Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. The late, lamented, Hoon-led Blind Melon shows up on the cover of RS... CONTINUE READING OLDSTAND: ROLLING STONE, NOVEMBER 11, 1993»
Posted on April 28, 2008 in OldStand (13 comments)
Tags: Blind Melon | Elton John | Glenn Frey | Nirvana | Pearl Jam | PM Dawn
Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. Well, the headline pretty much says it all. But here's the thing about... CONTINUE READING OLDSTAND: Q, JUNE 1994»
Posted on March 20, 2008 in OldStand (2 comments)
Tags: Blur | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana | Phil Collins | Spin Doctors
We are constantly reminded of how much dead musicians love advertising footwear. Just recently Ian Curtis and Sid Vicious got in the game, and before that Kurt was unsuccessfully appropriated by Doc Martens. Well if you've been waiting since then... CONTINUE READING KURT COBAIN PUSHING SHOES FROM THE GREAT BEYOND, ONE MORE TIME»
Posted on March 17, 2008 in Rock Shoes (5 comments)
Tags: Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
Friday night we made the trek out to Union Hall in Brooklyn to help our friends at Gothamist celebrate five fine years of broadcasting NYC news into our RSS readers. Congrats, -ists. Of course, it wasn't just the birthday cake... CONTINUE READING THE FORMS COVER NIRVANA @ GOTHAMIST'S 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY»
Posted on February 18, 2008 in Concert, Video (8 comments)
Tags: Craig Wedren | Nirvana | Pattern Is Movement | The Forms
Last week we reported on France Bean Cobain's Harper's Bazaar interview and her dream of one day interning at Rolling Stone. Once we got past that shock, we realized there were some other intriguing moments in the piece -- which... CONTINUE READING FRANCES BEAN COBAIN ACTS, DRESSES NICELY»
Posted on February 11, 2008 (38 comments)
Tags: Frances Bean Cobain | Hole | Madonna | Nirvana
Fresh premises don't come easy for a show 19 years into its existence, but hats off to last night's The Simpsons, mining nostalgia for the decade after the show was created. It was That '90s Show: Marge and Homer taught... CONTINUE READING THE SIMPSONS REVISIT THE '90S, REVEAL HOMER INVENTED GRUNGE»
Posted on January 28, 2008 in Show Tunes, Video (33 comments)
Tags: Bush | Nirvana | The Simpsons | Weird Al
A year ago this past Saturday, we asked who you thought would play Kurt Cobain in Courtney Love's planned Kurt Cobain biopic. And the consensus was: there was no consensus. But in hindsight, it seems commenter cherries knew a little... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE MAY BE LOOKING AT RYAN GOSLING TO PLAY KURT COBAIN ... AND SCARLETT JOHANSSON TO PLAY HER»
Posted on January 14, 2008 in Casting Couch (22 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana | Ryan Gosling | Scarlett Johansson
This week's Drop brought some previously unreleased White Williams straight to your inbox. We have oodles of of love for the one-time BTW and recent Andrew W.K. party school grad, so we were super happy when Williams delivered us "Luke... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP VOLUME XV: HEAR NEW WHITE WILLIAMS, WIN NIRVANA AND R.E.M. SWAG»
Posted on December 5, 2007 in Giveaway, MP3 (0 comments)
Tags: Nirvana | Ol' Dirty Bastard | R.E.M. | The Hood Internet | White Williams
Someone named BakNBlack came up with a pretty ingenious and ongoing project, pointing out where various rock and metal riffs echo, borrow, pillage, and/or pay homage to one another. It's rich enough territory that he can afford to be picky:... CONTINUE READING METAL THAT SOUNDS LIKE OTHER METAL»
Posted on October 18, 2007 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Judas Priest | Megadeth | Metallica | Nirvana
Attending the premiere of AJ Schack and Michael Azerrad's Kurt doc About A Son was an awesome experience, but only part of that was based on the movie itself; hearing nothing but Kurt's audio from interviews with Michael gradually revealed... CONTINUE READING KURT COBAIN IN HIS OWN WORDS: THE ABOUT A SON PREMIERE @ IFC CENTER»
Posted on October 5, 2007 (3 comments)
Tags: Kurt Cobain | Michael Azerrad | Nirvana
Bit the bullet and spent an hour with CBS's Cold Case last night, sorta like CSI series, except set in Philadelphia: dealing with old, unresolved crimes; and for last night's very special show only, featuring the tunes of Nirvana. The... CONTINUE READING IN LOVING MEMORY OF KURT COBAIN: NIRVANA TUNES ON COLD CASE»
Posted on September 24, 2007 in Show Tunes (14 comments)
Tags: Francis Bean | Nirvana
So here's what we know: By all accounts, indie icon Steve Albini is a bit of a poker freak (just ask Mike Watt). And now Metafilter points us to a poker forum thread begun by a user named "Electrical" (as... CONTINUE READING STEVE ALBINI DROPS ANONYMITY, ANSWERS QUESTIONS IN POKER FORUM»
Posted on July 6, 2007 (20 comments)
Tags: Big Black | Nirvana | Shellac | Steve Albini | The Breeders | Urge Overkill
