Mark Yarm's Blog, page 458
March 26, 2014
Pearl Jam Ten Cub 2014 membership poster, by Brandon Heart
Kurt Cobain, Elvis, Tupac, John Lennon and more dead celebs...
Kurt Cobain, Elvis, Tupac, John Lennon and more dead celebs shill beer in this ad of questionable taste.
March 25, 2014
Former Spin editor Mark Blackwell posted the above images on his...


Former Spin editor Mark Blackwell posted the above images on his Facebook page last night and encouraged me to share:
"From my collection of stuff…here’s a never-before-seen Polaroid of Nirvana taken as a test during our cover shoot for the October 1993 issue of Spin magazine. It’s been in a box of my old photos for over 20 years. You can see the creases where the Polaroid was folded to approximate the eventual rectangular cropping of the cover.Photo by Frank W. Ockenfels III.”
Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, one of New York magazine’s...

Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, one of New York magazine’s 26 Musicians Who Shaped New York City(photos by Christopher Anderson)
nirvananews:
Rare Memorabilia: The ‘Reading Festival’ shirt...

Rare Memorabilia: The ‘Reading Festival’ shirt featuring Nirvana and other acts from ‘92.
It seems incredible to methat the Wonder Stuff were once big enough to headline Reading. Also: E.M.F.!
Alice in Chains’ Layne Staley performs with Second Coming...

Alice in Chains’ Layne Staley performs with Second Coming at Seattle’s Fenix Underground, 1994. (Image courtesy ofJohnny Bacolas, pictured; photographer unknown)
MOJO has a slideshow of rare pix (with commentary) from...




MOJO has a slideshow of rare pix(with commentary) from grunge-era photographer Steve Gullick's Nirvana Diary photo book.
tastefullybland:
Images taken by a press photographer show a...










Images taken by a press photographer show a wake of destruction in the place Kurt Cobain shared with Courtney Love. The pictures have been released due to interest surrounding the 20th anniversary of the musician’s tragic death.http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/new-photos-kurt-cobain-los-angeles-apartment-surface-article-1.1730456
Grunge archaeology.
March 24, 2014
Kids today! Watch Teens React to Nirvana.
Kids today! WatchTeens React to Nirvana.
grungebook:
Sub Pop 1989 CoCA show t-shirts, designed by Jim...

Sub Pop 1989 CoCA show t-shirts, designed by Jim Sorenson. (Photo courtesy of The Strangest Tribe author Stephen Tow)
GWAR and Sub Pop go way back…