#068 : XOJANE THROWBACK / VISITING COURTNEY LOVE'S HOUSE
Original publication date: May 31, 2023
Hi y'all! Today, I wanted to re-visit a very special day in my life: when my favorite-to-this-day lady Jane Pratt brought me to Courtney Love's house to gawk at CL and her stuff.
Yes, I gawked. I had absolutely zero chill, and—as you will see—it came through in the writing.
A few notes:
—Jane personally edited this piece, because it involved a celebrity friend. I wish she'd cut out all of the stupid antihero stuff. What the hell am I babbling on about?
—The whole point of the piece was the beautiful photos by Peter Murdoch (I've re-run some here). Courtney was renting the ($22.9 million!) house from one Ariana Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post. I think CL got some bad, inaccurate press about a fire at the townhouse, and was having trouble renting a new place. The shelter mag-worthy pics were meant to show that Courtney lived like a very well-behaved, very wealthy lady.
—Why did I write in first person? No idea. The whole tone of this piece was so "cringe", as the kids say. My brain is bleeding thinking about Courtney reading it.
—Embarrassing writing moments I wish I could cut now: the mere mention of "dirty needles" and gurneys and Bellevue. The thing about "Kurt's guitar". (It was obviously her guitar.)
—I really did write everything at 4 AM for xoJane. So I could send it in by 9 AM. Insane.
—Working with Jane was a fucking dream. I can't wait for everything to come.
Enjoy!
-CM
-----------
CAT LOVES COURTNEY: MY AMAZING (AND OVERWHELMING!) FIRST EVENING WITH MY FAVORITE ANTIHERO ROCK STAR
You know that Courtney and Jane are friends -- but how did the rock star treat ME, a total stranger, when I invaded her home for our "Occupy Courtney" project this winter? Read on.
Cat
Feb 17, 2012 at 10:17am
OK, so did you guys understand, exactly, what our "Occupy Courtney" project was?