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...know you've nearly hit Olympia when you see exit signs for Sleater-Kinney Road. Here three women once paid their dues lugging amps and guitars to a storage space where they practiced. It was the mid-'90s, when talent scouts still scoured Seattle for the next Nirvana, handing out record deals to young men in flannel with evocative band names (remember Candlebox?). Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein, Sleater-Kinney's singer-guitarists, lacked the commercial ambition to come up with a moniker that didn't glare at them from the highway. "Our friends gave us a lot of flak...
Musically too the band is an amalgam. Its music at points has the emotional delicacy of art-rock bands such as Radiohead; at other times the group's sound has the jagged intensity of punk rockers such as Nirvana. Deejay Delgado's hip-hoppy contributions are often more atmospheric than overt. "If there's anything hip-hop about our band, it's that it's groove-oriented," says Moreno. "Every song we have you can nod your head to like you would to a hip-hop song. But to me, hip-hop is more of a culture. We grew...
...With Or Without You - U2 2. Patience - Guns 'N Roses 3. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley 4. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 5. Revolution - Beatles 6. You've Lost That Loving Feeling - Righteous Brothers 7. Mysterious Ways - U2 8. Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson 9. Paranoid - Black Sabbath 10. Sister Awake - The Tea Party
...That year was the low point of my time at Harvard, but I learned to treat myself to ice cream on the way home. Herrell's serves marshmallow fluff--a rare topping--and when I paired it with the low-fat cookies-and-cream ice-cream and chocolate sprinkles, nirvana was within reach. At the end of the year, I had lost all my shame and even ordered my special on a date...
...ascetic on the top of Mount Meru. I have been so materialistic all these years. I need to go figure out what my place in the world is. I'll take my yoga mat and my Evian and I'll see you once I attain nirvana. Either that or go into consulting...