Kurt Cobain
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I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes … it’s my first reminiscence bump
Adults over 40 have an enhanced recollection of events that happened during adolescence. Music superpowers what psychologists call the “reminiscence bump”.
- by Rachael Jacobs
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Lawsuit over naked baby on Nirvana’s Nevermind album is revived
Spencer Elden was four months old when he was photographed in 1991 by a family friend for the photo that would grace the cover of the legendary Nirvana album.
- by Matt Stevens
Nirvana win dismissal of ‘Nevermind’ naked baby’s lawsuit
Nirvana have won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a man who claimed his depiction on the cover of the band’s seminal 1991 album was child pornography.
- by Jonathan Stempel
What hope do we have? Even Batman seems to have given up
Surely a culture must be in terminal strife when its fictional superheroes can barely see the point of going on.
- by David Free
Thirty years of Big Day Out: the memories we’ll never forget
It wasn’t the first major music festival in Australia but for much of its 22 years Big Day Out was the most important.
- by David King, Michelle Griffin, Martin Boulton, Nick Miller, Daniella Miletic, Robert Moran, Karl Quinn and Sophia Phan
Judge dismisses lawsuit of man who was nude baby on Nevermind
The 30-year-old man alleged the image of him on the famous 1991 album cover was child pornography.
- by Andrew Dalton
Nirvana’s Nevermind at 30: Tim Rogers on the album that changed music
The You Am I frontman recalls supporting Nirvana when they played in Australia after releasing the landmark album.
- by Tim Rogers
A naked baby helped Nirvana sell millions of records. Now 30, he’s suing the band for ‘child pornography’
Spencer Elden has filed a lawsuit over his depiction on one of the most famous album covers of all time.
- by Jonathan Edwards
Raw and visceral, Brandon Jack’s memoir not the typical AFL story
Brandon Jack isn’t sure he ever wanted to play football. But he was the son and brother of football royalty and he didn’t opt out when he could have.
- by Andrew Stafford
Sydney Festival receives record philanthropic donation
The donor is a leading businessman who shot to public prominence when he purchased Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged guitar at auction for nearly $9 million.
- by Linda Morris
'Milking it for a reason': one man's journey to the world's most expensive guitar
Peter Freedman is taking his new toy on the road to give back to the industry that made his remarkable journey possible.
- by Zach Hope
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