Mark Yarm's Blog, page 695
February 27, 2012
nirvananews:
Kim Gordon collection.
"Six months or a year later, I had rejoined that band...

"Six months or a year later, I had rejoined that band [Cyprus], and when I was like 16, we won the Battle of the Bands at the Crossroads Skate Center in Bellevue. We were called Sato then, after an Ozzy song. Because we won, we got to record one of our songs called 'Leather Warrior' for this album called Northwest Metalfest. 'Leather Warrior,' man, gayest freakin' song in the world, but it's a song."
—the late Mike Starr, of Alice in Chains fame, from Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History...
Bid on a copy of Everybody Loves Our Town signed by Krist Novoselic, Duff McKagan and other Seattle scene luminaries
February 26, 2012
The Afghan Whigs perform "My Curse" (with Marcy Mays...
The Afghan Whigs perform "My Curse" (with Marcy Mays of Scrawl on vocals) and "Miles Iz Ded" at the 1994 Reading Festival.
rookiemag:
I'm not nearly as fashionable or as crafty as my...



I'm not nearly as fashionable or as crafty as my fellow Rookie staffers. I'm the wordy one, but lately I've been inspired by them and by our readers to try new, fun, daring things. I had a bunch of Hole concert t-shirts because I'm kind of obsessed, but I bought them in L & XL because I was kind of insecure about my body. Now that I've worked through those issues, I want to make my over-sized t-shirts into things I'll actually wear, so I made this sundress out of 3 shirts based...