“shocking that the Texas high school sports administrators are so backwards”

So many notable Nirvana tracks from my teen years, but for some reason, the Unplugged version of “Lake of Fire” stands out.

I distinctly remember standing in my friend Kim’s living room when Kurt Loder reported Cobain’s death. We’d been playing with her dog and had MTV on in the background. Kim was wearing her Wayne’s World ballcap and I’m pretty sure I was wearing one of those Baja hooded sweatshirts. The world stopped for a few moments…

The scene: A dance at my middle school gym. Very early 90s. My little 11yo friends and I - hormonal, misunderstood, awkward, and on the lower rungs of the social totem pole - were thrashing about to Smells Like Teen Spirit. We headbanged until we pulled muscles in our necks...it was cathartic and it felt GREAT. My…

“The only reassuring thing is that it’s always failed in the past. It’s the inevitable blowback against social progress, and I hope we can get through it quickly.”

“...and veiny as hell.”

“He’s already cracking under the strain and even healthy men age a decade or so per term. There’s very little chance he survives the presidency.” 

Right??! I zeroed in on this for like thirty seconds, convinced that I’d see telling evidence of a video edit. Alas, no. That’s WEIRD.

No - wait wait wait wait...what about “Molt 45"?