Showing All "Kurt Cobain" Posts

Courtney Love, one of rock's great OG bloggers, posted another brilliant (not brilliant) open letter on MySpace. In it she accuses fellow blogger/musician Ryan Adams of using $858,000 of Frances Bean…   Read Story »
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…   Read Story »
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…   Read Story »
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…   Read Story »
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…   Read Story »
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…   Read Story »
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…   Read Story »
Courtney Love had so much fun selling her fat clothes on eBay, she's now planning an auction for Kurt's wardrobe, according to Spinner.com."I'm going to have a Christie's auction. [My house] is like…   Read Story »
Another report from the land o' grunge and coffee. The Seattle Times profiles a new dance production from Donald Byrd (the choreographer that brought you dance-buffs Broadway's The Color Purple,…   Read Story »
Kurt was 27 when he passed away, nearly 13 years ago. Gotta wonder what things would look like for him if he was still around. Would he still be with Nirvana? Still be playing grunge? Still married…   Read Story »