The Last Of The Grunge And More.....

The last of the grunge and more.....

Pearl Jam is an American rock band that popularised grunge in the early 1990s with Nirvana, among others. It is the only one of the big Seattle grunge bands that has been in existence and producing albums ever since.

However, their roots are not only to be found in grunge. Rather, Pearl Jam was influenced in many different ways. Pearl Jam's music is also much more diverse and cannot be categorised exclusively in the grunge genre.

Some boring background information about the music history of grunge for music nerds and all the others who can and want to read ....

Long ago in Seattle: How grunge began and ended..

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There was grunge and Nirvana was just a spectacular part of it......and there is Pearl Jam which is still part of it and more...smile.

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Grunge was commercially successful in the early to mid-1990s thanks to releases such as Nevermind by Nirvana, Ten by Pearl Jam, Superunknown by Soundgarden, Dirt by Alice in Chains and Core by Stone Temple Pilots. The success of these bands increased the popularity of alternative rock and made grunge the most popular form of rock music.

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Here is a selection just listen to the albums it's really worth it.....

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Last Exit (Remastered)

In a world full of propaganda-generated fears, education is a fortress to evaluate issues in a way that takes fear out of the equation.

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Bakku-shan

The woman who is only beautiful from behind.

In a male-dominated world, this is sure to manifest itself in language. So with this word, whether it is contempt for women should remain unassessed here, they can decide that for themselves. First of all, it is a statement according to cultural circumstances and therefore exceptional or rather unique.

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We'll never know if it applied to her, and if it did, it wouldn't matter with a hairstyle like that.

Brief cultural history

The Japanese islands were colonised in at least two waves: In the Jōmon period, people probably migrated to Japan from north-east Siberia, and in a second phase, the Yayoi period, via the Korean peninsula. The first agricultural techniques (dry farming) have also been documented from this period.

In the 7th century, Korean Buddhist monks brought not only religion but also Chinese writing, the Chinese classics and Confucianism to Japan.

The Heian period saw the first flourishing of the Chinese aristocracy, who developed their own poetry and literature under Chinese influence.

In the following eras, the country was repeatedly devastated by civil wars, as a result of which the sword nobility, the bushi, later known as samurai, rose to become the most important class. In addition to the art of warfare and swordsmithing, a new form of Buddhism, Zen, emerged, which appealed to the warriors.

It was not until the Edo period in the 17th century, under the Tokugawa, that the country came to rest again. The samurai became a civil servant class who preserved their warrior virtues in the martial arts, bujutsu or budō. The influence of Zen was now also reflected in poetry, garden art and music. Peace and economic prosperity also brought wealth to the fourth class, the merchants. As they were denied social advancement, the merchants sought a way to outdo the samurai in the arts. They promoted teahouses where the geisha practised the tea ceremony, flower arranging, music and dance. They also promoted kabuki theatre. Special entertainment districts were formed in the cities, especially in Edo, where the daimyō had to spend half the year under the direct control of the Shōgun.

Japan experienced a third cultural heyday in the post-war period, during which Japan produced a vibrant pop culture that combined Western influences and Japanese tradition.

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This shows what everyone knows: women are equal and sometimes even superior to men.

Equality means accepting that women can do everything men can do and even more.

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Yes, dear pashas in this world who believe that on the basis of some religious theories women are subordinate to men because of their physicality we have to disappoint you, you are the weaker sex because equality is just too hard for you. Then you must openly acknowledge your weaknesses to every woman.

It is ridiculous to believe that you are superior to women if you have never had to compete with women.

The head of the family is laughable just because you provide for the family and then the oh-so-inferior woman does the rest.

Equality means recognising inequality on the basis of absolute equality.

What does that mean: simply put, the woman firefighter has the same rights as us, only she is stronger than us. We have to admit that she just has the cooler job.

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No matter whether you are a public prosecutor, a Sharia judge and an agitator of a mullah state or another misanthrope, I will get you all.

Your judges the dead

Yesterday the dead came to him, the one who had made such a long journey.

A journey from his childhood in a dictatorship with large landowners Into a foreign land through time until yesterday.

He was one of many children who were independent and free. Even in his early youth he was here and there and nobody knew exactly what he did during the day. Then the time came and he got married because that's what people did. He and his wife had two girls when his country was in upheaval. For him, work was a duty in which he went out of his way to give to his colleagues, he did his work for the sake of money and recognition. He didn't adapt, he prioritised his freedom over his family. The time of the revolution had come and he left the country to find a better life. For himself and his wife and two girls. The country he arrived in was foreign and needed him to increase its prosperity. But he was just a guest worker in a society that looked down on guest workers. He quickly made friends as he was sociable with colleagues who also became friends. Then the time came for his wife and two girls to follow him to the foreign country where the wealth resided. She had a flat in a large financial metropolis and he took care of her upkeep. His life at that time consisted of work, society and family, always maintaining his independence.

He was his own master even when he worked for other masters.

A man with a family who fulfilled his duties and what was expected of him, but only because it was a social duty. Not that he didn't love his family, but a man with a family. In the course of time their residence changed but they remained in the same town. He became well known and respected in the neighbourhood where he lived. He helped where help was needed and beyond. His independence was so great that when he was older he only came home to eat and watch television and sleep. He could be seen in the back of the house fixing bikes for anyone he knew or who knew him. His girls were out of the house, with one of his girls dying at a young age. This was as close to him as it had to be, he was a man and father of the old generation. But his life went on, he worked with many people even beyond his retirement. The times he lived through did not change him.

So he lived his life as the Portuguese man in his neighbourhood, always helpful and friendly to the world to get recognition.

He had a wife and two girls because that's the way men are. Now he is dead and even before his death he knew no compromise, he was free and did what was not good for him.

I didn't really know him because he was only ever nice to me and did his social duty when I visited him and his wife. We ate together and went on outings and once even a short trip to a big Catholic church that he really wanted to see.

I took one of his girls as my wife, or rather she took me, so I was part of his world and not looking for it.

He died yesterday after a short serious illness, today I saw him for the last time.

He lay peacefully in the sun in his hospital bed and is now extinguished and part of eternity.

Thank you that you had a family and that I can call such a beautiful woman my wife.

Mario the Portuguese may you rest in peace. A long journey has come to an end.

When you arrived at the hospital they asked us if you were really 84 years old as you were so fit and had all your teeth, well yes you were fit until just before the end. An incredibly independent man with a family connection. I said that without fervour, without anger, people can't go against their nature and yet are duty conscious.