Subject:

Kurt Cobain

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    The Top 10 Best Music Biopics

    The news that Alan Rickman will be portraying Hilly Kristal in a new CBGB biopic half excited us, then half scared us yesterday. He'll be good, but Lordy, who is going to play Debbie Harry? And The Ramones? Those are big shoes to fill... So we comforted ourselves with this -- a list of our top 10 fa ... More >>

  • Film

    April 25, 2012

    "Hit So Hard": Full of Drugs, Lacking Substance

    The news that Alan Rickman will be portraying Hilly Kristal in a new CBGB biopic half excited us, then half scared us yesterday. He'll be good, but Lordy, who is going to play Debbie Harry? And The Ramones? Those are big shoes to fill... So we comforted ourselves with this -- a list of our top 10 fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    The Tupac Hologram Is Terrifying and Distasteful. Let's Stop This Madness Now.

    On Sunday, April 15, 2012, the world officially entered science fiction-land. Sure, iPods are pretty futuristic, GPS is spy magic from space, and we all have stupidly intelligent phones now, but nothing has felt quite as much like living in a Buck Rogers episode than when Tupac got resurrected in ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    The Melvins' Old Van Is for Sale, But Here Are Five Tour Vehicles We'd Much Prefer

    ​Remember when you were 12 years old and you'd draw the logos of your favorite bands all over your school books? Well, one time, Kurt Cobain did that to The Melvins' van, leaving behind a little portrait of Kiss (plus logo) which remains to this day on the side of that piece-of-shit '72 Dodge Spor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    Comparing M.I.A.'s Super Bowl Middle Finger to Music's Greatest Bird-Flippers

    Juvenile, numbskulled, pointless, banal, outrageous -- M.I.A. flipping the bird at this year's Super Bowl halftime show might have been all or none of those things, depending on whom you ask, but it was one thing above all: A surefire plot to join the ranks of the middle-finger-flashing musical elit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Based on the New Revelations About Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain is Freakin' Amazing

    ​So, after two years and one month of speculation, and thanks to Maer Roshan's new e-book, Courtney Comes Clean, we just got a few steps closer to finding out why Frances Bean Cobain filed a temporary restraining order against her own mother, Courtney Love. According to legal statements ... More >>

  • Music

    December 14, 2011

    Scratch Acid: Show Preview

    ​So, after two years and one month of speculation, and thanks to Maer Roshan's new e-book, Courtney Comes Clean, we just got a few steps closer to finding out why Frances Bean Cobain filed a temporary restraining order against her own mother, Courtney Love. According to legal statements ... More >>

  • Music

    November 9, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    ​So, after two years and one month of speculation, and thanks to Maer Roshan's new e-book, Courtney Comes Clean, we just got a few steps closer to finding out why Frances Bean Cobain filed a temporary restraining order against her own mother, Courtney Love. According to legal statements ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2011

    Five Amazing Grunge Artifacts That Time (and You) Forgot

    ​You stopped scrawling "World Domination" on the backs of school notebooks. You swapped your Pearl Jam Christmas singles for some Warp Records vinyl when you were graciously informed that this was the next big thing. You didn't recognize Kim Thayil in that recent photograph, what with his nav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    The Top 10 Hottest Men in Grunge

    Sure, it was the era of long, dirty hair and long johns worn to the bar -- but '90s grunge sure did throw up some eye candy. Here, to honor the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind, as well as Cameron Crowe's new Pearl Jam documentary Twenty, are the top 10 hottest men of grunge. (Tomorrow, we'll ... More >>

  • Music

    August 24, 2011

    Gram Parsons Tribute Concert: Show Preview

    Sure, it was the era of long, dirty hair and long johns worn to the bar -- but '90s grunge sure did throw up some eye candy. Here, to honor the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind, as well as Cameron Crowe's new Pearl Jam documentary Twenty, are the top 10 hottest men of grunge. (Tomorrow, we'll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Soundgarden's Reunion Tour Will Deafen San Francisco This July

    Raise your hand if you miss the real '90s. ​ Short of a zombified Kurt Cobain rising from the grave in Lolita shades to sing "Heart Shaped Box" to a bunch of kids raised on Miley Cyrus and sexting, we're pretty sure this '90s revival thing has now gotten as crazy-ridiculous as it can get: Lad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Experiencing Sandanista! While Stoned and Walking San Francisco

    ​ Listen to this while high: Sandinista! by The Clash​Behind the buzz: In the most literal sense, Sandinista! is the dopest punk album of all time. The Clash's fourth studio LP is a six-sided monstrosity alternately damned upon its 1980 release by purists as a sellout of punk verities, and damne ... More >>

  • Music

    September 8, 2010

    Shonen Knife: Show Preview

    ​ Listen to this while high: Sandinista! by The Clash​Behind the buzz: In the most literal sense, Sandinista! is the dopest punk album of all time. The Clash's fourth studio LP is a six-sided monstrosity alternately damned upon its 1980 release by purists as a sellout of punk verities, and damne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Video of the Day: Grand Lake's "Spark"

    Shot at Twin Peaks and Lake Temescal, Grand Lake's new video for "Spark" is a perfect, shimmering visualization of the song's melodic twinkles and twangs. The video uses split screen to divide up the same scene in four shaky, simultaneous images of horsey-headed lovers, mostly frolicking at Twin P ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2010

    Medicine for Melancholy

    Shot at Twin Peaks and Lake Temescal, Grand Lake's new video for "Spark" is a perfect, shimmering visualization of the song's melodic twinkles and twangs. The video uses split screen to divide up the same scene in four shaky, simultaneous images of horsey-headed lovers, mostly frolicking at Twin P ... More >>

  • Music

    May 6, 2009

    The Vaselines’ second round of fun

    Shot at Twin Peaks and Lake Temescal, Grand Lake's new video for "Spark" is a perfect, shimmering visualization of the song's melodic twinkles and twangs. The video uses split screen to divide up the same scene in four shaky, simultaneous images of horsey-headed lovers, mostly frolicking at Twin P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    '90s Night Tonight at Madrone Lounge

    '90s Style Icons: the TeletubbiesAre the '90s back already? If so, is it too soon? After all, we can think of several dubious trends from that decade - grunge 'uniforms' (flannel shirts and scruffy faces), sugar-coated teenie pop (think Britney Spears, 98 Degrees, 'N Sync, Backstreet Boys), s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    It's Your Women's Professional Soccer Fashion Show!

