Due to the fact that I am an enormous music lover, it is anything but irrelevant that
I have a favorite band. That band without a doubt is Pearl Jam. The songs Pearl Jam write
are so real, that it makes perfect sense why their fans love them so much. Pearl Jam's
songs tell stories that their fans can either relate to or speak from their own dealings. Led
by lead singer Eddie Vedder's outstanding lyrical writing and extremely powerful and
intense, yet comforting voice, Pearl Jam in my opinion is the greatest band in the world.
A week before seeing my sophomore Pearl Jam show, my girlfriend of a little over
a year decided it would be best if we broke up. Seeing that I did not agree with her, it
made it a little hard looking forward to seeing Pearl Jam for their August 14th show in
New Orleans. It did not take long however to be swept into the depths of the emotional
waters, and found myself listening to Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder's lyrics over and over
again and again. In his voice, I once again found the median to survive, and not just to
survive, but to keep going strong, and to enjoy whatever life gives you. So, the show was
The original plan was for Adam and Kenny, two of my roommates to accompany
myself, along with my precious ex-girlfriend. Well, seeing that as being out of the
question, I gave the extra ticket to my remaining roommate Jennifer. We left Hattiesburg
around four o' clock in order to arrive and to be parked and seated in the New Orleans
seven o' clock show began. We arrived at the arena and grabbed as much merchandise as
possible before the show started. As we sat in the arena, listening to complete noise and
static by the opening band, Sonic Youth, we were trying to find the quickest route to
Tylenol city when I realized that we could not smoke in the arena. I, sadly enough, being
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