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Title | : | Journals |
Author | : | Kurt Cobain |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
Published | : | November 4th 2003 by Riverhead Books (first published October 2002) |
Categories | : | Music. Nonfiction. Biography. Autobiography. Memoir |
Kurt Cobain
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.99 | 13946 Users | 546 Reviews
Description Toward Books Journals
The lyrics notebook and personal journals of Kurt Cobain, iconic singer of the band Nirvana. Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings, and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music, and the people who bought and sold him and his music. His journals reveal an artist who loved music, who knew the history of rock, and who was determined to define his place in that history. Here is a mesmerizing, incomparable portrait of the most influential musician of his time.Declare Books In Favor Of Journals
Original Title: | Journals |
ISBN: | 157322359X (ISBN13: 9781573223591) |
Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 13946 Users | 546 ReviewsCriticize About Books Journals
I've been a Nirvana fan since 1993, and after 1994 I collected all the unfortunate articles, magazines, books, and everything you could think of. I was sad, confused, and most of all lost. I still remember 1994 like it was yesterday and it has stayed with me... but life moved on and you either went on or as a few people I've sadly lost, didn't. It stayed with you though, no matter how much you had moved on. It was like a dark spot in the back of my mind that I kept to myself, or only thoughtgive me leonard cohen's after world, i have very bad posturesif there's no such things as those beautiful corpses, then how can we witness the magnificent lights of Rock n' Roll without stepping on them?
This is the most postmodern thing that I've read so far. And this is one of the definitive literature of our times.
I'm not really into reading autobiographies of musicians specially if it's the personal thoughts of a dead man who didn't want it to be published .. But my curiosity let me get over the remorse of conscious .. In the first pages the book describes the early beginnings of nirvana .. to the prime of their glory days It also shows the overwhelming influence of heroine over Kurt's life , music and mental health and how his drug addiction was enhanced by his stomach condition .. He wasn't one of
Kurt apparently never wanted to see his journals to be published. Then again the man was a walking contradiction. Be that as it may, "Journals" offer an insight to Kurt's world.( Besides, an asshole who shoots himself in the head, leaving behind a daughter and a wife, not to mention band members and other friends, has no moral rights to make any demands as far as I'm concerned. )Still, it's assuring to know that like most lyricists/poets Kurt honed his lyrics too. In 99 cases out of 100, they
The low rating is NOT due to the journals content (how can you rate something like someone's journals anyhow?!) but more so to the fact that I didn't feel good about reading someones personal thoughts not meant to be shared. I also suspect I likely would have enjoyed this a lot more back in the 80's.I finally decided to get this out at the library out of curiosity I guess but now wish that I hadn't...I mostly skimmed it, read a bit of it more in depth but it just seemed really so very personal
I bought this for my daughter for her birthday as she's a huge fan. I got it for a pretty good deal off of eBay. It is used but in great shape. There's all kinds of things in it drawings, lyrics, letters even recipes and grocery lists. My daughter and I both thought it was pretty cool. Loved the look of it. The Mead spiral notebook cover reminds me of the notebooks I used to have. Apparently the material was originally contained in around 20 different notebooks. There were some very funny notes
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