Welcome to the kittyradio.com forums.
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. Remove these ads when you register. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us. | 
05-30-2006, 07:57 AM
|  | who*the*fuck | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: France
Posts: 294
| | Courtney Love Discusses Last Happy Day With Cobain In Memoir
A preview includes poetry, journal entries, lyrics, never-seen photos.
Love or hate her, Courtney Love never fails to fascinate. And just a glimpse of what will be in her forthcoming book will surely be enough to get her fans and detractors talking.
In a four-page preview of the singer's 288-page "impromptu memoir," which was researched and edited by Ava Stander, it appears "Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love" will contain letters, childhood records, poetry, journal entries, song lyrics, fan 'zines, show fliers and never-before-seen photographs, including shots of her late husband Kurt Cobain and their daughter, Frances Bean.
Notes are written next to and over the memorabilia, such as this thought: "There is no such thing as girl love, because all cool girls are competitive c---s, which is worth loving in itself, so it's okay. Just don't pretend it's otherwise! Celebrate the reality!"
Other notes are less-than-celebratory, such as her realization that she is "a public figure unhappy with my share of the American dream. There can only be one reason for this. I am on drugs, and have the morals and mentality of a cartoon character. What did I want after all??" This is written next to a 1976 rejection letter from the New Mickey Mouse Club for "Coco Rodriguez" — a name she may have adopted while living with stepdad Frank Rodriguez. Since the show was looking for "youngsters who have exceptional singing, dancing, or musical ability, with a marked degree of performance experience," they told her she did not qualify, and as a consolation prize, gave her a picture of Mickey Mouse.
Over time, she found other ways to "perform." A 1979 report from Hillcrest School documents Love as screaming and swearing about bugs. "Refused to be reasonable," reads the report. "She became louder and more insistent." Pictures of Love as a youth paint her as wide-eyed and innocent at first and later as a withdrawn punkette.
Love also reveals matters closer to her heart with the entries about her late husband's suicide, such as a note written soon afterward reminiscing about happier days. On April 17, 2004, she wrote, "Exactly one month ago today was the last time I made love with my husband. I cooked him dinner. We spent four hours in the playroom with Frances. We saw 'Schindler's List.' It made us frightened for life and we saw the value of life. Our convictions we defined until 4 a.m. and we fell asleep in each other's arms and woke up that way in the morning."
Although she hates to admit it to herself, she writes, "Rome was a huge cover-up," meaning that Cobain's Rohypnol-and-champagne overdose on March 4, 2004, was actually a suicide attempt. "I see it now. I just didn't want to see it then. Last night, I re-read the note he left in Rome. It's so obviously a suicide note, so f---ing obvious."
Without explanation, the book also includes an apology note addressed to both her husband and daughter, on Sunset Marquis letterhead: "I love you. Please forgive me. ... You are both too beautiful for me. I love you forever." ("Sunset Marquis," incidentally, is the name of one of the songs intended for her new album.) The two writings, positioned near photos of her curled up next to Cobain and of him kissing a baby Frances, prompts a newer note, scrawled across both pages in red ink: "I can't grow a new heart."
"Here is a unique visual look into a world that is never captured," Love's literary agent David Vigliano said. "It's a one-of-a-kind memoir of an extraordinary life lived by a unique artist."
Love plans to do a book tour in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and New York when the book comes out in November. Mtv.com |
05-30-2006, 08:26 AM
|  | glance, don't stare | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: vancouver area rug
Posts: 769
| | | i'd go to seattle for sure. |
05-30-2006, 02:33 PM
|  | dance into the fire. | | Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,016
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by mel@nie Courtney Love Discusses Last Happy Day With Cobain In Memoir
A preview includes poetry, journal entries, lyrics, never-seen photos.
Love or hate her, Courtney Love never fails to fascinate. And just a glimpse of what will be in her forthcoming book will surely be enough to get her fans and detractors talking.
In a four-page preview of the singer's 288-page "impromptu memoir," which was researched and edited by Ava Stander, it appears "Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love" will contain letters, childhood records, poetry, journal entries, song lyrics, fan 'zines, show fliers and never-before-seen photographs, including shots of her late husband Kurt Cobain and their daughter, Frances Bean.
Notes are written next to and over the memorabilia, such as this thought: "There is no such thing as girl love, because all cool girls are competitive c---s, which is worth loving in itself, so it's okay. Just don't pretend it's otherwise! Celebrate the reality!"
Other notes are less-than-celebratory, such as her realization that she is "a public figure unhappy with my share of the American dream. There can only be one reason for this. I am on drugs, and have the morals and mentality of a cartoon character. What did I want after all??" This is written next to a 1976 rejection letter from the New Mickey Mouse Club for "Coco Rodriguez" — a name she may have adopted while living with stepdad Frank Rodriguez. Since the show was looking for "youngsters who have exceptional singing, dancing, or musical ability, with a marked degree of performance experience," they told her she did not qualify, and as a consolation prize, gave her a picture of Mickey Mouse.
Over time, she found other ways to "perform." A 1979 report from Hillcrest School documents Love as screaming and swearing about bugs. "Refused to be reasonable," reads the report. "She became louder and more insistent." Pictures of Love as a youth paint her as wide-eyed and innocent at first and later as a withdrawn punkette.
Love also reveals matters closer to her heart with the entries about her late husband's suicide, such as a note written soon afterward reminiscing about happier days. On April 17, 2004, she wrote, "Exactly one month ago today was the last time I made love with my husband. I cooked him dinner. We spent four hours in the playroom with Frances. We saw 'Schindler's List.' It made us frightened for life and we saw the value of life. Our convictions we defined until 4 a.m. and we fell asleep in each other's arms and woke up that way in the morning."
