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Courtney Plans to Sell Kurt's Stuff

Thirteen years after Kurt Cobain's death, Courtney Love is making a commitment to move on, by selling her late husband's belongings.

"I'm going to have a Christie's auction," she tells Spinner. "[My house] is like a mausoleum. My daughter [14-year-old Frances Bean] doesn't need to inherit a giant Hefty bag full of flannel f***ing shirts ... A sweater, a guitar and the lyrics to 'Teen Spirit' -- that's what my daughter gets. And the rest of it we'll just f***ing sell."

Love says her friends are supportive of the idea. "Everyone's been positive and behind me on it," she says. "We'll make a lot of money and give a bunch of it to charity."

On Love's upcoming confessional album, 'Nobody's Daughter,' she opens the Pandora's box that is her past relationships, which include rockers Trent Reznor and Billy Corgan, and actor Edward Norton. While some in the media have speculated that the entire album was inspired by a recent unnamed paramour, Love says that's not the case. "There are two songs that are specifically about this guy; the rest of them have bits of Kurt, bits of Edward, bits of lots of people in them."

'Sunset Marquis' -- a song that rises from an acoustic intro into a pop/rocker with a Zeppelin-esque tinge, then culminates in vintage Love emotion as she screams, "You're the dance of my despair" -- is based on multiple experiences at the hotel of the same name, including some with Cobain. "Me and Kurt stayed at the Sunset Marquis a lot," she says.

Love says Cobain's impact on her is still considerable. "I still wear his pajamas to bed," she says. "How am I ever going to go form another relationship in my lifetime wearing Kurt's pajamas?"

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texasalleykitty

man .....I hate this bitch.......how the hell can u live with yourself after what u did to kurt....i hope u burn in hell....soon not later...........RIP Kurt, u will forever be in my heart .....long live grunge!

February 24 2009 at 10:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rojeknox

Dang, Kim. My former therapist has recently relocated. Where do you live? She may be nearby and she is very good.

June 26 2008 at 9:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rojeknox

Sell that sh*t. I've kept few of my mother's things and my favorite is this old battered water wand she used for her much-loved plants; never could get her to buy a nice new one. A great symbol of what she was all about.

June 26 2008 at 9:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kim

COURNTEY LOVE NEEDS TO ROT FROM THE INSIDE OUT!!! SHE NEEDS TO DIE A HORRIBLE AND AGONIZING DEATH!!!! SHE FUCKING KILLED KURT COBAIN, AND SHE NEEDS TO DIE BECAUSE OF IT!! I THINK THAT FRANCES SHOULD GET ALL OF HIS THINGS AND COURNEY LOVE SHOULD NOT GET ANY OF HIS MONEY, OR ANYTHING!! SHE IS A STUPID FUCKING WHORE WITH NO TALENT. SHE WAS ONLY WITH KURT COBAIN TO GET MONEY FOR HER AND HER SHITTY LITTLE FUCKING BAND!!!

LONG LIVE KURT COBAIN!!!
BURY COURNEY LOVE 12 FEET UNDER THE FUCKING DIRT!!!

March 21 2008 at 11:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
free online auction

To me, the right thing to do is to not profit from her husbands demise, but give back to a drug awareness charity rather.

December 23 2007 at 11:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jan

í´ve a new mail adress , i´m the one from ausria , (with the bad english) , please don´t send me a massage to my old mail adress !

October 19 2007 at 12:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jannie from Oz

I'm sorry, but this bitch makes me sick. IMO, if Kurt Cobain committed suicide, then so did John Lennon. Courtney Love is a talentless joke whom no one would ever have heard of if it hadn't been for the genius of her husband, who wrote songs for her band.

And I'd love to see her tax statements after that Christie's auction, just to see what she considers "a lot" of money she'll be giving "to charity."

I hope Frances takes more after her Dad, at least as far as a sense of decency goes. I'd never wish her the emotional and physical pain that her father endured, but I'd sure hate to see her grow up to be like her doped-up, drunken ho of a mother.

October 13 2007 at 8:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kurt

hello my name is jan. i´m coming from austria and if courtney reads what i wrote , i would be very happy. i´m 13 years old and i want to buy something from kurt . i´m a very , very big fan and would do everything to get something from him . i heard that the things will offered by christies in london , but i dont no when , i would drive to london so please say me when you sell the stuff if you read this , courtney , sorry for my bad english !!!

October 12 2007 at 9:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Katie

She is such a clueless person...I can't believe she got away with Kurt's murder like she did, that really pisses me off. that bitch needs to die

October 03 2007 at 6:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Victoria

FRANCES SHOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT SHE WANTS AND DOESN'T WANT - NOT COURTNEY... I STILL AM NOT CONVINCED THAT HE SHOT HIMSELF. I FEEL THAT SOMEONE ELSE WAS SOMEHOW INVOLVED.

September 28 2007 at 11:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply