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The new issue of "Q" Magazine is featureing Courtney Love nude and a Q&A with Krist Novoselic.
"Rock star Courtney Love was arrested Tuesday as she arrived at Heathrow airport [in London] on a trans-Atlantic flight, an airline said. Love had been 'verbally abusive' to cabin crew during a Virgin Atlantic flight from Los Angeles, a spokesman for the airline said. TV channel Sky News showed pictures of Love being escorted by two officers from the plane to a police van parked on the runway. She smiled sheepishly at the camera and covered her face with her hand before getting into the back of the van. 'She was verbally abusive toward our cabin crew and disruptive,' Virgin Atlantic's director of corporate affairs Paul Moore said. The flight from Los Angeles landed at around 11 a.m. local time. London's Metropolitan Police said a 38-year-old woman had been arrested for disruptive behavior and endangering an aircraft. She was being questioned by officers at Heathrow after reports of a passenger 'being generally disruptive, using abusive language and refusing to sit down and put her belt on,' a spokesman said. Love had been due to attend a fund-raising event at London's Old Vic theater on Wednesday along with Elton John and Kevin Spacey." -- yahoo
A studio version of "You Kow You're Right" has aparently been released on the internet by Courtney. If you are looking to getting yourself a copy try using Kazaa Lite to find a copy.
99x in Atlanta played the song for an hour straight. After they got a call from some guy at Interscope:
'Randy': You need to take this record off the air right now! Do you have any idea how much you're screwing up our plans?!
Axel: Dude, I just got you an hour's worth of preorders, practially!
'Randy': NO! YOU DO NOT HAVE-
Axel: I talked to Courtney on Friday, and she gave me permission! Besides, it's all over the internet, anyway.
'Randy': I don't-what? Well, we're taking it off everywhere!
Axel: Listen-
'Randy': TAKE THIS SONG OFF YOUR AIRPLAY RIGHT NOW!
Axel: Fine, fine, we've played it enough anyway.
'Randy': Thank you.
Axel: And here's Nirvana, You Know You're Right!
94.1 the Zone in Rochester played "All Apologies" for more than 6 hours after getting a call from a record company to stop playing the song.
Courtney was recently on Howard Stern's radio show where she confirmed that the Nirvana legal battle was over and that the 2 parties had settled. "Courtney Love announced on Friday's (September 20) Howard Stern radio morning show that her lawsuits are now behind her. The former leader of Hole said she'd come to an agreement with the surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl, now of Foo Fighters, and Krist Novoselic over how the band's recordings, name, and images will be released and marketed. She told the radio host that 'an album will be out by Christmas,' referring to an upcoming greatest hits release which will include a previously unreleased track. Love also told Stern her legal battle against Universal Music Group, which resulted in back-and-forth lawsuits, has been settled 'for a lot of money.' Love added that she would have put her own album out before the end of the year, but added, 'it would be stupid to compete with Kurt,' referring to her late husband, Nirvana singer, guitarist, and songwriter Kurt Cobain." -Yahoo!
The Fender Stratocaster guitar that Pat Smear used in "Live and Loud" show for MTV has been put up for auction on ebay.
Kurt's Childhood Home is now up for sale on ebay. Asking price is $200,000.
It's not a rumor anymore, Nirvana's Greatest Hits due in October. Does this mean the fued between Courtney and the band is over? Hrm.. maybe not but i do hope a live concert on dvd comes out soon after this release.
Alice In Chains' Layne Staley found dead at 34
The King County Medical Examiner could not positively identify the body at the time they held a press conference but the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that a law enforcement source said that it was Staley's. The cause of death was undetermined and an autopsy is scheduled for 7 a.m. PT today.
"A King County Superior Court judge will rule in a week to 10 days whether Courtney Love should undergo a psychiatric evaluation in the ongoing legal battle over Nirvana's musical legacy. Attorneys for both sides argued the case before Judge Robert Alsdorf for about an hour Friday [today]. Neither Love nor the former Nirvana members was present. In a motion filed April 11, defendants Grohl and Novoselic requested that Love submit to an examination by a psychiatrist of their choosing by June 1. Love is fighting the motion."
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You can find scans of the legal documents at thesmokinggun.com
Krist Novoselic will be a Keynote speaker at the "Future of Music Policy" Conference at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7-8
"The two-day Policy Conference included keynote speeches from Senator Orrin Hatch and Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3.com, as well as over 70 panelists including Leonardo Chiariglione (SDMI), Edward Felten (Princeton University), Hilary Rosen (RIAA), Chuck D. (Public Enemy), Marybeth Peters (Director, US Copyright Office), Jim Griffin (founder of Pho and Cherry Lane Digital), and John Perry Barlow (Founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation)."
