MTV Unplugged – Nirvana

March 17, 2023by Mark & Thom

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In this inaugural episode of Once Every Two Weeks, Mark Ricks and Thom Crowe discuss the revolutionary impact of Nirvana’s iconic 1994 MTV Unplugged in New York. They explore the risks the band took in creating a set that looked “exactly like a funeral” and Kurt Cobain’s insistence on the lesser known Meat Puppets to join the performance. Tune in to this podcast to hear an in-depth discussion and retrospective of the album.

Show Notes:

00:0000 – Intro and welcome
00:0034 – Where the podcast came from
00:01:21 – Introduce the Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged and discuss the history of the
album
00:19:07 – About a Girl discussion
00:21:02 – Come as You Are discussion
00:21:55 – Jesus Don’t Want Me for a Sunbeam (Vaselines cover) discussion
00:24:49 – Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie cover) discussion
00:26:33 – Pennyroyal Tea discussion
00:28:28 – Dumb discussion
00:29:29 – Polly discussion
00:32:32 – On a Plain discussion
00:32:36 – Something in the Way discussion
00:35:18 – Plateau (Meat Puppets cover) discussion
00:36:13 – Lake of Fire (Meat Puppets cover) discussion
00:39:23 – All Apologies discussion
00:42:18 – Where Did You Sleep Last Night discussion
00:43:43 – Retrospective, where are they now discussions, and discussions about the loss of Kurt
00:58:18 – Having suicidal thoughts? Get help, by calling 988.

00:0000 – Intro and welcome
00:0034 – Where the podcast came from
00:01:21 – Introduce the Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged and discuss the history of the
album
00:19:07 – About a Girl discussion
00:21:02 – Come as You Are discussion
00:21:55 – Jesus Don’t Want Me for a Sunbeam (Vaselines cover) discussion
00:24:49 – Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie cover) discussion
00:26:33 – Pennyroyal Tea discussion
00:28:28 – Dumb discussion
00:29:29 – Polly discussion
00:32:32 – On a Plain discussion
00:32:36 – Something in the Way discussion
00:35:18 – Plateau (Meat Puppets cover) discussion
00:36:13 – Lake of Fire (Meat Puppets cover) discussion
00:39:23 – All Apologies discussion
00:42:18 – Where Did You Sleep Last Night discussion
00:43:43 – Retrospective, where are they now discussions, and discussions about
the loss of Kurt
00:58:18 – Having suicidal thoughts? Get help, by calling 988.

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Mark & Thom

MARK:
Mark is the creative director and co-founder of Burro Borracho Records. After high school he spent a few years working as a manager with Wherehouse Music. He occasionally plays drums and has been in such non-productive go nowhere band start ups that no one has ever heard of like The Unsex, Avenue C, The Reaganauts, and Next Time I See Murphy (which also saw him play some guitar and take on vocal duties). He was the original drummer for Quiet Morning & the Calamity but left the band to pursue a degree in Motion Graphic Design.
During his college years, as photo editor of his school newspaper, his review of Radiohead's Kid A won first prize for Critical Review in a California statewide collegiate journalism contest. After graduating with his degree he filled in back on drums for QM&TC's first national tour in support of their debut EP Son of the Sad Soul, which features the song Gambling On Old Tires which Mark co-wrote.
Thanks to the influence of his mother who spent all her years playing guitar and singing folk songs, as well as three older brothers with drastically differing musical tastes, Mark has always known the important role music can and should play and has been a music fan all his life but he's only been a stubborn overly opinionated asshole about the superiority of his on musical tastes since his early teenage years. At the last count he had about 1,200 compact discs. Yes, he still collects cds.

THOM:
Thom's a digital marketer by day and armchair theologian, podcaster, writer, amateur home chef, and beer aficionado by night. When not working, he's a typical family man with a propensity to create.