Report: Courtney Love hospitalized for possible overdose
Friday, October 3, 2003 Posted: 0938 GMT ( 5:38 PM HKT)

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Musician and singer Courtney Love was hospitalized for a possible drug overdose following her arrest after allegedly breaking windows at a friend's house, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday, citing police.

Courtney Love had a very bad day yesterday. You know, I've always had a great deal of respect for Courtney Love. I think she's never gotten the credit she deserved for Hole's music, with their success credited to Kurt Cobain and Billy Corgan, among others. When she went back to acting (people forget that she actually began her entertainment career as an actress - she was in Sid & Nancy among other films way back when), and did well at it, people accused her of selling out. I'm not even going to dignify the accusations that she murdered her husband... She's probably not the easiest person to be around, but the degree to which she is reviled by the public and the media is disgraceful.

I remember seeing Hole a few years ago, before Melissa Auf Der Mar left for the Smashing Pumpkins. They came through as part of a summer festival thing that was touring Canada. Anyway, they were awesome. Musically tight, and Love knew how to get the crowd eating out of her hand. From her opening banter to the audience ("Louder, you little fucks, or I won't play," if I recall correctly), to the band's fairly riotous closing number, Courtney Love was mesmerizing. Definitely one of the musical highlights of my life.

So, here's wishing Courtney Love a speedy recovery. If nothing else, she can console herself with the knowledge that, bad as it was, she probably didn't have as shitty a day as Roy Horn did.