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PRESS RELEASE FROM WENDY O'CONNOR, the mother of Kurt Cobain
As the mother of Kurt Cobain and a woman who has two daughters to support, I am shocked and disgusted at the behavior of Krist Novoselic, David Grohl and their "managers" and lawyers.
I was extremely close with my son and spoke with him almost daily during the "Nirvana" years. I know a number of things.
I know that "Nirvana" was never a partnership of any sort.
I know that in the last year of his life, my son despised his bandmates and told me many times that he no longer wanted to play with them or have anything to do with them.
That is why I am speaking up today for my family, my granddaughter and my daughters and daughter-in-law.
Mr. Novoselic and his cohorts are attempting a character assassination on my daughter-in-law that is plain and downright untrue.
My son was also one of my best friends. I knew him very very well.
I know that he was extremely worried that Krist and Dave were attempting to rip him off financially. Many times he confided to me that he was overwhelmed and bewildered by the amount of BUSINESS the other two bandmates did when Kurt was seeking the medical help he so desperately needed. He also worried about a manager who openly despised him and abused him and did whatever he could at times of crisis to stop communications between me and my son, perhaps because he knew that I was onto him and had been from the start.
I watched my son from infancy develop a talent that was brilliant; he showed a genius for crafting songs at a very early age. It astonished our family and even though we were not wealthy people, we did what we could to support Kurt's dreams of being a successful musician.
Kurt had a hard time as an adolescent. He had an even harder time once the genius and talent that shone so brilliantly from him gave him great success. At the height of his career, he suffered in an environment where his band and his managers were not at all supportive of his physical or psychic needs.
Mr Novoselic claims to have worked so hard as a band with my son. His romantic and revisionist version of a band history of sleeping on floors and generally being buddies with Kurt is just untrue.
I don't know how those two ever kept playing together. It was probably because Krist was willing to help drive and because he knew sticking by Kurt was going to get him to where he is today: an extremely wealthy man.
Krist is an extremely wealthy and decadent man who has achieved his wealth by ripping off my family. Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl never wrote a Nirvana song in their lives. For them to have formed an equal partnership (LLC) is ridiculous beyond comprehension.
My family was victimized at the moment when the LLC was formed, much like Al Hendrix and his family were after Jimi Hendrix's death. We were all uninformed of what an absurd idea this was. We, the family, were not protected financially or legally even though my son drafted a will that specifically stated that, should any harm befall him, our family would be secure.
That will was ignored, so our family works like the working people we have always been and we are given additional support by my daughter-in-law.
My son wrote these songs and I have no say in the actions of people who I can only call criminal.
From the day Dave started work in the band, he demanded more and more money and threatened to leave on a regular basis.
Kurt wanted him because he was an awfully good drummer. Again, his drumming for Kurt has made him a millionaire many, many times over for his efforts.
There are a lot of things I am feeling right now: rage, shame and disgust at these two and their behavior of the last week.
I am not willing to share all of it in a press release, but I will not allow my daughter in law to be libeled and slandered by Krist and Dave.
My son died tragically and I believe his death could have been prevented by proper medical care and he was denied help by selfish and criminal behavior of the people who so callously revise their personal histories today.
My family has suffered hugely and been ripped off for a fortune.
I support my daughter in law in dissolving an LLC which never ever should have been formed. I will be hiring counsel of my own to protect the interests of my daughters, and to protect my son's legacy from the mangling hands of what I believe to be a rat's nest of liars and bandits.
I am grateful that Courtney has hired Yale Lewis, a lawyer who so successfully restored Jimi's legacy to the Hendrix family. That case has gone down as one of the most disgusting ripoffs in the history of entertainment.
I am simply glad we don't have to wait 20 years to find out how many people my son has made incredibly wealthy.
We are hard-working and simple people. We live in the country and work for the food on our table. No one can accuse anyone in my family of being greedy or even self-interested. I love my son and I will not allow him to be continually degraded.
Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl and their reps Jill Berliner, Gary Gersh and John Silva are liars and crooks.
It's never been in my nature to take advantage of my son's stunning success, but I know that my son would want me to stand up for him and his family in this moment of what I can only describe as total betrayal.
- Wendy Fradenburg Cobain O'Connor, December 19 2001.
Krist and Dave have recently released a letter to nirvana fans concerning the recent nirvana box set and the lawsuit with courtney.
