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Another hometown hero of sorts for us Seattleites. Actually, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic were from Aberdeen/Hoquiam, where I spent a bunch of time working on my book about hate crimes, Death on the Fourth of July. A more bleak upbringing I could not really imagine, except maybe in Forks. Anyway, this is another cover, this time of a great David Bowie song from the era when Bowie was a great songwriter.

The new Guitar Hero game, which incredibly foolishly features an avatar of Kurt Cobain in a green cardigan doing things Kurt Cobain would never have done, is causing quite the ruckus. Actually, in it he does things no one wearing a green cardigan would ever do, like sing "You Give Love a Bad Name" while pointing at the crowd. It's pretty damn disgusting.

Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic have released a statement disapproving of Activision (the company that makes Guitar Hero) for using Cobain in its newest game, and Courtney Love is livid. Like so many these days, she's expressing her frustration via Twitter, e.g. "Disgusted? Welcome to my NIGHTMARE. [Y]eah we[']ll sue [A]ctivision this is disgusting."

Activision, however, claims that Courtney Love agreed to everything, and cashed a big check for the right to have Kurt Cobain rap in front of a bikini-clad bass player.

So, it's a megacorporation's word versus someone known for recklessness and instability. Who do you believe?

I don't think there is much to add that hasn't been written or spoken about in the past fifteen years regarding Kurt Cobain. It doesn't seem that long ago - almost yesterday. The shock and loss are endless, and the "might've beens" and "could've beens" will stretch as far as the eye will ever see.

So, it's just the moment here, the event. The shock in the voice and the awkward forming of words, bringing news to the stunned.

The reports here are all from April 8th, the day the body was discovered. It had been determined that the actual suicide took place on April 5th.

Pick either day, the sadness is the same.