Today would have been Kurt Cobain’s 45th birthday, yet what’s more surprising to me is that it will be 18 years ago this April when he took his life.  I grew listening to his music, even hounding local record stores for rare B-side and import albums at the age of 10.  Despite being too young to understand the songs, Cobain’s voice and guitar combined with Dave Grohl’s drums and Krist Novoselic’s bass was all that ever played on my walkman from elementary school and on.  

Recently, on Netflix streaming I watched About a Son- a documentary based on more than 25 hours of never-before-heard audio interviews with Cobain.  Along with some beautiful cinematography of Washington State, director AJ Schnack weaves together journalist Michael Azerrad’s interview with Cobain revealing the dark introspective thoughts and depression he lived with throughout his life.  

Definitely worth a view if you were a Nirvana fan, or just want to see some beautiful shots of Washington.  Also worth checking out is Steve Fisk and Ben Gibbard’s (huge fan of his as well) original score for the movie.