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| Carl |
Posted - 09/21/2006 : 11:48:49
I used to have the Nirvana doc Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! on video, and the other day I was wondering if it would be released on DVD.
Well, apparently it is, so just because of that little personal coincidence, I thought I'd post the story!:
http://www.nme.com/news/nirvana/24414
Nirvana release first ever DVD
Live! Tonight! Sold Out finally moves to new format
Nirvana are set to release their first ever DVD.
'Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!' is set to make its debut on DVD, having been previously relased on VHS and laserdisc in November 1994.
The project was conceived by Kurt Cobain and overseen by Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic along with director Kevin Kerslake following his death.
Most of the footage was shot at the height of the 'Nevermind' hysteria between 1991 and 1992, including the band's infamous Reading performance from 1992 (their last ever UK show) and their version of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' from 'Top Of The Pops' in 1991.
The audio from the footage has been remastered for DVD release, and some bonus material has been added, although it is unclear what it will be.
Nirvanaclub.com reports that the DVD will be released on November 13.
Meanwhile, see this weeks NME's 15th anniversary 'Nevermind' special, featuring a track-by-track look at the album as well as speaking to all the major players, such as Courtney Love, producer Butch Vig and drummer Dave Grohl.
Also, NME's sister magazine Uncut features Nirvana in its grunge special in this month's issue.
It's onsale now in all good newsagents, priced £4.20, or can be brought with this week's NME in selected outlets for the special joint price of £4.50.
Nirvana Photography:Retna Pictures
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| Carl |
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 11:10:34
Shit, Homers, I don't know if you're serious or not! :D
Hmmm, I feel bad. Not a good time to revive a topic with that title...it wasn't intended as a racial double-entendre, just meant to perpetuate that tongue-in-cheek 'We don't mention Nirvana here' thing! In any case, I can't edit the title!!
http://www.filter-mag.com/news/interior.3661.html
Krist Novoselic Joins Flipper
by Staff | 11.21.2006
Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has come out of his retirement to join seminal California hardcore band Flipper. Novoselic will replace Flipper’s original bassist Will Shatter, who died of a drug overdose in 1987, on their forthcoming tour of the UK and selected cities in the US.
Several of Flipper’s subsequent members also died of drug overdoses causing Bruce Loose to joke that the band was "like Spinal Tap, except the bass player keeps dying". While the band never achieved any mainstream success, they were often cited as an influence by many of the alternative bands of the early 90s, including Nirvana.
The tour will be Novoselic’s first public appearance since leaving Eye’s Adrift, the band he formed with Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets and Bud Gaugh of Sublime.
Flipper Tour Dates:
1 - Seattle, WA
2 - Portland, OR
7 - Sommerset, England (All Tomorrow's Parties Festival)
11 - London, England
13 - Manchester, England
14 - Glasgow, Scotland
15 - Belfast, Northern Ireland
16 - Dublin, Ireland
17 - Galway, Ireland
20 - San Francisco, CA
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 11:05:11
I did and still do.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| Carl |
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 11:03:57
Actually, when I first started this thread, I thought some people might thing it was some racially-insensitive thing...
..And I was a bit paranoid about bumping the thread by posting this so soon after the Kramer thread popped up, it could be misinterpreted! |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 11/21/2006 : 10:58:23
I thought you were going to post Kramer's clip in here until I remembered what N****** stood for in this thread.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| Carl |
Posted - 09/24/2006 : 08:05:54
quote:
Originally posted by fbc
remember this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqlCYVDEmtQ
f**kin' awe***e!
"the extraordinary Frank Black" - david bowie
Wow, great performance. Good sound, too! The darkness combined with the flashes of coloured light only add to the grunge nightmare!
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-10-24T191028Z_01_N24208146_RTRUKOC_0_US-COBAIN-TOP.xml&WTmodLoc=EntNewsHome_C2_entertainmentNews-3
Cobain bumps off Elvis as top-earning dead celeb
Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:10pm ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley ceded his crown to Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain on Forbes.com's list as the top-earning dead celebrity.
The list, published on Tuesday, said grunge rocker Cobain earned $50 million between October 2005 and October 2006. Presley wound up in the No. 2 slot with $42 million, down from last year's $45 million.
Forbes.com bases its dollar amounts on licensing deals for using the deceased celebrities' work or image in advertising or elsewhere.
This was Cobain's first time on the list in its six years of publication. Presley has ruled the roost since its inception, said Forbes.com staff writer Lacey Rose.
