FameCrawler : Nirvana

Another Foo Fighter On The Way For Dave Grohl

trix — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:26:00 GMT

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and his wife of 5 years, Jordyn Blum are expecting their second child. Their little girl Violet Maye, 2, will be a big sister soon. The siblings will be about three years apart, perfect age separation. Not too close, so it's difficult to advance the older one because the ages are so close it's easier to keep them doing the same things. Not too far apart, that they are permanently annoyed the younger sibling, who just doesn't get it.
Congratulations to Dave Grohl and his wife Jordyn on their pregnancy. We can always use another fighter of the foo.

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Were Kurt Cobain's Ashes Stolen for Artsy Smokeout?

trix — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:17:00 GMT

A German artist, Natascha Stellman, claims she has Kurt Cobain's ashes and is going to smoke them as a part of some sort of crazy art exhibit.
Huh? Why would she do that?
Natascha supposedly gained possession of Kurt's ashes from an unknown source and released a statement stating her plans to smoke the ashes in the Set Me Free exhibition on October 11th. She says that Kurt's ashes contain magic and that she is going to set him free.
Courtney Love says that the Kurt's ashes were never stolen, though in a previous report she claimed to be "suicidal" over the loss. “I can’t believe anyone would take Kurt’s ashes from me. They were all I had left of my husband. Now it feels like I have lost him all over again.”
Poor Frances Bean, someone wants to smoke her dad's ashes and her mom is a mess. Will the drama ever end?

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Foo Fighters are Done!

Whit Honea — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:06:00 GMT

I love the Foo Fighters in a way that borders on unhealthy. I've seen them open for the Red Hot Chili Peppers at The Gorge and for the Police in Dodger Stadium. I've seen them play acoustic overlooking the shores of Santa Barbara and rocking the Great Western Forum with the likes of Lemmy from Motorhead. Basically, if there is foo to be fought, I'm on it.

It's probably not healthy. Luckily for my wallet the boys in the band are hanging it up- temporarily. They are taking a break- a long one.

Dave Grohl and the the rest of the guys are all dads of really small kids and they've been touring non-stop for what must seem like forever. I get it. I don't like it, but I get it.

Here's hoping that they get the itch to return sooner rather than later. Enjoy your break, guys.

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Dave Grohl is a Foo Fighting Father

Whit Honea — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:59:00 GMT

Dave Grohl is the frontman for the Foo Fighters and the father of 2-year-old Violet. Which one do you think he enjoys more?

I can't say for certain, as he hasn't returned the calls I didn't make, but I'll make an educated guess based upon my having attended four (4) Foo shows and also my being a father.

I'm going to say that he and his wife Jordyn Blum would agree it's the parenting thing, but being in the best rock band around has got to be a close second.

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Courtney Love Is Insane, Squared

Karen — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:02:00 GMT

Courtney Love has recently said something that confirmed all my thoughts about her: Mama is batsh*t crazy.

Remember this? No really, click. I'll wait.

Yeah so Court-Court told press that she undergoes hypnosis with Paul McKenna to keep her weight down. Me thinks dude is overdoing it a smidge.

"I've known Paul for years.

"I lost weight last year the old-fashioned way by dieting and living off protein shakes. But it was hard to stay disciplined.

"He's brilliant and is totally responsible for me staying so skinny. Whenever I start to feel my resolve weaken, I go to Paul for another hypnosis session."

Walking dead is a heart attack waiting to happen. Although she could continue to travel in style if walking becomes too difficult.

I hope her daughter isn't going to follow in her footsteps. How very sad.

Courtney Love's Going to Hell in a Handbasket

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:05:00 GMT

Okay, it's actually a shopping cart and not a handbasket. And maybe she's not going to hell, maybe she's just going to Costco.

But what kind of lame headline would that be, 'Courtney Love's Going to Costco In A Shopping Cart.' See, it just doesn't work.

You know, I remember dying of embarrassment when my mom used to drive up in our crummy old station wagon. I guess that's nothing compared to how Love's daughter Frances must feel, seeing mom pulling up in a shopping cart and puffing away on a ciggie.

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Spying on the Neighbors: 6-30-08

Whit Honea — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:02:00 GMT

So, the robot did okay.

No ring around this Guy (Gossip Girls)

Xtina needs time away (fametastic)

Lisa Rinna in a bikini (Jezebel)

Tobey Maguire does family time (Knocked Up Celebs)

Simpson and Anderson: Idiots (Hot Momma Gossip)

John C. McGinley won more time with his kid (TMZ)

Dave Grohl and family (Celebrity Baby Blog)

Walking Dead: Courtney Love

Karen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:35:00 GMT

These pictures of Courtney Love (more below the jump) surfaced over the weekend and the Daily Mail is reporting that Courtney Love has been taking her detox diet a bit too far.

