The News Review:
- Plea to trace last days
- Former Internees Still ut of CAF Debate
- STM music editor Jay Hanna
- Christian band Disciple open to all types of music
- Cobain goes commercial MTV does Kurt turning 40 and welcoming…
Plea to trace last days
NEWS.com.au – Feb 24, 2007
"Some of Carly’s friends believe her killers could have tracked her down through the internet – an idea rejected by close friend Jesse Linke. "There’s no way she would have done that" she said. The Underground is a Christian-backed music venue. Carly was a regular every Friday and Saturday night where teenagers gathered to watch local emo and punk music bands. Followers of emo or emotional hardcore music are typified by their dark attire studded belts dyed-black hair pushed to one side and face piercings. Asked if teenagers following the emo scene were depressed or experiencing increased anxiety Underground Church senior pastor Andrew Waiblinger said "no more than any other teenager". "Emo kids are defined as quiet introverted sensitive and even broken hearted.
Former Internees Still ut of CAF Debate
New West – Feb 24, 2007
I used to listen to KQED’s Pacific Time on my evening drive over the Bay Bridge into San Francisco. It’s a public radio show that takes the issues of the day and explores them from an Asian American perspective. My favorite part of the show was the way the former host Nguyen Qui Duc would transition from one segment to the next mashing two seemingly unrelated stories say Japanese punk music and Mongolian foreign policy into a cogent radio program. So when I heard that a former Japanese internment camp in Idaho is under threat from a 20000 cow heifer operation planned nearby I thought is was a perfect subject for the show. The story presented a host of seemingly impossible themes inside one basic development conflict.
STM music editor Jay Hanna
NEWS.com.au – Feb 24, 2007
“There is a big difference between the new songs and anything else we have done” he says. “They are still full and big sounding songs but they are not so mean. ”Does that mean the band is moving from its post-punk leanings and venturing further into the folk-blues terrain of Dylan and Waits?“In a way yeah” Bauer says. “Each song has a strong sense of character which is something we have worked on. It is more folky but it is not actually folk. It’s just that every time we tried to put a harder rock part into a song it sounded a little fake so we gave up. ”Guitarist Paul Maroon has been busy learning the viola and trumpet.
Christian band Disciple open to all types of music
courierpress.com – Feb 24, 2007
-based Disciple will visit the Tri-State this weekend for a concert at First Christian Church of Newburgh. The show which also features Family Force 5 Fireflight and Decyfer Down is at 6 p. “When we listen to them we hear a lot of the same things that we like to play” he said.
Cobain goes commercial MTV does Kurt turning 40 and welcoming…
nwsource.com – Feb 24, 2007
Because like many artists before him — Jimi Hendrix comes to mind — Cobain is forever linked to a specific era: the heady and hopeful early 1990s when the minority was the majority and the guitar was still seen as a viable instrument for social change. And since he took his life in April 1994 the art form Cobain most excelled in — rock — has become nearly as fractious as the society it exists in. Erudite artists gave way to n?tal emo punk-pop. while you hear plenty of power chords and gravelly voices some might argue that it’s hard to find the spirit of Nirvana in any of it. So if he were still with us where — if anywhere — would Cobain fit? Would he still be making music on a grand stage or would he have disappeared from the spotlight becoming a recluse like Syd Barrett or Jeff Mangum? Would he have split up Nirvana as several biographies (and his widow Courtney Love) insist? And if so would fans greet a Nirvana reunion with the unbridled enthusiasm that the Pixies or the Police have found? Would they still even care? To get some answers MTV News reached out to people who knew Cobain as a friend a musical compatriot and a subject… while you hear plenty of power chords and gravelly voices some might argue that it’s hard to find the spirit of Nirvana in any of it. So if he were still with us where — if anywhere — would Cobain fit? Would he still be making music on a grand stage or would he have disappeared from the spotlight becoming a recluse like Syd Barrett or Jeff Mangum? Would he have split up Nirvana as several biographies (and his widow Courtney Love) insist? And if so would fans greet a Nirvana reunion with the unbridled enthusiasm that the Pixies or the Police have found? Would they still even care? To get some answers MTV News reached out to people who knew Cobain as a friend a musical compatriot and a subject. And while some respectfully declined to participate we did receive several eye-opening responses that painted a picture of Cobain that few have seen. While he may have been a Man of His Times he was also most certainly a man — a conflicted quick-witted one who would have loved YouTube been jealous of the White Stripes and found a kindred spirit in Pete Doherty. Butch Vig (producer Nevermind) “I’m pretty sure Nirvana would’ve broken up but I have no doubt that Kurt would’ve kept making music… while you hear plenty of power chords and gravelly voices some might argue that it’s hard to find the spirit of Nirvana in any of it. So if he were still with us where — if anywhere — would Cobain fit? Would he still be making music on a grand stage or would he have disappeared from the spotlight becoming a recluse like Syd Barrett or Jeff Mangum? Would he have split up Nirvana as several biographies (and his widow Courtney Love) insist? And if so would fans greet a Nirvana reunion with the unbridled enthusiasm that the Pixies or the Police have found? Would they still even care? To get some answers MTV News reached out to people who knew Cobain as a friend a musical compatriot and a subject. And while some respectfully declined to participate we did receive several eye-opening responses that painted a picture of Cobain that few have seen. While he may have been a Man of His Times he was also most certainly a man — a conflicted quick-witted one who would have loved YouTube been jealous of the White Stripes and found a kindred spirit in Pete Doherty. Butch Vig (producer Nevermind) “I’m pretty sure Nirvana would’ve broken up but I have no doubt that Kurt would’ve kept making music. I know that he really looked up to artists like Neil Young or John Lennon and so I think he would’ve probably made solo records like they did: really diverse and eclectic sounding and on a very not-regular schedule.