An Open Letter to Nirvana Fans
From Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl
December 12, 2001
Dear Nirvana Fans,
We are writing with a sense of appreciation and thanks to all of you for your support and enthusiasm over the last decade. As many of you know, for this Christmas, we had planned to give our fans a wonderful gift -- a boxed set of the best of Nirvana's music. Released to coincide with the tenth anniversary of Nevermind, the set was going to include "You Know You're Right," recorded in 1994 just before Kurt's death. This project had been in the works for nearly five years. But this collection never came out. And there is only one reason: Courtney Love.
Today, our attorneys went into a Seattle court to stop Courtney from trying to take control of the legacy of Nirvana. We had no choice but to respond to her misguided campaign and lawsuits to appropriate the music of Nirvana.
We have been mostly silent for the last few years as she filed lawsuits, waged a continuous negative campaign in the media, and tried to rewrite history. It is now time to act and speak out. Here is some background.
When Kurt was alive, Nirvana was an equal partnership of the three of us. After Kurt's death in 1994, the partnership continued and we fulfilled what we saw as our obligation to preserve the legacy of Nirvana's music. We oversaw the releases of Live in New York and From the Muddy Banks of Wishkah, both of which were critical and commercial successes. We enhanced rather than exploited the memory and image of Nirvana.
In September, 1997, we decided to set down some rules by which we could make decisions together. We formed Nirvana L.L.C. ('limited liability corporation'), with equal representation from Dave, Krist and the Cobain Estate, ultimately represented by Courtney. Our agreement is structured so that each of the members can voice his or her opinion on any matter. Courtney's interest in the L.L.C. is that of representative of the Estate of Kurt Cobain. The fact is that Nirvana L.L.C. makes the decisions about the band, not Courtney nor any other individual. Our agreement has served all three parties well.
In 1998, we decided together to produce a great boxed set and include "You Know You're Right." All of the members of Nirvana, including Courtney, made and signed a deal with Geffen Records for its release. This February, Courtney filed the first of multiple lawsuits against her and Nirvana's label (Geffen Records / Universal Music Group) over her personal recording contract for the group Hole.
As for the boxed set, everything was on track, we were very excited and were busy promoting the release to coincide with the tenth anniversary of Nevermind. Then, in May, Courtney filed a lawsuit to take over control of Nirvana, then went to court to block the release of the never before released track, "You Know You're Right". Courtney claims that her lawsuit is concerned with the proper management and revitalization of Kurt's legacy. In truth, her actions are only about the revitalization of her career motivated solely by her blind self-interest. She couldn't care less about Nirvana fans. She is using Nirvana's music as a bargaining chip to increase leverage for her personal gain, without any regard for the Nirvana legacy. Our music is just a pawn in her endless legal battles and her obsessive need for publicity and attention.
Courtney talks and talks about her "valuable career." As far as we are concerned, her career is her own affair and of no interest to us. Our concern is when she pastes herself into music she didn?t write or perform. By her actions, the Nirvana legacy is becoming tangled up in her own ambitious agenda. We have a simple challenge for Courtney -- play your own music for people.
We miss our dear friend Kurt. We are thankful to have had the opportunity to collaborate with such a gifted artist. We hope that our actions, in regards to Nirvana, are befitting of the stature that so many people have granted us. We will always be proud of the music we made with Nirvana. We were looking forward to releasing unheard Nirvana material for our personal sense of closure. As the cycle of life moves forward, we are each living our own lives and moving on to new things. We only wanted to go on with the assurance of knowing that all of Nirvana?s music is where it really belongs; in the hearts and minds of millions of people in the world.
We hope that the music of Nirvana will be immortal and, with fans like you, we are confident our hopes will be realized.
Krist Novoselic & Dave Grohl
I think that letter only confirms what most of us already know, that courtney was only trying to further her career. It's a shame that things had to come to this.
If you want to share your comments about the press release above go to The Nirvan Freak Message Board (post #124) and voice your opinions.
In responce to the letter above, the "Cobain Family" released the following on the 13th:
Dear Kurt Cobain/Nirvana Fans.
What should have been a private business negotiation has become a very public lawsuit. There are many issues that were left unresolved after Kurt's death that we're finally trying to put in order.
Other parties have talked about finding "a personal sense of closure" with Nirvana's music.
That's exactly the opposite of what should happen. We want to celebrate Kurt's life and music and make sure Nirvana finds as large an audience as possible. We want future generations of music fans to give the band its rightful place alongside the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Bob Dylan.
Kurt's legacy should have impact for generations to come and we want the world to focus on his accomplishments and his gifts.
Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews and took responsibility for the band's business decisions.
Kurt Cobain wrote almost all of Nirvana's music. Over 93% of the band's song copyrights are in his name.
