # 32 is this sunday in D.C. Anyway we was right beside a really cool cat from Spin Mag. He had dark curley hair, but I missed his name. Anyway someone from Spin Mag has to read this and be able to find out who it would have been. He got a phone call 10 mins prior to the show and told us the opening song was "Hard to Imagine". And Eddie Vedder came off stage and shook our hands during "Crazy Mary". I hope that helps narrows it down!! Anyway give him my e-mail... I have about 100 awsome pics that I would like to share with him!! Thank you!! And lets change the world together!!
hey zach thanks for the awesome Bonnarroo ride. what a setlist!!!...WMA/wachtower/release...must have been your best show ever....keep on rockin still a lot to come jorge & diego
hey zack! you rock!!!! keep up the great coverage and don't forget to eat! catch you later...
that was REALLY cool that you dedicated that to your mamma! i hear she is a metallica fan~ way to go ZACK... backstage for metallica!!!
i knew you'd make it zack!!!!!!
you must be loving it!!
let us know if Metallica plays Devil's Dance~
"I don't really feel like Jesus, I just feel tired."
Classic. Well met sir.
Hey Zack, Glad you're having a blast! Sorry I missed you in SF, but I'll catch you on the rebound. I love you man!
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