He haunted Seattle’s music scene, withdrawing into its grit and grime. He thought some of it made sense, but most of it didn’t. So he turned to the only thing he knew for sure: his music. Soon it became clear; the inspired songwriter with scruffy hair and stormy eyes had taken the underground grunge movement […]
Continue reading →Converse has given Kurt Cobain his own signature collection of shoes. Now available and shipping worldwide at Converse.com, Converse is currently producing a limited-edition series of Kurt Cobain footwear as part of the company’s 100th anniversary sales campaign, dubbed “Welcome to the Converse Century.†Each shoe is littered with drawings and writings that were published […]
Continue reading →The opening film from Sundance last year was Brett Morgen’s Chicago 10, a “mixed media” documentary about the anti-war protest during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Although it wasn’t anything amazing, it was a very interesting and exciting attempt at exploring that incident in history. Morgen caught up with Collider recently and talked about his […]
Continue reading →If you didn’t know, today marks what would have been Kurt Cobain’s 41st birthday. Last year to commemorate Kurt’s life and his contribution to music, The Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee launched its inaugural benefit concert, “Lounge Acts,” in Hoquiam. The concert was a benefit for the committee, which is working to build a teen center […]
Continue reading →It sounds like the impossible task: demythologizing Kurt Cobain. Yet, AJ Schnack actually found a way to create and distribute a movie that doesn’t fawn over him, that doesn’t include Nirvana music, concert footage, or even a photo of Cobain–until very briefly at the end. About A Son is different. Instead, all you hear is […]
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