Although she hates to admit it to herself, she writes, "Rome was a huge cover-up," meaning that Cobain's Rohypnol-and-champagne overdose on March 4, 2004, was actually a suicide attempt. "I see it now. I just didn't want to see it then. Last night, I re-read the note he left in Rome. It's so obviously a suicide note, so f---ing obvious."
Without explanation, the book also includes an apology note addressed to both her husband and daughter, on Sunset Marquis letterhead: "I love you. Please forgive me. ... You are both too beautiful for me. I love you forever." ("Sunset Marquis," incidentally, is the name of one of the songs intended for her new album.) The two writings, positioned near photos of her curled up next to Cobain and of him kissing a baby Frances, prompts a newer note, scrawled across both pages in red ink: "I can't grow a new heart."
"Here is a unique visual look into a world that is never captured," Love's literary agent David Vigliano said. "It's a one-of-a-kind memoir of an extraordinary life lived by a unique artist."
Love plans to do a book tour in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and New York when the book comes out in November. Mtv.com | I can't wait for this to come out..*sigh |
05-30-2006, 02:47 PM
|  | Registered Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,106
| | | soo is it out the 31st or 1st? |
05-30-2006, 03:54 PM
| | glance, don't stare | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: vancouver area rug
Posts: 769
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Destroyer I can't wait for this to come out..*sigh | and you had to quote the whole article just to say that? |
05-30-2006, 08:24 PM
|  | Registered Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 629
| | | A book tour....yay! Nowhere close to me but I'm possibly willing to travel... |
05-30-2006, 08:50 PM
|  | No smoke without fire. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne
Posts: 681
| | | So can anyone find this "four page preview"?????
__________________
Sorry 'bout the fire
Sorry 'bout the torch
Sorry i had to have my revenge
Two million years of human evolution and that's the best idea you can come up with? |
05-30-2006, 09:44 PM
|  | coucou coucou | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: montreal
Posts: 321
| | sounds great.
me wants  |
05-30-2006, 09:44 PM
| | Registered Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 8,200
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by LibbyJ So can anyone find this "four page preview"????? | yeah, i was wondering about that too. |
05-31-2006, 12:29 AM
| | No smoke without fire. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne
Posts: 681
| | | I have spent most of the day looking without success....anyone else find it?
If so please post a link or scan...pretty pleeeaze!!!
__________________
Sorry 'bout the fire
Sorry 'bout the torch
Sorry i had to have my revenge
Two million years of human evolution and that's the best idea you can come up with? |
05-31-2006, 12:36 AM
| | SUGAR COATED SOUR | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: AUSTRALIA
Posts: 3,931
| | | i am gagging for this book |
05-31-2006, 12:38 AM
|  | ROYALDOLL | | Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 521
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by requiem A book tour....yay! Nowhere close to me but I'm possibly willing to travel... | If it actually happens I'll be traveling back from Dallas for L.A. and Seattle's home. I jsut hope she doesnt bag out on it.
i am still hoping for the liner notes to LTT |
05-31-2006, 12:41 AM
|  | a.k.a Madge Spammer | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Panama
Posts: 8,223
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by sassbot and you had to quote the whole article just to say that? | why does that bother you? |
05-31-2006, 12:42 AM
| | No smoke without fire. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne
Posts: 681
| | | Germs...why haven't you found it yet??? You are the queen of finding these things!!! Up of yer butt thanks and get cracking!
__________________
Sorry 'bout the fire
Sorry 'bout the torch
Sorry i had to have my revenge
Two million years of human evolution and that's the best idea you can come up with? |
05-31-2006, 12:43 AM
| | SUGAR COATED SOUR | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: AUSTRALIA
Posts: 3,931
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by LibbyJ Germs...why haven't you found it yet??? You are the queen of finding these things!!! Up of yer butt thanks and get cracking! | well fucking sorry! i do have things to do!!  
*goes off to look* |
05-31-2006, 12:49 AM
| | No smoke without fire. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne
Posts: 681
| |  You are always so quick Luv!! I am merely surprised you haven't found it already!!
I can't find the fucker, so only you will have the resources to get it (if it is out there yet). We need you Super GG!!!!
__________________
Sorry 'bout the fire
Sorry 'bout the torch
Sorry i had to have my revenge
Two million years of human evolution and that's the best idea you can come up with? |
05-31-2006, 12:58 AM
| | SUGAR COATED SOUR | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: AUSTRALIA
Posts: 3,931
| | | i cant find anything on this ava stander person. shes a fashion designer, so what does she have to do with cl's book? |
05-31-2006, 01:05 AM
| | No smoke without fire. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne
Posts: 681
| | Same...she and Margaret Cho have been designing clothes together...that is the best I could find too. I have been to the publishers website..but no extract: http://www.fsgbooks.com/searchnn.htm
And we have seen that already.
I just know the extract pages are out there somewhere..I neeeeeed to see them NOW!!! Shall I email the publishers?
__________________
Sorry 'bout the fire
Sorry 'bout the torch
Sorry i had to have my revenge
Two million years of human evolution and that's the best idea you can come up with? |
05-31-2006, 01:09 AM
| | SUGAR COATED SOUR | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: AUSTRALIA
Posts: 3,931
| | | yeah email them. i emailed jennifer vineyard, too |
05-31-2006, 01:10 AM
| | SUGAR COATED SOUR | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: AUSTRALIA
Posts: 3,931
| | poor coco rodriguez  | |
