Vitalogy ,Lightning , and a game of 7 degrees?

Sometimes life gets in the way...

So today is Viatlogy Monday....

While reading early on I caught this

little fun passage about what to do

if struck by lightning....

 

 (excuse my photography)

Throw water on the person...use artificial respiration because

people who have been declared dead have recoverd

up to an hour afterwards?

Yeah - don't think any of those are going to work.

The best part is the last -

If you can find a battery pass an electric current 

up and down the spine and extremities for 2 minutes...

God only knows what an 1880's battery was like?

I'm hoping this was in the vein of forethought for

what we now use 

known as an AED or

 an  automated external defibrillator.

and here are some illustrations

of what "CPR" was like in this era...

  to help inhale...

 to help exhale....

I'm guessing most patients did not recover !

Yikes....

How am I relating this to PJ music today?

Well the whole lightning blot thing struck me as funny

because of the new album...

"Lightning Bolt"

and then this happened at Wrigley Field

the night they debuted the new track

titled aptly

"Lightning Bolt" as well...

 Pretty crazy huh?

So now we have started a 7 degrees of Vitalogy thing right?

Here is the track played at Wrigley Field...

and by they way...

lets make another connection -

1st the book-

2nd the title of the new album-

3rd - the lightning strike

4th - the song "Nothingman" on Vitalogy

the lines

"caught a bolt of lightning - cursed the day he let it go"

So we have made a connection from 1880 all the way around to 2013.

Hmmm....

things happen for a reason right?

Have a Rockin' Day guys!

Photo Friday.... Pearl Jam Wrigley Filed 2013

Friday's are going to be reserved 
for photos that tell a story...

I'm proud to have our first 

from

Ten Club member

Andrew Hess

 Andrew was lucky

enough to be in the "pit"

or general admission area
 at the Epic Pearl Jam Wrigley show
on July 19th.

Andrew snapped this when Ed hopped into the crowd during
Porch.

We haven't seen Ed do much crowd surfing in the last few years.

The early days of climbing like a jungle chimp over every and any

stage or building he came upon....

freaking out his bandmates who just hoped he wouldn't fall to his death...
Maybe that has been replaced with
"I do have kids now - 
BUT
I'm Eddie freakin' Vedder-
I'll just jump in instead of dive off the scaffolding"

The Wrigley show sold out in minutes and

was highly anticipated by fans

all over the world.

Despite the crazy weather - 
the appearance of the lightning bolt-

and an almost 2 hour delay...

the band played until 2 a.m. 
and delivered a set that more than made up for the wait.

Shortly after Andrew posted his pic 
it blew up on sharing sites with fans...

He had no idea until later in the week.

I contacted him to ask about using the picture because 

I wanted him to have credit for such a great 
split second shot.

A great memory from an amazing night.
 Thanks for sharing your moment with us! 

Andrew requests that if you'd like to use the photo 
to please contact him by e-mail-

andrew.j.hess@gmail.com

If you're a fan and have pics you'd like me to share or feature

feel free to contact me.

The music is also about the experience....


Come back tomorrow for our next delve into
Vitalogy....Have a great Friday and Rock on!