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timepiececlockI'm listening to a radio station special on K. Cobain right now. They're playing lots of stuff, including his covers of older songs along with original Nirvana stuff. ::sniffle::
Sometimes I hate that grunge music came out when I was only just barely old enough to appreciate it. I was ten years old when Cobain died-- I barely knew what had happened. I had only started to pay attention to the music I listened to for about a year, and I had picked up on the grunge from my brother. Of course, I grew to be a much bigger fan of it than my brother ever did. He likes it well enough, but I love it. I adore alternative music. I hate that there's only two or three recent bands that I hear on the radio these days that I would actually call alternative music; the rest is mediocre rock bands that all follow a formula, punk bands, or pop bands. Punk and pop bands are fine but they're not alternative.
I miss alternative like Agent Sands misses his eyes.
Also, I miss flannel. It was never especially attractive, but damn it was comfortable. I'm a comfort dresser, and grunge was wonderful for comfort dressing.
Flairs are not comfort dressing. I don't even buy jeans anymore. I haven't bought jeans that weren't shorts in 4 years, and the only pair I own have a hole above the knee. But I won't throw them away, because after all, they are my only pair.
Instead I buy pants. Mostly cargo pants, because I like deep pockets. I'm the kind of person that would cheerfully shove an entire shopping mall into my pants pocket if I thought one would fit. And skater pants when I can affort them. It seems unfair that stores like Hot Topic charge so frickin much when they try to market the stoner/raver demographic, which I would think don't have hella money. But being neither a stoner (hate that shit) or a raver (not cool enough to know where to go) I admit I'm only assuming so.
Anyway, may his spirit rest in peace. And many other alternative artists that have passed in the last ten years as well.
Sometimes I hate that grunge music came out when I was only just barely old enough to appreciate it. I was ten years old when Cobain died-- I barely knew what had happened. I had only started to pay attention to the music I listened to for about a year, and I had picked up on the grunge from my brother. Of course, I grew to be a much bigger fan of it than my brother ever did. He likes it well enough, but I love it. I adore alternative music. I hate that there's only two or three recent bands that I hear on the radio these days that I would actually call alternative music; the rest is mediocre rock bands that all follow a formula, punk bands, or pop bands. Punk and pop bands are fine but they're not alternative.
I miss alternative like Agent Sands misses his eyes.
Also, I miss flannel. It was never especially attractive, but damn it was comfortable. I'm a comfort dresser, and grunge was wonderful for comfort dressing.
Flairs are not comfort dressing. I don't even buy jeans anymore. I haven't bought jeans that weren't shorts in 4 years, and the only pair I own have a hole above the knee. But I won't throw them away, because after all, they are my only pair.
Instead I buy pants. Mostly cargo pants, because I like deep pockets. I'm the kind of person that would cheerfully shove an entire shopping mall into my pants pocket if I thought one would fit. And skater pants when I can affort them. It seems unfair that stores like Hot Topic charge so frickin much when they try to market the stoner/raver demographic, which I would think don't have hella money. But being neither a stoner (hate that shit) or a raver (not cool enough to know where to go) I admit I'm only assuming so.
Anyway, may his spirit rest in peace. And many other alternative artists that have passed in the last ten years as well.
