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Jonathan Cohen

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The David Lynch Foundation / words: @hitsdd , @variety , @billboard , @pearljam , @spin , @rollingstone / author: “Pearl Jam 20" /

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7 years
A special night in Tennessee with #eddievedder @PearlJam
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2 years
@springsteen opens his first show with the E Street Band since 2017 with “No Surrender.” Stay tuned to @SPIN for a full report.
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3 years
Eddie Vedder+Earthlings kicking off tour @ Beacon Theatre in NY. Set so far: Drive (REM), Room at the Top (Petty), Here Comes the Sun (Harrison), The Haves, I’ll Be Waiting, Invincible, The Dark, Power of Right, Fallout Today, Long Way, Tender Mercies, Wishlist, Brother the Cloud
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3 years
An early big surprise at Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings’ second show at the Beacon Theatre: Timeless Melody by the La’s, a cover Pearl Jam hasn’t performed since Oct. 8, 2004.
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3 years
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3 years
Several @eddievedder + Earthlings tour debuts tonight in Newark: Society, which opened show w/ just Eddie + Glen, Hard Sun and I Am a Patriot, a nod to Jersey legend @StevieVanZandt , who wrote it. Eddie also confirms he taped an interview w/ @springsteen about the new album.
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2 years
@PearlJam at the Apollo : Footsteps opener; Pendulum played for the first time since 2018; Sleight of Hand and Parachutes both for the first time since 2016.
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
@PearlJam opens their first show in three years @seahearnow with three songs making their live debut: Dance of the Clairvoyants, Quick Escape and Seven O’Clock. Josh Klinghoffer also makes his debut onstage as a touring member of the band. #pearljam
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2 years
31 years since he left @PearlJam , original drummer Dave Krusen joined the band tonight in Fresno to play 10 songs from "Ten." Matt Cameron remains out with COVID-19. A quick recap for @SPIN :
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
That's Eddie Vedder playing the guitar riff right after Mike McCready's solo at the 2:49 mark of the new @PearlJam single "Superblood Wolfmoon." "I like this bit," he told me with a smile at the Jan. 24 #Gigaton listening party in LA.
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
It’s understandable fans are sad re: @pearljam tour postponement. Beyond their unique Seattle-based perspective on how the virus is impacting people, keep in mind this is a band who watched nine people die at one of their shows. Audience safety will always be their top concern.
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
@PearlJam soundcheck on the beach in Asbury Park tonight included several songs from “Gigaton” that will make their live debut tomorrow @seahesrnow . Also played: “Red Mosquito,” Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” and the @springsteen song “My City of Ruins.” @Danny_Clinch
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
Wow - Eddie and the band bust out Pearl Jam’s ultra rarity Dirty Frank, which they themselves hadn’t performed since Sept. 9, 2006. Pearl Jam wrote the song on its 1991 tour supporting the Red Hot Chili Peppers and openly borrowed that band’s style for it.
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3 years
Glen Hansard brings up Eddie Vedder and a fan from the audience, Lissie Gipson, to join him on “Falling Slow” @theohanafest .
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
Eddie Vedder debuts new solo live band @theohanafest - Chad Smith on drums, Josh Klinghoffer+Andrew Watt on guitar, Pino Palladino on bass & Glen Hansard on guitar and vocals. Set so far: REM’s Drive, Pearl Jam’s Long Road, Kings Of Leon’s Molly’s Chambers and Pearl Jam’s Porch.
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Jonathan Cohen
7 months
My ears hear a lot of @pearljam musical DNA on their new LP. Your mileage may vary, but here are some reference points and notable lyrics from "Dark Matter":
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Jonathan Cohen
10 years
. @edsheeran made his TV debut on our Late Night show in 2012. Now he's playing arenas (and @FallonTonight tonight). http://t.co/DycGoVFP91
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Jonathan Cohen
4 years
“Present Tense” by @PearlJam as the final song in #thelastdance - damn.
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
A truly wacky @PearlJam show in Oakland: Matt Cameron out with COVID, Josh Klinghoffer ( @Pluralone1 ) and Richard Stuverud are filling in on drums. Matt has never missed a show in the 24 years since he joined the band. A quick report by me + @jeffvrabel :
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
This is crazy. They blew the PA and can’t get it started back up. Eddie is playing. Warren Zevon solo acoustic, with no amplification at all.