Cobain's coup was due to his widow, actress and singer Courtney Love, who sold a 25-percent stake in the Seattle grunge group's song catalog to New York music publishing company PrimeWave.
Ranked after Presley is "Peanuts" cartoon strip creator Charles Schulz at $35 million.
Rounding out the top five were Beatle John Lennon at $24 million and groundbreaking physicist Albert Einstein at $20 million, whose estate profited from such licensing deals as the popular "Baby Einstein" educational videos.
Other celebrities on the list include Theodore Geisel, better known as children's book author Dr. Seuss; rhythm & blues pioneer Ray Charles, silver screen legend Marilyn Monroe and reggae superstar Bob Marley.
Past top earners include songwriter Irving Berlin and actor Marlon Brando.
© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
Kurt Cobain is seen performing in Los Angeles in a 1992 file photo. Rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley ceded his crown to Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain on Forbes.com's list as the top-earning dead celebrity. REUTERS/Lee Celano
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/11/19/104323.php
Book Review: 33 1/3 - Nirvana's In Utero by Gillian G. Gaar
Written by Nik Dirga
Published November 19, 2006
In Utero was Nirvana's second major label album, the follow-up to a smash worldwide hit. Pressure came from every side, and from their own battered brains and bodies. It was the last studio album Nirvana would ever record, but in its twisted, corrosive beauty, In Utero would also be their best.
The latest album to take the spotlight in the swell 33 1/3 musical chapbook series, the book In Utero looks at Nirvana's defining statement step-by-step in its gestation. Author Gillian G. Gaar is a Seattle-based author whose works include She's A Rebel: The History of Women In Rock & Roll, and she was a consultant on the Nirvana CD/DVD boxed set With The Lights Out. She crafts a fine guide to one of the 1990s' best albums.
Plop it on your stereo, and In Utero still assaults from the start. The very first track, "Scentless Apprentice," barges into the room with a clattering crash of guitar chords and Kurt Cobain sneering, "Teenage angst has paid off well / now I'm bored and old." It's a response to the realities and demands of mega-fame, and unlike the glossier punk rock of Nevermind, In Utero is a ragged, determinedly outsider piece of art.
Produced, controversially, by the uncompromising Steve Albini (of the band Big Black, and producer for The Pixies, PJ Harvey and many others), the disc is filled with pure noise workouts crushed together with Cobain's uncanny sense of melody. The gorgeously candid and cruel single "Heart-Shaped Box" sums up the leap forward this album represented from Nevermind. Gaar tells us how the band decided to push their boundaries – "I wasn't half as proud of Nevermind as I am of this record," Cobain told one interviewer.
Gaar decides to emphasize the mechanical process of creation rather than analyzing the finished results of In Utero too much. The book In Utero is as a result less personal than some of the other books in the 33 1/3 series, more of a straightforward guide to the album. While it lacks a little passion, it's filled with solid information about In Utero's creation. When Gaar does step forward to offer her own views, they're usually right on the mark, as when she notes, "The bursts of anger and sarcasm throughout the album keep the songs from sinking into abject despondency."
Gaar also makes a conscious choice to avoid tabloid-style coverage of Cobain's personal life and woes here. There's passing mentions of his ailments and addictions, but little space is devoted to rehashing them. It's a good call – we all know what Cobain's final fate was, anyway. And it places a value on In Utero above just being a morbid musical suicide note.
Gaar's music-centric approach is a valuable one, and she gives a lot of credit to the often overlooked talents of Dave Grohl's ferocious drumming and Krist Novoselic's thundering bass in Nirvana.
As Novoselic says, "With all the stuff that was going on, what we did was we got together and we started rehearsing and we left everything at the door and we started playing some great music. And we put a record together. And that's all that really mattered."
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 09/24/2006 : 07:24:57
I'll stick to my video for now.
I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| fbc |
Posted - 09/24/2006 : 05:09:25
remember this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqlCYVDEmtQ
f**kin' awe***e!
"the extraordinary Frank Black" - david bowie |
| Carl |
Posted - 09/22/2006 : 09:59:10
quote:
Originally posted by Doog
I bought that video from Safeway for like £6 because it had a cracked box. SCORE!
I got it in Jersey in a second-hand record shop, along with a Devo video compilation, but I sold both of them.
BTW, on a related note, noticed the 'related news' link-about Dave playing drums on Juliete Lewis And The Licks second album:
http://www.nme.com/news/nirvana/24219
Juliette Lewis teams up with Dave Grohl
He lends the Licks his drumming skills
Juliette & The Licks have roped in Dave Grohl for their forthcoming second album.
