I got this new book called Grunge Is dead. It has interviews with like every grunge star alive, except for Chris Cornell because his balls dropped off. And Courtney Love because no one takes her seriously as a musician. But like other then that its great. I haven't actually read much of it yet though.
I am in Wisconsin. In Wisconsin all the stores close at like 5. They also think they have to add meat to everything they serve in a restaurant. But on the brighter side there are more hills and stuff. Hills are cool.
The biggest problem with being on vacation is that there is no food in the hotel room because your supposed to eat out. Funny thing is if we were to eat out any time anyone got hungry we'd just be living at the restaurant.
I am off to read the book. I shall post details for the non exsisting people who read this blog later.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The day seattle died.
Most people with any knowledge in rock music know that today in 1994 Kurt Cobain died. And grunge fans know that today is the estimated day of Layne Staley’s death.
Kurt was found dead on April 8th 1994 in his greenhouse with a bullet to his head. Autopsy reports concluded Kurt died on the 5th. Kurt, who had battled drug addiction, other health issues, depression, and the pressures of being a rock star, death was ruled a suicide.
Although some fans believe he was murdered the chances are very slim because Kurt had previously attempted suicide in Rome about a month before and he had also discussed his suicidal urges in interviews and in song lyrics..
It should also be noted that most insurance companies do not pay for suicides. Cobain, like fellow rock stars Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin was 27.The sound of Nirvana brought a revolutionary change to rock music and brought it back to the raw basics. 
Nirvana, like most grunge bands was influenced by both punk rock and heavy metal. Nirvana helped bring grunge into the mainstream along with bands like Soundgarden and Alice In Chains. 
The primary influences of Nirvana included The Pixies, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Wipers, and Meat Puppets. Kurt Cobains cynical sense of humor and angry, yet gentile and artistic personality made him an unwilling spokesman for angst teens of generation X.
Perhaps more even tragic is Layne Staley of Alice In Chains, who was found dead two weeks after his estimated death on April 20th 2002. 
Staley was surrounded by drug paraphernalia and had battled with drug addiction for years. His death was estimated to be on the 5th. According to friends and family Layne had isolated himself due to his drug addiction to the point where one would throw rocks at his door and he still wouldn’t open it. The death of his former girlfriend Demri, 
who also died of drug related causes, in 1996 had hurt Layne beyond words. Laynes body was not discovered until an unidentified person placed a call with 911 to say "She hadn't heard from him in about two weeks”. After 1997 Layne hid from the spotlight probably due to his drug addiction. When he was found the 6 foot tall Staley weighted only 86 pounds because of malnourishment. In Layne’s last interview held in 2002 he said
“"This fucking drug use is like the insulin a diabetic needs to survive," he said. "I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this shit. It's a very difficult thing to explain.”
He also said that the pain from drug addiction is unbearable and that "I did crack and heroin for years. I never wanted to end my life this way. I know I have no chance. It's too late. I never wanted [the public's] thumbs' up about this fucking drug use.”
However it should be noted that the lady who interviewed him is actually full of bullshit so she may have twisted the words around. I know this because Layne’s family and friends all said her book was full of bullshit. Even if she made it up it is still known that Layne urged fans NOT to use heroin and said in a rolling stone interview that
“I didn't want my fans to think that heroin was cool. But then I've had fans come up to me and give me the thumbs up, telling me they're high. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen."”
Alice in Chains provided a more metal influenced grunge sound then Nirvana. And while lumped into the grunge scene Alice In Chains considered themselves a metal band. Their most successful album Dirt had heavy guitar riffs but lyrics touching on very personal matters. Layne’s powerful voice made Alice In Chains’ music heavy yet beautiful. Layne was described by his friends as a caring and funny person.
Both artists provided an influential voice in what became grunge and the music of the early 90s.
Kurt was found dead on April 8th 1994 in his greenhouse with a bullet to his head. Autopsy reports concluded Kurt died on the 5th. Kurt, who had battled drug addiction, other health issues, depression, and the pressures of being a rock star, death was ruled a suicide.
Although some fans believe he was murdered the chances are very slim because Kurt had previously attempted suicide in Rome about a month before and he had also discussed his suicidal urges in interviews and in song lyrics..