There is a large trove of unreleased tapes that deserve a proper release, tapes that include several songs that neither Krist nor Dave have ever heard.
Krist and Dave made an enormous musical contribution to Nirvana's success and they have been exceptionally well paid for that contribution and will continue to earn royalties from the catalog's success.
Kurt Cobain refused to sign a partnership agreement with the other members of Nirvana when he was alive, so any claims that the band was a "partnership" are at best revisionist history.
The partnership agreement that exists now was forced upon Kurt's heirs. The family signed it after attorneys threatened them with a Washington law that supposedly would have required the family to turn over all interest in Nirvana to Krist and Dave. That assertion was untrue, but the threat was used to deprive the family of its rights to manage Kurt's legacy.
The "partnership" has proved to be unworkable and we're addressing the situation now to make sure the next Nirvana releases are of the quality the fans deserve and that future generations of Kurt's family have control of the family name.
In their press release, Krist and Dave have distorted the real issues with unwarranted and spurious personal attacks. Under United States law, Kurt's interests pass to his heirs who then have the responsibility for overseeing his interests.
Finally, we'd like to offer very sincere and heartfelt advice to everyone who's in a band: Take care of your business. Make sure you know what the contracts say and that your copyrights are in order. Remember that the lawyers and the managers and the accountants are your employees and that their job is to represent your interests.
We look forward to many years of great releases from Kurt and Nirvana. We wish Krist and Dave great success in their current careers and hope they will soon leave control of Kurt's legacy to his rightful heirs.
Thanks for your support and your patience.
Regards,
The Family of Kurt Cobain
"Krist and Dave made an enormous musical contribution to Nirvana's success and they have been exceptionally well paid for that contribution and will continue to earn royalties from the catalog's success."
Yeah a meager 10% between the both of them while courtney gets 90% (which she shares some with Kurts mother). What did courtney do for the band? NOTHING!! Nothing at all. She never wrote any of the songs or even played in the band. She contributed nothing but a few good fucks for Kurt and was unfortunately married to him. That is all! If it wasn't for courtney Krist and Dave would have had more than 10% in rolaties (which they deserve) but courtney pressured Kurt into making it so because she wanted only one thing, lots of money. Just take a look at what Kurt owned and what courtney owned at the time nirvana was still around. Besides the house they owned together you see a big difference. For ex. Courtney had an expensive cottage made while Kurt bought a run down house for use as a cottage. Even the cars they owned were really different in price. When Kurt turned down the Lollapaloza tour courtney had a spanking fittish.
"Kurt Cobain refused to sign a partnership agreement with the other members of Nirvana when he was alive, so any claims that the band was a "partnership" are at best revisionist history."
No doubt because of how manipulative courtney was towards Kurt.
"Kurt Cobain was Nirvana. He named the band, hired its members, played guitar, wrote the songs, fronted the band onstage and in interviews and took responsibility for the band's business decisions."
If it wasn't for Krist the band we know of today probably would not have existed.
Kurt did not hire Krist at all when they got together to form a band. He couldn't! He didn't have any money at the time they got together. All Kurt could have offered was a shoe and maybe some pot.
It was Krist who supplied a van to drive the band around. It was Krist who let Kurt sleep in his van when he had no where to go. It was Krist not Kurt who handled a lot of the business decisions during the early years.
Cobain's estate, including his interest in Nirvana, should have been distributed to Frances after his death as that is what the prenuptial agreement Kurt made courtney sign says. This means that Kurt DID NOT want Courtney to have any part in the band at all! If he did, he would have left the estate to her. courtney, being the troll she is, launched legal action against the estate, successfully invalidated her prenuptial agreement and seizing control over Cobain's estate from Frances.
"In their press release, Krist and Dave have distorted the real issues"
NO! courtney has distorted the real issues.
"Regards,
The Family of Kurt Cobain"
Regards,
Courtneys lawyers
Courtney thinks she can put out a better box set.. She can't even spell much less write a coherent sentance!
If you want to share your comments about the press release above go to The Nirvan Freak Message Board (post #124) and voice your opinions.
The Spitfire tour is back!
Krist Novoselic will be giving speeches at the following tour dates:
October 31 -- Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN 7:00PM
November 14 -- University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI 7:30PM.
