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Last week, Rolling Stone brought you highlights from our Courtney Love story in the November 26, 2009 issue (on stands now). We caught up with the Hole leader in the studio, where she revealed her long-in-the-works Nobody’s Daughter explores themes of greed, vengeance and feminism.

“There’s a lot of maternal instinct on there, and probably my favorite lyric is: ‘Nobody’s daughter, she’s never was, she never will be beholden to anyone. She cannot kill. You don’t understand how evil we really are,’ ” Love tells RS. “I don’t even know what that really means, but I know it’s something to do with my daughter and it’s also to do with me.”

Here’s an extra Love bonus: exclusive photos of Courtney in New York’s famed Electric Lady Studios, hard at work on the follow-up to 2004’s America’s Sweetheart:

• In the Studio With Courtney Love: Exclusive Photos

Photograph © Henry Diltz courtesy of Who Shot Rock and Roll (Knopf)

When Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival he created one of rock’s most perfect moments. Standing in the front row of that concert was a 17-year-old boy named Ed Caraeff. Caraeff had never seen Hendrix before nor heard his music, but he had a camera with him and there was one shot left in his roll of film. As Hendrix lit his guitar, Caraeff took a final photo. It would become one of the most famous images in rock & roll. But have you ever heard of Ed Caraeff?

Countless iconic rock & roll images were captured by hard working, passionate photographers who were as consumed by the music as the musicians themselves. Many of these photographers are unsung and the majesty of their images is often taken for granted. The Brooklyn Museum’s extensive new exhibit, “Who Shot Rock and Roll,” celebrates the photographers who created the visual identity of rock music.

Check out a gallery of images from “Who Shot Rock and Roll” plus insightful quotes from the photographers behind the shots. (more…)

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Halloween Weekend ‘09 is promising a trio of rock & roll treats: the second Rock and Roll Hall of Fame anniversary concert, Phish’s Halloween cover set and Eminem’s return to the stage at the Voodoo fest in New Orleans. Rolling Stone will have full coverage from all three big events, and we’ve even got a little something to get you in the mood: a gallery of musicians from Britney Spears to Slash dressed up for trick or treating and our scariest covers ever:

• Photos: Rockers on Halloween

• Rolling Stone’s Spookiest Covers: From the Dead and Marilyn Manson to Darth Vader and X-Files

Photograph by Michael Lavine
New York-based photographer Michael Lavine was on the frontlines as grunge music took hold in the late 1980s. His new book, Grunge, featuring a foreword from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, collects hundreds of photographs of iconic bands like Nirvana, Hole, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Dinosaur Jr. along with grainy, black-and-white portraits of punk fans in their element: on the street and in dingy rock clubs. We caught up with Lavine to get the inside story on some of his best-known photographs — including a never-before-seen snap of Kurt and Courtney from a notorious Sassy magazine shoot. Check them out, with Lavine’s commentary, here:

• Grunge: Mohawks, Flannel and Loud Guitars

With the upcoming debut of Breaking Artist She and Him (the collaboration between actress Zooey Deschanel and indie rocker M. Ward) and the forthcoming album of Scarlett Johansson singing Tom Waits covers, RollingStone.com takes a look at the brief and odd history of famous people making an attempt at rock stardom. For a look at the musical dalliances of Johnny Depp, Russell Crowe, Toni Collette and others, click here.

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Rolling Stone’s movie critic Peter Travers has been delivering Sundance updates straight from Park City, Utah, on his new blog (check it out here). And as Rock Daily told you before the big fest began, there’s a lot of music represented at this year’s event. For more proof, check out this photo gallery of rockers making the snowy scene (and performing), featuring U2, Patti Smith, Velvet Revolver, the Bravery, Mos Def and Jack Black, 50 Cent and more.

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