1.  Nevermind, Nirvana
2. Very Eavy, Uriah Heep
3. Never Mind the Bollocks, The Sex Pistols
4. London Calling, The Clash
5. Is This It, The Strokes
6. Licence to III, Beastie Boys
7. Abbey Road, The Beatles
8. Country Life, Roxy Music
9. Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin
10. The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Velvet Underground
11. Agaetis Byrjun, Sigur Rós
12. Breakfast In America, Supertramp
13. The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd
14. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
15. Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones
16. Odelay, Beck
17. Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division
18. Aladdin Sane, David Bowie
19. Green Mind, Dinosaur Jr
20. Atom Heart Mother, Pink Floyd
21. The Libertines, The Libertines
22. The Holy Bible, Manic Street Preachers
23. The Cure, The Cure
24. Goo, Sonic Youth
25. Lovesexy, Prince
26. Revolver, The Beatles
27. Amnesiac, Radiohead
28. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins
29. Fugazi, Marillion
30. Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden
31. Pink Moon, Nick Drake
32. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
33. The Division Bell, Pink Floyd
34. Melt, Peter Gabriel
35. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
36. Different Class, Pulp
37. Ace of Spades, Motörhead
38. Rubycon, Tangerine Dream
39. Doggy Style, Snoop Dogg
40. Split, The Groundhogs
41. Surfer Rosa, Pixies
42. Henry¿s Dream, Nick Cave
43. Infected, The The
44. The Eraser, Thom Yorke
45. Alive!, Kiss
46. The Queen Is Dead, The Smiths
47. Road to Ruin, The Ramones
48. In Utero, Nirvana
49. The Teaches of Peaches, Peaches
50. In The Court of King Crimson, King Crimson

Bem, é isso ae, se alguem tiver alguma sugestão, comente ae

Por Rodrigo

The famous Nirvana album cover for "Nevermind" the one with the naked baby in a swimming pool floating toward a fishing line with a dollar bill on it, is now 17 years old. Spencer Elden looks back at the famous Nirvana cover after 17 years and admits to find it embarrassing to find himself as a naked baby on an album cover that so many people all over the world has already seen.

The kid Spencer Elden is not living the rich and famous world, and not in any big career. He got his fame just for that one photo for the album cover. He is just a normal everyday person like all of us, living with family and still in high school. He also says being a kid now isn't as great as being a kid in the 90's.

How did Spencer get the job for getting dunked underwater for a photo for an album cover? Spencer's father is a friend of a photographer who was shooting photos for the "Nevermind" album. "Nevermind" became the biggest selling album in the history of music and now the whole world knows what Spencer is like as a naked baby. "Nevermind" is still a very popular album to this day and forever will be.

Read this interesting article here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92833535&ps=bb1

I remember when I first bought the album when I was a teenager, I was like "wtf"? Why is there a naked baby on the album cover in a swimming pool? I'm sure everyone who bought the album thought the same thing and that's the point. It was meant to be a controversial album cover to help create a buzz in the music business.

Kev

News from the worst week in human history since… last week

By The Most Pissed-Off Dude In The World

Some asshole hippy is asking people to vote on how he should destroy his $60,000, 2006 Range Rover SUV in a publicity stunt engineered to make him look some kind of environmental altruist or something...

Am I the only person who is growing tired of these privileged motherfuckers smugly rubbing their self-righteousness in the faces of citizens for whom that very same $60,000 might make save them from bankruptcy or home foreclosure? I hope he destroys it by personally driving it off a cliff, ridding the world of one more trust fund collecting prick bastard Nuevo-beatnik idiot while he’s at it.

Just look at this prick with his flip flops and cargo shorts and Ghostbusters T-shirt...

In other news, 50 Cent is suing Taco Bell for suggesting that he change his name to 79 Cent or some such for a day so that they can sell more tacos or whatever. 4 million dollars is what he’s asking for. If 50 Cent really gets 4 fucking million dollars because a shitty Taco chain made fun of his stupid ass name, I am going to shit a buffalo, that’s how pissed I will be. Fuck you, 50 Cent. Right in the bum.

