April 5 is always going to be the saddest day of the year for Seattle music. Miss you guys. So wish you were still here. Nirvana Alice in Chains Sub Pop Records #callsomeoneorreachoutifyouneedhelp

"Smells Like the Teen's Spirit" Kurt Cobain's childhood home in Aberdeen has been placed on the historic register. It may be the dumpiest place ion that list, but this kind of preservation protects part of cultural history. #nirvana @nirvana #kurtcobain yahoo.com/news/cobains-c…

Thirty years ago tomorrow the unlikely and unprecedented success of an album, "Nevermind," and a band, Nirvana, forever changed even Seattle’s very idea of itself. Or so I argue in the Seattle Times today. #KurtCobain #Nevermind30 Nirvana . seattletimes.com/entertainment/…

Courtney Love has never done an interview about #Nevermind30, the songwriting,her observations on how fame affected Kurt’s struggles, and where they were when it first felt like a rocket. But now she has; in today's LA Times. Nirvana @Courtney #Nirvana latimes.com/entertainment-…

Guy Maddison is Mudhoney's bassist AND an ER nurse, which is pretty extraordinary. Here's a piece I wrote on him about COVID, touring, and more. crosscut.com/culture/2021/1… Sub Pop Records mudhoney #Covid_19 #Grunge

I went to my first live music concert in 617 days (Heart Nancy Wilson), and since that was 13 days ago now, I presumably have lived to tell. Here is my take, and Nancy Wilson's, on the experience of live music again, and Seattle venues sense KeepMusicLiveWA

I've never had a Dick's Drive-Ins burger (non meat-eater), but I've had their fries, and I wrote a 2-page feature on Dicks in The Rocket once. But this reviewer says the fries and burger were "disappointing." She waited 1/2 HOUR to eat them! #insane #seattle businessinsider.com/seattle-burger…

Greg Tate, from "Love And The Enemy," 1991.

Halloween 1991 to be revisited again this weekend. I did like this line, "It was as sweaty, wild and glorious a scrum as Seattle has ever witnessed." If you go, keep your mask on. #kurtcobain drove a Volvo to be safe, and he'd want you to be, too. #nirvana seattletimes.com/entertainment/…

Only Love: The first album I ever bought was by Neil Young, so my relationship to his music goes back as deep as any artist. I’d never interviewed him though until last week (for AARP's membership only site). He was a joy, and #barn rocks. #neilyoung aarp.org/benefits-disco…

Nirvana Paramount at 30: Proof that even with 30 years practice I can't take a decent picture with the Paramount marquee and #Nirvana on it. Seattle Theatre Group

12/20/78 was the birthday, in a way, of @Backstreets spirit. There's nothing but memories to put on my wall, or a CD someone made from a tape, but still, Happy 12/20/78 Day....One of the greatest #brucespringsteen shows ever, and legendary in the #backstreets world.

Joan Didion “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”— “We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were.” RIP

Here's my obit/remembrance of mark lanegan. Obits of Seattle musicians don't get any easier to write over the years. Mark truly had more than nine lives. #marklanegan seattletimes.com/entertainment/…

Thursday, March 3rd 7:00 p.m., I’ll be in discussion with author Jennifer Haupt on her new book “Come As You Are.” We'll be interviewing each other about #nirvana, #pandemic, her fab new book, and Seattle music. It's free. @hugohouse Link here: hugohouse.org/events/come-as…

Forget the Grammys because the most amazing video on the Internet this weekend in the world of entertainment was this report on a Minneapolis TV station. Go to 1:42 in the clip, and you'll feel more chills than anything on stage will bring you this week. minnesota.cbslocal.com/2022/04/04/pri…

Well, there will definitely be some interested headlines ahead in Seattle. Seattle Seahawks Seahawks PR #thankgodiusemymiddleinitialinmybyline. @therealcharlescross #charlescross seattletimes.com/sports/seahawk…

The last time Joni Mitchell played a scheduled tour date was 23 years and 8 days ago. Tonight, she stands in front of me singing, and my teenage heart is warm again. #jonimitchell Brandi Carlile

Bumbershoot is back (and weird again for the first time in years). Here's my deep dive on why this year's Seattle arts and music fest is unexpected. @bumbershoot2023 crosscut.com/culture/2023/0…