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Who Wants A Kurt Cobain Lunchbox? Paul McCartney To Release Another Album With Starbucks? And More

6/21/07, 9:06 am EST

  • Imagine the most tasteless exploitation of Kurt Cobain’s image? Now get ready to see it come to life. Cobain — wearing his trademark flannel shirt — apparently now appears on lunchboxes, his likeness is memorialized via action figure, and there’s even a Kurt Cobain key chain that doubles as a liquor flask. Collect all three!
  • Paul McCartney so enjoyed infiltrating the consciousnesses of millions of caffeine-craving Starbucks customers the first time around that he’s planning to do the whole thing over again with his next album.
  • Salt-N-Pepa will pretend to attempt to repair the rift between them on a VH1 reality show premiering sometime later this early or in early 2008.
  • A satirical musical Idol: The Musical, which is to open Off Broadway in New York City on July 5. The play looks at the lives of a bunch of Clay Aiken-obsessives and explores how their lives are ruined by Claymania.
  • Guess what? Bob Dylan is a genius. Want more proof? Check out the forthcoming 3-CD collection DYLAN, which will feature 51 tracks spanning five decades plus super-rare Dylan photos and liner notes explaining what it is. As if that weren’t enough, an 18-song Best Of will be released concurrently. The whole thing comes out October 3.

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meh | 1/9/2008, 9:22 pm EST

shotgun the first lunchbox

CaptainReality | 10/19/2007, 2:26 am EST

A quote from a previous poster:
“all u nirvana & kurt haters you all say he was a loser but hes famous and u are not. Hes last album In Utero was the best ever so quit talking sh** about someone who was far better person than u will ever hope to be.”

He’s dead, and I am not. I win!

I can spell and use punctuation, and you can not. I win again!

However, I don’t yet have my image on a lunch-box. Never mind.

Ha ha ha!

CaptainReality | 10/19/2007, 2:14 am EST

The night Kurt died in 1994, I went to a party. Someone said to me “hey, did you hear that Kurt Cobain killed himself?”. I said “Who is Kurt Cobain?”.

Oh, that’s right! He was a fourth rate musician who was at the forefront of an utterly forgettable movement called grunge that lasted for about 3 years. Bad hair, bad clothes, and bad music. He couldn’t handle success so he blew his brains out. Meh.

Grunge was worse than disco. At least disco had chicks on rollerskates.

When Kurt died, I was about as upset as I was when Sonny Bono died, which was not very.

He was a trashy individual and associated with other trashy losers. Having his image on a lunchbox after his death is too good for him. It would be much better if he were simply forgotten, which he will be before too long.

“If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I’m about getting rid of grunge”: Damon Albarn.

{bHs}KurtCobain | 8/16/2007, 10:04 pm EST

all u nirvana & kurt haters you all say he was a loser but hes famous and u are not. Hes last album In Utero was the best ever so quit talking sh** about someone who was far better person than u will ever hope to be.

ADIO | 7/10/2007, 11:43 pm EST

a Kurt Cobain lunchbox and figure man that would look great next to all of my nirvana CD’s

ADIO | 7/10/2007, 11:43 pm EST

a Kurt Cobain lunchbox and figure man that would look great next to all of my nirvana CD’s

Dave | 7/4/2007, 4:32 pm EST

Please don`t compare John Lennon to curt . John never tried to kill hisself cuz he could`nt handle the pressure of show biz.John did`nt give up after 3 lp`s like kurt did. John was in the Beatles for christsakes they put out 14 full lenght lp`s not to mention all the singles and b-sides in 7 years. Kurt put out on great lp and then a horrible follow up then he killed himself. John was murdered when he was ready to record again. No comparison . John wanted to live Kurt did`nt .John was a genius Kurt got lucky.Paul Mccartney on the other hand is a musical genius god all around legend . Paul was John equal and a much better musician than John.Kurt was a hopeless junkie.

jem6428 | 6/30/2007, 9:35 pm EST

Hi, I would like to say something to everybody who hates Kurt Cobain… you’re not cool, you’re not in any “in” crowd, you have an opinion that most don’t want to hear. It’s sad that you all resort to trying to piss people off by writing b.s. about someone you never knew, simply to get some attention. No one cares what you have to say… you’re just a sad little person who needs to find that the world is to large to revolve around you, and your opinions… don’t really matter. John Lennon never wrote jaz music, but I’m prety sure he knew how to play guitar. Cobain didn’t play your favorite type of music, but he did play a Fender Mustang alot. Please go suck a big fat damaged power line and do us both a favor. Thank you cool people.