Bitches don't know 'bout my TACO TIME!

Hey, Matthew McConagay had a kid this week or whatever! Supposedly homedude was in the delivery room for like 16 hours doing tribal dances and spinning fucking tribal Brazilian records (where in the hell does one actually find tribal Brazilian records anyway?). To everyone’s surprise, he didn’t give the kid a stupid ass, socially crippling name like “Apple”, “Kal-el” or “Bingo Pajama”… but even so, we’ve got to be about due for a shark attack by now haven’t we?

Now' is as good a time as any to dust off this old chestnut...

Lastly, The kid who was on the cover of Nirvana's "Nevermind” album is in the news all the time now that he is a teenager and thinks that makes him special. Apparently the little douchebag thinks he’s like an expert on the 90s or something, because he won’t shut up about it… at least whenever he’s done talking about everyone seeing his baby dick or how kids aren’t angsty enough these days for his taste. I don’t know why we are being subjected to his opinion but I wish he’d take a page from the Blind Melon “Bee Girl’s” playbook and shut your whoresome trap already.

Some kid that won't shut up about his peeny holding a record worth a bajillion dollars.

Misspelled, or bad grammar tattoos - via Dave Barry.  This is sad & funny also it has a lot of cussing, but it's still very entertaining.  (Please don't juge me too harshly for putting up a link with a lot of swearing)

Check it out.   This is the Nirvana baby - From myextralife

This vid is cool.  A mini vs. a go-cart on a go-cart track.  The race starts about half way through.

I just realized that this week all my links contain something that you could find offensive if you are easily offended.  Sorry about that.  It's not my usual style, I'll try to clean it up for next week.  To make up for it, here's a link to a lolcat.  It's disgustingly cute and there's nothing vaguely offensive about it.  Here's another.

And finally here's a little game.  Read yesterday's post and see where I've been in the past 8 days.  Guess my mileage in the comments for the 14th -22nd of July.  The person who is closest wins the prestigious title of Geography Czar of my blog.

Pues Spencer es ese ninho.
Aparecio en la portada del disco "Nevermind" de Nirvana, del cual se vendieron 26 millones de albumes.
El padre de Spencer era amigo del fotografo encargado de la portada, y le hicieron varias fotos a Spencer en la piscina del fotografo.

Hoy Spencer es asi:

Y como no se parece en nada a lo que 17 anhos atras era, pues nadie le reconoce por la calle, ni es rico y famoso...

Es lo que tiene alcanzar la fama a tan corta edad...

This week, I heard a cool little feature at the end of NPR's All Things Considered.

They did a little feature, umpteen years later, on the kid who was the baby on the front of Nirvana's "Nevermind" album cover. His name is Spencer Elden, and he seems like a pretty normal teen, at least as normal as normal as you can be when there are 28 million copies of your naked baby picture floating around.

Check it out ...

Once Naked For Nirvana, Now A Teen Spirit

Creo que todos hemos visto esta portada del disco Nevermind del grupo de grunge, Nirvana, la portada que en 1991 apareciera con tanta controversia.

Pero, se han preguntado quién es ese bebé que salía nadando, o qué ha sido de su vida. Tal vez no, pero siempre es interesante saber qué fue de ese niño que nadaba desnudo persiguiendo billetes de un dólar.

Spencer Elden, es el nombre de quien fuera ese bebé nadador, y que ahora tiene dieciséis años de edad. Se considera un adolescente que odia la escuela y ama el waterpolo, quien actualmente vive en Los Angeles, California.

Su desnudez en el disco que es considerado un parteaguas en el rock fue debido a que el fotográfo Kirk Weddle, era amigo del niño, una mañana el diseñador de la portada le llamó al papa del niño y le dijo que si quería ganarse doscientos dólares por aventar a su hijo al agua. Cuando Spencer tenía un año, Geffen Records le mandó un disco de platino y un osito de peluche.