I'll say. I hope she realizes how sick she looks and starts eating something again -- my goodness. Hopefully the reason for her appearance is something she can control and not some kind of illness, though she looks so pale too.

Less importantly, what the hell is she wearing? It looks like she walked into my grandmother's house and made Granny knit all the doilies together, then threw it over a sports bra and some Depends. Courtney, cut it out -- you're giving me nightmares!

Spying on the Neighbors: 5-20-08

Whit Honea — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:30:00 GMT

What is Hilary doing now?

Dave Grohl is a good rockstar dad (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Pete Doherty is a crackhead rockstar dad (dlisted)

Beckham and Klum's kids play together (Expo Say)

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Mick Jagger and Clint Eastwood walk into a bar... (TMZ)

Clint and Angie kick it (Jezebel)

Maddox hits the pool (ASL)

Paltrow is so emo (Gossip Girls)

Angelina Jolie and Jack Black: The Video That Rocked the World!

Whit Honea — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:28:00 GMT

How's that for build-up? Sure, Jack Black rocks in lots of videos, but never quite like this. As we reported before Black accidentally released information into the world that had only been speculation and rumor- the fact that Angelina Jolie is indeed pregnant with twins. Indeed!

Here's the video that started it all- asuming that this isn't another "joke" by Jolie and her cast of thousands (give or take a thousand).

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Kurt Cobain DOESN'T Live. In Other News, Courtney Love Is Batshit Crazy.

HerBadMother — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:01:00 GMT

So, that story we reported yesterday, about Courtney Love being all freaked out because Kurt Cobain - dead now, what? 14 years? - bought a house in Jersey? MAY just be a figment of her deluded imagination.

According to TMZ, 'a wacked out Widow Cobain was photographed going to the police station on Friday to report she's been the victim of a massive identity theft. Although sources tell TMZ Courtney is simply delusional. Ya think?!'

The identity thefts in question are both her own and that of Cobain - who, most would agree, could not (and, indeed, would not have) have purchased a home in Jersey from beyond the grave. But is she just imagining the thefts? Dunno. Does she seem of sound mind?

From her blog:

God people are batshit. And im not the one who is.

and i hear now i am "Bi Polar" uhhhh...thats more nuts than I will ever be.

I may be Eccentric, i certainly speak my mind and am slow to put out a record i need to mean the world to ME, and im sur ei am quite Nuerotic but "Bi Polar" .
Thats just slander.I shoot straight from the hip and spellcheck has NOTHING to do with REALITY

gotta go its fucking late and we wrote yet another magical song tonight.

nam myoho renge kyo and may all impediments create JOY in you.

Okay, Court. Whatever you say. (*Backing away sloooowly.*)

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Kurt Cobain Lives!

HerBadMother — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:07:00 GMT

Kurt Cobain is, apparently, alive and well and just bought a house worth over 3-million dollars. In New Jersey.

Shocking? Courtney Love is certainly shocked - and more than a little pissed. Not because the love of her live and father of her child cheated death and/or has risen from the grave - which, I'm sure, is the fondest wish of more than a few throwback grunge-o-philes who believed that Cobain was the Second Coming - but because she's pretty sure that the whole thing is a fraud.

Which, yeah, probably. Resurrection is pretty rare these days.

Anyhoo, Courtney's sure that it's not really Kurt and she's pretty choked about it. From PerezHilton.com:

According to Courtney, someone used the dead rocker's social security number to buy a $3.2 million house.
How is that even possible????

“I would like to know how," says Love. "He should probably get his ass back home if that is the case.”

Courtney also claims that thieves set up 188 credit cards in her name!

"I knew it had been going on since when I went cuckoo — bananas — in 2003," explains Love. "It was fraud after fraud. But nobody believed me until now. I did a check on my deceased husband’s social security number and he has a house in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He bought it last year."

Courtney met with police this week to investigate her claims.

“I know who they are," she says ominously. "Taking a child’s money and future is a really horrible thing.”

Taking a child's money and future is a terrible thing. So is impersonating dead rock idols. (Which raises the following question: who out there in America actually believed that they were selling a house to/granting a mortgage to Kurt f*cking Cobain? And how stupid are they, exactly?)

The really terrible thing, though? Pissing off Courtney Love. Have you seen her lately? Girlfriend looks as though she's living on crack and the odd handful of popcorn. I'm guessing that she can only take so many shocks before her malnourished/overdrugged brain implodes and her head collapses into her skull. And that would suck for her. More than Kurt Cobain rising from the dead and moving to Jersey. Really.

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All Babies Named Violet Are Adorable

Karen — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:05:00 GMT

Daddy Dave Grohl, of Foo Fighters (and intelligence) fame, loads his daughter Violet into the car on Christmas Eve. She is just as cute as Violet Affleck, that's for sure!

