| The Nirvana Box Set
From Buddyhead.com: 'Speaking of shitty boxsets, we’re still bummed about the Nirvana one. Jack Endino recently explained in an interview one of the reasons it turned out so wack...'
"This past summer, we got word that the box set was going to happen, yes, really truly this time. Having been semi-officially researching material for the box with co-conspirator Gillian Gaar since 1998, it was hard to believe it, but sure enough, the starting gun was fired, and it became a frenzy to make sure we had the best sources, and the correct credits and dates. A deadline crunch happened at the end, with Silva Artist Management (for Krist and Dave) and Courtney's people (Peter Asher, for Sanctuary) trying to agree on a final track listing for the box set, as the deadline for the booklet art and layout got nearer. That's why there's a picture of the FECAL MATTER cassette in the booklet, but no music from it; Courtney's people decided that it was not really 'NIRVANA' (i.e. it's Kurt and Dale only, so why share it with Nirvana LLC?) and held it back at the last minute, which is why the set starts with 'Heartbreaker', which would not have been my choice. At the VERY last minute, Silva Mgmt got access to a trove of 'Kurt cassettes' that Courtney has been talking about for years. That's where 'Mrs. Butterworth' and a few other things on the box (mostly acoustic stuff) came from, literally out of the blue in the final weeks of preparation for the box."
'This still doesn’t explain why they held out on a lot of the good Peel session stuff, etc etc. They also apparently forgot to credit Pat Smear for his guitar playing on some of the later era home recordings. And by the way, where’s MTV Unplugged on dvd? Where’s “Sold Out Tonight” on dvd? Where’s Halloween 1991 in Seattle in its entirety on dvd? Where’s a simple collection of all the music videos? Give up the goods you fucking horders!!! I can buy a dvd of Blink 182 making fart noises for 2 hours, but I can’t watch “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on a dvd? What the fucky?' | 