El sueño actual de Spencer es ser un artista.

Ese tipo es el niño que nadaba desnudo.

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Bottom line, music should be made as a reflection of one's self not of that person's bad memories, teenage years, insecurities and especially not the audience. Atleast not all the time.

Meet Spencer Elden. Well, you've already met him. In the quasi-intimate sense. He's the baby on Nirvana's famous "Nevermind" album, floating merrily along reaching for that dolla dolla bill, ya'll.

And NPR (I love love love NPR) did a story on him.

"Quite a few people in the world have seen my penis," he says from his home in Los Angeles. "So that's kinda cool. I'm just a normal kid living it up and doing the best I can while I'm here."

You know what, that is kinda cool. Power to you, man. Wonder what it's like to be him on a daily basis?

"My friend is all like, 'Hey I saw you today.' And I'm like, 'Dude, I was working all day.' And he's like, 'No, I went to Geffen Records, and you're on the floor and you're floating and I stepped on your face. 'Cause I guess they have like a floating thing where people can like walk on me and stuff ... so it's kinda cool," he says.

That's kinda cool too, Spencer. He might just be one of the most non-famous famous kids out there. And he's kind of kickass. Badass too, because his parents sent him to military school for a bit. Here he is now, all growed up:

Read the piece on this kid. He doesn't just smell like teen spirit, he reeks of it. Kurt Cobain would be proud, dude.

[Posted by Kathleen]

There are countless other examples of bands helping out their counterparts gain attention. And there is much to be learned from the path to national success of crucial bands throughout history, lessons applicable for local Madison Bands.

Recently I was watching Axiom, a local Madison alternative rock trio with a sense of humor; take the stage at their CD release party, when I took a glimpse at the crowd. The room was full of people, of course, but what really caught my eye were the other local bands in attendance. Local Madison bands not on the bill like Triibe and Lords of Discipline were in the house, and Kill Junior stuck around after their own high energy set.

It got me thinking of how important it is for local bands to be supportive of one another. Not only by coming out to the shows, but in all aspects of influence and cooperation. Sharing practice spaces and recording times, providing an opportunity for a fellow local band to play a show with you, and most importantly spreading the word about other local bands.

I got the chance to speak with Axiom after their stellar show, complete with lightsaber battle. When I brought up the subject of local band alliances, they were quick to point out “It’s important for musicians to treat their music scene as a community. If we don’t support each other, who will?” The support isn’t limited to hooking other bands up with shows, but also in musical influence. A band’s sound is in constant evolution. Axiom takes their influences from national acts such as Tool and Primus, but also credits local bands like Kill Junior, Ignorus, and Sunspot as an influential part of their sound. Evolving a unique sound to call your own is the essential appendage in the survival of the fittest in this unpredictable music industry.

In other words, succeeding in the music biz, even on a local level, involves cooperation. As Axiom stated in our interview, “The Madison scene is hit or miss… It would be nice to see the Madison scene revert back to the way it was 10-20 years ago, when everyone went out to their favorite bar to watch bands.”

Most working bands and musicians dream of making it big, gaining recognition regionally, nationally, somewhere other than their home town. And most want to see Madison become a national hot spot for music, a smaller version of Nashville or L.A. sans the cowboy boots and glitter.

What I’m suggesting is some kind of “golden rule” for local bands: If you want others to show up for your gig, you must to the same and show up for them. You never know where it could lead.

You can start out by checking out Meteorade opening for XYZ Affair and Roomate at High Noon on July 27 or the The Box Social opening up for the Toadies and the Whigs at the Annex on July 31. And don’t forget Kurt Cobain’s favorite band, the Melvins, at High Noon on August 3.

- Katie Jo Crubaugh, True Endeavors Public Relations Intern

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A normal 17 year old boy! Who would've guessed??

Being friends with a photographer in Hollywood can get you into big things sometimes?!?!?! Of course he's an "artist", full of angst, has a backpack and wants to graduate a year early from high school.  Go accidental idol, a generation is behind you!