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
New by me for @SPIN : @PearlJam finally reschedules its 2020 North American tour dates w/ @pluralone1 and reveals details on its next album w/ @thisiswatt
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
Happy birthday @eddievedder . Photo by @Danny_Clinch .
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
The “Pearl Jam 20” book turns 10 today. The one and only @CameronCrowe took this photo of Ed and Stone signing copies of it during downtime at the Toronto Film Festival, where Cameron’s documentary premiered. @markianwilk @PearlJam
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
Eddie Vedder dedicates “Wishlist” to Norm Macdonald, who passed away last week. @theohanafest
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Jonathan Cohen
8 months
There's an excellent song on the new @PearlJam album that sounds like @DEVO 's "Girl U Want" crossed with @ThePoliceBand 's "Demolition Man" if the amps were cranked to 13.
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
A nice moment pre @PearlJam @TheGarden as @Pluralone1 brings up Matt Cameron for a cover of Big Star’s “The Ballad of El Goodo.”
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Jonathan Cohen
11 years
This was Springsteen's first ever comedy bit on TV. He brought his own vintage hat and leather jacket with him that day. #BestOfFallon
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11 years
Have always enjoyed sneaking into rehearsal to watch Jimmy and Justin prep their History Of.. bits. Jimmy is a good rapper! #BestOfFallon
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
My @Variety feature on the new @eddievedder album, "Earthling," which was produced by and features writing/performing contributions from lifelong @pearljam fan @thisiswatt .
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Eddie Vedder and Andrew Watt Talk Spontaneity-Fueled ‘Earthling’ Album: ‘It Came Out of Nowhere’
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
A cover of the Pretenders’ “Precious” to close the set.
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
Mrs. Mills, Try w/ ( @Danny_Clinch ), Rose of Jericho, Porch. Encore: Precious (Pretenders), Better Man/People Have the Power (Patti Smith), Isn’t It a Pity (Harrison), All Along the Watchtower (Dylan).
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
Eddie Vedder + band / “Give Blood” by Pete Townshend / Ohana 9/25/21
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Jonathan Cohen
7 years
. @DAVID_LYNCH on his relationship w/ "Twin Peaks": "If it was love/hate before, now it's just love." #festivalofdisruption @FestDisruption
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
Quite an encore: Isn’t It a Pity, Not for You, Rockin’ in the Free World and Purple Rain, the latter largely sung by Josh Klinghoffer.
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Jonathan Cohen
9 years
Commence @PearlJam playing "Ten" in sequence for the first time in 24 years...
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
Pink with Nancy Wilson and the Foos for “Barracuda” #TaylorHawkinsTribute
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Jonathan Cohen
12 years
Remember that time Jay-Z and Pearl Jam played 99 Problems? http://t.co/ewABHGHc
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Jonathan Cohen
13 years
Dave Matthews warming up before our show in Chapel Hill w/ President Obama. http://t.co/G7Ww7ZCa
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
That was a snippet of the new @PearlJam song “River Cross” in the Verizon Super Bowl ad. #Gigaton
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
Hearing some bits of vintage @pearljam in the new #Gigaton songs: Who Ever Said: Breakerfall / Insignificance / Inside Job Superblood Wolfmoon: World Wide Suicide / Big Wave Dance Of The Clairvoyants: You Are Quick Escape: Deep, Blood Alright: Parting Ways, the verses of Pilate
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Jonathan Cohen
7 years
Ed and Stone today in NYC. Congratulations, Michele!
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
Some thoughts on #eddievedder forthcoming Earthling LP: Invincible has Red Rain-era Peter Gabriel musical vibes with a Joe Strummer-esque vocal delivery; Power of Right shifts nicely from a dark verse to a sunny chorus; Fallout Today has acoustic jangle with T. Rex swagger.
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Jonathan Cohen
4 years
New by me for @variety : a recap of Eddie Vedder's three hour and 11-minute marathon conversation with Howard Stern this morning.
