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151 - Pearl Jam: It's a Rock Band, Not The Smithsonian

Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 1 p.m.

Sometimes we find the story, sometimes the story finds us. Such is the case with this tale of two Keepers from the Pacific Northwest,\xa0the official/unofficial archivists for Pearl Jam. Caroline Losneck, a radio producer in Maine heard our Keepers series about activist archivists and rogue librarians and said to herself, \u201cHey wait a minute, what about\xa0that mythic vault\xa0in Seattle I\u2019ve been hearing about for years filled to the brim with 30 years of Pearl Jam,\xa0who's keeping that?\u201d
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\nWe are especially keen to put Caroline's story out now, as Pearl Jam, a notoriously activist band,\xa0has gone all in for\xa0registering young voters\xa0and getting out the vote since at least 2004 when they took their Vote for Change tour through the swing states of Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida registering as they went.\xa0This 2020 election is no exception.

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Today Caroline Losneck and The Kitchen Sisters Present... Pearl Jam: It\u2019s a Rock Band, Not the Smithsonian

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Produced in collaboration with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Howell. Mixed by Jim McKee.\xa0
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\nSpecial thanks\xa0to John Burton & Kevin Shuss, Jacob McMurray at MoPop, to audio engineer Alice Anderson and to\xa0Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Matt Cameron and Eddie Vedder \u2014 Pearl Jam.
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\nLike Pearl Jam says,\xa0get on out there and vote. Vote like it counts. Vote because you love the music and this messy, precious democracy.