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Pearl Jam Countdown Continues

Today I bring you the video for the first single “Worldwide Suicide” from the new self-titled album out Tuesday. It’s pretty much straight footage with a guy balancing a ball/globe. And like past Pearl Jam videos I think the audio was recorded live.

Pearl Jam and Draft Week

OK it is a huge week for two of my favorite things in life besides my wife, family etc etc. Saturday is the NFL Draft and my, now Ricky Williams-less, Dolphins draft #16. For more on that go to Orange and Teal where I’m really detailing everything to death.

Then a week from today Pearl Jam is releasing their new album. A lot of people out there think Pearl Jam hasn’t made a record since 1995. But in truth the past few records have turned out some amazing material, plus the b-sides of Lost Dogs was a perfect package. In honor of the band’s upcoming album I’m bringing out some nuggets found on YouTube. Here’s Eddie Vedder with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. For those that think Eddie can’t hold a candle to the Boss, watch this. It’s a fun one. Also you can check out some new Pearl Jam stuff for free on Amazon and Best Buy’s sites. Plus my old college buddy Jonathan Cohen wrote an amazing piece for Billboard.com on the band’s new efforts. And if you like Bruce, AOL.com is streaming his new album too.

Dave Guest Edits Jalopnik

Hey all. My two week stint as guest editor of Jalopnik started this morning. Come on over and enjoy the auto blogging goodness.

I'm Available Baby

Now that my family has been told and AdAge and the New York Times have already written about it, I guess I can tell everyone here that mph Magazine has closed shop. American Media needed to slash costs and even though mph wasn’t losing money it wasn’t making enough to avoid the hatchet.

Hopefully Eddie and crew can get it back up and running at another publisher and the web site can get a thorough redesign.

In the meantime I need work. Or money or both. So if you run a blog and need a blogger, e-mail me. If you work at a large automaker and need a consultant to show you how to use new media to your advantage, e-mail me. If you have a web producer position open, e-mail me.

I’m off for a day of relaxing at the Shedd Aquarium with my wife. Nothing clears the head like watching sharks circling the small fish.