Mark Yarm's Blog, page 503
October 11, 2013
rollingstone:
Three rare Nirvana interviews have surfaced...
Three rare Nirvana interviews have surfaced online. Click the link to listen to the audio from November 1990, where the band discusses the state of alternative music at the time, artists like Vanilla Ice and Public Enemy sampling songs, and their rising success. The band members also open up about their relationships with their fathers, alcoholism and drug use. And as a bonus, Dave Grohl sings Warrant’s “Cherry Pie.”
October 10, 2013
Renowned Seattle bar the Comet Tavern closes; 'we are done'
Kurt Cobain's Ex-Girlfriend Blasts Courtney Love in Bizarre Pet-Death Dispute
October 9, 2013
rollingstone:
Nirvana’s final album, In Utero, was recently...
Nirvana’s final album, In Utero, was recently celebrated in a deluxe 20th anniversary reissue. Original producer Steve Albini revisited the album – with full blessings from bandmembers Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic – for a “2013 Mix.” Audiophiles can get their hands on this remastered reworking in November, when the modern mix is released as a 45 RPM, 180-gram limited edition double vinyl for Record Store Day.
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder talks politics in this clip...
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder talks politics in this clip fromMade in America,Ron Howard’s documentary about Jay Z’s 2012 music fest. It premieres on Showtime this Friday.
October 8, 2013
thisaintnopicnic:
J Mascis & Sharon Van Etten - Prisoners...
J Mascis & Sharon Van Etten - Prisoners (John Denver Cover)
J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten have pulled together this fabulous cover for the John Denver tribute album, The Music Is You. The video features Jon Wurster (Superchunk) and Aimee Mann as hilarious Denver-devotees. Oh, and there are Muppets puppets too!
nprmusic:
5 Moments To Watch For In Judd Apatow’s 50-minute...
5 Moments To Watch For In Judd Apatow’s 50-minute Interview With Pearl Jam
9:38 Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard on Eddie Vedder’s lyrics. Gossard: “He’s on a tear right now. He’s got a lot of words.”
12:35 EDDIE VEDDER’S RAT CITY ROLLERGIRLS TRUCKER CAP
19:15 Judd Apatow discusses the parallels between young music geeks and comedy geeks: “I felt like the Blind Melon video with the Bee Girl – that’s what coming to Los Angeles was like.”
27:38 Mike McCready on his roots in the Spandex-wearing...
