Roseland Ballroom (New Music Seminar), New York, July 23, 1993
Kurt overdosed on heroin minutes before the show, but was revived and able to play.
This was the first show with Lori Goldston on cello.
This was the only show with “Big” John Duncan on second guitar. He played on “Drain You,” “tourette’s,” “Aneurysm,” and “Very Ape.”
Setlist:
Serve The Servants • Scentless Apprentice • School • Breed • Lithium • Come As You Are • Milk It • Drain You • tourette’s • Aneurysm • Very Ape • Blew • Heart-Shaped Box • Rape Me • Territorial Pissings • All Apologies • Polly • Dumb • Something In The Way • Where Did You Sleep Last Night • Smells Like Teen Spirit • Endless, Nameless
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Icelanders are proud of their language and yet also speak English with disarming style, choosing words carefully—for example, a photographer tells me that he prefers 35mm film cameras over digital because “film has more charisma.” Or, a woman says to me of her life, she is “always busy with the moment”—not busy because of her job and kids and spin class but “with the moment,” as if each moment is her partner.
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