Sunday 5 December
Been trying to put together a wish list of interviews for my Nirvana book: much merriment occasioned when Mary Lou Lord’s name was mentioned - and consternation among my interns when it was suggested that one of them had to track down Courtney Love. Handful of people who could help are out of town; Gillian, we need you! Feel uncomfortable cold calling people I haven’t spoken to in a decade, let alone those I never knew. Jason Everman is serving in Iraq: Tad Doyle has just moved to San Diego. Meet Krist Novoselic twice - once in the ritziest hotel in town where his companions eat oysters on the half-shell - and he reveals himself to be a Plan B fan. Should we use that somewhere, Chris?
Couple of evenings ago, out with my cartoonist buddies in Ballard: Eric Reynolds has grown a beard that makes him look like a distant cousin of Will Oldham; Peter Bagge rags on me for not liking his old band (still? dude, you were only in them for about three days), claiming that I only like bands with female drummers, a bold statement that stuns our table into silence. “Maybe I should grow MAN BOOBS,” he roars, not to be dissauded. He then takes me to task for censoring my intro to his new comics collection: “To save your sorry ass credibility,” I point out aggrieved. (Peter had talked of how no musicians live in downtown Detroit any longer.) He won’t be stopped, however. “TO SAVE YOUR SORRY ASS!” he roars back.
The Beakers and Blackouts both made great New Wave Pacific Northwest 80s albums, just reissued on K and reviewed by The Stranger’s music editor Jennifer Maerz in the new issue of Plan B; the first is like full-on early Talking Heads dementia mixed in with The Laughing Clowns’ squalling horn section; Jennifer was last seen rocking out at the Chop Suey’s New Wave Vs Buttrock karaoke night, singing Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tush’, handcuffed to her co-performer.
Shared a Dick’s Burger with Mark Arm; drank Bud Light with a just retired Kim Warnick; shopped for Electrelane records with Anna Oxygen. I’m sure other stuff’s happened, but I need to work.
Posted on Monday, December 6th, 2004by Everett True
Why is the idea of interviewing Mary Lou Lord so inherently comical? Am I missing something?
Posted by Steve on December 7th, 2004 at 6:13 pm