Monday, April 05, 2004
Hey Man, Nice Shot!
10 years ago today. Flipping burgers at Jeff's listening to a mix tape that included a Nirvana song. A friend of mine called me:
"Kurt shot himself."
"Erm, what? Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Kurt Cobain! He's dead."
I was affected by the news. Could not believe my ears at first. I thought that my friend was 5 days late with his April's Fool day joke and that his "joke" wasn't that funny. Then the truth sank in and I felt anger and disappointment, sadness and pity, and emptiness and apathy...all at the same time.
How can someone be so selfish as to blow their own brains out, especially when being a parent? Yeah, Kurt doesn't owe anything to the world and to everybody that was upset about his death, but for his daughter alone, he should've stuck around and tried harder to deal with his personal problems.
What a selfish thing to do! End it all. Escape. Cure one's self from the suffering, yet inflict so much more pain to family and friends. And the concert that you played 4 months before you left us was really not that great, Kurt. For that poor performance you DO owe me, because I paid my hard-earned money to see you.
Love your music, Kurt, but you are not worthy, you selfish self-centered coward!
Today, exactly 10 years after the tragic death of that true talent from Seattle, I just booked a flight to go visit his hometown with Marie over the upcoming weekend. What a crazy coincidence! Yeah, I'll be "on a plain" and I won't complain. "Come as you are," Kurt, "endless, nameless"...but I'll "stay away" and "drain you"..."in bloom."
Krassy Can Listen To It: "Something in the Way" by Nirvana
"Kurt shot himself."
"Erm, what? Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Kurt Cobain! He's dead."
I was affected by the news. Could not believe my ears at first. I thought that my friend was 5 days late with his April's Fool day joke and that his "joke" wasn't that funny. Then the truth sank in and I felt anger and disappointment, sadness and pity, and emptiness and apathy...all at the same time.
How can someone be so selfish as to blow their own brains out, especially when being a parent? Yeah, Kurt doesn't owe anything to the world and to everybody that was upset about his death, but for his daughter alone, he should've stuck around and tried harder to deal with his personal problems.
What a selfish thing to do! End it all. Escape. Cure one's self from the suffering, yet inflict so much more pain to family and friends. And the concert that you played 4 months before you left us was really not that great, Kurt. For that poor performance you DO owe me, because I paid my hard-earned money to see you.
Love your music, Kurt, but you are not worthy, you selfish self-centered coward!
Today, exactly 10 years after the tragic death of that true talent from Seattle, I just booked a flight to go visit his hometown with Marie over the upcoming weekend. What a crazy coincidence! Yeah, I'll be "on a plain" and I won't complain. "Come as you are," Kurt, "endless, nameless"...but I'll "stay away" and "drain you"..."in bloom."
Krassy Can Listen To It: "Something in the Way" by Nirvana