To celebrate Sub Pop’s 20th anniversary re-issue of Nirvana’s Bleach, bassist Krist Novaselic has interviewed two key players in that album’s creation, drummers Dale Crover and Chad Channing. Crover is, perhaps, better known as the drummer for the Melvins, one of the bands that inspired Kurt Cobain to start Nirvana. Chad Channing’s tenure ended with Nirvana shortly after a 1990 demo session with Nevermind producer Butch Vig, wherein his drumming frustrated both Cobain and Novaselic to the point of seeking a replacement in Dave Grohl. The interviews are both upbeat and fondly recalled. No bitterness from Channing despite his slightly insulting departure. The Bleach reissue hits stores tomorrow in CD and double LP formats. [via Punknews]

Turns out the buzz about a Jawbox reunion begins and ends with the bands appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on November 23rd. The seminal DC post-hardcore quartet will celebrate the re-release of its major label debut, For Your Own Special Sweetheart, with a one-off appearance on Fallon’s chat show, bizarrely enough. But there will be no further shows, as Jawbox frontman J. Robbins told Buzzgrinder recently:

It seems like if we were ever going to do it — now would be the time. We all put our heads together, and it just seemed like — with all of us in different cities and leading complicated and over-committed lives as we do — that it would be very, very difficult for us to to dedicate the time it would take for us to live up to the standards that we want to live up to.

If we were going to do shows, we would not want it to be half-assed. There were good and bad things about Jawbox, but we always held ourselves to a pretty high standard as far as playing shows. We would want to make sure we did it right, and we felt like we couldn’t take the time to do that. So that was pretty much the beginning and the end of the reunion discussion.

It’s definitely an interesting way to go about a reunion. All eggs in one basket. No bullshit. I like it. [via Punknews]

My appreciation for the Weezer catalog ends with Pinkerton. Everything since has been pretty consistently terrible, particularly the “Beverly Hills”-era, though I do have a soft spot for that “Hash Pipe” single off the Green record. But beyond that, bad news all around. So, Weezer songs in 2009 seem beyond crazy to me, not to mention inexplicable collaborations with Lil Wayne, Adam Lambert, Kenny G, and Katy Perry. I just couldn’t avoid watching this duet with Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester on “(If You’re Wondering if I Want You To) I Want You To”, though. The song sounds irretrievably bad, but my love/hate for all things Gossip Girl override such trifling details. [via Pitchfork]

Now that the Pixies have extended their reunion into a never-ending trip down memory lane, it’s getting harder to feel genuinely supportive. When the band first announced it would be reuniting 6 years ago, the excitement far outweighed all of the cliched cons that go hand-in-hand with any band trying to recapture its legend post-prime. But now that the mystery has subsided and we can clearly see that the band has no intention of writing or recording new music, the “20th Anniversary Doolittle” concerts seem more than slightly gratuitous. I was lucky enough to have seen the band the first time around, and, I have to admit, they were just as good post-reunion. So, is it enough to be a circus sideshow of nostalgia?

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A line from the film, The Posters Came From the Walls which was recently screened in London.

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So, The Sonic Youths were on Gossip Girl last night. It was so weird and uncomfortable. Worlds colliding and all that. And Kim Gordon officiated Rufus and Lily’s wedding? It made me cringe in places I don’t even understand. And an acoustic version of “Star Power” is not what the doctor ordered. I know Kim Gordon isn’t the best singer in the world but Jesus Lord. Videogum has an in-depth recap. I laughed out loud too many times to count. Don’t forget to read the comments. Oh, and if you don’t watch Gossip Girl, then the recap might look to you something like this: 01011000111010000011110101010110010101.