Wednesday Intermezzo: Cobain Sees A Bear

We got a well needed chuckle this afternoon at these witty LOL-Cats pictures of Kurt Cobain singing on MTV Unplugged — we always thought there was something hilarious about Cobain’s always-intense gazes. And if you haven’t pre-purchased a copy of the new Unplugged DVD, be sure to enter our giveaway, so you can come up with your own funny (and perhaps darker) captions.

• Thom Yorke said no when Paul McCartney asked him to record a duet
• Have you ever seen 250,000 faces melted simultaneously?
• Levon Helm sits in on indie band Ida’s new album
• Speaking of strike-busters Duran Duran moved their concerts from the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to the Roseland in order to avoid striking stagehands
• Gibson unveils pictures of the self-tuning Les Paul
• Van Halen announces more early 2008 tour dates
• R.I.P: 28-year-old Nicholas Phillips on Friday night died of a drug overdose at a usual HT haunt, the Knitting Factory
• Brian Heisler on Umphrey’s McGee’s Night at the Terratorium Halloween concert
• Nutsie provides an official music playlist of all the songs used in Rock Band
• A.V. Club lists 21 good albums that would have made great EPs

Finally, Jesse Jarnow caught our attention last week when he told us about the incredible shot-by-shot re-creation of Raiders of the Lost Ark that recently hit small arthouses across the country. Double J found a torrent of it, and he shares his thoughts (and the torrent file) with us. It also plays in New York tomorrow night.