Dave Grohl Faults The Spears Family for Britney's Troubles

Karen — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:05:00 GMT

Dave Grohl, of Foo FIghters and Nirvana fame, blames the Spears family for Britney's trainwrecky goodness:

"Fame will f**k with your head, and if you don't have a solid foundation, you get swept away in it. When Nirvana became famous, I was only 21, but I had a good foundation. Whenever s**t got too crazy, I'd go back to Virginia and spend time with the people who loved me the most, and it kept me from getting dragged under."

Jamie-Lynn's recent pregnancy is another indication that the family is in trouble. Not so much the pregnancy though -- lots of teens from solid families get pregnant, but the thing that proved the lack of support was the fact that Lynne Spears, the woman who was supposed to protect her scared daughter at this time called a frigging magazine and SOLD the story to them. That my friends, is complete bullshit.

I have no issue with teen pregnancy (it happens) and I do hope Jamie-Lynn gets all the support she needs. Britney is a train wreck because she is a drug addicted, mentally ill woman who also needs help. She clearly displays characteristics of a bi-polar or someone with borderline personality disorder. She’s an overgrown child who needs professionals to intervene.

Lynne Spears was not the bane of negativity simply for allowing her daughters to travel down these paths. Sure, some people might be saying that and I think they are idiots for simplifying it to just that.

My HUGE problem with Lynne Spears is 100% completely valid and it’s this: What kind of mother calls up OK Magazine to SELL A STORY of her 16 year old landing in a situation where the child is scared?

The woman has exploited both daughters and I take serious issue with that. Not the acting, not the singing, not even the “Britney image,” it’s the blatant tell-all-to-whatever-publication-will-give her the highest payoff. Period. She’s disgusting and her priorities are way off.

Kids mess up. Parents mess up. I totally get that. But selling their stories (and future stories - OK Magazine paid $1 million for the baby pictures exclusive) when they need to you to support them, love them and protect them from the sharks in the media? Totally wrong.

I’m pissed at Moms who are whining about having to pull Zoey 101 from their living rooms. I’m pissed that these same Moms are putting so much stock in a frigging television starlet to be a role model to our kids. That saddens me. My role models were not stars — they were friend’s mothers, my grandmothers, aunts and cousins. Not Debbie Gibson or The Bangles.

This should open up discussion (as it did in our house last night as I broke the story on Famecrawler when I told my 9 year old). We talked about how it happens, how to prevent it, how to deal with it if it happens and it was a very open and frank discussion — one of many that will happen in this house I’m sure.

Think about Jamie, Britney and their babies — those children (and they all are still very much children in my eyes) are the ones who need more education, support, protection and love.

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Foo For Thought: Dave Grohl Contemplates Career, Family and Neil Young

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:55:00 GMT

Dave Grohl has Neil Young to thank for showing him how to balance a rock and roll lifestyle with being a family man. Foo Fighters frontman Grohl says his encounter with Young and his wife Pegi while playing a benefit concert in 2000 opened his eyes to the importance of maintaining a family life while still pursuing his musical career.

"The day before the show you are invited over to Neil's house for a barbecue. It's not some big, ritzy, catered event: you show up and there is a grill going and... Peg is in the kitchen making potato salad...and there are kids running around. Not only does Neil have a beautiful family, but he seems content in his life because he managed that balance in his life of being Neil Young and making amazing music for decade after decade and having a beautiful family.”

That hit home for Grohl, who is married to former MTV producer Jordyn Blum and father to 20-month-old Violet. "So I realized that [these] things could co-exist and it's just a matter of balance.''

The Foo Fighters performed tonight at the SpikeTV 2007 Video Game Awards.

It's Pure Nirvana, Baby

Whit Honea — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:08:00 GMT

How would you like half of the free world to see you naked? What if doing so netted your parents a cool, crisp two-hundred bucks, $201 if they got to keep the prop? That's what happened to Spencer Elden, 17, when he was but a wee lad. His dad was fresh out of art school. landed a gig for some band called Nirvana, took a few pictures of his kid in the pool, and laughed all the way to the bank. Nirvana also made a small deposit or two.

Elden claims it's not that big of a deal, but all of these years later he is still famous for being that boy. I hope he's wearing pants when they recognize him, that could be awkward.

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Daddy Dave Grohl: The Best of You, Well, Him

Whit Honea — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:03:00 GMT

Dave Grohl, seen here with his wife, Jordyn, and their 15-month-old daughter, Violet Maye, is rock done right. I'm a music guy, and I can't think of anyone in the last 15 years or so that has embodied all that is badass and right in rock and roll more than Dave.

Sure, I used to enjoy tales of groupies, hotels and brown M&M's, but now, that sort of thing ain't my bag, baby. Love it and leave it on the stage, and walk into the arms of your wife and children as soon as the curtain goes down. That's the modern rockstar, and that's pretty freakin' cool.