November 30th, 2012
I avoided playing in another heavy rock band. Which, if I’d pursued that, would have been a B-grade Soundgarden. I was perfectly comfortable denying the expected ambition of a successful pop culture participant.
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil on his low public profile during the band’s 13-year hiatus

(Source: spinner.com)

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May 30th, 2012
Zoom Spinner is streaming the entirety of the forthcoming Melvins album, Freak Puke. Listen here.

Spinner is streaming the entirety of the forthcoming Melvins album, Freak Puke. Listen here.

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April 4th, 2012
Read Spinner.com's exclusive excerpt of Eric Erlandson's book 'Letters to Kurt'

Reminder: I’ll be doing an event with Eric at Brooklyn’s BookCourt this Friday, April 6, at 7 p.m. More info here.

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Official Tumblr for Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, a Time magazine book of the year. (Now in paperback; purchase info here.) The blog is run by the author, freelance writer/editor Mark Yarm; he is of no relation to Mark Arm of Mudhoney.