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  • The details of the high risk, potentially disastrous plan to kill Osama bin Laden and play-by-play account of how it all went down. [LATimes]
  • Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was one of the first people outside the operation to know about the death of Osama bin Laden, tweets news 45 minutes before any media outlets. Yeah, I don't get it either... [KTLA]
  • Sarah Palin delivers a speech thanking former President Bush, not current President Obama, for the death of bin Laden. Not even kidding. [HuffPo]
  • Are we to take Miley Cyrus' rendition of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at her concert last week as an unequivocal sign the apocalypse is fast-approaching? [TMZ]
  • For those who care to make a difference in the world, starting today you can vote online for the 2011 MTV Movie Awards Best Movie category from the list of nominees. [PE]

Big plans for outer space, internet advertising has some updates, the 15th Annual Webby Award Nominees have been announced, and bizarre new reasons to appreciate Nirvana. Mitt Romney gets on Youtube, Amazon wants to strike a deal with you, and there's a shell-shaped house newly designed that does more than just look cool! MORE>>>

Remember Rolling Stone magazine? "No" is an acceptable answer. After all, it's been a long, long time since the days of Hunter S. Thompson and Greil Marcus. And while they can still commission the occasional Matt Taibbi drive-by shooting, it now fits so incongruously between fluff profiles of "American Idol" contestants and five-star reviews of Kanye West albums that their best work comes off like a professor wandering through a frat party, trying to wade through a sea of puking co-eds and beer-bong toting freshmen. But hey, you might say, they're a magazine about modern pop culture, and even if the quality has slipped, they're still accomplishing their stated mission. To which I would then reply: did you know they're opening a chain restaurant? More»

Saturday Night Live is losing Will Forte and gaining three newbies in its 36 season, which begins on September 25th. It's a cliche to complain about the indestructible variety show. But even SNL apologists conceded that last season was an exceptionally weak one. What are some steps Lorne Michaels and crew can take to avoid another lackluster year? More»

Two men were stabbed early today at Avenue A's Pyramid Club. The antique nightspot peaked in the '80s (Blondie, Warhol and Madonna stopped by) and has been riding the decade's shoulder- padded coattails ever since. To wit, the party that ended in bloodshed was called "Cocaine City Giveaway." More»