Mark Yarm's Blog, page 744
September 29, 2011
Chris Cornell's video for "The Keeper"
[Flash 10 is required to watch video.]
September 28, 2011
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge—now in comic book form!
Inspired by one of the more sensational passages from my book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, cartoonist and Melvins pal Brian Walsby took it upon himself to create this comic. (It should be noted that Brian sides with Buzz Osborne, who deems Courtney Love's story "an absolute fabrication from someone who is insane.")
Download another Nevermind tribute album for free
Indianapolis station X103 is offering Forevermind, featuring all local bands, as a free download here.
September 27, 2011
60 Minutes curmudgeon Andy Rooney is retiring. See how...
60 Minutes curmudgeon Andy Rooney is retiring. See how Seattle's Almost Live! sketch comedy show reacted to Rooney's infamous commentary on Kurt Cobain's suicide.
"Before continuing on to the now infamous Dallas show without us, both bands drove through Stull,..."
"Before continuing on to the now infamous Dallas show without us, both bands drove through Stull, Kansas, as they wanted to partake of the legendary haunted crossroads celebrated by our song of the same name (we had just released the Stull EP). It was a warm autumn day and Cobain sat down against the huge oak tree by the church and joked, 'If there is a Satan, I want him to come and get me.' No shit, that's what he said.
Next time I saw him, he had married Courtney Love."
- Urge...
Next time I saw him, he had married Courtney Love."
- Urge...
September 26, 2011
Tad Doyle's band Brothers of the Sonic Cloth recorded...
Tad Doyle's band Brothers of the Sonic Cloth recorded a dirgy cover of Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up." From the '78 LTD compilation.
