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Jennifer DeSilva, born in Aberdeen and now living in Seattle, said: "I try to come here every month. It's just so sad."

Get a life, bimbo.

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[martin_fierro]

TURN BACK! HAVEN'T YOU HEARD?

Kurt Cobain says life in these United States is .. JUST ... TOO ... HARD!

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

A great songwriter, but one messed-up guy. Being married to Courtney Love didn't help, either.

[OXENinFLA]

Nirvana fans mark Cobain death

[Lost Highway]

I liked Nirvana as much as the next guy but I get so tired of the "I don't want to be a rock star" rock star. If you don't want to be a rock star, stop making records. It's a lot less painful than making wall art out of your brains.

[thefactor]

grunge ping

[nonliberal]

Cobain was one of the few "musicians" with even less talent than his wife.

Nirvana fans simply mistake a lack of talent for genius.

[MJM59]

I refuse to "honor" anyone who places a loaded shotgun up to his own head and pulls the trigger. Kurt Cobain was a loser!

[GreenLanternCorps]

Will ther be a 21 shotgun salute?


Seriously, I get a little tired of mediocre musicians like Kurt Cobain or Jim Morrison getting lionized because they die young.

The real tragedy is that the child Cobain fathered will always have to deal with the aftermath of this suicide.

[Alberta's Child]

I was never a Nirvana fan, and to be honest I don't think I even knew who Kurt Cobain was while he was still alive. But I must give that band credit for perhaps summing up the culture in America in the 1990s in two short lines from their song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" . . .

I feel stupid -- and contagious,
Here we are now -- entertain us.

[JesseHousman]

A great way for fans to honor Colbain is to gather around a large tub of arsenic-laced Kool-Aid and drink heartily!

[AD from SpringBay]

Man - I almost forgot the anniversary of his death. Thanks for reminding me. What a poetical talented genius he was. Looking back after all these years it really, truly does feel like team spirit. A modern-day prophet he was! Sorely missed at our house I tell you what. I think I'll leave work early before the tragic tremors make my body quake in remembrance.

[socal_parrot]

"Did somebody say party?"

[Freedom4US]

Why anyone would "worship" these idiots is beyond me. Ted Nugent called it - Cobain was a p&^$$y. Nobody should idolize a loser.

[realwoman]

Let me get this straight. Cobain was a heroine addict that couldn't handle his "fame" and so, probably whacked out of his mind on dope, shot himself in the head. THIS is what people are holding candlelit vigils and feeling dispair over? Okie dokie. And to think when I was a kid we idolized airline pilots and the president. How silly of us.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

This one's a toughy. I still adore Elvis and he slowly killed himself with the drugs he did. Cobain just got it over with quickly.

[mudblood]

I say we should mourn the death of good singing. Good singing gasped its last ragged breath in the late 80s, if you ask me. At some point, bad singers convinced people that "singing bad is cool". Metalica, Nivana, Bruce Springstien, and ACDCs lead singer, whomever he is: they can't sing at all. The good singers (and pardon the spelling): Lou Rawls, Marvin Gaye, Lionel Richie, the Doobie Brothers, Stevie Wonder, and many many more; these folks had a quality product to sell.
Regarding Janice Joplin...ok, she sounded like she gargled with whiskey - but she did more in 3-4 minutes of vocalizing than Kurt could ever hope for.
ACDC, Bad singers: though good singing is dead, I still find myself liking much of it - Nirvana sucked, their clones, and new music in general (especially modern R&B) suck, though.

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for posting. Big Kurdt fan here...I will toast a glass to him at our Seder tonight.

[dfwgator]

Kurt Cobain is the most overrated rock personality ever. His bandmate Dave Grohl's stuff with the Foo Fighters blows away anything Kurt ever wrote. Heck you couldn't even understand what the guy was trying to sing (I guess it also worked for early REM as well). Nirvana was just the product of hype, other grunge bands like Alice in Chains, blew away Nirvana, even though they were all junkies as well.