Music on TV - Week of 09.05.11: Pearl Jam 20

2011 will probably go down for me as a year of realization -- realization of just how bloomin' old I am. The anniversaries that are being celebrated recently have only served to remind me of how long I've been a concert goer in Seattle. Nirvana's Nevermind is going to turn 20 (we'll get to that at a later date), while the band Pearl Jam celebrates 20 years as a band. I know I first saw them as Mookie Blaylock some 20 years ago this December (opening for Alice in Chains complete with a surprise Temple of the Dog performance thrown in as well), and it just doesn't seem that long ago. Does it?

In celebration of their 20 year run, Pearl Jam played and curated a music festival this weekend at *Alpine Valley in Wisconsin, featuring Mudhoney, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, John Doe, Joseph Arthur, Glen Hansard, and Liam Finn. Meanwhile, a Cameron Crowe-directed documentary gets the red carpet treatment at the Toronto Film Festival later this month, but later this week both Crowe and the band will be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The band performs and gets the interview treatment both Thursday and Friday, while Crowe is tow for Thursday.

*Why not in the Seattle area? I guess Dave Matthews' Caravan beat them to the punch.

Elsewhere, one of the artists that inspired the Pearl Jam and is playing the PJ20 festival also makes an appearance this week. John Doe, from the legendary LA punk band X, performs on The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday, to help promote his new solo release, Keeper, which made its way into stores last week.

Picks for the week
Monday, September 5
ABC: The View: Lady Gaga (REPEAT)
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Amos Lee (REPEAT)
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside (REPEAT)
CBS: Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson:
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Wallpaper (REPEAT)
NBC: The Today Show: Shaggy
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Mana (REPEAT)
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Matt & Kim (REPEAT)
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Mini Mansions (REPEAT)
TBS: Conan: The Joy Formidable (REPEAT)
Tuesday, September 6
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: The Jim Jones Revue
FUEL: The Daily Habit: GZA featuring Wavves (REPEAT)
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Roger Daltrey
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: The Antlers
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: The Black Angels, Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea (REPEAT)
TBS: Conan: Lindsey Buckingham
Wednesday, September 7
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: AWOLNATION
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Charles Bradley (REPEAT)
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Anthrax
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Matt & Kim, Screaming Females (REPEAT)
TBS: Conan: Band of Horses
Thursday, September 8
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Gabe Dixon
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: John Doe
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Kyuss Lives! (REPEAT)
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Tinie Tempah
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Pearl Jam
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (REPEAT)
TBS: Conan: Foo Fighters
Friday, September 9
FUEL: The Daily Habit: Thrice (REPEAT)
NBC: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Alice Cooper
NBC: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Pearl Jam
NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Lykke Li, The Hours (REPEAT)
Saturday, September 10
PBS: Austin City Limits: The National, Band of Horses