Balls | 6/24/2007, 5:37 am EST

I dont see the point of him having a guitar… He didnt know how to play it.

sweetnessfollows | 6/22/2007, 12:20 am EST

NO RECESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

sweetnessfollows | 6/22/2007, 12:19 am EST

NO RECESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

Tony Romero | 6/21/2007, 8:13 pm EST

Dylan Best-Of Compilation?
Fight the power!
Change the nation!
Count off 1-2-Syncopation…
It’s a gyration!
You understand…

Some folk say you can never be
too rich or too thin
“Boots Of Spanish Leather”
Fits me fine
Like Ashley Olsen
In a bean bag chair
She’s Street Legal
Petting a beagle
Chewing up the scenery
I’ll bet…

That said
For old times sake, Bobby
Play “Where Are You Tonight?
(Journey Thru Dark Heat)”
Still Ain’t Nothin’
Sounds that sweet
Or so damn painful
to the one
who knew her when
So play it again, Bob!

shaun | 6/21/2007, 7:38 pm EST

kurt kobain is so over ratted if he did`nt blow his head off he would be remembered like eddie veder . i do admit nevermind was a good record . but in utero was showing the guys talent was limited . dave grohl had talent and was`nt all miserable . there were two other guys that made nirvana great, not just some sad sack junkie.it`s the truth man..

yo markus! | 6/21/2007, 6:13 pm EST

You ask- “Besides, why is Kurt so “above” all of this garbage? ”

Because he held himself above that garbage; hated being famous, celebrity, etc.

Edna Creosote | 6/21/2007, 5:58 pm EST

I happen to have a toothbrush Bob Dylan once used. It tastes like bad breath when I suck on it.

Smelvis | 6/21/2007, 5:56 pm EST

The only lunchbox I’ve ever wanted was a Frank Zappa lunchbox.

Ndugu Von Hekkler | 6/21/2007, 5:53 pm EST

I figure the Kurt lunchbox could double as a box to vomit into. Heroin addicts are always puking. He was just a slightly talented loser who took the chump’s way out. Is this going to be a series of “losers who killed themselves” lunchboxes?

Ricky Stevens | 6/21/2007, 5:46 pm EST

It’s “DUNKIN DONUTS”

Walter | 6/21/2007, 5:44 pm EST

The Cobain lunchbox will no doubt become one of the greatest treasures of the 21st century, but I’ve always wanted a King Crimson “In The Court Of The Crimson King” lunchbox. Just having that face staring at me while I eat a PBJ; TOO MUCH!! What about a Yoko Ono lunchbox?? Open Your Box!!!

Harmon Goldfish | 6/21/2007, 5:39 pm EST

I absolutely love Paul’s new album, as long as I start it from track 2! I agree that Dance Tonight was crap. I got the deluxe edition, because Paul’s bonus tracks are often just as good if not better than the rest of the album. I hear Paul’s next album will be on Duncan Donuts Records.

Scott | 6/21/2007, 5:38 pm EST

No, actually the poster below me is wrong. The Who does NOT have the most compilations, as much of the public erroneously thinks. That title belongs to Aerosmith. Truth be told, Dylan now has more compilations than The Who. Don’t believe me? Count ‘em and see.

Dylan is great by the way, as is the mighty Who …

Dylan Recompiled Again...Yawn | 6/21/2007, 5:31 pm EST

Yes, Bob Dylan’s compilation albums are starting to get rediculous…How many do we need? It’s not as bad as the Who. I think they have the most greatest hits albums of anyone. Their next one should be called THE WHO’S GREATEST HITS WITH JUST ABOUT THE SAME SONGS IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RUNNING ORDER.

Robot Allen Zymmerminn | 6/21/2007, 5:24 pm EST

I’m all for another best of DYLAN package, as long as I don’t have to buy it. There better not be ANY previously unreleased songs.I have all the Dylan albums already, and I’m not buying a best of to get one or two tracks that I don’t have already. These best of’s should be for new Dylan fans, or someone without any CDs who wants some Dylan and can’t decide on a CD.

jeff | 6/21/2007, 3:58 pm EST

dosent cobains daughter deserve to make some $$…its not her fault her deadbeat that couldnt cope with life and blew his so-so talented head off…..

Markus | 6/21/2007, 3:45 pm EST

This Bob Dylan stuff is getting ridiculous. I’m a huge fan, but how many collections do you need? If you click on the link, you’ll find out that they’re releasing a concurrent 18-track “best of” companion CD. How many collections does he have now? Is he trying to win a war with Debbie Harry? Jeez.

Markus | 6/21/2007, 3:41 pm EST

Ah, RS, baiting the Courtney-haters. Seriously, do you know how many rock stars have action figures and lunchboxes these days? Been into a Hot Topic store recently? It’s standard operating procedure. Besides, why is Kurt so “above” all of this garbage? I’m so sick of people making him into some kind of a patron saint of Rock ‘n Roll. He’s just another (dead) rock star. Get over it.

Brien Comerford | 6/21/2007, 3:29 pm EST

McCartney should stay on the new label. I wish he would have promoted another song besides “Dance Tonight”. It is the only bad song on his wonderful “Memory Almost Full” CD. No meat, poulty or fish is allowed in a Paul McCartney Lunch-Box.

