I posted this on Google+, but I’ll comment on Tumblr as well. Novoselic alluded to having to play the riff over and over again in the Town Hall they had on Sirius XM’s Lithium channel last night. It had Dave Grohl, Kris Novoselic, Butch Vig and was hosted by Jon Stewart.

Here’s my ticket stub from the Liberty Lunch show on 10.21.1991. It was less than a month after the album was released and 10 days before the Paramount show in Seattle that’s being featured in the new DVD. My friend, Ted Douglass, turned me on to Nirvana and all the Sub Pop bands my freshman year at UT in 1989. We’d been waiting for the release of Nevermind for over a year. 

We went to the in-store at Waterloo Records before the gig. The were supposed to have equipment that never arrived, so they did an acoustic set that included Polly and About a Girl with Dave Grohl playing a snare drum with his hands and Kurt playing a borrowed acoustic guitar. 

I was working at the Sound Warehouse at 49th and Burnet when it was released. We got one copy of the cassette and two copies of the CD (or maybe it was the other way around). I bought one of them. A month later, I think we were getting at least 50-100 copies a week.

Also, speaking of Nevermind, I’ve seen this in different places and not sure if you posted it or not. The baby from the cover, Spencer Elden, is an artist and works for Shepherd Fairey.

austinkleon:

Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” off Nevermind (1991)

From Cobain’s 1994 Rolling Stone interview:

I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies. I have to admit it [smiles]. When I heard the Pixies for the first time, I connected with that band so heavily I should have been in that band — or at least in a Pixies cover band. We used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard.

“Teen Spirit” was such a clichéd riff. It was so close to a Boston riff or “Louie, Louie.” When I came up with the guitar part, Krist looked at me and said, “That is so ridiculous.” I made the band play it for an hour and a half.

20 years old. Dang. (But I’m with Kurt: “Drain You” is a better song.”)

Merlin’s plugging Cheer-Accident, but I have a serious man-crush on John Stanier..from a purely drummer point-of-view of course. Gloss Drop is one of Amazon’s $5 MP3 albums for August.

merlin:

Hi. I’m 44, and I learn about awesome new music from listening to Fresh Air.

I blame my fist-sized prostate and troubled youth in the wake of The Great War.

Now, get the fuck off my lawn, and go listen to this awesome pop song.

Funny, but clearly it’s been photoshopped. The rest of the cover has a faded glare while the text without commas is clear. They’ve posted about it on their site and your source notes in an update that it’s been altered.

http://www.tailsinc.com/2011/03/rachael-ray-altered-cover/

austinkleon:

Rachel Ray finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog.

Don’t forget those commas.

Yeah….turning 40 this year. It’s funny because it’s true. Love that guy. Note to self: start DVR’ing his F/X show.

merlin:

Louis CK - On Turning 40

No, you just DO that now. That’s just a new thing you do…until you and your shitty ankle both die.

I’m guessing this is from the soon-to-be-released “Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” which is already in my AMZ wish list?

broylesa:

@thecosmiccowgirl feeding @tastytouring some of her delicious @confituras creations. Apple cardamom jam, pickled peaches, fig preserves. Everything seems like it would go great on ice cream…

So Stephanie!

seanbonner:

I support these New Bike Lane Graphics

I really need to get a bike.

I had to go find this after Merlin posted “Bringing on the Heartbreak”. As an aside, it’s a travesty that I have to find a poor quality version on YouTube because so-called MTV Music doesn’t have it or any other Def Leppard video prior to Hysteria. Wasn’t part of the channel built based on videos from Pyromania? Also, Def Leppard is collaborating with Tim McGraw? WTF?

merlin:

Def Leppard - “Bringin’ On The Heartbreak” (1981)

29-year-old song.

I know. Me, too.

Love this song.

I’ve always liked this one better than the stuff from Pyromania, but “Me and My Wine” is the ultimate, especially since I’ve heard that they patterned it after The Young Ones.

merlin:

First Night with the New Fitbit + Suddenly Very Sick Little Girl = Useful Insight Into Daddy’s Sleep Patterns.

Also, delirium.

With a 5-month-old in the house that doesn’t sleep for more than 2 hours at a time (and I naively thought our third kid would be the easiest), products like Fitbit and Zeo (reviewed here by Scott Hanselman) are sure to reveal some wacky sleep patterns. Ah, parenthood…