This morning I saw a post on r/Nirvana about a site called Grungeology, an interactive website for exploring areas around Aberdeen and Grays Harbor County (Kurt’s hometown). It’s by The Music Project, who also run the Unplugged museum which I mentioned earlier this year. I started going through it a bit and it’s really nicely done- there’s a 360° map with audio and text history of locations that were important in Kurt’s life.

I made a couple of 88x31 buttons! One for Montage of Kurt and one for Pen Cap Chew. I have them linked on the about page because I’m a bit attached the way the original buttons look on the index.

Since I had such a good time joining cliques and webrings on Montage of Kurt, I decided to join some for Pen Cap Chew (on the index). I had found a post on Robert Fisher’s (Nirvana’s art director) instagram Nirvana Bucket where he showed the Pantone color for the disc and back inlay for In Utero, so I knew I had to join Pantson eventually. I am also officially repping Unplugged in NY just in time for the anniversary on the 18th.

One more thing. Last night I found a connection between Nirvana and Deftones (my lifelong favorite band)- Frances Farmer. I was on her Wikipedia page and was surprised to see the song title Rats!Rats!Rats!¹ by Deftones was actually inspired by her tragic story. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle is one of my favorites from Nirvana as well, and here is an interview of Kurt and the band talking about her.

1. On another note, I am happy to find out that Deftones World still exists, because sources were scarce looking into this.

Peace, love, empathy

Nikki