Apparently Krist Novoselic's band Eyes Adrift is no more. In a statement posted on the official
Eyes Adrift website on July 26 - Krist says, among other things: "So what's up
with Eyes Adrift? Pretty much nothing. We came together in 2002 as three musicians who like to play.
We came together as three people who shared common life experiences. While Eyes Adrift is an artistic
success, the commercial side is anything but successful. I got to play with Curt and Bud. We made an
awesome record. Bud is a great drummer and Curt a master songwriter and guitarist. What next? As far
as the music industry goes, I quit. I can't deal. I can't read the magazines, listen to the radio or
watch music television without feeling like I've just come in from outer space. Now please take note
that I haven't quit music, I've just quit the business. (I can't complain about the business side of
Nirvana. I'm not crying a river by any means.) I want to play more with Curt and Bud, they're too good
for me not to plug in my bass thus plugging into the cosmo-stream of transcendental rocking good times
that those two charge me with." You can read the complete statement from Krist here.
Fender has announced that their popular Jag-Stang, designed by Kurt Cobain, will be re-issued:
"Designed in collaboration with the late Cobain, the Jag-Stang reissue blends
features from two of the most distinctive guitar designs of the last 50 years – the Jaguar® and
Mustang®. In 1993, Cobain came to Fender with some cut-up photographs of his two favorite guitars –
stuck together. And, in the end – what transpired was an amazing guitar featuring a basswood body
and a 24" short-scale maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. The Jag-Stang® guitar's tones come
courtesy of one humbucker (bridge), a vintage-style single -coil (neck) and a Fender® floating
vibrato. The Jag-Stang comes complete with three-position slide on/off phase switch (neck pickup),
three position slide on/off switch (bridge pickup) and its own gig bag. Rewrite your own chapter
in musical history! Available in Fiesta Red (40) and Sonic Blue (72)."
Information courtesy of the Fender website. More info here.
Thanks to Tom and others. The new Fender catalogue features a two-page spread about the re-issue.
View scans of that here and here. Thanks to Jon.
E-mail problem: if you have e-mailed me between late Thursday (July 10) and early Sunday (July 13) - both days
included - you may have gotten the e-mail returned because of a disk quota error. If this is the case, please
re-send your message. If you didn't get a "Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender" when trying to e-mail me in this
period - your message has most likely arrived. Thank you for your patience.
Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna's Nirvana timeline book will be published in a new expanded edition:
"The only Nirvana book of its kind, Eyewitness Nirvana: The Day By Day Chronicle, is being re-issued with a new
title, Nirvana: The Day to Day Illustrated Journals this fall via Carlton Books. The newly revamped book is much
bigger (10x10.25-inches, hardcover) than the original version and will include 200 photos integrated for the first
time with the text as a fully illustrated book. 'Nirvana: The Day to Day Illustrated Journals is not a biography,
but rather a purely factual, diary-style account of the influential band's career and lives,' says author Carrie
Borzillo-Vrenna. 'It was originally released in September 2000 under the name of Eyewitness Nirvana: The Day by Day
Chronicle.' Nirvana: The Day to Day Illustrated Journals is tentatively set for a September 2003 release in the
U.S. (Thunder's Mouth/Carlton Books) and an October 2003 release in the U.K. and Europe (Carlton Books). The book
(192 pages in full color) will retail for £20-25 in the U.K. and $30 in the U.S." News courtesy of Ken Phillips.
Apparently the book has been approved by Courtney Love: "Author Carrie Borzillo drew a sigh of relief
when she heard Courtney was cooperative about the book. 'I was very happy when I heard that and I can quote on this, Courtney
knows you're doing it, and she's fine with it,' says Borzillo. 'To me that was good. So it was a blessing. Because Courtney
could, um, cause trouble for people, so luckily that wasn't the situation.' Borzillo added that she would have liked to have
added interviews with Courtney Love or former Nirvana band members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic to the book, but she couldn't
get official clearance. 'Unless the band has their own book deal and they want to do it, you're not going to get those people.
Legally and management-wise you're not going to be able to get anything.' " Story courtesy of LAUNCH and Yahoo! Inc.
Speaking of books - Nirvana's former manager Danny Goldberg (formerly of Gold Mountain Entertainment and current head of Artemis Records)
has put out a book entitled "Dispatches from the Culture Wars: How the Left Lost Teen Spirit". The book has a political focus but
involves details on Goldberg's long career in the music business and mentions Nirvana a few times. "Here is that
rare breed of book that can deconstruct gangsta rap as effectively as it analyzes the 1988 presidential election, a book in
which Lenny Kravitz and Kurt Cobain have an equal footing with Joe Lieberman and John McCain. The long battle Goldberg helped
wage against Tipper Gore over rock lyrics in the 1980s underscores many of the book's themes, such as the disconnect between
politics and popular music and the 'arrogant sense of entitlement' among many powerful Democrats and leftists, which alienates
young voters." Info courtesy of amazon.com. The book comprises 312 pages and was published last month by Miramax. You can
order the book here and see sample pages.
Helter Skelter Publishers in London will be releasing a very interesting Nirvana book - most likely by the end of
this year. The book, written by British journalist Rob Jovanovic, focuses on Nirvana's recording sessions and chronicles
these in great detail. "Nirvana: Recording Sessions: Serve the Servants: The Musical Legacy of Nirvana" should run over
some 250 pages and will probably be out around October. Some information from the press release:
"Cobain has been the subject of many books since his suicide, however the one aspect that is overlooked in documenting his short
tragic life, is his extraordinary, revolutionary and instinctive music. This is the first book to put Nirvana's music centre
stage; unashamedly ambitious, it traces the evolution of the band - and of individual songs and albums - from early rudimentary
jams to the finished masterpieces. Over 25 sessions plus private recordings between 1982 and 1994 are analysed session by session
and track by track."
Rob has spent countless hours interviewing those who worked on Nirvana's sessions, including
engineers, producers, guest musicians and other collaborators. The book includes a fully illustrated discography (official and
unofficial releases), a live history with all concert dates, details on cover versions, TV and radio appearances, etc. Thanks to
Rob Jovanovic and Michael for information. More details on the book to follow.
A new website offers Nirvana goodies for your mobile phone - including ringtones, polyphonic ringtones, logos, wallpapers,
screensavers and more. They also have a competition up for the new unofficial Nirvana DVD. You can find the site at www.nirvanamobile.com.
Thanks to John, Gary and Tolli for info.
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