Okay, so Doc Martens wimped out on having an angelic Kurt endorse their boots after Courtney protested, but Love's made amends by licensing Cobain's likeness to National Entertainment Collectables Association, who in turn have created the must-have lunch-accessory for depressed,... CONTINUE READING FOR ONLY $19.95, YOU CAN HAVE LUNCH WITH KURT ANYTIME YOU WANT»
Posted on June 21, 2007 (10 comments)
Tags: Nirvana
Most overrated album of all time? 'Tis a query for the ages; or at least the decades, when rock and the critics that followed shifted the landscape, and we saw an uptick in those lovable means to quantify LPs --... CONTINUE READING WAYNE COYNE CUTS INTO NEVERMIND WITH LASER-POINTER LIKE SCORN»
Posted on June 19, 2007 (52 comments)
Tags: Nirvana | The Flaming Lips
That post title is your SPOILER ALERT, so be mindful. Before heading down to the dim sum joint to eat with Man Man, we triple checked our TiVOs and then checked 'em one more time. The LOST creators promised a... CONTINUE READING DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T YET SEEN THE LAST LOST»
Posted on May 25, 2007 (61 comments)
Tags: Beach Boys | DriveSHAFT | LOST | Nirvana
Sure, you've got your classic zines (recap with this archive, including Maximumrocknroll), high-end music nerd bibles, and mass-market glossies, but who knew Sassy hid in their ranks? Eat the Press's Rachel Sklar took one look at the coverage of How... CONTINUE READING EVEN TATTOOED LOVE BOYS READ SASSY»
Posted on May 24, 2007 (20 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
This is news-y not only 'cause it's yet another posthumous appropriation of Kurt's likeness for corporate ends, but also 'cause Courtney had nothing to do with it. Shocking, yes. Reader Joe delivers the news about Doc Martens UK campaign to... CONTINUE READING TEARS IN HEAVEN»
Posted on May 23, 2007 (55 comments)
Tags: Kurt Cobain | Nirvana | The Clash | The Ramones | The Sex Pistols
Turns out Twelve covers weren't enough for Patti. Along with taking on legends like Jimi, the Stones, and Tears For Fears, Ms. Smith recorded a few bonus cuts for a limited edition 7", one of which is a rather choice... CONTINUE READING PATTI SMITH COVERS THE DECEMBERISTS»
Posted on May 22, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Nirvana | Patti Smith | The Decemberists
More cover love! Mog user msquared wandered over to Somerville Theatre in Massachusetts last night to catch the David Bazan and Ben Gibbard solo tour. In addition to a song-requesting Ted Leo making his presence felt by bantering with Ben,... CONTINUE READING BEN GIBBARD COVERS NIRVANA, PLAYS NEW STUFF IN SOMERVILLE, MA»
Posted on May 8, 2007 in Video (13 comments)
Tags: Ben Gibbard | Death Cab For Cutie | Nirvana
Courtney Love had so much fun selling her fat clothes on eBay, she's now planning an auction for Kurt's wardrobe, according to Spinner.com."I'm going to have a Christie's auction. [My house] is like a mausoleum. My daughter doesn't need to... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE PLANS KURT COBAIN GARAGE SALE»
Posted on April 30, 2007 in Video (27 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
Covering Patti's great covers album Twelve was a given, but we were torn between this track and "Boy In The Bubble" (Vampire Weekend's got us on a Graceland kick) -- but, we figured a "Smells Like Teen Spirit" cover piques... CONTINUE READING PATTI SMITH COVERS NIRVANA»
Posted on April 18, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: Nirvana | Patti Smith
Another report from the land o' grunge and coffee. The Seattle Times profiles a new dance production from Donald Byrd (the choreographer that brought you dance-buffs Broadway's The Color Purple, pre-Fantasia), set to the songs from Nirvana's seminal album. Nevermind... CONTINUE READING NEVERMIND THE MUSIC AND DANCE!»
Posted on March 28, 2007 (60 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
Kurt was 27 when he passed away, nearly 13 years ago. Gotta wonder what things would look like for him if he was still around. Would he still be with Nirvana? Still be playing grunge? Still married to Court? Eh,... CONTINUE READING HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY, KURT COBAIN»
Posted on February 20, 2007 (50 comments)
Tags: Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
While we're talking Nirvana ... The kid who put this vid together has waaaay too much time on his hands, but here's some karaoke-fun with Kurt's loathing and self-loathing, "Paul Is Dead" style. (Thanks to the gloriously off-topic commenter "i... CONTINUE READING SPIRIT TEEN LIKE SMELLS»
Posted on January 23, 2007 in Video (12 comments)
Tags: Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
As Page 6 reported, Nirvana biographer Everett True paints a vivid picture of the delivery room during Frances Bean's birth (Kurt in the hospital for heroin withdrawal, Courtney screaming, etc.) in his forthcoming book -- and it's left Lady Love... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE ON NIRVANA - THE BIOGRAPHY»
Posted on January 23, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
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