Yes I will be including Livejournal icons with my posts from now on (as long as I remember to).

Site Updates

The photo gallery is live! Actually has been since uh…April 7th but I made some tweaks to it throughout that time anyway. So if you haven’t already you should check it out- there’s over 400 photos in there! It’s definitely a start and I want to post more if/when I can find my own host. There’s obviously a focus on Kurt pics but I’d like to include some great Nirvana shoots as well as some more great live shots. It’s sorted by year/photographer, and I’ve already been finding myself referring back to it. For such a short time in the spotlight Kurt had so many looks. He even looked like this for a hot second:

(of course he had blue hair and pronouns)

I also made an art gallery to showcase Kurt’s art in various forms. I just wanted to give more of a glimpse into his other talents (I’d also love to showcase videos in some way).

The guestbook has been revamped, new site buttons have been created and the discography, fact and quotes section have been added.

Future Plans

I started working on a redesign of this page (which you should be viewing here, although I’ve hit a snag with it. I’m also planning out a (most likely digital) zine which is something I haven’t done before (been saying that about so much stuff lately). It seems silly but I just want to use this site to do more fandom stuff. I’ve never been much of a fandom person (as evidenced from my Fanlore entry) but I’ve been finding the creative aspects really fun lately. I actually came up with a lot of harebrained ideas during April- only time will tell how many I actually go through with.

As I get more comfortable with writing again, I will be using this space to share longer book, film and album discussions and reviews. This is all of course just coming from a fan’s perspective, although I am familiar with audio engineering so I would like to look into that perspective as well.

This month I’ve added two more books to my Kurt reading list: Kurt Cobain: Forever In Bloom by Kelly Catlin (which came out on Kurt’s birthday this year and is unfortunately currently unavailable) and I Found My Friends: The Oral History of Nirvana by Nick Soulsby. I am also going through The Amplified Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad again to take notes and it’s just such an insightful read- highly recommended. I wish I had the foresight to have taken more notes while I was reading Kurt/Nirvana books (I only thought about making this site in January of this year) since they’re all a little jumbled in my mind.

Other Stuff

I’ve also made a tumblr account to post and reblog Kurt edits when I see them (starting with my own) montagesofkurt so follow if you want if you’re still on that platform. Let’s bring back grungeblr circa 2015!

I wanted to share a youtube channel that I’ve been watching since falling into the Kurt rabbit hole- 90’s Grunge Dreams. The videos look into the life of a teenage horror and Nirvana fan in the 90s- a great watch if you want to immerse yourself in that time period (What? I would never do that!). There are some Kurt and Nirvana related ones.

Finally, I’ve forgotten to mention that KEXP made a podcast on Kurt’s Top 50 albums (I’ve had this list in topster form on the site) - The Cobain 50. In fact, the series just finished so you can binge it all now if you’re into that sort of thing. I’ve only listened to a few episodes myself (including one that has an interview with the aforementioned Azerrad).

Peace, love, empathy

Nikki