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Being Kurt Cobain

Darren Robbins February 16, 2009 10

My first impression of Kurt Cobain, even before I knew anything about him, was that he was the kid in school who was painfully quiet, but whose mind was silently screaming. This, I remember

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Popdose Flashback: Pixies, “Doolittle”

Ed Murray February 16, 2009 10

Pixies – Doolittle (1989, 4AD) purchase this album (Amazon) To a certain extent, Doolittle – the Pixies’ most accessible (and best-selling) album – is all about tension. The tension of band trying to continue

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The Popdose Guide to Material Issue

Darren Robbins January 22, 2008 21

The Beginning Mike Zelenko (drummer): “I met Jim through an advertisement in the Illinois Entertainer (a local monthly music magazine) right out of high school. He called me a couple days after the ad

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