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Eddie Vedder on ‘The Howard Stern Show’: 6 Things We Learned
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
Sebastian Bach, Geezer Butler. Lars Ulrich and the Foos - why not! #TaylorHawkinsTribute
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Jonathan Cohen
10 years
Overjoyed to welcome @thereplacements to @FallonTonight on 9/9. I followed them around at festivals for a year 'til they finally said yes.
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
So much fun working on 2017+18 issues of DEEP for @PearlJam #tenclub , feat. new interviews w/Jeff Ament, Dave Krusen, @CameronCrowe , @markpellington , @Danny_Clinch + Brett Eliason. The 7" have songs by @officialwzevon , @tompetty , @chriscornell + @soundgarden . Thanks @10CTim +Regan
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
Honored to be joining @Letkemann and @rsfricke to discuss the outstanding new @PearlJam album #Gigaton track-by-track on Saturday 3/28 at 12ET on @PJRadio .
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
Promised Land
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
Daughter, Low Light, Off He Goes, Elderly Woman is quite an opener @pearljam @bourbonandbeyond .
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Jonathan Cohen
11 years
Tonight on @fallontonight : @nas and @qtiptheabstract revisit "Illmatic," plus @johnoates sits in with @questlove and the Roots.
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Jonathan Cohen
4 years
Arguably the greatest Pearl Jam live show. Vote blue, Georgia friends!
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Starting today at 2pm ET, Jeff will be on @SiriusXM 's @PJRadio hosting the premiere of the newly-remastered bootleg from the April 3, 1994 Atlanta show:
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Jonathan Cohen
11 years
First show of @FallonTonight has wrapped. So proud to be a part of this amazing team.
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
Rare soundboard recording of Neil Young jamming “All Along the Watchtower” with @PearlJam on the 2004 Vote for Change tour is airing right now on @PJRadio @SIRIUSXM
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
Wrote this with a very heavy heart. RIP Taylor and love to all my friends in the @foofighters extended family.
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3 years
Remembering Taylor Hawkins: 10 Great Performances by the Foo Fighters Drummer
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
I will always feel lucky that the one and only time I experienced John Prine live was thanks to @blobtower and @aaron_dessner during a magical Midwestern summer storm at @EauxClairesWI in 2017.
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Jonathan Cohen
10 years
Eddie and Chris. "Hunger Strike" at the Bridge School. http://t.co/SEQvATbpi3
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
Posting soon to @Variety : the first report from the @PearlJam "Gigaton" playback in Los Angeles.
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Jonathan Cohen
9 years
Eddie Vedder singing "I Want You To Want Me" with @cheaptrick at @MikeMcCreadyPJ 's 50th bday bash in Seattle. Damn!
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Jonathan Cohen
7 years
NYC folks! I'm interviewing @MikeMcCreadyPJ about his new photo book tonight @GramercyTheatre .
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
Eddie Vedder’s 17-yr-old daughter Olivia joins the band for an impressive performance of “My Father’s Daughter” from the soundtrack to Sean Penn’s “Flag Day.” It’s the first time she and her dad have ever performed together at a show.
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Jonathan Cohen
9 years
Dustin Hoffman rocking out to @pearljam last night will brighten your day:
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
A massive @PearlJam rarity - described by Jeff Ament as having been voted the second worst Pearl Jam song of all time - the late ‘90s-era outtake “Sweet Lew” is played for just the third time ever.
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Jonathan Cohen
4 years
New by me for @Variety . What an absolutely remarkable run, KC.
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Kelly Curtis, who has managed Pearl Jam since its 1990 formation, has retired.
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
Kitty’s Back!
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
A few more details I didn’t have room for in the piece: - The audio clip heard in the #Gigaton AR billboards is taken from the intro of “Who Ever Said.” - Eddie Vedder on producer Josh Evans: “He did an incredible job and we really enjoyed the process.”
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3 years
@brandicarlile brings up @PearlJam Mike McCready and Matt Cameron to cover Soundgarden’s “Searching With My Good Eye Closed” @TheOhanaFest .
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Jonathan Cohen
7 years
I'm honored to have witnessed first-hand how many lives Chris Cornell brightened with his music and activism. Sending love to his family.
