CONCERT REVIEW - The Pretty Reckless & Paris Jackson at ACL Live - Austin, TX - July 23, 2026
From the opening moments, it was clear The Pretty Reckless had become a different live band since the last time I saw them. Taylor Momsen has alway...
Soundgarden: The Sculpture Behind the Name (and Why You Can't Visit It Anymore)
Everyone assumes they know this one. Soundgarden, the Seattle band, named after a wind sculpture in Seattle called A Sound Garden. Case closed, rig...
What do we buy when we buy something that isn't for sale? Reading 'Not Dead & Not for Sale', a memoir by Scott Weiland and David Ritz
"I am, I am, I said, I'm not myself / But I'm not dead, and I'm not for sale," sang Scott Weiland in Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart. With thos...
Sitting Down With Kim Thayil at Easy Street Records
A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond is Kim Thayil's first book. A memoir from the guitarist who co-founded Soundgar...
How Soundgarden Started Wearing 90 The Original — And Why the Stretch Was Their First Choice
December 1989. The beginning of a story that took 35 years to tell fully. Before Soundgarden were on the cover of Rolling Stone. Before Superunknow...
“A Screaming Life” by Kim Thayil with Adem Tepedelen- book review.
“A Screaming Life” by Kim Thayil with Adem Tepedelen Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond What elevates this book beyond a traditional...
Krist Novoselic on Grunge, Politics, and Democracy
The arrival of a new book corner at 90 the Original is a great opportunity for me to share something I have been immersed...
Getting Closer to Layne Staley, One Page at a Time
After Layne Staley passed in 2002, his personal notebooks, journals filled with lyrics, thoughts, drawings - stayed private with his family for ye...
35 Years of Temple of the Dog — and a Walk Through Seattle That Still Feels Like the Record
On April 16, 1991, Temple of the Dog was released. 35 years later, it is still one of the most beloved album of the 90s. In a 1991 KISW interview, ...
April 5 in Grunge History: McCready, Cobain, Staley
Today marks three anniversaries that continue to hold weight for grunge fans—moments that naturally lead to reflection on how fragile life, talent,...
Superunknown Turns 32: When Everything Came Together for Soundgarden
On March 8, 1994, Soundgarden released Superunknown. Today this album turns 32 — and for many listeners it still defines the band. By the time the ...
The RIP Party, October 1991
In October 1991, the Seattle bands were no longer operating solely within their own ecosystem. Records had been released, radio was responding, and...