Along with his Foghat purchase, Michael Stipe revealed in his
Death & Taxes interview that he still has a hard time listening to Nirvana albums following Kurt Cobain's suicide. "It was all written, it was all right there and it was so obvious where he was going, and then he didn't make it. I still have trouble—I can't listen to an entire Nirvana record." Can you? I'm not suggesting that less than regular play shows a lack of appreciation, but I'm curious if others find themselves less than likely to put
Nevermind or
In Utero on for entertainment, due to the nature of Cobain's passing or not. Has it been ages since you heard "On A Plain" or did
"Heart Songs" inspire you to play the album with a baby on it who was naked on it?
Courtney Love sold Universal Pictures the rights to Charles Cross' Nirvana book
Heavier Than Heaven and the Nirvana catalog as a package deal, so expect your favorite track by Kurt Cobain and Co. to be used in a sledgehammer-over-the-head way in the Love-produced Cobain biopic when it hits theaters next year. (Sorry, I'm still reeling from the way
Control clumsily used "Love Will Tear Us Apart" to score a marital-spat scene. Oh really? It'll tear us apart?
You don't say.) [
NME]
Coming to a TV near you (or your parents) this fall: "An episode of "Cold Case" will feature only Nirvana music." Hooray, Courtney Love can nourish herself once again! [
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Remember when Courtney Love said that her stash of Kurt Cobain's ashes had gone missing? I'm sure the last place she wanted them to end up was in a German art installation. Hell, I think the last place any of us would want to end up is in a German art installation. The Guardian reports that artist Natascha Stellmach is planning to smoke Kurt Cobain's ashes in a spliff as part of a multi-artist installation piece called "I Just Wanted You to Love Me."
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