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Unfortunately, the price we pay is very steep.

Actually, for the vast majority of Americans the 2nd amendment has entirely positive consequences - violent gun crime is heavily concentrated in large cities (see map here.)

I'm a Limey expat who's been able to spend many years sheltering under the "lead umbrella" of my redneck, gun toting neighbours - in the Western suburbs of Boston. I've never been burgled, mugged or car-jacked and never expect to be: the stakes are too high. I would most certainly have been a victim of one of these crimes had I stayed in London.

FYI...

http://pearljam.com/news/index.php?what=News#195

That may be because they design their Album cover art for Vinyl not specifically for CDs. Think back to when they released their third album Vitalogy. They released it on Vinyl first before CD and cassette. One of the songs on that album is even called "Spin the Black Circle."

The art in their latest album is especially good because Fernando Apodaca was involved. You may have seen the "Life Wasted" video that he gave artistic direction on.

Pearl Jam is trying to offset all of their carbon emissions from touring. They also give some links for calculating your carbon footprint.

It could be two things

1)The realize that they already have enough money and now are just trying to let people listen to some music they make.

2)The record companies gets the feeling that the band/artist/whatever is likely to do this in the future. That's when the career ends.

Oh, and another thing. Pearl Jam's career really isn't dead. They're currently on tour. It looks like they even have double bookings for some stadium sized venues. As in they sold out a stadium... twice. That's pretty good for a "dead" band that is getting very little radio support on the tour.

http://www.pearljam.com/news.html#082405 Not a perfect deal mind you, but for the price, what you get, and considering no DRM is involved, at least the shows I do get I'll feel like my money was well spent.

You mean like Pearl Jam's bootlegs?

Granted, it wasn't just any indie band. It was Pearl Jam. Not so long ago, they told their then label in no uncertain terms exactly what it could shove exactly where. They've been selling recordings of their concerts for a few years now, largely through their web site... hit http://www.pearljam.com/downloads/ and they've got links to iTunes all over it. All the studio albums and every track they played at every show they played from February through July of this year. Want 36 different live versions of your favorite Pearl Jam song? No problem!

Pearl Jam has finally fulfilled their 10-year contract with Sony Epic Records. They have yet to sign with another label and seem to be testing the waters for the possibility of not signing at all. Their first independent recording is a single, Man of the Hour for the upcoming Burton flick, Big Fish , which is available for purchase only directly from the band. They have also really embraced the iTunes Music Store. Granted the releases on this page are Sony releases, but it seems likely they will follow suit with their own agreement on their next album. Take a look at their implementation: here

Can Hollywood change? I doubt it, so the onus is on the public -- the music buying and movie buying public -- and the artists who particpate in the new technology like Phish and Pearl Jam. If the fans support musicians who have embraced technology, then Hollywood will change. Now, don't get me wrong, they will change only when they see they can get a buck out of your pocket.

I don't see why the RIAA would care. Money is still being collected. I would bet that a larger percentage of the profit is now going to the band and their people as they are doing all the work to produce the CD. As far as the "legitimizing one of the oldest forms of music piracy" statement goes, ???. Purchasing music isn't piracy.
Pearl Jam released their entire 2000 Europe / US tour. It was available a few months after the tour ended, not at the end of the night. This time around, they're making the show available the next day to download then you get a CD in the mail a week or so later. Fan club members pay less. Not only that (I can't remember where I read it, somewhere on the band's site) they don't mind if you share with your friends. I would hope every band would embrace this philosophy.

In fact a server with fruit on the front in the same facility servers this high traffic site, and another here also runs the voter info site for Washigton state... and it pulls in well over 5 million hits on election night.

Webserving doesn't take that much horsepower if the CGI's and databases are absent or minimal. Of course if you could tap the horsepower consumed by pinheaded Linux ditto-heads bashing single-button mice and other Macintosh-isms you could probably power a mid-size city for a few months.