Mark Yarm's Blog, page 716
January 11, 2012
Nirvana/Tad/Gits/Crunchbird, Jan. 6, 1990, HUB Ballroom gig,...
Nirvana/Tad/Gits/Crunchbird, Jan. 6, 1990, HUB Ballroom gig, original handbill (top), and Swiss modern revamp by New York designer Mike Joyce.
Swissted is an ongoing project by graphic designer Mike Joyce,...
Swissted is an ongoing project by graphic designer Mike Joyce, owner of Stereotype Design in New York City. Drawing from his love of punk rock and swiss modernism, two movements that have absolutely nothing to do with one another, Mike has redesigned vintage punk, hardcore, and indie rock show flyers into international typographic style posters. Each poster is sized to the standard Swiss kiosk dimensions of 35.5 inches wide by 50 inches high and set in Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk Medium...
The grunge episode of Metal Evolution is online now.
The grunge episode of Metal Evolution is online now.
Mudhoney play their cover of the Dicks' "Hate the...
Mudhoney play their cover of the Dicks' "Hate the Police" in Denver Friday. With guest vocals by Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys and Garrett Shavlik of the Fluid.
Another rare video: Hardcore band Deranged Diction, featuring...
Another rare video: Hardcore band Deranged Diction, featuring future Green River/Mother Love Bone/Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, at Metropolis, Seattle, 1983 or 1984 (video by Joe Mailloux; posted by nearSeattle84)
Rare video: Malfunkshun, "The Words of Love," at the...
Rare video: Malfunkshun, "The Words of Love," at the Metropolis, Seattle, 1983 or 1984 (h/t: Jami Kramer-Jenkins; video by Joe Mailloux; posted by nearSeattle84)
January 10, 2012
Signed, limited print of Mark Arm from Mudhoney's January 6,...
Signed, limited print of Mark Arm from Mudhoney's January 6, 2012 performance at the Bluebird Theater in Denver, CO available exclusively through Prints For A Cause. This print will be signed by members of Mudhoney. Print proceeds benefit the Kulwicki Twins Foundation. ($40; order here.)
Stevie Nicks, in conversation with Courtney Love...
Stevie Nicks, in conversation with Courtney Love in Spin, October 1997: "You know what, Courtney? I don't really know what 'Gold Dust Woman' is about. I know there was cocaine there and that I fancied it gold dust, somehow. I'm going to have to go back to my journals and see if I can pull something out about 'Gold Dust Woman.' Because I don't really know. It's weird that I'm not quite sure. It can't be all about cocaine."
January 9, 2012
Kurt Cobain's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" sweater...
Kurt Cobain's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" sweater (photo taken in the Experience Music Project staging room for the Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibit)