The band, fronted by Hollywood actress Juliette Lewis release 'Four On The Floor' on October 2'.
And though he only planned to hook up with the band for demos, sessions went so well that Nirvana and Foo Fighters legend Grohl stayed on to finish the Dylan Mclaren-produced album.
Lewis herself said of the collection: "The through line on this record is desire, in its many forms. Desire of dreams, love, redemption and the consequences of that; the unfulfillment, the betrayal, the pursuit, the need."
The album tracklisting is:
'Smash and Grab'
'Hot Kiss'
'Sticky Honey'
'Killer'
'Death Of A Whore'
'Purgatory Blues'
'Get Up'
'Mind Full Of Daggers'
'Bullshit King'
'Inside The Cage'
Juliette And The Licks
Picture: Phil Wallis
...And Nirvana have gotten the Baby Rock Records treatment:
http://www.nme.com/news/nirvana/24429
Nirvana gets lullaby tribute
On album designed for kids
A record that features lullaby renditions of Nirvana classics has been released.
The current NME cover stars are the focus of 'Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Nirvana'.
In a statement on Babyrockrecords.com the album is described as : "Lullaby renditions of Nirvana's best-loved songs turn the volume way down, while turning up the dreaminess of their pop hooks.
"In many ways, this album echoes the simple pleasures and innocence of infancy and childhood. Childish tra-la-la's tempered the distortion of Nirvana's own songs. Chimes, glockenspiels and other gentle instruments temper Nirvana's wild spirit for your little one. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'? Smells like nap time."
The tracklisting is:
'In Bloom'
'Smells Like Teen Spirit'
'Lithium'
'Something In The Way'
'About A Girl'
'On A Plain'
'Heart Shaped Box'
'All Apologies'
'Serve The Servants'
'Come As You Are'
Meanwhile, this weeks NME's 15th anniversary 'Nevermind' special, featuring a track-by-track look at the album as well as speaking to all the major players, such as Courtney Love, producer Butch Vig and drummer Dave Grohl.
Also, NME's sister magazine Uncut features Nirvana in its grunge special in this month's issue.
It's onsale now in all good newsagents, priced £4.20, or can be brought with this week's NME in selected outlets for the special joint price of £4.50.
Nirvana Photography:Retna Pictures
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| speedy_m |
Posted - 09/22/2006 : 09:50:36
Ya, "your son" watches it.
Ya, I was "hitting on you".
Ya, "Diego".
Please. None of this is even remotely believable.
he's back jack smoking crack find him if you want to get found
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| Carolynanna |
Posted - 09/22/2006 : 09:28:46
Hey stop hitting on me Mike! ;)
My son Diego watches it still to this day, and quite regularly too.
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Aw geez, my duodenum's acting up. |
| speedy_m |
Posted - 09/22/2006 : 09:27:31
Carolyn, I fucking love your sig. Hilarity.
Oh, and Live!Tonight!Sold Out! is great, I've watched it a million times. Back in the day.
he's back jack smoking crack find him if you want to get found
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| Carolynanna |
Posted - 09/22/2006 : 09:23:53
Hey did you guys realize that Courtney had Kurt murdered...
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Aw geez, my duodenum's acting up. |
| Doog |
Posted - 09/22/2006 : 02:06:34
I bought that video from Safeway for like £6 because it had a cracked box. SCORE!
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www.myspace.com/doog = solo choons
www.myspace.com/casabonitaband = noisey stuff
www.myspace.com/WKtheband = surfrockpop geekery
www.myspace.com/ukpixiestribute = Nimrod's Son |
| ScottP |
Posted - 09/21/2006 : 19:13:33
Thanks Carl! |
| kathryn |
Posted - 09/21/2006 : 18:28:33
Today at the office somebody described a difficult work situation as "territorial pissings." The person who said that expression didn't realize he was also referencing Nirvana but the third person in the room exchanged a slight smile with me. That passing acknowledgement totally made my day.
I’m the only one who can say that this light is mine
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| Suicide_Samurai |
Posted - 09/21/2006 : 14:10:41
That video is sweet. It contains nearly every famous tv appearance/clip that you may have heard about. Jonathan Ross, TOTP...actually, I think that's about it. |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 09/21/2006 : 12:56:51
Well, here we go again. Goodbye, PIXIES.
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His name is Dalton. He's got a degree in philosophy.
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| floop |
Posted - 09/21/2006 : 12:21:20
just one link? i'm dissapointed in you Carl
"i smoke 1 1\2 pack of marlboros a day and eat all animals including horse and porcupine." |
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