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Fastbacks reunion at West Seattle Summer Fest, tonight at 8 p.m.

Fastbacks reunion at West Seattle Summer Fest, tonight at 8 p.m.

Mike McCready's second career: playing the National Anthem at Major League Baseball games

Mike McCready's second career: playing the National Anthem at Major League Baseball games

Setlist from last night's Soundgarden show at Mohegan Sun...

Setlist from last night's Soundgarden show at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT. (Scan by Gregg Lauer)

Last night's Soundgarden show, at Mohegan Sun in...

Last night's Soundgarden show, at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT, was pretty great. Sadly, there were no skull-shaped liquor bottles in evidence backstage.

"Jeremy" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" directors evaluate each other's landmark videos

"Jeremy" director Mark Pellington on Samuel Bayer's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video: Fucking Sam Bayer is great. Just totally different style than mine. Incredible song, of course. It was dark and ugly and sexy, and Cobain was creepy and funny. It's just like, God, I can't imagine the song and the video separate from each other. The video sort of defined that song, and the time—it was just post-Madonna, post-Jovi, you know what I mean? It was like, This is what we need. It was the tonic for...

room1000yearswide:Interviewer: "What's the rock and roll scene...

room1000yearswide:

Interviewer: "What's the rock and roll scene like right now in Seattle?"

Chris: "It's boss."

"Right when it started coming out that Kurt was doing drugs, I remember Steven Tyler called and..."

"Right when it started coming out that Kurt was doing drugs, I remember Steven Tyler called and wanted to help. I told Kurt, 'Holy shit, Steven Tyler called my office and he wants to help you. Can I give him your number?' And he was like, 'Steven Tyler got to be a junkie for 18 fuckin' years. I've only been doing drugs for an hour.' Lots of stars called. Kirstie Alley called a lot for Courtney to try and make her become a Scientologist."

- from my interview with Janet Billig, former Hole...

Toward an understanding of Bush's "Glycerine"

Toward an understanding of Bush's "Glycerine"

Cameron Crowe interviewing Chris Cornell for Pearl Jam Twenty.

Cameron Crowe interviewing Chris Cornell for Pearl Jam Twenty.