April 18th, 2012
Zoom heartbarf: By the way, I snagged Melissa Auf der Maur’s notes from the Hole mini-reunion the other night. From what I can tell, they are: “Seasons in the Sun,” which they played as a trio, Auf der Maur on vocals (the back side of the page is lyrics to that); The bass notes to “Red Head Walking” which they played as a trio; Some lyrics from ”Red Head Walking” (“Kiss that girl, / She’ll cut your heart like diamonds - END OF STORY / You bet you’re gonna lose it”) “Use once”, a note pointing to “Use Once and Destroy,” which they played an instrumental version of, as a trio; A reference to the Sebadoh song they did as a trio (video), not sure why it says Smiths; James McNew, who I just realized was that dude from Yo La Tengo. Melissa said he loaned her the bass she used. He joined them for “Over The Edge” by the Wipers (video).

heartbarf:

By the way, I snagged Melissa Auf der Maur’s notes from the Hole mini-reunion the other night. From what I can tell, they are:

  • “Seasons in the Sun,” which they played as a trio, Auf der Maur on vocals (the back side of the page is lyrics to that);
  • The bass notes to “Red Head Walking” which they played as a trio;
  • Some lyrics from ”Red Head Walking” (“Kiss that girl, / She’ll cut your heart like diamonds - END OF STORY / You bet you’re gonna lose it”)
  • “Use once”, a note pointing to “Use Once and Destroy,” which they played an instrumental version of, as a trio;
  • A reference to the Sebadoh song they did as a trio (video), not sure why it says Smiths;
  • James McNew, who I just realized was that dude from Yo La Tengo. Melissa said he loaned her the bass she used. He joined them for “Over The Edge” by the Wipers (video).
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March 7th, 2012

Here’s a full scan of the oral history of Sub Pop I wrote for the July 2008 issue of Blender (20 years of history crammed into a mere four pages!). This humble piece served as the basis for my book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge (out in paperback March 13; order info here).

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January 26th, 2012

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Sonic Youth posters

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June 7th, 2011
Sebadoh were supposed to tour Europe with Nirvana like a month or so after Kurt killed himself. Some people said, ‘Oh, that’s terrible, you coulda really broken through if you opened for Nirvana.’ I’m like, ‘No, we wouldn’t have.’ Who the fuck wanted a Half Japanese record after they opened for Nirvana?
from my interview with Sebadoh frontman Lou Barlow
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