Is there an amusing story concerning Mudhoney, former President Bill Clinton, and pen-wielding grannies?
That’s the remark Clinton was supposed to have made to Eddie Vedder, the day after Kurt Cobain died. Mudhoney frontman Arm remembers it differently: “That was a quote I attributed to Bill Clinton for an article I wrote for Grand Royal. He probably didn’t even know we were in the White House that day. It was an odd afternoon. Kurt’s body had been discovered the day before. Pearl Jam had been invited to the White House, and we were like, ‘Hey, can we go too?’ A Secret Service agent showed us behind the ropes. There were some frat-boy types going, ‘Hey, it’s Pearl Jam!’–and we were like, ‘We’re not Pearl Jam.’ Later on, some kids actually recognized us and asked for our autographs, and the next thing we knew there were the sounds of purses opening, old ladies with pieces of paper and pens shoving them in our faces–what the fuck! Then I realized the power of the velvet rope. Now if I want to be noticed when I go out, I walk around with a velvet rope around me.” 1.3 How deep does the Stoo