Berikut gambar 3D nya:

Nah berikut ini videonya:

untuk foto-foto lebih lanjut Anda bisa langsung ke Nirvana atau di foto-foto show unitnya.

SPENCER ELDEN: THEN

You may not recognize Spencer Elden - especially with his clothes on.

Elden has one of the most famous penises in Rock history. When he was an infant, the now 17-year-old was featured on the cover of the Nirvana album "Nevermind." The album sold 26 million copies. NPR recently did a feature on Elden.

 Although he represents an entire Generation X of slackers, Elden is actually on track to graduate a year early from high school. Plus, he's considering attending West Point.

SPENCER ELDEN: NOW

Read about Spencer Elden

Cheers!

-Shasta

It is hard to find perfection. Sure, this blog dabbles in it on a regular basis, but otherwise life is sometimes a fruitless search for those things that are perfect from head to toe.  So it is in the world of music, but sometimes you do come across albums that are spotless from the first song to the last. 

John Sellers , in his excellent book Perfect From Now On (which we are reading now), calls them "dingers": albums that lack a song that you tire of in five plays or fewer.  Among his list are Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Destruction, The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow, U2: The Joshua Tree, and The Strokes,  Is This It.  I'm not sure about the five plays or fewer, so I'm focusing on albums I like every single song on.  This is quite a tough list to make.  Some albums have 12 awesome songs, but one clunker that I never really fully liked. Or I might actually like that one oddball song, but not enough to count the album as "perfect". Those that almost make the cut, with the song that prevented them: 

The Beatles: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Within You, Without You)

Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy (No Quarter)

Foo Fighters: Foo Fighters (Exhausted)

Nirvana: Nevermind (Something in the Way)

Pearl Jam: Ten (Why Go)

And now, without further ado, are the albums on which I like every single song:

Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream

The Beatles-Abbey Road

Radiohead-OK Computer

R.E.M.- Automatic for the People

Weezer-Weezer (the blue album)

Now, I'm not saying these are my 4 favorite albums of all time (although all of them would make the top 10-20)  But every single song on them is good. Great, even.  

One of my wishes (besides the ability to fly, produce cash from thin air, and to be the best air guitarist in the world) is to see, in my lifetime, the release of an album that EVERYONE agrees is the best album of all time. Sure, many albums are universally loved, and always at the top of any All Time List that various magazines put out.  Sgt. Pepper, Exile on Main Street, Ok Computer, Led Zeppelin IV.  But the key is that people debate over these things. I want an album that makes everyone give up their arguments, throw in the towel, and fall down on the ground and roll around in pure acknowledgement that no one has ever released anything greater.  

It would be nice to have this happen in other artforms as well, like movies or TV Shows.  I thought the tobacco-spitting cupcake scene in Cabin Boy might qualify it for consideration, but alas that movie has not aged very well (but that scene will forever live in my heart). And while the Different Strokes episode where Sam is kidnapped was tension filled, there were other episodes that were lacking. So I'll keep wishing for that day. Until then, I'll be listening to Abbey Road while watching the series finale of The Wonder Years.

Nirvana baru merilis album In Utero, di dalamnya antara lain terdapat hit "All Apologies", ketika undangan untuk tampil di MTV Unplugged mereka terima. Berbeda dari musisi senior seperti Eric Clapton yang pernah tampil di MTV Unplugged, ada sedikit keraguan terhadap Nirvana yang sedikit banyak terbantu dengan proses mixing di studio untuk menutupi kelemahan teknis bermusik, terutama Kurt Cobain (James Hector, 2004). Setting Unplugged memungkinkan penonton menyaksikan lebih dekat dan suara yang dihasilkan lebih 'real'.

