__________________________________________________________________ The Internet Nirvana Fan Club Newsletter - # 12 - October 16, 1998 ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ________________ - Introduction - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Welcome to the 12th Nirvana Fan Club Newsletter. There have been some major updates and additions to the site since the last newsletter, so I will go into details about that in the following lines. There haven't been a lot of Nirvana related news during the past couple of weeks but I suppose I can bring up a few things. So Sit back and enjoy! ________________ - Site Updates - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ The biggest update was done a couple of days ago when I decided to change the design and layout on the main page. Actually this design is not really new as I used it before I changed to the imagemap, which was used until a few days ago. This design with tables is pretty simple and the page loads a lot faster now. Have in mind that the page looks best if you have the Verdana font installed. If not, you can download it on the site too. The new design should work in new versions of Netscape and the latest versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. The first poll question of whether or not you bought "Nevermind" only because it contains the hit song "Smells like teen spirit" ended with this result: Yes, that was the only reason : 155 votes (14%) No, it wasn't the only reason : 941 votes (86%) As I expected and hoped, 86% of the voters did not get the album only because of that song. Finally, 1096 people voted. Thanks to all of you for doing that! The new poll question you can vote about is: Did you like "From The Muddy Banks of The Wishkah" ? I will bring the results of this poll in the next NFC newsletter. Currently, "No" has taken the lead! The Poll [ http://www.nirvanaclub.com/index.html ] I have added some great sound clips of Hole's new "Celebrity Skin" album to the sound gallery. They are in the RealAudio format and I have picked my personal favorites on the album. More clips soon! Soundz - [ http://www.nirvanaclub.com/sounds.htm ] Now, I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Chad Channing's parents. As you probably know he was Nirvana's drummer between 1988 and 1990. The interview went very well and it provides quite interesting details about Chad's days in Nirvana and about his childhood life, and of course about his new brilliant band - The Methodists. Read it! [ http://www.nirvanaclub.com/channing/index.html ] Again, more pictures of familiar places in Seattle were added to the picture gallery. The new pictures feature more shots of underneath the bridge, of the Kurt and Courtney residence and various other places related to Kurt or Nirvana. Special thanks to Kyle Newton for these great scans! Get them all in the gallery [ http://www.nirvanaclub.com/pics/house/ ] Finally, Oh finally! ... my movie gallery has been updated. The last real update to this part of the site happened about 1½ year ago so this is quite spectacular. The layout was changed and now looks like the one in the sound gallery, and of course some movie files were added. So far I can only offer the ones located at Geffen's site but soon more links to other movie files will be added. One of the reasons this update didn't happen before is because Nirvana movie files are not as common as they have been, and it can be hard to find a server hosting these, usually large files, permanently. Moviez [ http://www.nirvanaclub.com/movies.htm ] The layout of the WWWBoard was changed briefly with a new font type and a smaller size, making it easier to get an overview of all the posts. Currently all the great people using it are producing about 50 posts daily so there are always plenty of subjects to talk about there! Board [ http://www.nirvanaclub.com/wwwboard/ ] The final update is the NFC's co-operation with Sonicnet and Addited to Noise, which is the music guide search window, located near the bottom of my main page. You can use this search window to achive more information on any band, for example Nirvana, all brought to you by Sonicnet. Try it out! [ http://www.nirvanaclub.com/index.html ] ________________ - Nirvana News - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Kurt Cobain's uncle, Larry Smith, have been posting messages on The Heart-Shaped mail box, HSMB, during the past few weeks. This results in some interesting and unique stories about Kurt's childhood life and Mr. Smith provided an extensive look into his own background as well. These interesting and funny stories and exclusive info about Kurt adds a lot of life to the HSMB and we should all give a big round of graditute to Mr. Smith for sharing this with us. [ http://www.wildkarrde.demon.co.uk/hsmb/ ] The domain cobain.com - formerly run by Brent has indeed been taken over by Kyle Thibodeau. The new site just opened and contains exclusive material for fans of Kurt Cobain and it also contains things like competitions and more. [ http://www.cobain.com/ ] ______________ - Misc Stuff - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Let's start again with another Hard Rock Café story that follows the ones in the past five newsletters. This is from the Café on the Gold Coast in Australia: " At the Hard Rock Café on the Gold Coast, Australia there is Kurt's full outfit that he had on in one of the interviews from Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! - with a picture from the people magazine cover, and a signed copy of Incesticide on vinyl." Thanks to Mike Jenkins! In my opinion, some great bands have new releases coming up very soon. Lets take a look at the dates. * R.E.M. - "Up" - October 27. * Metallica - "Garage Days EP" - November 16. * Aerosmith - "Little South of Sanity" - October 20. * John Lennon - "Anthology" - November 3. * The Stones - "No Security" - November 3. * Bob Dylan - "Vol 4 - The Bootleg Series" - October 13. * Van Morrison- "Blowin Your Mind" - October 13. Note that these dates may not apply for your country. Tad Doyle of grunge rockers TAD gave 20 reasons why you can't afford to miss TAD live. Let's hear em! 20) Your TV will still be right there were you left it, probably forever. 