Rockers Wrapping New Album - Readying Tour
Pearl Jam are almost finished with their follow-up to 2002's Riot Act. The band plans to spend the next three weeks in the studio recording vocals and mixing. If all goes according to plan, the yet-to-be-titled disc could be released as early as May. "There's a lot more up-tempo stuff," says drummer Matt Cameron. "It's a lot more rockin' than our last one." Song titles like "Severed Hand," "Worldwide Suicide" and "2x4" seem to reflect that harder edge. Though the track listing has not been finalized, other candidates include "Marker" and "Cold Concession." Cameron, who teamed with guitarist Mike McCready on the track "Unemployable," characterizes the sessions as more collaborative. "Were worked everything together in the studio," he says. "It's a really healthy environment -- everyone really just wants to dig in and make the songs as good as they can be." Pearl Jam hope to support the new record with a summer tour.
NYC Chapter Dept of Peace Campaign Holding A Peace Vigil
Saturday March 19th
3pm -5pm
Strawberry Fields in Central Park [Rain or Shine]
Please join The NY State local chapter Department of Peace Campaign as we gather together on the 2nd anniversary of the US lead invasion of Iraq. In the spirit of remembrance and protest we will share silent reflection, inspirational readings and music of various traditions. This event is FREE and ALL are welcome. It is our offering of peace, love and healing to all who are harmed by war; civilian and soldier alike. Please join us. Entrance to Strawberry Fields is on West 72nd Street and Central Park.
MESSAGE FROM Working Families REGARDING WALL STREET INVESTMENT GROUPS
Due to many activists like you, Wall Street investment groups are ducking for cover and disavowing Social Security privatization. Now it's time for the giant Charles Schwab firm to come clean and put working people's interests ahead of potential private account profits, too.
On March 14th the Financial Services Forum, made up of CEOs of big finance companies, dropped out of Compass, the group leading financial industry support for President Bush's plan to privatize Social Security. Last week, as working family activists prepared to demonstrate outside its Kansas office, the investment firm of Waddell & Reed announced it left the pro-privatization Alliance for Worker Retirement Security. "The firm has a history of listening to its clients and being sympathetic and supportive of their issues. Please accept our withdrawal as such proof," John Sundeen Jr., the company's executive vice president, wrote to the AFL-CIO. But Charles Schwab has refused to budge. Please take a minute now to tell Charles Schwab to end its support of Social Security privatization. Click here ... http://www.unionvoice.org/ct/_pakW641QPrB/
Investment firms have gotten the message that working people--including their clients--would be hurt by Social Security privatization because it would slash guaranteed benefits, explode the deficit, open Social Security up to corruption and make our retirement security problems worse. The Edward Jones investment firm pulled out of the Alliance for Worker Retirement Security previously, following protests and e-mails from activists like you. But Charles Schwab is holding firm. Although privatization would slash clients' guaranteed benefits, Wall Street firms like Schwab "could reap billions of dollars in management fees and commissions over the long term" if Social Security is privatized, according to the Jan. 18 Los Angeles Times. That's a clear conflict of interest.
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