A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito...

[phamos]

I'm reading an article in an old Spin magazine about this kid who shot his parents while playing a Silverchair song. The story is vaguely interesting, but the piece mostly stems from the fact that the guy was a Cobain fan from Aberdeen, and the author really REALLY wanted to use the phrase, "He's the one who likes all the pretty songs, and he likes to shoot his gun, but he don't know what it means" in the article. I really shouldn't laugh when reading about such a gruesome crime, but I got nostalgic for the somewhat ludicrous Kurt-worship of the mid-'90s. It was a lovely time, when journalists wished that Kurt Cobain would experience a "Leonard Cohen afterworld" in pretty much every obituary with total straight faces. Teenagers don't listen to Nirvana anymore, do they? The only false note I observed during the last season of Friday Night Lights was when the paralyzed quarterback throws a hissy-fit because his mom moved his Nirvana CD. And I was like, Really? Nirvana? High school jocks in Texas listen to Nirvana in 2006? I'm pretty sure that's not the case. Jack Shephard listens to Nirvana, while wearing Ray-Bans and driving his Jeep Wrangler and simultaneously experiencing post-traumatic stress syndrome and a serious mid-life crisis. But not Jason Street.

Comments

[clafount.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised. I mean, think about it. Back in my day kids were still blissing out to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, even though that music was kinda past the expiration date.

Nirvana is like their Pink Floyd.

[phamos818.livejournal.com]

I thought Radiohead was their Pink Floyd...