Mark Yarm's Blog, page 783

"I got off the bus in Seattle and saw a U-Men poster and a Mudhoney poster, and I got one block from..."

"I got off the bus in Seattle and saw a U-Men poster and a Mudhoney poster, and I got one block from the Greyhound station and went, 'No way. They will throw me out of town or I will die.' So I got back on that bus. Why? Just instinct, man. Just instinct. I felt like it was a dangerous place. It's got death in it. For someone like you, it probably appears to be a nice town. Like it's all holistic and trees and arboretums—bullshit! What I know about Seattle is dark, dark drug stuff, dark, dark...

Golfing buddies Buzz Osborne and Fred Durst.

Golfing buddies Buzz Osborne and Fred Durst.

"When Matt [Chamberlain, interim Pearl Jam drummer] called, I was in a funk band in Dallas called Dr...."

"When Matt [Chamberlain, interim Pearl Jam drummer] called, I was in a funk band in Dallas called Dr. Tongue, and I was working at a head shop. My expertise was in the grow department, so if people would come in saying that they wanted to grow lettuce hydroponically in their closet—wink, wink—I would help them get set up."

- from my interview with former Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese

Super Deluxe Edition of Nirvana's Nevermind out September 20

From the press release: Today, Universal Music Enterprises is pleased to announce the 4-CD/1-DVD Super Deluxe Edition of Nirvana's Nevermind available September 19, 2011, in the U.K. and September 20, 2011, in North America. The CDs will include previously unreleased recordings, rarities, b-sides, BBC radio appearances, alternative mixes, rare live recordings and an unreleased concert in its entirety on DVD.  

"My father, Jim Whittaker… was the first American to summit Mount Everest. My father was really..."

"My father, Jim Whittaker… was the first American to summit Mount Everest. My father was really good friends with the Kennedy family and with Bobby Kennedy. In fact, I'm named after Bobby. After Bobby was shot, my father was a pallbearer at his funeral. I was never allowed to have squirt guns or toy guns as a kid because of that. When I was in high school in the '80s, I'll never forget my dad walking into my room, where I'm listening to Wasted Youth or whatever, and there on top of the stack ...

First the Onion A.V. Club did it. And now rapper Kid Cudi makes...

First the Onion A.V. Club did it. And now rapper Kid Cudi makes a pilgrimage to the unofficial Kurt Cobain memorial park. (One more video like this and it'll be a bona fide trend.)

Eddie Vedder on Letterman last night. (H/T TwoFeetThick.com)

Eddie Vedder on Letterman last night. (H/T TwoFeetThick.com)

Pearl Jam Sk8-Hi Vans (black/flannel)

Pearl Jam Sk8-Hi Vans (black/flannel)

shpdx:I could not make the game but a very nice person was...

shpdx:

I could not make the game but a very nice person was willing to part w/ bobblehead. Must make another donation to CCFA!

The Onion A.V. Club visits "Kurt Cobain Park"

The Onion A.V. Club visits "Kurt Cobain Park":

Special guest star: Heavier Than Heaven author Charles R. Cross.