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It Was 15 Years Ago Today

Colleen Kane — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:01:00 GMT

Kurt Cobain's body was found in Seattle a decade and a half ago today.

Unfortunately, every time I think of the shock of hearing that news via my college radio station, I recall how awful the radio announcer was. She was a fellow DJ with aspirations to make it as a radio personality, but she lacked anything resembling a personality, and even used a fake last radio name "Winters" instead of her more ethnic-sounding name. So when she announced this news, it was in her constantly smiling radio voice, plus she didn't really like music so she didn't care.

Anyway! One media personality who was appropriately somber about the loss back in April 1994 was Kurt Loder, who covered the developing story as MTV's 9-11, which it kind of was. A recycled eulogy for Cobain (from the 10-year anniversary) by Loder is up on MTV.com.

And meanwhile, The Courtney Love Show continues lumbering and sputtering along to its own cacophonic tune.

Courtney is preparing a lawsuit to reclaim $30 million in cash looted from the estate of Kurt Cobain. An additonal $500 million was scammed in real-estate investment ventures, says an article on E! Online. "There are now Kurts and Courtneys and Franceses spelled different ways that allegedly own properties all over the country that were bought by Kurt's assets," said Courtney's attorney. What this means, and who Courtney is suing have not yet been specified.

But she berated anyone who didn't understand the ins and outs of the coming lawsuit in her MySpace blog. An excerpt:

do you UNDERSTAND?
DO YOU UNDERFUCKINGSTAND?

to show you much else would make you start singing i dont know,....Metallica? am i speaking to BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD?
HAVE YOU EVER READ A BOOK?

ONE?

You're also welcome to try to make head or tail of her Tweets. Courtney tweeted more than 50 times yesterday, and not one of the messages makes sense.

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From the Annals of "Sassy": Kurt Cobain Wore an Engagement Ring

Emily Farris — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:39:00 GMT

Can you believe it was 15 years ago that Kurt Cobain died? His body was discovered at his home in Lake Washington on April 8, 1994. To celebrate his life, the fine folks at I Heart Daily pulled out an old issue of "Sassy" (which, unfortunately met its end two years after the rocker) which featured Cobain and Courtney Love on the cover, shortly after the two were engaged. What stood out to us most was this little bit of sweetness:

"I mention that I saw their engagement announced on MTV when Nirvana's video was number one. Says Kurt, "It was embarrassing, but it was also kind of neat." Courtney says, "I thought it was kind of dorky." She's wearing an engagement ring, circa 1906, with a ruby or something in the middle. Kurt has one, too, an ornate band. "Sorry about this zit," she says, pointing to her cheek. "Zits are beauty marks," says Kurt.

—Sassy, April 1992

The entire article can be downloaded as a PDF here.

R.I.P. Kurt Cobain and "Sassy."

[I Heart Daily: Flashback: Kurt, Courtney and Sassy Magazine]

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Yoo-hoooooo! Now's Your Chance at Love, Fellas!

Colleen Kane — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:34:00 GMT

You know why VH-1 and VH-1 Classic are great? Trot out any washed-up celeb from the '80s or '90s who can still somewhat be propped upright for a reality show, and I will watch it. And trot them out they do. I'm just waiting for their Weekend at Bernie's-style* reality show where they prop up Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, then stand back as the hijinks ensue.

Needless to say, Rock of Love is one of the highlights/lowlights of this blogger's week. Season three, as of last night's episode two, is shaping up to have the trashiest cast yet.

We were wondering why Daisy De La Hoya, runner-up from season two, didn't show up for Rock of Love Charm School, and that's because she's getting her own show, a spinoff of a spinoff (of a spinoff of a spinoff) where she will really find true love.

Here's cast member Brian Magee who was elected by visitors to DaisyofLoveCasting.com, and who according to his "BIG Up's" section, is a straightedge vegan. Ha.

Voting is now over, but don't lose that website address; if the first season's winner doesn't work out, you may have another chance at Daisy's love.

*(I make a Weekend at Bernie's reference at least once a week. It's a very useful cultural touchstone.)

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Sloppy Seconds: Courtney Love's Bizarre Death Rant

Emily Farris — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:19:00 GMT

After male superhero movie after male superhero movie after male superhero movie, Wonder Woman is finally going to the big screen—except not. It's going straight to DVD. And it's animated. [Jezebel]

Britney Spears equates her life to a jail sentence. [People]

Is Nicole Kidman going to be the next star to quit the biz? Yawn. [Yahoo!]

Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson Wentz are still waiting for that baby to pop out. [MTV]

Courtney Love would like you to know she's not suicidal after a crazy death rant on her MySpace blog. [Us]

The Foo Fighters Would Like John McCain to Stop Comparing Himself to Kurt Cobain

Emily Farris — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:51:00 GMT

Poor GOP—it just can't nail down a campaign song.

John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne both told McCain to stop using their songs, then Heart slapped the Republicans with a cease and desist order for the unauthorized use of "Barracuda" to describe the Pitbull in Lipstick. Now the Foo Fighters would like John McCain to stop comparing himself to Kurt Cobain.

True, they were both beautiful in their twenties, and one is dead and the other will probably be dead in a few years. That is where the similarities end, which is why the Foo Fighters want the candidate to stop using their hit, "My Hero" to pump himself up at rallies... and perhaps in the war room, bathroom and bedroom.

"The saddest thing about this is that `My Hero' was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential," the band said in a statement. "To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song."

Well, John. We bet Toby Kieth has a ditty for you. Or maybe Kenny Chesney?

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[Yahoo!: Foo Fighters tell McCain to stop using song]

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Sloppy Seconds: Little Frances Bean is All Grown Up, Brad Pitt's Little Penis, McCartney-Mills Divorce Drama, Gorilla Sex, Britney's Civil Rights and Lindsay Lohan's Boobs

Emily Farris — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:17:00 GMT

Little Frances Bean Cobain is all grown up, and doing fashion spreads for Bazaar. She looks great even though we can totally tell that's not her real hair color.

Our big little sister FameCrawler is reporting that Juilette Lewis said Brad Pitt wasn't much of a big deal down there.

The Paul McCartney and Heather Mills divorce drama is almost over. We think.

Gorillas do it face-to-face, too.

Britney's new lawyer feels her civil rights are being violated.

Lindsay Lohan as a nekkid, tattooed Marilyn Monroe in New York Magazine.

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sarahhepola — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:09:00 GMT

Nikki Finke is reporting that Universal Studios has greenlit a Kurt Cobain biopic, based on Heavier Than Heaven, Charles R. Cross’ print bio. Yes, we’ll wait a moment for you to take that in.

Oh, and it’s being produced by Courtney Love and her lawyer.

(Sigh.)

We think that if this actually happens, Ryan Gosling pretty much has it locked up, but you know, the guy’s been pretty classy thus far, so maybe he’ll bow out. Michael Pitt's presumably not famous enough. Any other ideas? Part of us really wants to see Zac Efron mainlining some smack and puking backstage at SNL, but that’s just crazy talk. This is a Universal pic, after all, not Disney! — Bryan Christian