    There's just something about sports uniforms that makes men who still blithely don the flannel shirts they were wearing when they heard Kurt Cobain died feel the need to weigh in on color combinations, trim, piping, texture, and accessories. I am one of these men. This is my prized possession. I bou ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2008

    After years of drone and addiction, Earth hears the light

    There's just something about sports uniforms that makes men who still blithely don the flannel shirts they were wearing when they heard Kurt Cobain died feel the need to weigh in on color combinations, trim, piping, texture, and accessories. I am one of these men. This is my prized possession. I bou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2008

    Pictures of Flipper with Nirvana's Krist Novoselic at Amoeba Records: LastNight

    There's just something about sports uniforms that makes men who still blithely don the flannel shirts they were wearing when they heard Kurt Cobain died feel the need to weigh in on color combinations, trim, piping, texture, and accessories. I am one of these men. This is my prized possession. I bou ... More >>

  • Music

    December 19, 2007

    Walk Hard: The first biopic to address bad tripping with the Beatles and slicing your sibling in half

    There's just something about sports uniforms that makes men who still blithely don the flannel shirts they were wearing when they heard Kurt Cobain died feel the need to weigh in on color combinations, trim, piping, texture, and accessories. I am one of these men. This is my prized possession. I bou ... More >>

  • Film

    November 28, 2007

    About a Son Lets Kurt Cobain Talk for Himself

    There's just something about sports uniforms that makes men who still blithely don the flannel shirts they were wearing when they heard Kurt Cobain died feel the need to weigh in on color combinations, trim, piping, texture, and accessories. I am one of these men. This is my prized possession. I bou ... More >>

  • Music

    November 14, 2007

    Ozzy Osbourne: Famous Batshit Dad/Rock Star Storms Oakland

    There's just something about sports uniforms that makes men who still blithely don the flannel shirts they were wearing when they heard Kurt Cobain died feel the need to weigh in on color combinations, trim, piping, texture, and accessories. I am one of these men. This is my prized possession. I bou ... More >>

  • Music

    August 15, 2007

    Tiny Vipers

    Hands Across the Void (Sub Pop)

  • Music

    March 21, 2007

    Earth

    Hibernaculum (Southern Lord)

  • Calendar

    August 17, 2005

    Death Trip

    Chuck Klosterman's latest book tracks his tour of rock star death sites

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2005

    How Free?

    A drama whose time is now

  • Year End

    December 15, 2004

    Smells Like Indie Spirit

    Music that made the world safe for the word "alternative" again.

  • Film

    December 8, 2004

    Smells Like Clean Spirit

    Short Cut to Nirvana espouses enlightenment, but it's sketchy on how to get there

  • Music

    October 29, 2003

    Elliott Smith R.I.P.

    A downward spiral hits its nadir

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2003

    Bird's-Eye View

    Get over your phobia in time for this Vertigo-themed gala

  • Music

    December 18, 2002

    Shop Till You Drop

    Forget Kurt Cobain's Journals, and try Eminem's To-Do Lists instead

  • Music

    March 29, 2000

    Crooked Fingers

    Crooked Fingers

  • Music

    April 14, 1999

    God and Country, Remixed

    The Christal Methodists and Ralph Johnson turn the rhetoric of politics and religious radio against itself

  • Music

    October 28, 1998

    House of Tudor

    The Christal Methodists and Ralph Johnson turn the rhetoric of politics and religious radio against itself

  • Music

    May 27, 1998

    Reviews

    The Christal Methodists and Ralph Johnson turn the rhetoric of politics and religious radio against itself

  • News

    March 25, 1998

    Letters

    The Christal Methodists and Ralph Johnson turn the rhetoric of politics and religious radio against itself

  • Calendar

    March 4, 1998

    Night Crawler

    The Christal Methodists and Ralph Johnson turn the rhetoric of politics and religious radio against itself

  • Music

    February 25, 1998

    Love Hate

    Nick Broomfield's Courtney problem

  • Music

    September 17, 1997

    Riff Raff

    Nick Broomfield's Courtney problem

  • Music

    June 4, 1997

    Bubble Burst

    Nick Broomfield's Courtney problem

  • Music

    December 11, 1996

    Recordings

    Nick Broomfield's Courtney problem

  • Music

    December 4, 1996

    Recordings

    Nick Broomfield's Courtney problem

  • Music

    November 27, 1996

    Boys Will Be Boys

    Nick Broomfield's Courtney problem

  • Music

    November 20, 1996

    Beer-Soaked Lambs

    Hype! surpasses its title

  • Music

    October 9, 1996

    Recordings

    Hype! surpasses its title

  • News

    August 7, 1996

    Dog Bites

    Hype! surpasses its title

  • Music

    July 19, 1995

    Hearing Voices

    The vocal wizardry of Bjsrk and Jeff Buckley

  • Music

    July 12, 1995

    Smell the Magic

    Taking a whiff of the Stinky Puffs

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