It should also be noted that most insurance companies do not pay for suicides. Cobain, like fellow rock stars Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin was 27.The sound of Nirvana brought a revolutionary change to rock music and brought it back to the raw basics. 
Nirvana, like most grunge bands was influenced by both punk rock and heavy metal. Nirvana helped bring grunge into the mainstream along with bands like Soundgarden and Alice In Chains. 
The primary influences of Nirvana included The Pixies, Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Wipers, and Meat Puppets. Kurt Cobains cynical sense of humor and angry, yet gentile and artistic personality made him an unwilling spokesman for angst teens of generation X.
Perhaps more even tragic is Layne Staley of Alice In Chains, who was found dead two weeks after his estimated death on April 20th 2002. 
Staley was surrounded by drug paraphernalia and had battled with drug addiction for years. His death was estimated to be on the 5th. According to friends and family Layne had isolated himself due to his drug addiction to the point where one would throw rocks at his door and he still wouldn’t open it. The death of his former girlfriend Demri, 
who also died of drug related causes, in 1996 had hurt Layne beyond words. Laynes body was not discovered until an unidentified person placed a call with 911 to say "She hadn't heard from him in about two weeks”. After 1997 Layne hid from the spotlight probably due to his drug addiction. When he was found the 6 foot tall Staley weighted only 86 pounds because of malnourishment. In Layne’s last interview held in 2002 he said“"This fucking drug use is like the insulin a diabetic needs to survive," he said. "I'm not using drugs to get high like many people think. I know I made a big mistake when I started using this shit. It's a very difficult thing to explain.”
He also said that the pain from drug addiction is unbearable and that "I did crack and heroin for years. I never wanted to end my life this way. I know I have no chance. It's too late. I never wanted [the public's] thumbs' up about this fucking drug use.”
However it should be noted that the lady who interviewed him is actually full of bullshit so she may have twisted the words around. I know this because Layne’s family and friends all said her book was full of bullshit. Even if she made it up it is still known that Layne urged fans NOT to use heroin and said in a rolling stone interview that“I didn't want my fans to think that heroin was cool. But then I've had fans come up to me and give me the thumbs up, telling me they're high. That's exactly what I didn't want to happen."”
Alice in Chains provided a more metal influenced grunge sound then Nirvana. And while lumped into the grunge scene Alice In Chains considered themselves a metal band. Their most successful album Dirt had heavy guitar riffs but lyrics touching on very personal matters. Layne’s powerful voice made Alice In Chains’ music heavy yet beautiful. Layne was described by his friends as a caring and funny person.
Both artists provided an influential voice in what became grunge and the music of the early 90s.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Screw you Lars...
One of the stupid things I hear a lot is that free online radio sites such as last.fm make the music industry loose cash. In reality I (and millions of others) have discovered many new artists due to last.fm. When I like a song I buy it on a cd or from itunes so I can have it on my ipod. So last.fm making people from some countries pay is going to have the music industry loose money. Here I have calculated about how much US dollars I have spent on music I found though last.fm. It may not be a lot but im sure most frequent users have the same experience as me. Here is an example of why music being made available freely helps everyone. The music fans, the artists, the itunes fat cats, the independent record stores, the fat cat chain stores etc.
Babes in Toyland
Songs Purchased-1
Total Cost-1.00
Blind Melon
Songs Purchased-4
Cds Purchased-1*
Total Cost-4.00
Butthole Surfers
Songs Purchased-2
Total Cost-2.00
Desaparecidos
Songs Purchased-5
Total Cost-5.00
Dinosaur Jr.
Songs Purchased-1
Total Cost-1.00
Eddie Vedder
Cds Purchased-1^
Total Cost-13.00?
Hole
Cds Purchased-1*
Songs purchased-9
Total Cost-9.00
L7
Songs Purchased-1
Total Cost-1.00
Mad Season
Songs Purchased-4
Cds Purchased-1*
Total Cost-4.00
Meat Puppets
Cds Purchased-1^
Songs Purchased-6
Total Cost-25.00?
Minutemen
Songs Purchased-3
Total Cost-3.00
Mother Love Bone
Cds Purchased-1
Total Cost-10.00
Mudhoney
Cds Purchased-1
Songs Purchased-5
Total Cost-21.00
Nick Drake
Songs Purchased-5
Total Cost-5.00
Screaming Trees
Cds Purchased-2*^
Songs Purchased-3
Total Cost-13.00?
