MY BOOK OF ESSAYS IS OUT NOW! AMAZON: https://amzn.to/3dk14yu EVERYWHERE ELSE: https://bit.ly/3qJEbHT Support Nerdwriter videos: https://patreon.com/nerdwriter Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubNerdwriter Watch the most popular Nerdwriter episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aFo_BV-UzI   Facebook: https://facebook.com/The-Nerdwriter-314141501931192/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheeNerdwriter Patreon: https://patreon.com/nerdwriter SOURCES Jessica L. Wood, "Pained expression: metaphors of sickness and signs of 'authenticity' in Kurt Cobain's "Journals" Popular Music Vol. 30, No. 3 (October 2011), pp. 331-349 NYTimes original review of Nevermind: https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/27/arts/pop-jazz-a-band-that-deals-in-apathy.html Band and producer talking about the track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj3VqmBFOYA Cobains 1991 NME interview: https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/nme-meets-nirvana-in-1991-archive-feature-770299 Cobain's 1992 Guitar World interview https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/kurt-cobain-talks-gear-and-more-his-final-guitar-world-interview-1992 Amazing site containing catalogue of Kurt's equipment, where I found the receipt for the Stella http://www.kurtsequipment.com/ Polly wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_(Nirvana_song) News clipping of '87 crime that inspired the song: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=boNOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ovoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2585,443174 Duane Fish, "Serving the servants: An analysis of the music of Kurt Cobain" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/03007769508591593 MUSIC Blue Wednesday, "Birthday Girl" https://soundcloud.com/bluewednesday/birthday-girl Watch More Nerdwriter: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqlgf_q3nN4 Understanding Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLJAXu5OD-c Essays About Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLJAXu5OD-c Essays About Social Science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBweUnkfQ2E Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aFo_BV-UzI   The Nerdwriter is a series of video essays about art, culture, politics, philosophy and more.