Category: nirvana

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+ Josianh Henson, Literature, nirvana, R.F. Kuang, yellowface

The Stealing of One’s Voice in R.F. Kuang’s “Yellowface”

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Is it literary theft when Harriett Beecher Stowe takes Josiah Henson’s real-life story of escaping enslavement and crafts Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Or, is it literary theft when she does this and does not acknowledge Henson’s inspiration? Is it artistic theft when The Chariot have a riff on “The Deaf Policeman” that directly takes uses the same riff found in Nirvana’s “Tourettes”? Or, is it homage? Is it … Read More The Stealing of One’s Voice in R.F. Kuang’s “Yellowface”

+ bruce mcculloch, elegy, grunge, kids in the hall, music, nirvana, vigil

Kurt Cobain and Bruce McCulloch’s “Vigil”

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My musical awakening came in 1994. A friend’s brother gave me a cassette tape on Nirvana’s In Utero, and I put the tape in my Walkman and rode my bike around the neighborhood, blaring “Scentless Apprentice” and “Radio Friendly Unit Shifter” as I careened down the road. I started listening to them a few weeks before Kurt Cobain died on April 5, 1994. As with … Read More Kurt Cobain and Bruce McCulloch’s “Vigil”

+ history, nirvana, nostalgia

Nostalgia is a Hell of a Drug

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Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. It’s the manifestation of an idealized past that never truly existed. I think about nostalgia a lot, whether it’s the Johnny’s pizza or Whataburger I always want to get when I head back to Louisiana or the “carefree” days of riding my bike to the mall to spend money at the arcade. No matter what the nostalgia, … Read More Nostalgia is a Hell of a Drug

+ clerks iii, kevin smith, movie, nirvana, sublime

Nirvana Shirts, Clerks III, and Growing Up

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Walking around campus, I inevitably see students wearing Nirvana, Sublime, and other 90s band t-shirts. Whenever I see these shirts, I have an tinge of nostalgia, and almost immediately, I start thinking about specific songs. Yet, I also think, “Does this student even know the band they are representing?” The answer to this question, usually, is a resounding, “No!” One day, I saw a … Read More Nirvana Shirts, Clerks III, and Growing Up

+ dave ghrol, krist Noveselic, kurt cobain, nirvana

Nirvana’s “Nevermind” at 30 and Me

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Thirty years ago, on September 24, 1991, Nirvana’s Nevermind dropped like a sonic bomb into the world. I don’t remember what my thirteen-year-old self did that day, apart from go to school. I didn’t even listen to Nevermind till a few years later in 1994. Yet, I know the impact that the album and Nirvana had on my sensibilities. Nirvana introduced me to bands … Read More Nirvana’s “Nevermind” at 30 and Me

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