November 15 -- St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN 7:30PM
"Spitfire was launched in 1998 by some dedicated people who cared enough to give this a shot. Our thanks go out to early believers Krist Novoselic, Amy Ray, Woody Harrelson, Tracey Conaty, Cecilia Rodriguez, Jello Biafra, Todd McCormick, Michael Franti, Julia Butterfly & Kennedy. Since then, a lot has happened. We have appeared at more than 50 colleges/cities, and we have performed for as few as 100 people, and as many as 10,000 in one single night. From the very first show, it's been a pretty powerful journey." - spitfiretour.com
For more information on tour dates vist Spitfire tour dates
Courtney Love has obtained an injunction blocking the release of a Nirvana song (You Know You're Right) recorded months before Cobain's suicide. But Nirvana's surviving band members held out hope that a box set containing a lot of new content could be salvaged for a release with or without the new song.
In an interview Krist said, "Here's my dilemma in a nutshell: Courtney wants control of Nirvana so she can leverage deals that benefit her career."
[ insert frustration and anger towards Courtney ]
A trial to resolve the issue has been scheduled for December 31, 2002
"Courtney Love suffered a serious setback in her legal battle over her recording contract with Vivendi Universal on Friday (June 8). Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Fumiko Wasserman denied 11 out of the 15 causes of action, including the "seven year" or Olivia de Havilland clause that Love was hoping to invoke as the basis for her split with the label."
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More than $100,000 in jewels and other items were stolen from Courtney Love's hotel suite while she was out filming the movie "24 Hours". Among the items taken is the wedding ring she received from Kurt Cobain and a bunch of toys that belonged to Frances.
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Today Kurt Cobain would have turned 34. Kurt passed away in April of 1994, 7 years ago at the age of 27.
The Nirvana book "Winterlong" has been re-published. Publishers Web Site
Former Nirvana drummer Chad Channing turned 34 today. Chad is now in a band called TVIV.
For those that would like to see a recent picture of frances (Kurt and Courtney's daughter) you can grab it here. I grabbed it off of Hole's web site.
Release date set for new nirvana box set!
"Six years after the death of Kurt Cobain, Nirvana still exerts a powerful allure over its fans. Therefore, the surviving members of Nirvana have chosen September 2001 - the 10-year anniversary of the release of Nevermind, the band's breakthrough and the key release of the alternative-rock deluge - to unveil a career-spanning box set featuring rarities, outtakes, and live tracks. Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic spoke to Launch.com about the compilation of the set, which he has been undertaking with his former drummer and current Foo Fighters general Dave Grohl. 'Sometimes I feel like I'm going into the past,' Novoselic said, 'but I know that people really want it and they really miss it, so if I can put time and heart and soul into it, then that's the least I can do.'"
SMELLS LIKE A BOXED SET
Krist Novoselic has posted a rather weird series of messages. All of which is referenced to religion.
This was posted around April 15th on the first page,
COMMUNISM
is the false God!!
Those who espouse it are false prophets!!
The true messiah is >>>>>>
Today marks the 6 year anniversary of when kurt's body was found.
The Book "Nirvana: The Chosen Rejects" has been released and is on sale at Barnes & Noble. Before you criticize the title keep in mind that Kurt once said "We were the chosen rejects" in an interview.
A new new rock'n'roll museum will be opening in Seattle on June 23. The Experience Music Project (EMP) will dedicate an entire exhibit area to the Seattle grunge scene, called Northwest Passage. You can read more about it here
Today would have been Kurt's 33rd birthday.
mp3.com has 2 clips of Krist Novoselic talking about censorship, WTO and politics from the spitfire tour last year. Spitfire is a free speech forum that tours to college campuses across America, and aims to educate, enlighten & entertain, while instigating action. You can dl the clips here
Former nirvana drummer Chad canning turned 33 today.
Dave Grohl was arrested on January 23 for driving drunk in Australia. He was fined $400 and had his driving privileges suspended for three months.
on ebay someone is trying to sell a brick lifted from the greenhouse where Kurt Cobain died. After being up for a week it has resieved no bids. Here is the description: "Courtney had the guesthouse/garage torn down where Kurt shot himself, and I had a delivery company in Seattle, and was hired to pick up a commercial frig and deliver it to someone who bought it. The caretaker let me take (with permission from new owners) one of the few remaining bricks (after a discussion as to whether is was a strange request...we decided it wasn't) for my son, who loved Nirvana. He's grown now and someone can have/buy it. No photo, hey, it's a brick!"
Geffen Records is suing Hole singer Courtney Love and guitarist Eric Erlandson for breach of contract, claiming Hole can't walk away from the label until they've delivered 5 more albums. Hole announced their intention to leave the label last month.
Signed Nirvana, Beatles and Rolling Stones memorabilia will be sold in an online auction running from Friday (Jan. 21) through Jan. 30. Up for bid in the "Rock the Block" auction at Gavelnet.com
