Last Saturday many concerned Americans watched in horror as the House passed the healthcare reform bill. If this bill makes it through the Senate, it would massively overhaul the way healthcare is delivered in this country. Today, obviously, we don't have a perfect system, but this legislation takes all the mistakes we are making with healthcare and makes them worse. Most of what is wrong wi...
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Freshly released extras have just been released following the recent release of Nirvana’s legendary performance from the Reading Festival 1992. There is the official trailer for the DVD plus some interviews with people who were at the original Reading Festival in 1992 talking about their memories of the gig, shot at Reading Festival this year.The [...]
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A Kurt Cobain and Nirvana tribute concert by Nevermind and High Class Wreckage will take place at Motor in Seattle on Friday, April 10. Proceeds go to the Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee, whose mission is to build a youth center and memorial park in Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen. By Marian Liu Seattle Times staff reporter It's been 15 years since Kurt Cobain died. Cobain was found dead in h...
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Some things you just don't quite know how to respond to... and this is one of them. Perhaps you can play with your Cobain toy while wearing a pair of spiffy *"Kurt Cobain Converse shoes":http://mog.com/Mackenzie_P/blog_post/151686* too.I love how "the Wired Listening Post":http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/kurt-cobain-unp.html responded to this. "The next model should come with a wind-up mo...
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Is Courtney Love in trouble? Does she owe money to the mob? Gambling problem? Drugs? Or is she finally ready to part with the last of Kurdt's belongings? Ready to move on perhaps. I ask these questions because some anonymous Craigslister has posted some interesting Cobain memorabilia for sale on the legendary online classifieds website. The Olympia, Washington Craigslist has "Original/Si...
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The ash remains of legendary Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain have gone missing from the Los Angeles area home of his rehab-prone widow Courtney Love.Cobain's ashes were reportedly kept in a pink teddy-bear-shaped bag along with a lock of his hair and were swiped along with thousands of dollars worth of jewelery and clothing. (What? No golden shrine. One of the greatest rockers of all time was kept...
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Kid Pretentious posted a thorough roundup yesterday (see here if you missed it) but the hits just keep coming. Here's a handful of new posts with top tunes to keep you up all night:Ministry - Everyday Is HalloweenTwitter Updates For Halloween Mixtapes - including Weezy's No Ceilings and ting and ting....Cover songs mixtape - Halloween 2009 - something about David Yow of Jesus Lizard with Shell...
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Originally, I was going to ramble on about how much I enjoy the documentary Kurt Cobain About A Son. But after thinking about it a little bit, I thought it would be a bit more interesting if I compiled a list of some of my other favorite rock documentaries. After all, people love lists. So, here are my ten favorite rock documentaries that I've seen(and one that I haven't). And please feel f...
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Cover songs have been with us since the dawn of the Rock and Roll era. The Crew Cuts covered the Chords (Sh-Boom). Pat Boone covered Fats Domino (I'm Walkin') and Little Richard (Tutti Frutti). Even actor Tab Hunter covered country's Sonny James (Young Love).You won't find any of those songs on Spin's new list of the fifty greatest cover songs of all time. The editors at Spin have chosen co...
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Welcome to one of London's best rock venues: sweaty, dark, a bit seedy. Converted from a warehouse into a theatre and cinema in 1926, it became a live venue in 1986. Everyone has played here, from hardcore classic rock bands (The Rolling Stones, Deep Purple) to the kind of artists (Kylie, Madonna) who appeal to the clientele attending G.A.Y. on a Saturday night. Amy Winehouse showed how amazin...
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Yes, my fellow connoisseurs of all things heavy, today is the day you’ve been waiting for: NIRVANA DAY! As you all well know, November 3rd sees the release of several Nirvana and Nirvana-related releases. For those of you who haven’t already created your NIRVANA DAY CHECKLIST, here’s a handy cheat sheet of the [...]
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At long last, it's finally here. Today, November 3rd, marks the release of Nirvana's Live At Reading concert CD/DVD. Ranked #1 in Kerrang Magazine’s “100 Gigs That Shook The World” and voted as “Nirvana’s #1 Greatest Moment” by fans in an NME poll, Nirvana’s historic August 30, 1992 headlining appearance ...
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Buma/Stemra, the Netherlands' equivalent of organizations like ASCAP in the US and PRS for Music in the UK, this week announced that it is to extend its licensing fees to cover embedded content.So, say, you maintain a music blog - on MOG or elsewhere - and you embed material like, for instance, a YouTube video that features material from a composer or performer who is registered with Buma/Stemr...
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Austin's the live music capitol of the world. Nashville is home to country and Seattle, well, it's just grabbing the overall title when it comes to music.Next Wednesday, October 29th, Seattle mayor Greg Nickels will announce a long-term strategy to make Seattle The City Of Music. Over the next 12 years they'll be creating little rock stars in the school system, investing in music education duri...
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By MARCUS WOHLSEN SAN DIEGO (AP) - Dr. John Kelsoe has spent his career trying to identify the biological roots of bipolar disorder. In December, he announced he had discovered several gene mutations closely tied to the disease, also known as manic depression. Then Kelsoe, a prominent psychiatric geneticist at the University of California, San Diego, did something provocative for the buttoned-d...
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