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Courtney Love speaks for Nirvana retrospective ROSS RAIHALA Originally published Sept. 21, 2001 As the worldwide music
press continues to run retrospective features to mark the 10th anniversary
of Nirvana's "Nevermind," the British weekly New Musical Express
has scored an exclusive interview with Courtney Love.
Love, of course, was married to Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain, who
lived in Olympia during the years leading up to the release of "Nevermind."
And Love, of course, concluded her band Hole's 1994 album "Live
Through This" with the Olympia-bashing song "Rock Star."
Anyway, Love must have struck a Dave Eggers-like deal with NME
to conduct the interview via e-mail and, one would assume, to print
her unedited answers in full. The piece, which ran in the issue
dated Sept. 15, has plenty of interesting and uniquely Courtney
rants.
In the interview, Love claims: never to have seen Nick Broomfield's
controversial documentary "Kurt and Courtney"; that she nearly married
an unnamed actor (most likely Edward Norton) but decided against
it because she doesn't want to be the wife of anyone famous again;
and that daughter Frances Bean says she plans to marry Prince William,
run a film studio and direct a blockbuster film about "talking headless
fish."
Other highlights include:
- Courtney plans to mount an exhibition of Kurt's art: "I've spoken
to someone in London about showing (his) funny poetry, sick boy
cartoons, beautiful prose and his paintings and sculptures, which
are amazing."
- Kurt's diaries include his list of the top 100 records of all
time: "(it's) one of the better lists I've ever seen and makes me
proud to have known him ... it should be mandatory -- if you are
a boy. There's no Joy Division or (Echo and the) Bunnymen on it,
so it's not for me."
- Courtney's opinion of Charles Cross' new book "Heavier than Heaven:
A Biography of Kurt Cobain": "(It) definitely moved me, and maybe
I shouldn't have read it as I was very upset and unprepared for
what I read there ... After reading this book I came to the conclusion
for the first time that Kurt's death was absolutely not an inevitability
... I think Kurt was surrounded by jealousy and hatred from his
peers and they used him and his new, astonishing power and sales
to further the fact that none of them had ever hit the big time."
- Courtney on the much-discussed list of rules she imposed on members
of her new band, Bastard: "I'm not talking about squashing people's
ideas or opinions or writing ideas. I mean that I am the boss and
that's that."
- Courtney on what's next: "I win the war for artists; I avenge
Kurt's death; I raise a fantastically gifted, beautiful, spiritually
deep, amazing child; Jimmy Page teaches me the lost chord; I make
a record; I save the world from (new) metal; I direct a film."
Hot Gossip
More from NME, this time an opinion piece that was published in
the Sept. 1 issue.
Writer Kitty Empire reviewed a London show featuring the fantastic
Olympia trio the Gossip.
While Empire spent much of the review discussing issues regarding
lead singer Beth Ditto's weight, she did manage to call the Gossip
"one of the most terrific things to hit town since amplification
... the Gossip are more glorious in the flesh than even their ace
'That's Not What I Heard' album promised."
Those heading to Seattle tonight for the Quasi show at the Showbox
are advised to arrive in time to see the Gossip, one of two opening
bands. The Portland-based Quasi, featuring Sleater-Kinney drummer
Janet Weiss, is touring to support the equally fab album "The Sword
of God."
Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $10 from www.fastixx.com
or 800-992-8499.
Spanking good time
The Austin, Texas-based Asylum Street Spankers return to Olympia
on Saturday for two performances at the Capitol Theater, 206 Fifth
Ave. E., Olympia.
Touting a hybrid mix of American roots, Gypsy Swing, traditional
bluegrass, blues and jazz, the Asylum Street Spankers perform without
microphones or amplifiers.
As they did when they played Olympia early last year, the band
will first provide the score for a silent film. They'll play along
to "Steamboat Bill Jr.," a 1928 Buster Keaton comedy beginning at
8 p.m. At 10 p.m., the band will perform a full concert.
Tickets are $8 for the film, $8 for the concert or $12 for the
entire night. Call 360-754-5378 for additional information.
Devils done
One of Sub Pop's biggest bands of recent years has called it quits
-- sort of.
After five years, three records and the just-released mini- album
"Thelema," Seattle's Murder City Devils will soon cease to exist.
The band will tour in October and perform its final regional show
on Halloween at The Showbox in Seattle. (They'll reconvene one more
time on Dec. 8 for a San Francisco concert.)
Keyboard player Leslie Hardy has left the band (as well as Seattle)
and, according to the label, the remaining members feel they "cannot
continue playing the songs she helped write and perform." Nick DeWitt
will fill in for Hardy on the upcoming tour.
Once those dates are complete, bassist Derek Fudesco also will
leave the Murder City Devils to concentrate on his new band, Pretty
Girls Make Graves. The five-piece, which includes DeWitt on drums,
will release a 7-inch later this year for Sub Pop's Singles Club.
The remaining members of Murder City Devils plan to continue playing
together under a new, as yet to be announced band name.
Although Hardy joined the band in 1999, after they already had
recorded two albums, her presence on 2000's "In Name and Blood"
and subsequent tours made a significant impact on the band's direction.
Kudos to the rest of the Murder City Devils for realizing it.
The Top 10
This week's Top 10 list comes from NME -- and I swear, I do actually
read other publications. (Readers who have their own music-related
Top 10 lists are invited to e-mail them to the address below.)
The NME staff chose "10 Nirvana Tracks You Must Own" and here they
are, followed by the album on which that particular version can
be found:
10. "Territorial Pissings" (from "Nevermind"); 9. "Pennyroyal Tea"
("Unplugged in New York"); 8. "Drain You" ("From the Muddy Banks
of the Wishkah"); 7. "Serve the Servants" ("In Utero"); 6. "Blew"
("Bleach"); 5. "Molly's Lips" ("Incesticide"); 4. "In Bloom" ("Nevermind");
3. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" ("Unplugged in New York"); 2.
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" ("Nevermind"); 1. "Heart Shaped Box" ("In
Utero").
Ross Raihala covers music for The Olympian. Send ideas and Top
10 lists to OlyRoss@aol.com.
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