When Nirvana co-founders Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic were 18 years old, they were arrested when Cobain tagged an alley wall with Shaggy and Scooby Doo getting freaky. I guess you could say they were Scooby Dooing it? Puke, sorry, and I'll see my way out.
Last week marked the birthday of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain (he would have been 46), a dude who was cool about a lot of stuff — guitars, hair colors, well-worn sweaters, infectious hooks — but one of the things he was the coolest about was women. Or rather, his ardent support of their absolute equality. Kurt Cobain…
Yesterday a fangirl who calls herself Amanda Bieber (clever, right?) took to her Twitter account to defend her "boyfriend" Justin Bieber against the haters—something which, judging from her feed, seems to be her primary occupation. She posted the following:
In a modern take on the Ab Fab Saffy and Edina relationship, it's been revealed that Frances Bean Cobain is taking control and now owns all the rights to her dad Kurt's image, likeness and publicity, after using her mom Courtney Love's request for a multi-million-dollar loan as leverage. With Love coming to her…
While plowing through all the Nevermind 20th anniversary tributes that have been released this week, you're going to need sustenance. So there's no better time to whip up a batch of Kurt's no-bake cookies! The blog Eating The Beats has an illustrated guide to making the (non) baked goods based on a recipe found in…
Recently discovered video from 1993 shows Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love and their daughter, Frances, in rare happy family mode. Frances is naked and curious; Courtney is the proud, loud mom; Kurt a quiet, patient father. Tomorrow marks 20 years since the release of Nirvana's Nevermind.
"Cobain the writer is funny and self-aware and snotty with a knack for off-the-cuff profundity." [NPR]
Teen blogger Tavi Gevinson spoke this morning to a packed room of industry professionals, reporters, and marketers about the "unpredictability" of Generation Y. They wanted to know how the generation's personal qualities would make young people liable to buy things.
"[Kurt] was an oblivion seeker, a fucking lotus eater. I never wanted that. I was the kind of drug addict that just wanted to be comfortable in my skin." — Courtney Love [Guardian]
Several readers directed us to The AV Club's list of "well-intended yet misguided feminist anthems" — inspiring us to list a few more successful ditties, and to wonder what makes a feminist song anyway.
Courtney Love has apparently lost custody of her daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, 17. Kurt Cobain's mother and sister have been named guardians. So, unfortunate that Dazed and Confused just titled its cover story on her "Love Tears Us Apart." [TMZ]
I was 13 years old when Kurt Cobain died; I remember hearing the news as I sat in the backseat of my parents' car and feeling sick to my stomach. That was 15 years ago.
