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Patty Schemel is a drummer best known from her time in Hole. She was friends with Kurt Cobain, eventually living with him and Kurt & Courtney Love during the height of Nirvana's fame. Sadly, like most of her peers, she struggled immensely with drug addiction. She chronicles her career with a sense of completely candidness and gut-wrenching honesty. She's the first person (I've seen) to write about Courtney Love in a tone that isn't twisted or sexist. If you're not much of a reader, I recommend the audiobook, which Schemel narrates herself. The chapters are short, but that just makes it easier to ingest.
Jan 26, 2024
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from the 33 1/3 series. part bio of the band, the album, and Courtney love, part memoir about the experience of listening to it as a kid, part cultural critique of its lyrics and reception. fantastic. If you don’t vibe with the album or Courtney, odds are there’s another book in the series about an album you love!
Nov 13, 2024
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Ten by Pearl Jam is one of my all time favorite classic/hard rock slash grunge albums. Hole’s album Live Through This is more of a melodic grunge/alternative rock, but a solid female vocal album. I feel like it never really got all the flowers it deserved because it was a female vocalist at the same time. I just ignore the fact that it’s Courtney Love lol. I’ve said this in a rec before and I’ll say it again: I will listen to ANYTHING that Chris Cornell worked on lol. He was a part of a few 90s grungy bands, so if you haven’t already definitely check out Soundgarden, Audioslave, and/or Temple of the Dog. Superunknown by Soundgarden is probably one of the best known. Some are popular enough, but ones I feel were all pretty quintessential 90s albums that were a great part of the sound.
Jan 19, 2025
Daniel Johnston's 1983 album "Hi How Are You - the unfinished album" is similar in sounding to Kurt Cobain's iconic song "Beans". The album was popularised in the early 90s when MTV covered Cobain wearing a t-shirt with the album displayed, and at the time Daniel Johnston didn't like/want any of the fame. In fact, after he started growing a cult following for his eclectic and unique sound, he continued working hospitality at Subway because he believed that was where he came up with his best songs (and best sandwiches ofcourse). It's definitely not for everyone, but a niche audience and musician that people should take more note of. Do you think this album was an influence on Kurt Cobain's solo project “Montage of Heck"?
Feb 16, 2025
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Jan 27, 2024
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focus episode on peter, great cutaways, seth Macfarlane covers a lot of ground on this episode
Jan 27, 2024
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most people don't realize that airpods are actually reaaaally low quality and you miss out on so many frequencies
Jan 27, 2024