Remember Nirvana? Now, remember RuPaul? Here's Nirvana being forced to sing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" to RuPaul's audience for RuPaul's show, by RuPaul. Together, they pretty much cover the entire 1990's: Watch Kurt's lips. He wished us a... CONTINUE READING MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM NIRVANA, RUPAUL, AND THE 1990'S»
Posted on December 10, 2008 in Music Related Content, Video Skeletons (4 comments)
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RuPaul
In his latest column for the Seattle Weekly, the Nirvana bassist reveals the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding his band's classic, head-smashing performance of "Lithium" at the '92 VMAs. It includes unpleasantries exchanged between Axl Rose and Kurt & Courtney, "Rape Me,"... CONTINUE READING KRIST NOVOSELIC ON THAT TIME HIS BASS CAME CRASHING DOWN ON HIS HEAD»
Posted on November 20, 2008 (1 comments)
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Nirvana
Diplo's remixed Bleach's "Swap Meet" for the videogame Motorstorm: Pacific Rift. It was created by Evolution Studios, whose "audio lead" Alan McDermott had this to say about Diplo's ADD version of the 1989 track: This is our big hitter. First... CONTINUE READING NEW NIRVANA - "SWAP MEET (DIPLO MOTORSTORM REMIX)" »
Posted on November 11, 2008 in Commercial Appeal, Video Games (15 comments)
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Nirvana
In 1991, Spencer Elden was immortalized on the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind, and he's spent the last seventeen years not letting anyone forget it. Recently the high school student recreated that famous image in the same pool in Pasadena. "It... CONTINUE READING GIVE IT A REST, NEVERMIND BABY»
Posted on November 10, 2008 (48 comments)
Tags: Nirvana
And also a little bit like it's a flamenco song. Watch at Videogum. When I was 10 I was pretty good at not wetting the bed, so I too know what it's like to be a young master. ... CONTINUE READING THIS 10-YEAR-OLD GUITAR PRODIGY PLAYS "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" REALLY WELL»
Posted on November 3, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Nirvana
(via Unique Daily) At first this just seems like a charming video of a 10-year-old boy playing Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on an acoustic guitar. But it's actually pretty serious. Because the same kid, Sungha Jung, posted a... CONTINUE READING 10 YEAR OLD CHILD PRODIGY PLAYS "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" ON GUITAR WAY BETTER NOW»
Posted on November 3, 2008 in Music Related Content, WebJunk (7 comments)
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Sungha Jung
When recapping of Montreal's over-the-top Skeletal Lamping-themed show at Roseland this past Friday, we mentioned and posted a video of their "Smells Like Teen Spirit" cover with MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden. The clip was a tad grainy, though, and it didn't... CONTINUE READING DOWNLOAD OF MONTREAL'S "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" »
Posted on October 15, 2008 in MP3 (6 comments)
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of Montreal
Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. The late, lamented, Hoon-led Blind Melon shows up on the cover of RS... CONTINUE READING OLDSTAND: ROLLING STONE, NOVEMBER 11, 1993»
Posted on April 28, 2008 in OldStand (13 comments)
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Elton John |
Glenn Frey |
Nirvana |
Pearl Jam |
PM Dawn
Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. Well, the headline pretty much says it all. But here's the thing about... CONTINUE READING OLDSTAND: Q, JUNE 1994»
Posted on March 20, 2008 in OldStand (2 comments)
Tags: Blur |
Kurt Cobain |
Nirvana |
Phil Collins |
Spin Doctors
We are constantly reminded of how much dead musicians love advertising footwear. Just recently Ian Curtis and Sid Vicious got in the game, and before that Kurt was unsuccessfully appropriated by Doc Martens. Well if you've been waiting since then... CONTINUE READING KURT COBAIN PUSHING SHOES FROM THE GREAT BEYOND, ONE MORE TIME»
Posted on March 17, 2008 in Rock Shoes (5 comments)
Tags: Kurt Cobain |
Nirvana
Friday night we made the trek out to Union Hall in Brooklyn to help our friends at Gothamist celebrate five fine years of broadcasting NYC news into our RSS readers. Congrats, -ists. Of course, it wasn't just the birthday cake... CONTINUE READING THE FORMS COVER NIRVANA @ GOTHAMIST'S 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY»
Posted on February 18, 2008 in Concert, Video (8 comments)
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Nirvana |
Pattern Is Movement |
The Forms
Last week we reported on France Bean Cobain's Harper's Bazaar interview and her dream of one day interning at Rolling Stone. Once we got past that shock, we realized there were some other intriguing moments in the piece -- which... CONTINUE READING FRANCES BEAN COBAIN ACTS, DRESSES NICELY»
Posted on February 11, 2008 (38 comments)
Tags: Frances Bean Cobain |
Hole |
Madonna |
Nirvana
Fresh premises don't come easy for a show 19 years into its existence, but hats off to last night's The Simpsons, mining nostalgia for the decade after the show was created. It was That '90s Show: Marge and Homer taught... CONTINUE READING THE SIMPSONS REVISIT THE '90S, REVEAL HOMER INVENTED GRUNGE»
