Back in January of 1995, Eddie Vedder, lead singer of the Seattle Washington rock band Pearl Jam, broadcast live from his basement over the radio. He would sit and talk with his friends, play records of bands he liked, and when he wasn't doing that, he'd had some of his local band friends stop in and jam live. Bands such as The Gits, The Fastbacks, Mudhoney and Soundgarden stopped in and played some of their songs.

And so it went for four hours broadcast free to any radio station that wanted to carry it. I first came across a bootleg cd of this broadcast when I lived in Charlottesville Virginia back in '97. I loved how spontaneous it feels. There's really nothing "professional" about it. It's simply Eddie and some of his friends goofing around, such as Eddie playing his and (then) girlfriend Beth's Holiday themed answering machine message.

It's a very cool recording, and here you have the entire recording for your enjoyment. Feel free to post up your thoughts about this radio broadcast in the comments below. I'm interested to see what you think about it.