![]() (It should be noted that previously a DVD of the performance was included in some versions of the 2009 reissue of their debut album Ten, but no standalone audio version was made available at that time.) This vinyl release of MTV Unplugged () contains all six tracks from the original Unplugged television broadcast, as well as the inclusion of "Oceans," which did not make it to air. While bootleg audio files of the performance have been floating around fan circles for years, the Record Store Day Black Friday vinyl release of MTV Unplugged () marks the first time fans can purchase an official, band-sanctioned version of the album. Recorded on Maand aired less than two months later on May 13, 1992, Pearl Jam's "Unplugged" episode is notable for capturing the band as it successfully navigated an unfamiliar setting in the very early stages of its still-thriving career. One of the most celebrated stars of this year’s Black Friday event-taking place Nov. 29 at participating record stores across the U.S.-is Pearl Jam's MTV Unplugged (), the long-awaited official release of the band's unforgettable acoustic performance from the pioneering MTV show. Like with so many things, we don’t know what we don’t know until we’ve tried it.For the last decade or so, Record Store Day and Record Store Day Black Friday have been the venues through which bands have chosen to offer their fans feverishly anticipated album reissues and first-runs on vinyl. Like the marketing messages that bombard and overload us on a daily basis, most of us do need to hear some things many times before the message begins to sink in and we give it a higher value. It’s certainly not time to be using it for wrapping our chips in. While we’ve all heard the headline by now, that unplugging and going offline is good for us. Being At The Cottage – No Information Overload The difficulty is that we can’t do without this technology, whereas cigarettes, though they are addictive, they aren’t a necessity. We won’t know for many years the cumulative damage that it may be doing. Just plug in and go online to discover the plethora of studies about the damage that EMF (electrical magnetic frequencies) could be doing to us all and the multitude of benefits of stepping away into solitude – or ‘scrolitude’ (my word for solitude from screens).Īccording to one researcher, today’s technology could be compared to the arrival of the cigarette centuries ago. Unplugging from tech isn’t new or news anymore. ![]() I was ensconced in my own world and thoughts with nothing and no-one to distract me from whatever I chose to do. I spent the week with the privilege of living to my own rhythm, time passing as it chose. There is always a tangible, unpolluted purity at the cottage regardless of the weather. In spite of that week being the warmest winter week ever recorded and there was not a breath of wind to stir the tops of the trees, the stillness was much deeper than that. I was cocooned in the complete stillness of the place. ![]() Part of me wished that there was still no electricity. No mobile reception, no television, no WiFi. I’d spent the week at Graig Ddu, also known as the cottage in the forest, just being – completely unplugged. I was unaware of this national day of unplugging because, the irony is that I already was. Returning our attention to, arguably, fundamentally more important things. Going offline, taking some time away from the ubiquitous screens that have insinuated themselves into our lives. While some of today’s music stars do perform unplugged, in the 21 st century going unplugged has different connotations. ![]() In the 1990’s getting unplugged meant rock stars like Eric Clapton moved away from the embellishment of their electrical set-up and returned to acoustic guitars with a stripped back, purer sound, and made some stunning music. ![]() Last Friday, 1 st March, was a national day of unplugging. ![]()
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