Kurt Cobain - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/kurt_cobain/?source=rss&aim=kurt_cobain en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST Flirting with disaster By James Hannaham Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/12/14/winehouse/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/12/14/winehouse/index.html?source=rss Will Amy Winehouse's self-destructive behavior make her a music legend -- or will it just kill her? On the dopeness of "The Wackness" By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/03/wackness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/03/wackness/index.html?source=rss In this interview and podcast, director Jonathan Levine talks about how Holden Caulfield met Rudy Giuliani and Biggie in the heartbroken, heat-stricken New York summer of 1994. Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/10/04/btm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/10/04/btm/index.html?source=rss An abortion film that will upset you, no matter which side you're on. Plus: What would Jesus do ... if his kid were gay? The Rundown Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/05/25/music_news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/05/25/music_news/index.html?source=rss An angelic Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan's birthday, RIAA shenanigans and more in the week's biggest music news. Beyond the Multiplex By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/03/15/btm_sxsw/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/03/15/btm_sxsw/index.html?source=rss The best of South by Southwest: An extraordinary look at Kurt Cobain's life and an absorbing film about a forgotten pop legend. Plus: A chat with a Cannes winner. Responses to "Did Gen X Kill the Rock Star?" Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/03/06/gen_x_reader_responses/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/03/06/gen_x_reader_responses/index.html?source=rss Readers mull the future of rock. Did Gen X kill the rock star? Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/03/05/generation_x_rock_stars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/audiofile/2007/03/05/generation_x_rock_stars/index.html?source=rss Seeing Nirvana's music repurposed to sell video games reminds us of Generation X's failure to produce a rock star of lasting worth. Flagrante T-shirt-o By Elizabeth Spiers Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/07/01/courtney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/07/01/courtney/index.html?source=rss A Brooklyn entrepreneur prints shirts proclaiming that the wearer had sex with everyone from the Strokes to Anna Wintour -- and New York is eating them up. "Oh Pleez GAWD I can't handle the success!" By Bomani Jones Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2002/10/23/cobain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2002/10/23/cobain/index.html?source=rss Excerpts from Kurt Cobain's journals (published in Newsweek) reveal an oddball genius battling severe physical pain -- and imagining a Nirvana reunion tour sponsored by Depends. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" By Jamie Allen Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/15/teen_spirit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/masterpiece/2002/04/15/teen_spirit/index.html?source=rss Was Nirvana's angry, culture-shifting 1991 anthem really a revolution? Maybe not. But it changed my life. Kurt Cobain and a dream about pop By Bill Wyman Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/09/24/cobain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/09/24/cobain/index.html?source=rss In an age of corporate consolidation, Kurt Cobain turned an industry upside down. And in an age of media prying, he died right in front of our eyes. Never mind the hair bands, here's a Flock of Seagulls! By Charles R. Cross Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/08/30/eighties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/08/30/eighties/index.html?source=rss The author of a new biography of Kurt Cobain looks back at the best and worst of musical decades, the 1980s. Descent of the divas By Damien Cave Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/01/10/divas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/01/10/divas/index.html?source=rss Gay men once worshipped some of the most over-the-top female entertainers, but the deification of the flamboyant, the bitchy and the damaged has become an anachronism. Patti Smith By Greg Villepique Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/11/09/smith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/11/09/smith/index.html?source=rss A punk icon in jeans and leather jacket, she added ecstasy and spiritual exaltation to the poet-songwriter equation. The dearth of cool By Frank Houston Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/11/01/coolwhite/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/11/01/coolwhite/index.html?source=rss Are white hipsters an endangered species? Is sellout just another word for nothing left to lose? Courtney Love lights up Winnipeg By Steve Burgess Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/07/30/winnipeg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/07/30/winnipeg/index.html?source=rss In which a wayfaring scribe innocently stumbles into a Hole concert, where a congregation of lager louts gets a quick, harsh lesson in timing. Real-life fembots! By Amy Reiter Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/07/06/technobra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/07/06/technobra/index.html?source=rss New GPS-equipped bra enables authorities to locate your breasts; Brit bookies say Gore's gonna get it; Nicole Kidman: Call Pamela Anderson Lee; Lennon more popular than Jesus in new poll. Plus: Be very afraid -- Loni Anderson is back! Mocking the Mayflower By Charles Taylor Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/05/18/hole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/05/18/hole/index.html?source=rss There was plenty of antagonism in the air at the start of Hole's Boston show Sunday night. But Courtney Love wouldn't have it any other way. It's not the meat, it's the motion By David Bowman Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1999/03/23/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1999/03/23/feature/index.html?source=rss David Bowman reviews the Meat Puppets' re-releases Music Feature: Listen through this By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/09/11/featureb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/09/11/featureb/index.html?source=rss Stephanie Zacharek defends Courtney Love's new wardrobe and her new record, 'celebrity skin' Listen through this By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/09/11/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/09/11/feature/index.html?source=rss Stephanie Zacharek defends Courtney Love's new wardrobe and her new record, 'celebrity skin' Fastball By Roni Sarig Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/04/27/sharps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/04/27/sharps/index.html?source=rss Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine April 3, 1998: the day punk died By Gavin McNett Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/04/17/17feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/04/17/17feature/index.html?source=rss Tim Yohannon 1946-1998 Marching to the beat of a not-so-dumb drummer By Sarah Vowell Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1997/05/30/vowell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/vowe/1997/05/30/vowell/index.html?source=rss The Foo Fighters' "The Colour and the Shape" proves ex-Nirvana member Dave Grohl is still the most powerful drummer in rock 'n' roll.