Chapter 1: What concert experience did Bryan and Krissy have in Atlanta?
All right, man, WFUQU307 on the man's clock here in the man's studio, FUQU. I hate to interrupt that incredible 75-minute fire on the mountain by Grateful Dead 1973. We were just getting in the second half of the third part of the song. I hate that, but I got a message from our station owner and manager, Jim Drangle. He's listening to the show, man. He loves it. He loves the dead. He's
outside of the studio with a small crowd, not entirely sure what's going on, but he's got a message for us. He'd like to go live.
Chapter 2: How did they end up with VIP access at the Pearl Jam concert?
All right, Jim, plugging it down to you, brother. Take it away. Hey!
I'm the Lizard King! I can do anything! Come on, raise your hands if you understand! Yeah! Bullshit! Plastic soldiers in a miniature dirt war. Come on!
Chapter 3: What challenges did they face with ticketing and seating?
How many of you people know you're alive? How many of you people know you're really alive?
Alright, Jim, indeed. If that doesn't make you see trails, I don't know what will. Alright, F-U-Q-U, we'll be back after this. Converge your brain. Converge your brain.
Converge your brain. Converge your brain.
Converge your brain.
On this episode of The Commercial Break.
I want to share this for the tenor and tone of the conversation, not because I give a shit. But this guy is a 50-year-old, I would imagine. The Pearl Jam, probably not the first choice on his iPod. But this guy, Jackie Beans, from the moment the show started... was enjoying Pearl Jam more than I have ever enjoyed Pearl Jam, and I consider myself a pretty big fan of the band.
This guy was a lightning bolt of energy of the most positive and warming kind. I have, besides Chrissy being on my left side, I have never enjoyed having someone next to me so much at a concert than Jackie Bean.
Oh, yeah, I kept looking over. I was like, yes!
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Chapter 4: What was the atmosphere like during the concert?
He was jamming out.
Oh, my God, he was.
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Oh, yeah, cats and kittens. Welcome back to The Commercial Break. I'm Brian Green. This is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Chris and Joy Hoadley. Best to you, Chris. Best to you, Brian. Best to you out there in the podcast universe. How the hell are you? Chrissy and I still recovering. from what has to be one of the greatest concert adventures we've ever had. And that's saying a lot.
And that is saying a lot. You really have to put two and two together to make an adventure for Chrissy and I, because we've been through a few. And everybody has. If you have a good friend and you're into partying and a good time, then you've had those long nights, those... I don't even know what to say about that show. It was one hell of a fun time.
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Chapter 5: How did Jackie Beans contribute to the concert experience?
Oh, my God.
That's all I got to say. It really was. Christy and I went and saw Pearl Jam's Dark Matter Tour night one here at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. And by the way, we're a couple days removed from this and we're still recovering. So there you go. That was the latest I've been up.
Oh, my God.
Since my wedding, I think. I honestly think. I got to bed just before 4 o'clock. I fell asleep. 4 o'clock in the morning. And I did not drink or drug at all because I have children and I know that train is coming no matter how I'm feeling. So I just decided, well, let me see if I can. That's probably also the first Pearl Jam show I've ever been to sober. That's for sure. But it was a good time.
It was so good. I mean, the best group of people.
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Chapter 6: What unexpected events occurred during their night out?
The best group of people. Some of the best seats I've ever had to any show. And I've seen a couple Pearl Jam shows, and that was up there for sure. Wow. Clear sight lines. Yeah, clear sight lines. Right there next to the stage. Right there. You know, big stadium. I don't know, 25,000 people or whatever it is. And we were sitting right side stage, couple rows up. And great view.
You could see the whites of their eyes, as they say. And Eddie Vedder was in rare form, running and jumping and howling as he does. He's still got a set of pipes on him.
He does, yeah. The band was tight.
Even Jackie Beans said... Jackie Beans. He got a set of lung on him. And I said, yes, he does, Jackie Beans.
Chapter 7: How did the group navigate the chaos of downtown Atlanta?
So, yeah, I mean, I don't even know where to start. So we got bequeathed a couple of really good tickets. Let me let me back up. Pearl Jam was supposed to do their Dark Matter tour a couple of years ago. But of course, COVID put a stop to that. And so now they're back, you know, kind of doing some of the shows they were supposed to do.
They did them in 24 and they're doing a second leg, a second American leg of the tour here in 2025. I think Atlanta is like the third stop that they're making on this.
Yeah, next up, they're at Jazz Fest.
Well, they're here tonight again. And then they go over to Jazz Fest to do, yeah, to do Jazz Fest. I've actually seen them at Jazz Fest, too. Maybe 10 years ago, something like that. No, probably like 15 years ago, actually. But when they announced, you know, Pearl Jam is one of those bands who tries to fight against the StubHub Ticketmaster bullshit. And here's how they do it.
they have a fan club. The fan club gets first bite. I think like 25% of the tickets go to the fan club at any given show. I'm not 100% sure about the numbers, but this is what I've heard.
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Chapter 8: What were the highlights and memorable moments from the concert?
And then they release the rest, general public, ticket master, you know, whatever, credit card presale and all that shit that's pretty common and standard. And then they do not allow you to transfer the tickets, except in a couple states where it's illegal to stop transferring of tickets. There's like five states where it's illegal to... to halt the transferring of tickets.
But Georgia is one of the states that allows them to stop the transferring of tickets. So here's what happens. We get in line when the tickets go on sale. My brothers and I do electronically, and we say, okay, whoever gets there first or gets the best seats, let's go ahead and buy for everybody.
And my twin brother managed to get in there first, and he got center of the stadium, very last row, very... Very last row. And when I say very last row, I'm not even kidding. It's like there are, as my little brother put it when we were at the show, if you want to find us, just look up, look up again, and then look up some more. There we are.
These are the worst seats I have ever seen at any concert ever. They were terrible, but they were tickets.
Yeah, and it's sold out.
And it's sold out in minutes. These guys haven't been to Atlanta in almost 15 years. It's sold out in minutes, as most Pearl Jam shows do, because they're one of the better rock bands still kicking, and they have a very loyal fan base. And for those of you that are a little bit younger, maybe Pearl Jam's not your flavor, but they were a big deal when we were growing up. And they have toured...
like the Grateful Dead tour, like for years, they just did like so many shows over and over again. People would follow them. They put out as they do. No set list is ever the same. No show is ever the same. Eddie writes the Eddie Vedder, the singer writes the set list minutes before they go on stage, they pass them out and there you go. It's, it's off to the races.
So you never see the same show twice. And that's part, I think the allure of keeping people coming back. So we get these tickets and, They're not particularly good, but whatever. We're going to see Pearl Jam for the first time in Atlanta in a long time. Let's go. Let's make a brother's day of it or brother's night of it.
And as we get closer to the show, Chrissy texts me and she says, you still going to go to Pearl Jam? And I said, yeah. And she goes, well, Jeff's friend, Kevin, has some tickets to the show because he...
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