Sebadoh
Cds Purchased-1^
Songs Purchased-3
Total Cost-15.00?
Sonic Youth
Cds Purchased-1^
Songs Purchased-2
Total Cost-11.00?
Soundgarden
Cds Purchased-4*
Songs Purchased-5
Total Cost-34.00?
The Vaselines
Songs Purchased-3
Total Cost-3.00
Violent Femmes
Cds Purchased-1^
Songs Purchased-3
Total Cost-14.00?
So in total thanks to last fm I have…
Bought
63 songs and one album from itunes
Around Ten albums
Spent
about 108.00 on albums
About 75.00 of that money went to independent/local cd stores
Spent about 73.60 on itunes
Discovered 20 new artists.
Giving the music industry in total 256.60 bucks more then I would without last.fm
And plan on buying at least six more full albums
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Note-Total cost doesn’t include stuff I haven’t bought yet
*These include songs/cds I am going to buy next time I see them at a store.
?cost is estimated
^bought from resale/local stores, multiple means I bought multiple.
So i would like to say fuck you to the folks in the RIAA, who control last fm, and Metallica (who do have some cool songs though, too bad they are losing cash because i cant play them on last fm).
Thank you for reading my boring numbers,i honestly dont like numbers because frankly i feel there are to many of them. But i guess they work well when trying to get your point across.
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Ok now on a lighter note look at this
http://www.nin.com/pub/strobelight/
Chris Cornell got OWNED by Trent Reznor.
Babes in Toyland
Songs Purchased-1
Total Cost-1.00
Blind Melon
Songs Purchased-4
Cds Purchased-1*
Total Cost-4.00
Butthole Surfers
Songs Purchased-2
Total Cost-2.00
Desaparecidos
Songs Purchased-5
Total Cost-5.00
Dinosaur Jr.
Songs Purchased-1
Total Cost-1.00
Eddie Vedder
Cds Purchased-1^
Total Cost-13.00?
Hole
Cds Purchased-1*
Songs purchased-9
Total Cost-9.00
L7
Songs Purchased-1
Total Cost-1.00
Mad Season
Songs Purchased-4
Cds Purchased-1*
Total Cost-4.00
Meat Puppets
Cds Purchased-1^
Songs Purchased-6
Total Cost-25.00?
Minutemen
Songs Purchased-3
Total Cost-3.00
Mother Love Bone
Cds Purchased-1
Total Cost-10.00
Mudhoney
Cds Purchased-1
Songs Purchased-5
Total Cost-21.00
Nick Drake
Songs Purchased-5
Total Cost-5.00
Screaming Trees
Cds Purchased-2*^
Songs Purchased-3
Total Cost-13.00?
Sebadoh
Cds Purchased-1^
Songs Purchased-3
Total Cost-15.00?
Sonic Youth
Cds Purchased-1^
Songs Purchased-2
Total Cost-11.00?
Soundgarden
Cds Purchased-4*
Songs Purchased-5
Total Cost-34.00?
The Vaselines
Songs Purchased-3
Total Cost-3.00
Violent Femmes
Cds Purchased-1^
Songs Purchased-3
Total Cost-14.00?
So in total thanks to last fm I have…
Bought
63 songs and one album from itunes
Around Ten albums
Spent
about 108.00 on albums
About 75.00 of that money went to independent/local cd stores
Spent about 73.60 on itunes
Discovered 20 new artists.
Giving the music industry in total 256.60 bucks more then I would without last.fm
And plan on buying at least six more full albums
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Note-Total cost doesn’t include stuff I haven’t bought yet
*These include songs/cds I am going to buy next time I see them at a store.
?cost is estimated
^bought from resale/local stores, multiple means I bought multiple.
So i would like to say fuck you to the folks in the RIAA, who control last fm, and Metallica (who do have some cool songs though, too bad they are losing cash because i cant play them on last fm).
Thank you for reading my boring numbers,i honestly dont like numbers because frankly i feel there are to many of them. But i guess they work well when trying to get your point across.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ok now on a lighter note look at this
http://www.nin.com/pub/strobelight/
Chris Cornell got OWNED by Trent Reznor.
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