19) You need new alpha wave stimula. TAD is a good source of alpha wave stimula. 18) All roads lead to the Breakroom. 17) Your dog and/or cat doesn't really give two shits what you do with your free time, except making sure that they are taken care of fully, and that you make enough money to blow on pet toys and treats. By going to a TAD show, you are able to enjoy your favorite TAD hits and at the same time show your pet who is the boss. 16) Tired of the same old stuff? TAD have 16 brand spankin' new tunes that you can whistle at work, play, the gym, a wedding, a party, or at the animal hospital waiting room while you nutter or spade your pet. This also shows your pet once again who the boss is. 15) It's a good cause! Unlike SoundGarden, who are out buying forests so that nobody can go camping anymore, TAD are purchasing more fossil fuel drinking cars and trucks to fill Seattle's already bursting streets and Interstates. Why? Because we can. 14) You need to get out and hang out for five or six hours in a stuffy, smokey, beer bar so you can be bothered by people that you want nothing to do with. 13) Seinfeld is all re-runs now. So get a life. TAD is full of it, (Pun intended). 12) Had enough of President Pinoccio and Snow White, (Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinski) and their cigar sucking. Go see TAD! This show is a politics free zone. However, the TAD boys may be smoking fat blunts. (For those who don't know, a blunt is a cigar fortified with something good, no chemicals). 11) Look who else is playing that night. Lame bands at lame hang outs. Check your local listings. TAD is the best thing happening and as if that isn't enough, there is Gas Huffer and RC5 too. 10) This TAD show is still cheaper per person than a movie, and unlike your sex partner, this show will last longer too. 9) TAD is more fun than cleaning the bathroom and TAD won't get dirty again like your bathroom. TAD are already dirty with a smile and clean as a whistle. Besides, you can kiss Tad, but you probably wouldn't kiss your toilet. Who knows with you though. 8) We need you and your support to stay vital and most importantly we need your money. So bring some extra cash. Who knows, you might just impress yourself. 7) All of your friends might be there. This could be good or bad depending on who you call friends. TAD will be your friend for a fee, and for one night only. 6) You have been paying so many damned bills lately that you forgot to treat yourself. Come on, you know that an extra $20.00 to go see TAD, Gas Huffer, and RC5 is just what the doctor ordered. Live today so the collections agents will call tomorrow. They can't harrass you if you don't answer the phone. 5) Free Tele-Tubbies and Beanie Babies! Ya right. It's not going to happen. Trust me. 4) Sports are lame. The Mariners, Seahawks, and the Sonics all suck! TAD rock! 3) Ken Schram, Kathy Goertzen, and Harry Wappler won't be there. Crispin Glover, Drew Barrymore, Brad Pitt, and Kim Gordon will absolutely be there. Trust me. 2) TAD have the best candy little girls and boys. 1) This is the Breakroom's first anniversary. They have the coldest cheapest beer on the hill. Plus, the staff are all MIT graduates and are versed in C.P.R. Ah! There you go. Tad's own reasons to see them live. This little advertisement was for their October 10 show in Seattle, WA but I'm sure more shows will follow shortly :o) __________________ - Practical Info - ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ * Subscribing If you got a copy of this newsletter, but is not currently a subscriber then sign up for the list on my main page [ http://www.nirvanaclub.com ] * Unsubscribing If you would like to unsubscribe from the list and get your E-mail address removed, send an e-mail to me at the address - list@nirvanaclub.com - and in the subject you put "Unsub your@emailaddress". Replace "your@emailaddress" with your correct e-mail address ... then you will be removed from the list immediately. * Misc info If you want to get the newsletter sent to a new address, send an e-mail to - list@nirvanaclub.com - and provide me with your old e-mail address and the new one you would like to use instead. Don't hit the reply button for these newsletters, because the address they are sent from - nobody@nirvanaclub.com - is obviously invalid. If you wish to e-mail me about the newsletter or something else, you can do so on the address - webmaster@nirvanaclub.com - Info [ http://www.nirvanaclub.com/newslet/disclaimer.txt ] * Copyright This newsletter was written by Rasmus Holmen and is İ1998 The Internet Nirvana Fan Club. Complete re-production without permission from the author is not allowed. If you use something from this newsletter, please give me credit where credit is due. This newsletter is in no way affiliated with Nirvana and/or Geffen Records, Inc. The newsletters are 100% non-commercial. -------------------------------------------------------------