Nirvana

Last week, we told you about how Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore was slated to speak about the intersection of music and publishing at yesterday's Brooklyn Book Festival with fellow punk icon Ian MacKaye. Our pal and Observer alum Nicole Brydson was there reporting for the New York Press, and before Mr. Moore took the stage, she asked him something very important: Is 1991: The Year Punk Broke ever going to get a DVD release?

It's a question that's been burning in our minds for some time now, especially ever since we were forced to technologically progress beyond the point of being able to watch our own VHS copy—purchased in 1995 at our local Tower Records—of the classic punk documentary, which features the likes of Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Babes in Toyland and other indie rock luminaries of the early '90s. As Mr. Moore explained, there seems to be one at least one little obstacle standing in the way of the DVD. Her name is Courtney Love:  read more »