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July 23, 2020: Sometimes I Burn Like a Dot on the Sun (Read on the Porch, Episode 63)

Hi Jessi and Kate, I started to really get into Pearl Jam just after they released Riot Act.  However, it was one of the last of their records I listened to as I was collecting their catalog.  I'm not sure why some of the community will go as far to say they dislike Riot Act, but I think for many it's not so much hated as it is overlooked.  Maybe it's because the tracks that seldom get discussed like Cropduster, Get Right, Ghost and Help Help, seem to not hold up as strongly as the "lesser tracks" on many of their other records.  Don't get me wrong, I enjoy pretty much every track on Riot Act, but I rarely find myself putting any of those songs on a playlist.  I actually got the Live at the Garden DVD before I bought Riot Act.  At that time I didn't know many of the tracks other than Save You and I Am Mine.  You Are really stood out when I first watched Live at the Garden, and it still continues to.  It was my favorite performance out of the setlist from t

July 12, 2020: Ultimate Track List (Read on SPT Episode 145)

Hi Brad and Brad, and Jate and Kessi, Tremendous idea by Michael Glendon.  This was a really fun thought experiment and I enjoyed hearing your 12-track lists.  I know this wasn't meant to be a contest between you four on who had the "best" track list, but if I were to pick a favorite of mine it would be Kate's.  As I've gotten older I have come to enjoy more eclectic music and I love the fact she starts with Dance and ends with Hard to Imagine.  I never would have thought to book end a tracklist with those, but they both work so well.  Kate Jessi Brad L. Brad B. Dance of the Clairvoyants Wasted Reprise Last Exit Last Exit You Are Life Wasted Hail, Hail Hail, Hail In My Tree Save You Blood Tremor Christ Wishlist Sad In My Tree Alive Tremor Christ Tremor Christ Do the Evolution Black Hail, Hail In My Tree Present Tense Rearviewmirror O