Ternyata, Nirvana dan Kurt Cobain menghancurkan segala keraguan itu dan membuktikan bahwa Nirvana adalah salah satu grup musik paling berpengaruh yang mewarnai musik terutama di era 1990-an dan memiliki kemampuan bermusik yang baik. Penampilan Nirvana dalam MTV Unplugged Series di tahun 1993 ini mendapat pujian dimana-mana. Rekaman Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York kemudian di rilis menjadi album pada bulan November tahun 1994, beberapa bulan setelah Kurt Cobain mengakhiri hidupnya sendiri pada bulan April 1994.

Album Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York berada pada ranking 307 RS 500 edisi buku. Sementara, pada RS 500 edisi majalah, Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York berada pada nomor 311. Album ini laku keras, terjual lebih dari 4 juta copy.

Sebetulnya yang meminta dicarikan album ini adalah istri saya yang nge-fans sama Nirvana. Tempat paling gampang mencari adalah ebay. Yang menarik dari vinyl Nirvana MTV Unplugged yang saya dapat ini adalah ia berupa picture disc. Tidak ada cover dengan art work seperti umumnya album piringan hitam. Akan tetapi gambar cover album ini tercetak di plat piringan hitamnya, di kedua sisi plat.

Vinyl ini saya dapat dengan harga lebih murah dari piringan hitam picture disc Nirvana MTV Unplugged pada umumnya. Sebetulnya saya bertanya-tanya mengapa vinyl ini dilepas dengan harga murah . Deskripsi yang diberikan penjualnya di ebay tidak memperlihatkan masalah pada vinyl-nya. Setelah albumnya sampai ke tangan saya, saya bisa menduga alasannya. Mungkin dijual murah karena ternyata album yang saya beli ini adalah rilis di Mexico. Artinya, vinyl yang saya beli ini aslinya diproduksi dan diedarkan khusus untuk wilayah Mexico. Ada catatan kecil di plat-nya menerangkan hal ini. Tidak mengherankan album yang diproduksi ulang di Mexico ini beredar juga di Amerika. Imigran dengan jumlah terbesar di Amerika memang datang dari Mexico, sang negara tetangga.

Yang penting lagunya tetap dinyanyikan Kurt Cobain dan tidak berubah menjadi berbahasa Spanyol dan berirama salsa...:-)

"All Apologies" unplugged yang dimainkan Nirvana bisa dilihat di sini

Spencer Elden, que apareceu na capa do disco Nevermind, do Nirvana, nos dias atuais.

Puesto número 45.

Buddy Holly and The Crickets. That'll be the day.

Puesto número 44.

Lynird Skynird. Free bird.

Puesto número 43.

Ray Charles. What'd i say.

Puesto número 42.

The Police. Every day your take.

Puesto número 41.

Nirvana. Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Following the break on NPR, there was an interview with, and a story about, Spencer Eldin, the now 17 year old, who is also the baby on the cover of Nevermind. This was definitely a trip down memory lane and I found it to be fascinating. (It also made me feel very, very old. I mean, how could the Nirvana baby be getting ready to go to college... I remember when that CD came out...)

You can read the article here. But, I would highly recommend clicking on the "listen now" link when you get to the article. When you do you will get to hear the most surreal part of all, Spencer talking about how much cooler it would have been to grow up in the 90s. You know, when people actually formed real bands, instead of just playing Rock Band. Ah, the good old days.

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So, here are some stuff, I bet on my German Supermodel girlfriend, that you didnt even know atleast one of them before reading this one..hehe!!