Jeff | 6/21/2007, 3:21 pm EST

Kurt cobain lunchbox? That’s just disguisting exploitation.

stagefronttickets | 6/21/2007, 2:39 pm EST

Kurt Cobain lunchbox and action figure…..oooo….where do I sign up? www.stagefronttickets.com

Lee Majors | 6/21/2007, 2:14 pm EST

Cobain on a lunch box?
Been there, done that.
They had me on lunch boxes across the nation between ‘74 and ‘79 as Six Million Dollar Man. It was the highest selling lunch box of all time. Plus, I was still banging Linda Evans from the Big Valley days. Top that Cobain, whoever you are!!

muzzy63 | 6/21/2007, 1:40 pm EST

Guess Courtney realizes that her long delayed album stinks and needs some cigarrette money

Geoff | 6/21/2007, 1:26 pm EST

BarryG is dead on about a Basement Tapes box set.

Jaypea | 6/21/2007, 1:17 pm EST

The Cobain lunchbox is old news, folks. A friend of mine,who is a huge Cobain fan, has had one since last year. He uses it prop up his Nirvana boot cd collection. It actually is a nice item. He also has both the ‘unplugged’ action figure and a second, standing figure, that he got as a gag gift for his 4Oth a couple of months ago. Neither one really looks like Cobain in the face. I was selfless and gave him my unplayed copy of Sliver/Dive with picture sleeve.

Alobar | 6/21/2007, 12:39 pm EST

I think I would prefer a Bob Dylan lunch box, I already own two boxsets from the guy–and he ain’t even dead yet. Just imagine the cashing in when that happens!

cota | 6/21/2007, 12:04 pm EST

Hey “Marty P”, Bob is spelled B-O-B,,genius!!!

abandonedstation | 6/21/2007, 11:44 am EST

A Kurt lunchbox? Well when you fake your death so you can live in Morocco and shoot heroin all day like your hero Bill Burroughs, the bills pile up…

Speaking of bills, breaking up with Heather Mills ain’t cheap, so Paul’s gotta release another coffee album. MACCA’S GOTT EAT!

Salt n Pepa aren’t dead? I just lost a bet I made three years ago.

Man, Idol sucks so fucking bad that I don’t even think I can appreciate a satire of it unless it involves the Simon character getting stabbed in the eye with a pencil in the opening scene.

A 3CD Dylan retrospective? Sounds like the three greatest hits albums placed in one box plus an essay. Why buy this thing if half of it is gonna cover 1961-1966? Buy all the albums from that period instead.

Trying to save your dylan dollars: www.abandonedstation.com

H | 6/21/2007, 11:38 am EST

Kurt Cobain with ninja chop action!!

Anonymous | 6/21/2007, 11:34 am EST

geddy lee is a genius.

Will | 6/21/2007, 11:32 am EST

Guys, get over yourselves. Dylan was good, but he wasn’t the end-all, be-all, orgasm-til-your-unconcious savior of modern music. The only people who would care (let alone pay) enough for a box-set with ’super-rare’ photos and the like are the Dylan-freaks who spend a year’s pay on a toothbrush he once used.

Anthony Pittarelli | 6/21/2007, 11:18 am EST

wow! dylan is a genius?! someone call starbucks the kid is hot!

Taylor W. | 6/21/2007, 10:49 am EST

Wow there are some pretty bad comments on blabbermouth about that lunchbox and action figure. “Does it come with a shotgun grip?” ect. Geez.

Aries73 | 6/21/2007, 10:35 am EST

This makes me all the more embarassed to be remotely associated with “Generation X”, aka “Suburban white kids with too much money and too much time”.

Sanchez | 6/21/2007, 10:33 am EST

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Bodhi K | 6/21/2007, 10:25 am EST

Cobain must be rolling over in his grave.

BarryG | 6/21/2007, 10:17 am EST

2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the Basement Tapes. This fall would have been the perfect time for a definitive, official Basement Tapes box set as the next in the Bootleg Series. Instead, Columia is releasing yet ANOTHER bore-ass Dylan best-of. Boo!!!!!

Mike | 6/21/2007, 10:16 am EST

Marty P. Shhhhh. Saying things like that… well, it’s like bragging about not getting laid. It’s just not smart.

Taylor | 6/21/2007, 10:00 am EST

it’d make a hell of a conversation piece

Taylor | 6/21/2007, 10:00 am EST

it’d make a hell of a conversation piece

Taylor | 6/21/2007, 9:59 am EST

it’d make a hell of a conversation piece

Marty P. | 6/21/2007, 9:53 am EST

Bon Dylan ?? Genius ?? !!! Now there’s a joke if I ever heard one.

Jungleland | 6/21/2007, 9:45 am EST

Starbucks should do the Cobain coffee mug. What kid gives a crap about Nirvana? Or will this be 30 something hipsters with their ironic lunchbox?

McCartney is too smart to be on a major label

Nikkidoo | 6/21/2007, 9:44 am EST

Will the action figure come with a gun or a needle?

Max Buzz | 6/21/2007, 9:39 am EST

No, the Cobain lunch box is not heart shaped and contains no heroin.

Terrance & Phillip | 6/21/2007, 9:35 am EST

A Kurt Cobain lunchbox and action figure? In the words of the great Chris Rock: “He’s spinnin nigga he’s spinnin, he’s spinnin nigga he’s spinnin, he’s spinnin…….”

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