Mark Yarm's Blog, page 759
August 22, 2011
Via Jimmy Fallon's Twitter:
"Pearl Jam will play on the show on Sept. 8 and 9! Also - Cameron Crowe will be on Sept. 8 also to talk about his new Pearl Jam film."
Everybody Loves Our Town featured in the new issue of The Fader (plus: the story behind that super-rare Nirvana photo)
The August/September issue of The Fader, on newsstands now, has a three-page piece on Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge. Pick it up today!
Some background on the super-rare photo of Nirvana above: It was taken by Alice Wheeler on Feb. 25, 1989 as part of a Belltown, Seattle, shoot for the Bleach album cover (Sub Pop ultimately used a live shot by Kurt Cobain's then-girlfriend Tracy Marander). The image went undeveloped for 20 years, until Alice discovered it on an unlabeled p...
Layne Staley birthday celebration/Mike Starr memorial in Seattle tonight
Late Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley would have been 44 today. A gathering honoring Layne and late AIC bassist Mike Starr will be held at the International Fountain in Seattle Center from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. After the gathering, there will be a free set by Alice cover band Jar of Flies at Floyd's Place in Queen Anne. For more information, check out the event's Facebook page.
Duff McKagan joins Alice in Chains onstage for...
Duff McKagan joins Alice in Chains onstage for "Rooster" at Rock on the Range in Winnipeg Saturday. (H/T GrungeReport)
Come as You Are: A 20th Anniversary Tribute to Nirvana's Nevermind due October 25
The tracklist:
1. The Dutch Masters (feat. Brent and Courtney of the Dandy Warhols) - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
2. mewithoutYou - "In Bloom"
3. Civil Twilight - "Come as You Are"
4. Story of the Year - "Breed"
5. Hawthorne Heights - "Lithium"
6. Finger Eleven - "Polly"
7. Will Dailey - "Territorial Pissings"
8. Maps and Atlases - "Drain You"
9. Murder by Death - "Lounge Act"
10. Pitty - "Stay Away"
11. The Album Leaf - "On a Plain"
12. Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - "Something in the Way"
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August 21, 2011
Babes in Toyland (feat. Lydia Lunch and Miho Hatori) -...
Babes in Toyland (feat. Lydia Lunch and Miho Hatori) - "Witchy Woman" (Eagles cover)
Krist Novoselic performs Nirvana's "Stay Away"...
Krist Novoselic performs Nirvana's "Stay Away" with the Presidents of the United States of America at the Southwest Washington Fair Friday night. Krist and PUSA also performed Nirvana's "On a Plain" (video here).
