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December 23, 2012
Pearl Jam’s 2012 holiday greeting.
Pearl Jam’s 2012 holiday greeting.
Almost Live!’s “A Seattle Grunge Christmas” (1994)....
Almost Live!’s“A Seattle Grunge Christmas” (1994). Featuring Mike McCready, Kim Thayil, Jerry Cantrell and “their friend Tommy, who is not famous.” Watch ithere.
December 22, 2012
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil interviews Mudhoney’s Mark...
Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil interviews Mudhoney’s Mark Arm. Rock journalism—so easy you can do it with your eyes closed!
"I'm not responsible for the fact that you lost your virginity to this song." A brief excerpt from Time Out Chicago's Q&A with Billy Corgan
December 21, 2012
INT. SADIE’S ROOM - NIGHT
Pete and Debbie walk in mid-argument....
INT. SADIE’S ROOM - NIGHT
Pete and Debbie walk in mid-argument. Sadie is listening to asong on her iPhone.
DEBBIESadie. Sadie, what are youlistening to?
Okay, this is music that makespeople happy. And this is whatpeople buy. Right, girls?
She puts Sadie’s iPod in a dock and plays the Nikki Minaj rap“Roman’s Revenge.” They all start rapping along to it.They all laugh and dance and go crazy. Pete turns the iPodoff.
DEBBIEWhy did you take it off?
PETENow, something that really rocks.
Pete puts on “Roos...
Stills from “How the Grunge Stole Christmas,”...
Stills from “How the Grunge Stole Christmas,” another Almost Live! skit, this one from December 1992. Starring Kim Thayil of Soundgarden and members of Love Battery, among many other Seattle rockers. Supposedly Mike McCready’s in there, though I’m not so sure. Watch it here.
December 20, 2012
Display case from In Bloom: The Nirvana Nevermind Exhibit...
Display case fromIn Bloom: The Nirvana Nevermind Exhibit (London, 2011).
