So, should I try out to be in Courtney Love's backing band?

You might as well try out just to say you did. I read an article on a local dj in the paper the other day and they mentioned a long list of bands she had tried out for, never mind that she never actually played with any of them.

So you have to have a special type of video recorder for this???

I'm arrogant enough to be convinced I'm actually the person she's looking for. But not creative enough to think of a way to prove it. Hrmmmm.

(BTW, it is NOT Hole. Definitely not Hole, hence why no Melissa or Eric.)

This sentence will stick with me for some time, I have no idea why.

Eh, I just want an excuse to whip it out on Courtney (since I've had to see her nekkid-self so many times now, I think it's only fair that she get a taste of the nekkidalicious).

But whatever, that's another story. If I get pissed off about that sort of thing, I probably shouldn't work for Ms. Love, then.

And if you are talking about Drowned in Sound. That really was not a favour, in fact, you were going to write to him and recommend that I don't write for the paper. : - )

Sorry. That's the way the music industry works but that's not how my friendship works. You know?

But the other way 'round ... seems sort of not on.

in two weeks time i'm going to play 4 Non Blondes 'Whats Goin On?' really loudly and feel it man

Do you mean a camera, Kate? All VHS players made in the last 2 years or so should support PAL and VHS - the ILF answer

Go for it, Kate! NOW! You are ideal (from what I know about you)! - the ILE answer

I don't even know if I want to get involved with the music industry again. I've been more and more of the "Well, actually, I'd like to have a normal life for a while, you know, have a boyfriend, go back to school, get a job I don't hate, etc..." tip lately. And I'm wondering if I should be dragged back in.

But being a rock star when you're on *that* level (as evidenced even by my short exposure on the Bangles tour) is fucking fun. Oh, I don't know. What can it hurt to try? What do I have to lose? Except to set myself up with a huge big pile of expectations which will only be dashed when cruel reality impinges again like it always does.

I wish I weren't so freaking DOWN today. I hate PMS. I will make the decision next week when I'm not all PMS-ing to hell.

Vegetarian non-smoking non-drug-taking Kate vs. C.Love - who do you think would drive who mad?

And someone next to whom, I looked fairly normal. ;-)

Here's more:
COURTNEY'S BANDMATES BAIL
Source: Sorelle Saidman - August 31, 2001

Louise Post and Corey Parks have left Courtney Love's new band Bastard. Bastard have been recording a punk CD for Epitaph Records, while Love's primary band, Hole, remains on hiatus due to a label dispute. Post defected because of a personality clash with Love. "It was sad to leave, but I felt I had no choice," says Post, who quit after one day of recording with the band and an intensive period of writing and practicing. "I felt Courtney was becoming a friend, and I was very close to [drummer] Patty Schemel -- it was so great getting to play with her. But things just went in a different direction." "I wish her well," Post continues. "Courtney is a powerful force, and she'll do whatever she wants to do. It's a shame we couldn't get along." Love praises Post's vocals and guitar work on her Web site. "She could be excellent if she applied herself," reads a recent note. "I love her playing."
Bastard's original lineup was Love, Post, Schemel, guitarist Kat Bjelland and Rockit Girl bassist Gina Crosley, who recently joined Post's main project, Veruca Salt replacing Suzanne Sokol. Bjelland, who has a long history of clashes with Love, pulled out soon after, and Crosley was put on ice while Love courted Parks, the fire-breathing, leggy blonde best-known for her stint in Nashville Pussy. Parks did eventually join the project, says Post, but left after just a week or so.

What all do you need to audition, kate?

And Sonny, sorry to be blunt, but re your contact, you don't seem to be being much of a friend.

"I said I was flattered that they thought of me, but I can't write songs for someone else."

and dont worry about not getting it, you have a good chance i'm sure, and even if you don't get it, you'll have had a go. the failure is not failing at something, the failure is not trying, that is the ultimate failure. send in the tape and you'll have already done something good in itself, regardless of outcome

Don't do it! I know whereof I speak.

Your tone seems to be that the end of result of studying mathematics at uni is far less important that a life spent on the coat tails of Ms Love.
Guitar players may become more famous and make a lot more money and lead "cooler" lives than most people but I don't any serious person would consider their existence very important in any sense of the word.

with the emphasis on "may".

Going back to university has been something that has been on my mind a lot lately. Certainly that seems like a preferable option to rotting in this office.

Art is nice but not that important. You can survive without art, especially the dribble passed of as art.
Functional art like architecture is far more relevant than lilies on the pond.

Thanks for judging my "tone" so defensively, Roman.

Kate, sorry for taking that "tone" but I didn't want to think that if your life took a turn towards a somewhat (arbitrarily) deeper career move, you would somehow feel inadequate and less important. This would clearly not be the case. Though I enjoy music immensely I do not think my life would have been wasted if I hadn't heard even half of the music I have listened to in my life.

By the way, does Ronan=Roman?

Sarah,
I guess the entertainment industry is serious business to some but not to all of us. The Julia Robertses and George Clooneys of the world are important in a sense I do not fathom. Maybe you do.

I just found out that my former bassist - you know, the one who was too busy "working on her house" to continue being in my band - says that she wants to audition.

That has officially destroyed any desire I ever had, ironic or not, to audition. Yeah, I fucking hope that she gets it, too. I think about 5 minutes of working with Courtney Love will make her realise that maybe I wasn't quite so bad after all.

I fucking hate the music industry. I fucking hate it so much. I hate the way that it turns former friends into enemies and rivals and I still can't stop myself from feeling angry. :-(

Or maybe I'm just severely depressed because we got the sales figures from our album today and we're even more unpopular (and therefore I'm even less talented) than I previously believed.

Can this week get any more crap? :-(

I really do feel like this is just final confirmation of my total talentlessnes. The sales figures have spoken. I truly am shit as a songwriter and a musician. I should just give up, burn any dreams I might have had left and go home. I will never be anything other than an office slob who hates her job.

I really just want to cry. Oh christ, I am crying. Time to go hide in the bathroom for a bit.

As to the cavilling about sales, talent and the rest: my first book never sold as well as it should have after I'd worked damned hard to make it good. Disappointing as that was, it still means a great deal to me to meet people six years later who not only bought it, but cherish it. At the time I was concerned that a) my PR wasn't doing enough with the contacts I gave her and b) the marketing department were even worse. Hence not very many sales after mostly brilliant reviews. If you beat yourself up over an apparent lack of interest, it only hurts you and kind of makes all the people who *did* go and see your gigs and buy the records feel a bit chopped liverish.

Courtney: "So, do you like the Ramones?".
My friend:"Well..(pause)... I think they are incredibly influential, though I don't listen to them every day, day in and day out,..."

My friend found out the desired answer was "No". She never got the gig. (based on that question alone, or other reasons, I have no idea)

Yes, Kate - Cheer up! Look at the Top 40, ferchrissakes, record sales do not correlate with talent! I love the Lollies tracks I've heard, and I know talent. And you're one of the most talented ILX posters! ;)

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