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
New by me for @SPIN : chatted with @Pluralone1 as he gears up for his third album in as many years and getting back on the road with @PearlJam .
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We spoke with @Pluralone1 about his upcoming new album, touring with @PearlJam and his new EP that covers PJ's 'Merkin Ball'
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3 years
New by me for @Variety . This is huge news for hardcore @PearlJam fans, especially those who have collected bootlegs for years. #pearljam
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3 years
Pearl Jam Releases 186 Live Concert Recordings to Streaming Services, Launches Bootleg Microsite
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Jonathan Cohen
11 years
Thrilled that @U2 will be the first musical guest on the new Tonight Show with @jimmyfallon , premiering Feb. 17.
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
@PearlJam is back in action @TheOhanaFest . So far: tour debuts of Lowlight and I Am Mine, and the live debut of the Stone Gossard-penned Buckle Up from Gigaton.
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Jonathan Cohen
11 years
Last June, @chvrches made their US TV debut on our "Late Night" show. Very happy to have them back tonight on @FallonTonight .
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
There's a song on the new @PearlJam album #Gigaton that sounds like Judas Priest crossed with Queens Of The Stone Age and it is fantastic.
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
In celebration of #25YearsofNoCode @PearlJam , here’s my 2000-era review of the album for the late great webzine Nude As The News. After all these years, “No Code” remains my favorite in the band’s catalog.
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
New by me for @spin on the new #eddievedder single “Brother the Cloud” and album “Earthling.” There are a ton of amazing surprises yet to be announced.
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3 years
Eddie Vedder shares solo album track listing with a new single out later this week
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2 years
Stewart Copeland and the Foos! #TaylorHawkinsTribute
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Jonathan Cohen
5 years
With the @PearlJam #Gigaton track list now confirmed, the only song that has been performed live so far is "River Cross," which Eddie Vedder has played solo six times since debuting it at the 2017 Ohana Festival.
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Jonathan Cohen
7 years
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2 years
Alanis with Chad Smith on drums
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Jonathan Cohen
6 months
Steve: thank you for the music, the vision and the discourse. It’s hard to imagine this silly business without you. Below, a photo from a fun Shellac photo shoot backstage at @Primavera_Sound in 2022 with @djayegottlieb and @ilragazzoameric
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Jonathan Cohen
7 years
Few things are better on a Friday morning than a new @superchunk single.
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
Another big tidbit: Shapiro is holding Soldier Field dates in summer 2025 in hopes of celebrating @GratefulDead 60th anniversary, much like how the "Fare Thee Well" shows at the same venue honored the band's 50th.
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
Caught up with Brendan O’Brien for my first @SPIN byline since ‘99 - before they had an actual Web site!
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Producer Brendan O'Brien took a look inside the making of @chriscornell 's final LP 'No One Sings Like You Anymore'
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Jonathan Cohen
10 years
In an elevator with Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson. I like how today is starting.
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Jonathan Cohen
4 years
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
New by me for @Variety . This is an excellent album with an acoustic-leaning sound a la Eddie’s “Into the Wild” soundtrack; I could see several tracks garnering attention during awards season.
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Variety
3 years
Eddie Vedder’s Daughter Olivia Makes Vocal Debut On ‘Flag Day’ Soundtrack
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
Pink with Queen and Foo Fighters
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Jonathan Cohen
2 years
Thank you @IUAA for interviewing me about the @PearlJam "Pearl Jam 20" book and formative years in Bloomington:
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Jonathan Cohen
10 years
Soundgarden at the Bridge School. Matt Cameron pulling double duty tonight. http://t.co/1ihABoS1LC
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Jonathan Cohen
3 years
New by me for @variety : recapping the @PearlJam and #eddievedder -led @TheOhanaFest .
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Variety
3 years
Riding the Wave: How the Pearl Jam-Fronted Ohana Festival Kept Growing During a Pandemic
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Jonathan Cohen
1 year
Was thrilled to share @jimmybuffett love w/ superfans Jeff and @nascarcasm when he performed at NBC. Our crew made margaritas (what else) backstage, and @questlove sheepishly admitted to us that he'd never tried one before. He even asked, "should I drink the salt?" #jimmybuffett
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