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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. More than 20 of these notebooks survived his many moves and travels, and have been locked in a safe since his death. 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.
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I can't lie... I felt a smidge of guilt reading this. It isn't an autobiography... It's pictures of his actual journals. Even though once you open it it says something along the lines of don't read me but read me... You're kind of like “Okay, Kurt”. Apparently he would write drafts of letters...song lyrics... There's even a recipe. Like at all times he had some type of notebook with him and he wrote every thought in it. Hence the guilty part...because it's not like I'd go to someones house and open their journal even if it was in plain sight. But it's a chance to see inside KURT COBAINS mind. So for the same reason I watch endless amounts of murder/serial killer/ whodunnit type shows ( I am fascinated by the human psyche. Just don't tell anyone) I read this and it was beautiful and sad and now it'll grace my shelves for all eternity.
Literally scanned copies of Kurt's journals, personal notes, letters etc. It's interesting and more of a coffee table book than something you would want to sit down and read cover to cover. I felt a bit weird reading so many very personal things...like I was invading his privacy.
