Love & Misery

Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love


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The relationship was the most talked about in Rock n Roll in the 1990’s. In September of 1992, Lynn Hirschberg wrote a piece for Vanity Fair where she set out to find out if this new pair were the grunge version Of John and Yoko or the next Sid and Nancy (eg. The next peace couple or the next horror show)?  These two first met on Friday, January 12th, 1990 (some people say it was February 12th, so there is a bit of a discrepancy) at the Satyricon (a small and dimly light nightclub in Portland Oregon). Observers said that they were locking eyes that night and allegedly, within 30 minutes were literally tussling on the floor (not sure if that was like fighting but it feels more like this was a flirtation thing). He was there to play a set with his band and as he passed her table she told him that he looked like the lead singer of another local band “Soul Asylum” (which he didn’t look anything like). He then grabbed her and playfully threw her on the floor. The moment was over in a few seconds and he gave her a peace offering of a sticker of Chim Chim, the monkey from the cartoon “Speed Racer”. He had made this symbol his mascot…people my age will remember this cartoon…I remember watching it religiously along with “Kimba the White Lion”. All that aside, our couple this week is (and if you listening last time) none other than Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love.

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Love & MiseryBy Clark Forte

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