Mark Yarm's Blog, page 652
August 22, 2012
Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley would have turned 45...
Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley would have turned 45 today.
More on Lanegan’s involvement in the Lawless soundtrack...
More on Lanegan’s involvement in the Lawless soundtrack here.
Redband trailer for Lawless. Music by Mark Lanegan, beauty by Tom Hardy. It’s awesome when things I love show up together without my intervention.
August 21, 2012
The CD version of the Melvins’ four-song 1983 EP...
The CD version of the Melvins’ four-song1983 EP (Amphetamine Reptile) will feature five different sleeves. Read more about the EPhere.
This vintage Pearl Jam t-shirt (size XL) is selling for $159 at...
This vintage Pearl Jam t-shirt (size XL) is selling for $159 at Defunkd. Here’s the seller’s decription: Original and very rare PJ tee for the concert in Seattle’s Magnusson on September 20th 1992. Cypress Hill opened along with a band I quit before they played this show, Seaweed. Don’t cry for me….I wouldn’t have been able to tolerate Pearl Jam, anyway.
Meanwhile, you can read the story behind(no pun intended)the shirt over at Two Feet Thick.
Dinosaur Jr.’s new video for “Watch the...
Dinosaur Jr.’s new video for “Watch the Corners,” from their forthcoming album I Bet on Sky. Tim Heidecker, of Tim and Eric fame, plays the dad.
A taste of “Worse Dreams,” from Soundgarden’s...
A taste of “Worse Dreams,” from Soundgarden’s upcoming album, which now has a name:King Animal. Brand-new album website here.
August 20, 2012
Ex-Babes in Toyland bassist Maureen Herman's powerful appeal to Rep. Todd Akin
They say that Missouri is the “Show Me” state. Well, Rep. Akin, I’d like...
On August 20, 1988, Nirvana and Soundgarden appeared on the same...
On August 20, 1988, Nirvana and Soundgarden appeared on the same bill at the Capitol Lake Jam in Olympia, Washington. (Photo via @TheGrungeScene.) Here’s an excerpt from my bookEverybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge about that gig:
STUART HALLERMAN (Soundgarden soundman) Every summer, Slim Moon—who later had the Kill Rock Stars label going on—worked with the Olympia parks department and police department to put on a punk-rock show on an August afternoon in Capitol Park. The state...
Via the Pearl Jam Activism Facebook page: Show your support for...
Via the Pearl Jam Activism Facebook page: Show your support for Pearl Jam’s favorite charities by purchasing the new Vitalogy bag: bit.ly/VitalogyBag. Proceeds from the sale of this Sling rePETe bag, made from 99% recycled content, go to Vitalogy Foundation.
