kurt cobain
Big Screen
An Era Truly Ends As Grunge’s Muse Takes A Hallmark Movie Role
7:46AM Richard Rushfield | For a brief moment in the early ’90s, the Generation X dared to dream that the world could be a better place. Or at least it could be a more, kinda less, in your face, making such a big-deal-about-itself place. More »
Online
Twitter-Crazed Courtney Love Wants Dave Grohl “Ass-Raped”
5:19AM John Cook | Courtney Love did not authorise that Hellish Guitar Hero version of her dead husband that she authorised, for money—it’s all Dave Grohl’s fault and she’s going to sue and she wants a British journalist to rape him. More »
Music
Hey Look, It’s Video Of Kurt Cobain. In Hell.
7:25AM John Cook | Courtney Love and Dave Grohl love money more than their dead husband and bandmate, so they let Activision include him as a video-game character in Guitar Hero where people can make him sing Bon Jovi songs. Here’s a fan’s tribute. More »
People
Kurt Cobain Brought Back To Life As Playable Video Game Character
1:30AM Foster Kamer | Well, if Gus Van Sant’s rockstar suicide porn Last Days wasn’t vicarious enough for you, you can now play as a Kurt Cobain-like character in Guitar Hero 4, replete with the infamous Daniel Johnston shirt. Via Fimoculous, game trailer below. More »
Music
1:21PM Jess McGuire | Crystal from AutoStraddle gave me the heads up about the following clip, and from what I can tell from Twitter’s trending topics, the internet is currently going NUTS for this Never Gonna Give You Up/Smells Like Teen Spirit mash up. As this clever site quipped, “Kurt Cobain is probably (Rick)rolling in his grave”. Let’s have a look/listen, eh? More »
Nirvana Versus Rick Astley
1:21PM Jess McGuire | Crystal from AutoStraddle gave me the heads up about the following clip, and from what I can tell from Twitter’s trending topics, the internet is currently going NUTS for this Never Gonna Give You Up/Smells Like Teen Spirit mash up. As this clever site quipped, “Kurt Cobain is probably (Rick)rolling in his grave”. Let’s have a look/listen, eh? More » 
Australian Woman Plans On Smoking Kurt Cobain’s Ashes… But Is It Art?
4:35PM Jess McGuire | Wonderful news, proud patriotic Australians! Yet another expat is kicking some important goals overseas. In this case, it’s artist Natascha Stellmach, who is apparently planning on smoking the ashes of Kurt Cobain in a joint to cap off a successful exhibition.
I know, I know – it sounds a little weird. But it’s art! It’s cool if art’s weird! If you don’t understand it, or if you think it’s gone too far, then you’re just a square, maaaaaaan.
An Australian artist wants to smoke the stolen ashes of Kurt Cobain as part of an exhibition she claims will set the late Nirvana singer “free”.
Your plan intrigues me, Natascha. Please, continue… More » 
Courtney Love Throws Daughter Frances Bean a Suicide-Themed ‘Sweet 16′
7:20AM Defamer Hollywood | For some parents, raising a child alone after a partner has committed suicide is a sensitive thing. Then, as always, there is Courtney Love. Last seen recommending orgasms to the Jonas Brothers, the singer is once again in the news for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on her daughter’s 16th birthday party, a suicide-themed affair that included games like a “who can look the most dead” contest. No bonus points for dressing like Kurt Cobain, as that was Frances Bean’s costume: More »
Defamer Commenter Braintrust Weighs In On 5 Solutions to Fix MTV
8:00AM Defamer Hollywood | When we spent yesterday introducing you to the “7 MTV-Defining Stars Who Wouldn’t Be Allowed on MTV Anymore,” little did we know it would cause such a sensation. From far and wide, the Defamer commenters gathered together to trade stories about the network’s golden days, suggest improvements that could be made, and shout at kids to get off their damn lawn. Since MTV has made the encouraging step of hiring Russell Brand to host this year’s VMAs, we know they’re open to self-improvement, so we thought it only fair to spotlight the best suggestions and constructive criticism the Defamer braintrust had to offer:
