Thursday, December 13th 2012

This Does Not Amuse Courtney Love

At last night's 12-12-12 benefit show for Hurricane Sandy relief, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl, a crushed velvet shirt and Pat Smear reunited to play a new song with Paul McCartney. I know, tacky whores. Instead of getting Paul McCartney, they should've used a Kurt Cobain hologram. Sadly, they didn't play "Rape Me" and dedicate it to Heather Mills and her lawyers. They sang a new song called "Cut Me Some Slack." Cut some slack is not something that Courtney Love's crazy ass is interested in doing.

TMZ says that Courtney Love took a break from making antique wedding dresses out of used crack foil and opened her yap hole to spill out a stream of hate over Paul McCartney singing with the surviving members of Nirvana. Since the inside of Courtney Love's head is an empty playground of delusion, she thinks she's the voice of Nirvana and wasn't amused that Paul was singing with them. Courtney doesn't like that Dave called it a "Nirvana reunion," because Kurt was the beating heart of the band and without him, Nirvana can never exist again. Courtney didn't like that the idea of Paul singing with Nirvana and thinks John Lennon would've been better.

I'm actually shocked that Courtney Love didn't break into Yoko Ono's apartment, steal John Lennon's ashes (that's if Yoko didn't turned Lennon's ashes into a diamond charm for her labia ring) and then rush the stage at the 12-12-12 concert to spread 'em while Nirvana and Paul McCartney played. That would've been more entertaining than that "Cut Me Some Slack" song. But I am here for that crushed velvet shirt.

Here's a few pictures of the tricks and tramps who overdressed (see: Blake NotSoLively and Katie Holmes) to pose at the 12-12-12 concert in NYC last night. In order: Blake, Chelsea Clinton, Cristal Connors, Jeremy Piven, the robot formerly known as Stepford Katie, Susan Sarandon and Tony Danza.

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I think they sound great together. Can Courtney Love ever be happy for anyone ever? No. She should do something useful or shut her mouth. It's so pathetic and childish of her to have even said a thing.

These are only 50 of the many artists Cobain mentioned in interviews, asked to tour with, wore on T-shirts or wrote about in his personal journals, which have been published for the obsessively curious.

Artists In This Mix

AC/DC • Aerosmith • Bad Brains • Beat Happening • The Beatles • Bikini Kill • Black Flag • Black Sabbath • Butthole Surfers • Buzzcocks • Cheap Trick • Chokebore • Creedence Clearwater Revival • Daniel Johnston • David Bowie • Devo • Dinosaur Jr. • Earth • Flipper • The Germs • Half Japanese • Jesus Lizard • Joy Division • Killing Joke • Kiss • The Knack • Leadbelly • Led Zeppelin • Meat Puppets • Melvins • Mudhoney • Neil Young • Pixies • Queen • The Raincoats • R.E.M. • Scratch Acid • Sex Pistols • The Shaggs • Shocking Blue • Shonen Knife • The Slits • Sonic Youth • The Stooges • Swans • Terry Jacks • The Velvet Underground • Vaselines • Wipers • Young Marble Giants

Kurt's biggest musical influence was the Beatles so why would he have been anything less than flattered to see Paul fill in for him?

Also, when Kurt died, he changed Dave and Krist's lives forever. They probably still grieve him so why can't they have fun in his honor?

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Agnostic, makes me feel old, too. That said, I'm eternally grateful I came if age then instead of now. Easier to get into school, great economy upon graduation, absence of insane grooming requirements for the ladies, and no risk of exposure via Internet!

Sarah Smile

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Submitted by Sarah Smile on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 10:25pm.
Agnostic - I agree that many fail to appreciate the radical change Nirvana brought to pop music. I remember the first time I heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit.". I was a dj at my college's radio station and one of my classmates played the record (!) for a bunch of us. We were all floored and the song started getting played on the radio, at parties, etc. it's hard to grasp how organic it was.

Sarah Smile

College Radio used to be so awesome! I was always into Punk Rock which is how I heard of Nirvana before Teen Spirit, as they played at San Francisco's Cow Palace with a few Punk bands. Once Nevermind came out, good luck trying to see them at a place like the Palladium in Hollywood (That's where they along with Pearl Jam opened for the Peppers) Oh I feel so fucking old.

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"How nice, to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."
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Agnostic - I agree that many fail to appreciate the radical change Nirvana brought to pop music. I remember the first time I heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit.". I was a dj at my college's radio station and one of my classmates played the record (!) for a bunch of us. We were all floored and the song started getting played on the radio, at parties, etc. it's hard to grasp how organic it was.

Sarah Smile

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Submitted by Cara on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 4:49pm.
Nice to see Chris on stage again.

Do you mean Novoselic? He was great playing with Flipper a couple of years ago, I saw them open for Bad Religion for their 2008 two week engagement at the West Hollywood House of Blues. He rocks.

As for Courtney she should just STFU already. I think there may be a few of us "Old Skool Gen Xers" (god I hate that label more than "grunge") around here who are old enough to 1-Have seen Nirvana in early '91 before they got huge (Esp that show they did with Pearl Jam, opening for the Chilli Peppers) 2-Remember or still have local Olympia/Portland/Seattle/SF/LA 'Zines from that time to see how Nirvana was self promoted within the scene from early '89 until Geffen signed them and how those 'Zines were NOT happy with Courtney shoving her way into Nirvana's extended family of fans/friends and Friends of Friends.

Courtney was a trust fund hanger on whose only talent was to spot actual Talent on men like Cobain and Corgan. Kurt's signature lyrical style is practically EMBEDDED into "Live Through This" most Nirvana fans from the early days were able to hear it when the album was released in '94 but were a bit more preoccupied with Kurt's death to give it more than a passing thought.

I can see how people who've been sold the "Nirvana package" from the late '90s - early '00's could think they're overrated or sold out. (BTW all the shit that was marketed post Kurt's death such as his fucking journals were courtesy of Cuntey) Trust me, back in the days before Hot Crappic, there was no magic marketing package: You bought your records at the record store and you bought your band shirts for $15, maybe $20 at the shows. Or you ordered them through the band's mail order P.O. Box, if you were lucky to live within driving distance to Hollywood, you could try to find a Nirvana tshirt at Green Hell Records, if you didn't well, then you'd have to DIY it. I was lucky to have seen Nirvana for the first time in 1989 in a tiny club where they KILLED IT, there were no sets, no bullshit and it was plain as fuck that the band was having a ball (pre Cuntey) and sadly the last time I saw them it was at the L.A. fucking Coliseum in Dec. '93 (post Cuntey) and only four months before Kurt's death. Even being in the nosebleed section one could plainly see how over it Kurt was.... And yeah, Courtney's "Death Rock" (That's Goth's original name) Record deal was bigger than Nirvana's self produced "Bleach", and Bleach was still a thousand times better.
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"How nice, to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Manis6 - apparently it was also long for Ms. Keys, judging from her raspy-ass voice.

Sarah Smile

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Submitted by Sarah Smile on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 10:13pm.

Hold up your cell phone song. *eyerolls*
I thought that song would never end.

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"Live Through This" ranks as a fave, so I can't dismiss Courtney out-of-hand. That said, it's Paul McCartney. Have some respect.

Anybody else bored as piss by Alicia Keys last night?

Sarah Smile

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It's cool to see some Hole and Babes in Toyland fans up in herrre. I loved all that stuff in high school and college. I know people who are into that kind of thing normally consider Kathleen Hanna to be their patron saint, but I just couldn't get into her childish singing and teen attitude. Courtney's ruined her credibility by being a fried mess though, to the point that people think Kurt wrote "Live Through This" -- even though that album doesn't sound like a Nirvana album, but a super polished version of Courtney Love. Kurt was great at writing pop hooks and I think he helped her refine her work, but Courtney also had a good album before she met him, "Pretty on the Inside."

About this "reunion", meh. Dave Grohl is so boring, and Paul McCartney doesn't have to do shit and people kiss his ass. Courtney's nuts, but it's true, Kurt probably wouldn't have been into it. I remember in the 90s Aerosmith wanted badly to jam with Nirvana, and Kurt and Courtney were just laughing about all these "dinosaurs" wanting to look young and hip around him.

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Oh and KStew just basically mumbled and flubbed her intro for Bon Jovi.

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Adam Sandler was funny and Roger Waters was amazing.

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Gee, after reading most of the comments, I'm glad I read and watched House Hunters.

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I have to side with the crazy nut job on this one, Kurt was Nirvana. And I truly believe that Kurt pretty much wrote Live Through This. I truly love that album.

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Submitted by CashewTime. on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 4:45pm.
Whamo,
"little" band? Grr....Holes first major record deal was bigger than Nirvanas
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Hey now easy there...that's just my way of saying they're a good solid band, not how sucessfull or how tall they were lol :P

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Ugh. All these comments are making me sick, gotta go.

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As a total grunge/rock girl till I die, I watched this for Eddie, so while I loved what he did with Comfortably Numb, I was pissed he didn't sing more. I was hoping he'd come out and play or sing with the Who since that's his favorite band but alas, no.

The idea that they were calling it a Nirvana reunion with anyone but Kurt was a joke. And I love Grohl and the Foos. But Nirvana was Kurt. So in this one instance I'm Team Courtney.

And I'm also a big Beatles fan, my dad raised me on them so this isn't throwing shade at McCartney.

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My cold, black heart sometimes makes me think that various celebrities only use these televised fundraising events to say "Look! I'm still here, dammit. I'm relevant!".

Two things: Katie Holmes looked gorgeous and Roger Daltrey needs to keep his shirt buttoned.

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Nice to see Chris on stage again.

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Hey Deb,

I also love Babes in Toyland. The Kat/Courtney thing makes me laugh. The nerdy girl vs the attention whore. I think we've all had a couple of friendships like that.
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Whamo,
"little" band? Grr....Holes first major record deal was bigger than Nirvanas.
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"I don't think anything can separate anything that's super-connected. "
-LeAnn Rimes

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Doll parts,

The only frustrating thing is how she makes audiences wait for an hour and a half both before the set and after for the meet and greet. She doesn't realize that even hardcore fans can get upset at that kind of behavior. I wanted to meet hey, but I had waited so long that night as it was that I just wanted to go home. But she was very charming on stage and I know she's a generous person to her crew. I waited my whole life to see her since my family couldn't afford concerts during the celebrity skin era and my close friend and big hole fan, who I screamed hole songs with often, was with me. It was still incredible for both of us, and she is glowing in person.
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Hey Cashew, I can see that. For the record, I think Courtney was a phenomenal performer. I love "Live Through This".

"JUST SMILE LIKE A NORMAL FUCKED UP PERSON."
Charles Manson

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@Deb

Court is the one who taught Kurt to project his voice. Courtney has always admitted that she needs collaboration, but if you know her writing style, the songs are mostly hers and they would be nothing without her delivery. I think they admired eachotherand I don't mind that they collaborated, but its a stretch to say he wrote her stuff.
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The legacy of the Beatles besides their shit music is much more sinsister and destructive.

Beatles have "proselytized the use of drugs so subtly that words and conceptions once only common to drug users are found in sentences of teeny-boppers and statesmen alike"

The Beatles were heavily into the drug scene. They began taking drugs during their earliest band days before they became popular. In fact, many of the Beatles songs were about drugs. These include "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Day Tripper," "Yellow Submarine," "Help," "Rubber Soul," "Cold Turkey," "Glass Onion," "I Am the Walrus," and "Penny Lane." (All of these were admitted to be drug songs by the Beatles.)

John Lennon admitted that he began taking LSD in 1964 and that "it went on for years. I must have had a thousand trips. I used to just eat it all the time" (Rolling Stone, Jan. 7, 1971, p. 39; cited by Jann Wenner, Lennon Remembers, p. 76). John Lennon read Timothy Leary's book The Psychedelic Experience in 1966, after Paul McCartney took him to the Indica, a hip New Age bookshop in London. Lennon wrote "Tomorrow Never Knows" after taking LSD, and he wrote the songs ":Come Together" and "Give Peace a Chance" for Leary.

Their 1967 Sgt. Pepper's album heralded the drug revolution in America Time magazine reported that Sgt. Pepper's was "drenched in drugs"

The album "galvanized the acid subculture and gave LSD an international platform" BBC removed the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life" from the air because of its drug implications. On the Sgt. Pepper album Ringo Starr sang, "I get high with a little help from my friends." The members of the Beatles later openly admitted that the album was "a drug album"

Lennon admitted to the Rolling Stone interviewer that there were "a lot of obvious LSD things in the music." Lennon said, "God isn't in a pill, but LSD explained the mystery of life. It was a religious experience." In an interview with Playboy in 1981, Lennon said the Beatles smoked marijuana at breakfast and were so stoned that they were "just all glazed eyes." In 1969, Lennon said: "If people can't face up to the fact of other people being naked or smoking pot then we're never going to get anywhere" Paul McCartney told Life magazine that he was "deeply committed to the possibilities of LSD as a universal cure-all."

Just as Hugh Hefner brought pornography out of the closet and popularized it, so the Beatles brought illegal drugs out of the closet and popularized them! That is their legacy!

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Submitted by Dion flowerboy on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:56pm.

I agree. And didn't Kurt write most of "Live Through This"?

"JUST SMILE LIKE A NORMAL FUCKED UP PERSON."
Charles Manson

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Submitted by skinny fat on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:54pm.

Submitted by Whamo on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:47pm.
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Couldn't agree more about Epstein's work, but especially George Martin's contribution.

"JUST SMILE LIKE A NORMAL FUCKED UP PERSON."
Charles Manson

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She has no grounds to complain. Billy Corgan did plenty of the work on "Celebrity Skin." The other members of Hole confirm that in the current MOJO magazine. I thought it was awesome that Macca sat in for them.
How about all of those traveling versions of the Guess Who, Skynyrd, etc.,? Sorry, Nirvana is not sacrosanct.

Submitted by Whamo on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:47pm.

Submitted by skinny fat on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:30pm.

One more thing - Brian Epstein was a genius.
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And... George Martin was absolutely paramount to their sound and success. He was a genius on that recording board as well as his brilliant arrangements

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Submitted by Foxxy Brown on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:47pm.
Submitted by Whamo on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:01pm.

oh, i'm a riddle wrapped in an enigma, i am ;-)

the Hansons still sing harmony like angels, compose and play instruments /mmmm bops back out
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I will admit I was a little surprised to hear you shout out yer love for them but it's all good:)

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Submitted by Whamo on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:01pm.

Submitted by Foxxy Brown on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 2:38pm.
Submitted by Whamo on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 1:47pm.

leave Hanson alooooooooone!!!

/mmm bops out of thread
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What Foxxy a Hanson fan! lol:0
I'm sorry Foxxy, I had to use someone like that to make my point:(

oh, i'm a riddle wrapped in an enigma, i am ;-)

the Hansons still sing harmony like angels, compose and play instruments /mmmm bops back out

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Submitted by skinny fat on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:30pm.

One more thing - Brian Epstein was a genius.
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And... George Martin was absolutely paramount to their sound and success. He was a genius on that recording board as well as his brilliant arrangements

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Submitted by Doll-Parts on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:20pm.
Submitted by CashewTime. on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 2:52pm.

I didn't at first but now I LOVE her version of Young Marble Giants tune Credit in the Straight World

She may be a mess but hell ya Cortney and Hole rock for sure, it's a great little band!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flra74g10tM

1. The Robin Hood Foundation gives ALL the money where it's needed. NONE of the money raised from the concert will go to administrative or any other costs.

2. The Beatles CHANGED everything. Their influence was everywhere - music, clothing, the Mahareeshi, drugs. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were one of the greatest songwriting teams of all time. They were all very talented except maybe for Ringo, who just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

One more thing - Brian Epstein was a genius.

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Submitted by Anita Bidet on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:12pm.
"The Beatles sold a lot of records not because they were the greatest musicians but simply because their music was easy to sell to the masses:"

oh wait you're serious. let me laugh even harder
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this! 100%
They didn't even know how to market to that demographic at the time other than putting the record at the front of the store.

If it was that easy why weren't all the other bands at that time selling records in The Beatles numbers?

Quite often now a days there is no emotional attachment when you purchase (or steal) the music you listen to, you point and click, if you don't like it meh..delete

I would LOVE to see how some of these bands or singers record sales were if you had to get up and take a bus or two to get to the record store and actually PAY your hard earned cash for their music.

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Submitted by Deb on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 3:04pm.
Submitted by dementa on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 2:49pm.

I didn't say giving to a charity was bad or useless and you shouldn't do it. I said that the BENEFIT CONCERTS were useless, because somehow I doubt those celebrities are paying for their own transportation, tickets, etc. Better to just give your money to a decent charity directly, and skip the celebrity bullshit.

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Why would you doubt that? They certainly can afford it. I've been a part of my hospital's benefit fundraisers and we've had celebrites come by on their own dime and I know because I've handeled the PR accounts. It's not that big of a stretch.
You're entitled to your opinion but benefit concerts are not useless and I'm more than sure that they raised more last night for people than they spent on making the concert happen.

But Dementa - you seem to be the authority on this so which charities are worth it? Can you give me a list so I know my money is going into the right hands?

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Submitted by CashewTime. on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 2:52pm.

"Le sigh, being a hole fan can be pretty depressing sometimes."

Being a Hole superfan is truly satisfying. I love everything she's ever done. Consistently good albums, flawless performances that captivate.... I saw her twice last year and she was so charming. When she is good, she is very very good. When she is bad, she is...well you know.

"This world is a whore."

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"The Beatles sold a lot of records not because they were the greatest musicians but simply because their music was easy to sell to the masses:"

oh wait you're serious. let me laugh even harder

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@ jack

LOL at the Katie's meaty ankles comment. Homegirl is pretty thin and attractive, but her legs (esp. the ankles) are AWFUL! Knock-kneed with cankles. Maybe that's why she's so insecure?

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Submitted by dementa on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 2:49pm.

I didn't say giving to a charity was bad or useless and you shouldn't do it. I said that the BENEFIT CONCERTS were useless, because somehow I doubt those celebrities are paying for their own transportation, tickets, etc. Better to just give your money to a decent charity directly, and skip the celebrity bullshit.
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The concert, sponsored by the Robin Hood Foundation, raised $30,000,000 in ticket sales alone. Like it or not, celebrities raise awareness (and donations) for their causes. I'm sorry, dementa, but you are nit-picking.

"JUST SMILE LIKE A NORMAL FUCKED UP PERSON."
Charles Manson

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Submitted by Foxxy Brown on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 2:38pm.
Submitted by Whamo on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 1:47pm.

leave Hanson alooooooooone!!!

/mmm bops out of thread
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What Foxxy a Hanson fan! lol:0
I'm sorry Foxxy, I had to use someone like that to make my point:(

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Submitted by Deb on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 2:19pm.

How do we know that these performers DON'T donate? Not everybody shouts their charity from the rooftops. It's never enough for some people.

You're right, we don't know. I guess I assumed they didn't because most celebrities and artists really milk any charity they do. They will have cameras when they're at an orphanage or a crew with them at hospitals. So I figured they'd use this opportunity to brag about their generosity too. But you're right, there are probably still some celebrities that don't do that.

Submitted by vsminimoose on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 2:37pm.

^^ It's never enough for some people because people will ALWAYS look for excuses or reasons to not give or help. Nobody wants to admit that they don't want to help people out so instead they come up with a barrage of reasons on why benefits are stupid or a scam or useless. This way they can do nothing and look like they're still standing for something. It's pathetic, actually.

That's not entirely true either. I do give (not to this particular benefit because I didn't even know it was on until now that it's already happened) and I do try to be generous with various causes; my comment was not a cop out. However, I pointed out the celeb thing because they are generally looking for press and giving is an easy way to get it. Again, what Deb said is true--not everyone kisses and tells. I don't, so I guess it's fair to think that there are still SOME celebs that don't. Didn't mean to get you so riled up.

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Submitted by ba-buttons on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 1:04pm.
Submitted by Lucifer_Sam on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 12:48pm.

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I seriously thought I was the only person who didn't like the Beatles. I'm also ambivalent about Nirvana. *shrug*

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So why doesn't this story have the Why Are You Doing This To Us? tag?

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Submitted by Darknight on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 4:27pm.

THE TRUTH. Making the world a better place.

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Yeah that boring mess didn't amuse me either. Say what you want about Court, but I saw her live with the last "Hole" album and she's still a great performer. There wasn't one glitch and she's still screaming. Sucks that she never got her act together, which would require admitting she probably has a few personality.disorders and needs help. Le sigh, being a hole fan can be pretty depressing sometimes.
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Submitted by lynniepoo on Thu, 12/13/2012 - "Who knew Armenian food was so fattening?" heh.

LMAOOOOOOOO!!!!
IKR he's so fat now!!!

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Submitted by louise_brooks on Wed, 09/19/2012 - 10:19am.
Bitch, you are not better then Keanu Reeves!

Submitted by vsminimoose on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 2:37pm.

Funny how you jump to a conclusion based entirely on your own defensive fallacies. Almost like you're projecting, huh?

I didn't say giving to a charity was bad or useless and you shouldn't do it. I said that the BENEFIT CONCERTS were useless, because somehow I doubt those celebrities are paying for their own transportation, tickets, etc. Better to just give your money to a decent charity directly, and skip the celebrity bullshit.

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oh, duh, never mind... lol

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