Mark Yarm's Blog, page 699
February 21, 2012
"Every scenario we might imagine seems absurd, and they all show a fundamental disrespect of and lack..."
"Every scenario we might imagine seems absurd, and they all show a fundamental disrespect of and lack of understanding for a complicated, mercurial artist with a serious streak of perversity, conflicting desires to win our love and drive us away, and seemingly no filter for keeping the emotions of the moment out of the music he was making on stage or on record in the here and now."
- DeRogatis on Cobain at 45. Plus a reprint of an interview he did with him in 1993. (via jukeboxgraduate)
- DeRogatis on Cobain at 45. Plus a reprint of an interview he did with him in 1993. (via jukeboxgraduate)
February 20, 2012
The Afghan Whigs perform "Gentlemen" on The Jon...
The Afghan Whigs perform "Gentlemen" on The Jon Stewart Show (aired 1994).
Freak Puke, the forthcoming album by a three-piece version of...
Freak Puke, the forthcoming album by a three-piece version of the Melvins dubbed Melvins Lite. Due June 5 on Ipecac.
Soundgarden - "I Awake" (from Louder Than Live)
Soundgarden - "I Awake" (from Louder Than Live)
Kurt Cobain, who would have been 45 today.
Kurt Cobain, who would have been 45 today.
February 19, 2012
Rock and roll Jesus with a cowboy mouth: I finally finished reading Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History...
Rock and roll Jesus with a cowboy mouth: I finally finished reading Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History...:
A reader blogs:
I finally finished reading Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge. Right now I just feel really thoughtful. The book blew me away. Many times I found myself on the bus hysterically laughing and trying to stifle it because I was alone, but I couldn't because certain tales in it were so…
