March 19, 2004
For the Love of Paparazzi
Whatever one says about Courtney Love, Gothamist must say she makes good copy. After her antics Wednesday night in New York, the local papers have fun. The Times' Sheila K. Dewan gives great dimension to the story:
The drama began during the day on Wednesday when Ms. Love invited the paparazzi to photograph her in the window of her SoHo apartment, where she strummed the guitar like a tranquilized Rapunzel.Dewan also wrote that the whole incident should be dipped in gold and sent to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "classic specimen of punk rock misbehavior." The Daily News noted, as other papers did, that someone needed to bring Courtney pants when she was in jail Thursday morning because she was wearing a see-through leotard (Gothamist wonders if she got a bitch in the few hours she was in lock-up). And the Post follows up on Love's Bowery Ballroom performance last night/this morning: She started by saying, "If any of you plans on getting injured tonight, please go outside and get arrested now," then excused her crappy performance by saying, "My voice has gone to hell. That's what a jail cell does to it." And she also asked for alcohol and money so she could get custody of her daughter back.
Love's publicists issued a statement saying they felt Love would be vindicated. But they didn't issue a statement explaining why her album is doing so crappy!
stereogum was at Love's misdemeanor-fileld performance Wednesday night, coming back with pictures and no apparent head wounds. whatevs has a recap of the Late Show appearance.
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what a night! Courtney's music sucked, but the drama was on high.
jesus christ- someone should do a diagram of all the things courtney has had done to her face. i mean, she should be beating the crap out of her plastic surgeon, not her fans.
Poor Frances Bean. I hope she gets a good Mommie Dearest memoir out of her childhood.
Who wants to bet Courtney will be dead by the 10-year anniversary of Kurt's death?
Now why the hell is Courtney smoking inside the bar in that photo? If some never-was can light up than so can I!
I'm taking no bets on Courtney's death. I thought it was imminent 9 years ago when she was pulling the same sort of stuff with Hole. Last night had NOTHING to do with the music, to my chagrin. I mostly felt for her band who spent the night alternating between scared and pissed.
The real musical travesty last night was 'The Sexy Magazines'. Who was the idiot that booked them??
As a member of the state of Washington I just wanted to say sorry for unleashing this husband murdering herion freak on the world.
Gothamist! In all of this Courtney coverage, Why oh Why didn't you link back to one of my favorite Gothamist posts ever, the brilliant Courtney Love Needs a V8? (http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2004/01/29/courtney_love_needs_a_v8.php)/.
Did anyone else find it odd that the Times repeatedly referred to Love as a punk rocker?
The use of the word 'punk' has been mangled by every journalist in the world. Same thing for grunge, garage rock, and (I hesitate to even type the words) ALTERNATIVE rock. It's all genre propaganda for selling and associating.
Next stop: CumFest 2004
i think courtney love is a ledgend!!!!!
the comment you made about her being dead by the time kurts anniversary comes around was cruel and inconsiderate. None of us really know who courtney love is other than what the media tells us.I think she is a strong woman who just lost her way for a while.
Kurt cobain loved her and frances bean and if he was here he would be defending her.
yes i do think her behaviour is erratic but so is everyone else at some point in thier life.