Posted on January 28, 2008 in Show Tunes, Video (36 comments)
Tags: Bush |
Nirvana |
The Simpsons |
Weird Al
A year ago this past Saturday, we asked who you thought would play Kurt Cobain in Courtney Love's planned Kurt Cobain biopic. And the consensus was: there was no consensus. But in hindsight, it seems commenter cherries knew a little... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE MAY BE LOOKING AT RYAN GOSLING TO PLAY KURT COBAIN ... AND SCARLETT JOHANSSON TO PLAY HER»
Posted on January 14, 2008 in Casting Couch (22 comments)
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Kurt Cobain |
Nirvana |
Ryan Gosling |
Scarlett Johansson
This week's Drop brought some previously unreleased White Williams straight to your inbox. We have oodles of of love for the one-time BTW and recent Andrew W.K. party school grad, so we were super happy when Williams delivered us "Luke... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP VOLUME XV: HEAR NEW WHITE WILLIAMS, WIN NIRVANA AND R.E.M. SWAG»
Posted on December 5, 2007 in Giveaway, MP3 (0 comments)
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Ol' Dirty Bastard |
R.E.M. |
The Hood Internet |
White Williams
Someone named BakNBlack came up with a pretty ingenious and ongoing project, pointing out where various rock and metal riffs echo, borrow, pillage, and/or pay homage to one another. It's rich enough territory that he can afford to be picky:... CONTINUE READING METAL THAT SOUNDS LIKE OTHER METAL»
Posted on October 18, 2007 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Judas Priest |
Megadeth |
Metallica |
Nirvana
Attending the premiere of AJ Schack and Michael Azerrad's Kurt doc About A Son was an awesome experience, but only part of that was based on the movie itself; hearing nothing but Kurt's audio from interviews with Michael gradually revealed... CONTINUE READING KURT COBAIN IN HIS OWN WORDS: THE ABOUT A SON PREMIERE @ IFC CENTER»
Posted on October 5, 2007 (3 comments)
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Michael Azerrad |
Nirvana
Bit the bullet and spent an hour with CBS's Cold Case last night, sorta like CSI series, except set in Philadelphia: dealing with old, unresolved crimes; and for last night's very special show only, featuring the tunes of Nirvana. The... CONTINUE READING IN LOVING MEMORY OF KURT COBAIN: NIRVANA TUNES ON COLD CASE»
Posted on September 24, 2007 in Show Tunes (14 comments)
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Nirvana
So here's what we know: By all accounts, indie icon Steve Albini is a bit of a poker freak (just ask Mike Watt). And now Metafilter points us to a poker forum thread begun by a user named "Electrical" (as... CONTINUE READING STEVE ALBINI DROPS ANONYMITY, ANSWERS QUESTIONS IN POKER FORUM»
Posted on July 6, 2007 (20 comments)
Tags: Big Black |
Nirvana |
Shellac |
Steve Albini |
The Breeders |
Urge Overkill
Okay, so Doc Martens wimped out on having an angelic Kurt endorse their boots after Courtney protested, but Love's made amends by licensing Cobain's likeness to National Entertainment Collectables Association, who in turn have created the must-have lunch-accessory for depressed,... CONTINUE READING FOR ONLY $19.95, YOU CAN HAVE LUNCH WITH KURT ANYTIME YOU WANT»
Posted on June 21, 2007 (10 comments)
Tags: Nirvana
Most overrated album of all time? 'Tis a query for the ages; or at least the decades, when rock and the critics that followed shifted the landscape, and we saw an uptick in those lovable means to quantify LPs --... CONTINUE READING WAYNE COYNE CUTS INTO NEVERMIND WITH LASER-POINTER LIKE SCORN»
Posted on June 19, 2007 (52 comments)
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The Flaming Lips
That post title is your SPOILER ALERT, so be mindful. Before heading down to the dim sum joint to eat with Man Man, we triple checked our TiVOs and then checked 'em one more time. The LOST creators promised a... CONTINUE READING DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T YET SEEN THE LAST LOST»
Posted on May 25, 2007 (61 comments)
Tags: Beach Boys |
DriveSHAFT |
LOST |
Nirvana
Sure, you've got your classic zines (recap with this archive, including Maximumrocknroll), high-end music nerd bibles, and mass-market glossies, but who knew Sassy hid in their ranks? Eat the Press's Rachel Sklar took one look at the coverage of How... CONTINUE READING EVEN TATTOOED LOVE BOYS READ SASSY»
Posted on May 24, 2007 (20 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love |
Kurt Cobain |
Nirvana
This is news-y not only 'cause it's yet another posthumous appropriation of Kurt's likeness for corporate ends, but also 'cause Courtney had nothing to do with it. Shocking, yes. Reader Joe delivers the news about Doc Martens UK campaign to... CONTINUE READING TEARS IN HEAVEN»
Posted on May 23, 2007 (55 comments)
Tags: Kurt Cobain |
Nirvana |
The Clash |
The Ramones |
The Sex Pistols
Turns out Twelve covers weren't enough for Patti. Along with taking on legends like Jimi, the Stones, and Tears For Fears, Ms. Smith recorded a few bonus cuts for a limited edition 7", one of which is a rather choice... CONTINUE READING PATTI SMITH COVERS THE DECEMBERISTS»
Posted on May 22, 2007 (6 comments)
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Patti Smith |
The Decemberists
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