I'm just curious what Pearl Jam gifts people are giving out this year...

I say this because I'm in the process of brainstorming for one more Pearl Jam gift for my brother and maybe your ideas (our ideas) can help each other out.

Here goes:

I'm giving him

1. "Live at the Garden" DVD
2. New "Greatest Hits" CD (he wanted it and it is nice for the new mixes)
3. An extra Pearl Jam CD that I compiled to cover our favorites that didn't show up on the hits collection. I made cover art and a label for this CD, too.

Well, that's it for now. He's a fan, but not a hardcore fan--but I'm sure this is right up his alley. And yet, I want to add one more...

I was going to give the greatest hits LP to someone, but I kept it for myself instead

i usually give my brothers pj present to keep their cd collection up to my standards. i gave my bro frank the 3 disc boston show last year (he has the same b-day as eddie), but his wife said they didnt have any nirvana cd's so i had to get them unplugged. ill get my brother dan a pearl jam cd though

to a fellow jammer who is afraid to buy things off the net, i am going to get her:
Molo Sessions
rearviewmirror
Showbox DVD
and one of the T-shirts off of Goods Section, just haven't decided yet. i just know i am going to get myself the Get Right and Green Disease ones.

as an early present, i made a mix of rare stuff i knew she didn't have, and gave her a copy of the MTV Unplugged.

(she's an ex that's still my best friend, kind of like my Elaine)

sounds like an ex w/ benefits.

My brother is big fan of the group but has never gotten into trading boots, etc... So I'm going to try and get him a copy of "the movie", I just need to find someone with a dvd burner.
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nice choice of gifts, The Walrus. i'll give L@TG to my brother in law, and RVM to my best friend.

I have no friends who like Pearl Jam.

although I have one i have been working on. I might get him the Beny.. however you spell it live CD.

He saw it in the store and asked if i had it ...

I bought my girlfriend "Beneroya." She has never listened to Pearl Jam, but she has good taste in music so I think it will be a good introduction to PJ for her.

Exactly..."Pearl Jam", "gifts for others" in one sentence...See where I am going with that one..? Luckily most my friends do not listen to PJ, and that is fine by me...More toys for the PJ Scrooge. Yip.

I only buy PJ things for myself

In that case you should have given her rearviewmirror

i might buy my gf rearviewmirror. she likes the band but doesnt have any cds. she loves them even more after i made her go to boston this year and watch both shows. she was sold then!

It's a great gift for the casual fan.

2 discs for 1 great price!

Man, some people have really added some great ideas to this thread! I like the Benaroya idea, but since I already picked up one live present ("Live at The Garden" DVD), I'm going with Beamer's idea: a T-Shirt. I ordered the Bandwagon T-Shirt on Friday (the 17th), and hope like crazy that it gets here by Wed. the 23rd. I do live in Seattle, so I hope that helps--that is if their distribution center is nearby. So, I think he's making out okay with the new greatest hits, my own compilation of awesome leftovers, the live DVD, and a T-Shirt. It looks like a Pearl Christmas for him.

i burnt a bunch of copies of ten and gave them to my friends. maybe at least one will get addicted

Sorry that all my posts seem to be shameless promotion, but we posted an article on this very subject at http://www.twofeetthick.com . Seems that a lot of us give gifts to PJ friends/fans and we were stuck in the same hole as everyone else =)

JR

Well it was my birthday last night, and I recieved...

1.) L@TG
2.) Autographed 12 x 10 poster
3.) PJ Book ('None Too Fragile' - Martin Clarke)

a good haul indeed

sweeeeet. i wish my family was that in tune with my wants lol