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1. Around 90% of the guys who go the gym after having a cup of tea and a light toast, puke after their session.
2. Of all the FMCG brands in the world, 90% of them have a special quality benchmarkfor the Indian market. It's called the Indian Standard informally, and we all experience it as poor quality.
3. The days of the theatre-print of movies is over... its the age of DVD quality Torrent prints!
4. Ice Age the movie is better than Ice Age: The Meltdown.
5. The Incredibles is a benchmark movie in all respects.
6. After years of reservation for OBCs and SC-ST, in 10 years, the General Category will demand reservation.
7. Kerala Politics will not change until a New party, which can eat with both hands, form the government. Like thats gonna happen!!
8. Some Orkut users think leaving scraps of other guys profile without any reason will somehow increase there Scrapcount. Are they actually believing in the fact that Scraps will become currency one fine day !?
9. Some guys in prison actually tried to sue King Khan because "Thanda Thanda Cool Cool" didnt pretty work with their "sensitive skin". Newswale say that they got rashes! Wtf!
10. About 50% of the world population know what Wikipedia is. Its a shame that only 5% know what Uncyclopedia is!
11. Rajnikanth may actually be the next most successful TN PM! Lets wait n watch...
12. Maxim comes after Playboy. The thing is...it surely comes after!
13. June issue of Maxim had Shriya Saran as covergirl. She did the Bikini Overload! section. No, dont rush for it, its probably Sold Out!
14. Even if they are searching for a decent pic in a really casual time, or for some assignment work, most guys turn the Moderate Safesearch Off in Google Images. They know what will come on screen.
15. The Dark Knight is the Biggest Hollywood Blockbuster till date. I think I'll have to go for it the Third time...
16. Skoar! is the best gaming mag available in our country. Beg to differ?
17. There are some Chain Smokers in this weird world who don't drink Beer. They say Its Injurious for your Health... :|
18. hmm...I know there will be a lot of disagreement on this one. But a fact is a fact. So... Tea is way better than Coffee, by all means. Don't ask me why!
19. Charlize Theron is the ultimate beauty. Even if it is in Monster.
20. In the increasing order considering everything, The exotic martial arts go like this:  Kozhi Poru<Boxing<Kickboxing<Naadan Thallu<Karate<Kalaripayattu<Muay Thai<Kung Fu<Tai Chi ...atleast thats how they show it in the movies!
21. Wanted has Angelina Jolie trying the Irfan Pathan thing. This time its not a leather ball, rather its a bullet.
22. Linux actually has the juice to run hard core games. It has this gaming support platform, and it runs almost every game! Its called Wine.
23. Facebook is the best place after all the "ahem ahem" sites that will guarantee your total wastage of time.
24. Girls mature at younger age. Both mentally and physically!!
25. There are guys in this weird world who expect every single girl around to have size 36C !
26. Some retards still see Saas-Bahu Soaps!
27. Who Moved My Cheese? actually is a book about two Mice!
28. Angels and Demons makes Da Vinci Code nothing but Toilet paper!
29. Many of French girls fall for you if you draw her a flattering sketch of hers on a napkin in a restaurant! Italian girls love Kerala. "Come ti chiami?" means "Whats your name?" Take her to a Kathakali performance and rewards are guaranteed..!! ;)
30. Whats polished maroon and round, and bad for your teeth?           ...                           A cricket ball!!.. :P

Yeah, Now you can cry it out loud...come on...lemme hear it :D ..well..I'll say that just coz after writing all this out down, it automatically comes to my mouth..so here it is...WTF!!!

Version updates are to be expected...

The song is called "Alan is a Cowboy Killer" and comes from the 2002 album Mclusky Do Dallas.  A quick look at their catalog will show you more clever titles, but playful titles do not a playful band make.  Mclusky succeeds at being exciting by using energy, volume, a good bit of dirt, and just enough brains.  What's this song about? I couldn't tell you and I'm glad.  I'm as joyfully clueless to the meaning of this song as I was with anything that came out of the Grunge era.  In fact, I don't think it's a stretch to imagine that this song could have been a hit on alternative radio had it come out in 1992.  Think the catchiness of Nevermind era Nirvana with the slease of Mudhoney.  But mostly just turn the volume up, put on some loose clothes, and pretend Christian Slater just told you to put all your silverware in the microwave.  Because thirty seconds into this you're going to be spazzing out.

Stream at muxtape.com

Download Mclusky - "Alan is A Cowboy Killer"

How much fun was Mclusky? See for yourself as they dress up as KISS and burn through one of their best songs:

Totally got you.  More tomorrow.