OK, so I was at the mall, and I saw an advertisement in the sneaker store for these.
the kurt cobain converse sneaker.
man, that's depressing.
i mean, you expect bands to sell out now. It just happens. its how they make money.
the ramones had a song in a bud light commercial.
Zeppelin sold Cadillacs.
Iggy Pop did Carnival Cruise Lines, for crissakes!
But the Kurt Cobain Converse is just creepy.
when i first heard nirvana, that was it. it was exactly what i wanted to hear.
then i saw them, and they were me. they didn't look like "rock stars" or whatever. they looked like regular guys.
i didn't look at Slash and think "i can do that." but with nirvana, i though, "yeah, i can do that. they're regular guys, just like me."
i went to see nirvana in a small club when i was 15. it was awesome. they had played a show the night before, and when they found out it wasn't an all ages show, they added a second show the following afternoon. as a 15 year old kid, that was the greatest thing i could ever imagine. it was like the fans actually mattered. the band blew me away. it was loud, fast, insane. i met kurt after the show. he was wearing converse all stars (black and white). i was wearing all black chucks (black toe, eyelets, logo, ect).
he commented on my shoes, said he loved them. i asked if he wanted them, cuz i could go get new ones. (hey, i was 15! i'd never give my friggin shoes away at a show now). he actually tried them on, but they were way too big. we had a big laugh, he gave me a beer, and i never forgot that.
so when i saw that ad in the shoe store, it was pretty depressing. maybe its because it was a special moment i shared with an artist.
maybe it was because yet another part of my childhood is gone.
or maybe...
it was because
kurt was wearing converse when he killed himself.
creepy.
fucking creepy, converse.
the kurt cobain converse sneaker.
man, that's depressing.
i mean, you expect bands to sell out now. It just happens. its how they make money.
the ramones had a song in a bud light commercial.
Zeppelin sold Cadillacs.
Iggy Pop did Carnival Cruise Lines, for crissakes!
But the Kurt Cobain Converse is just creepy.
when i first heard nirvana, that was it. it was exactly what i wanted to hear.
then i saw them, and they were me. they didn't look like "rock stars" or whatever. they looked like regular guys.
i didn't look at Slash and think "i can do that." but with nirvana, i though, "yeah, i can do that. they're regular guys, just like me."
i went to see nirvana in a small club when i was 15. it was awesome. they had played a show the night before, and when they found out it wasn't an all ages show, they added a second show the following afternoon. as a 15 year old kid, that was the greatest thing i could ever imagine. it was like the fans actually mattered. the band blew me away. it was loud, fast, insane. i met kurt after the show. he was wearing converse all stars (black and white). i was wearing all black chucks (black toe, eyelets, logo, ect).
he commented on my shoes, said he loved them. i asked if he wanted them, cuz i could go get new ones. (hey, i was 15! i'd never give my friggin shoes away at a show now). he actually tried them on, but they were way too big. we had a big laugh, he gave me a beer, and i never forgot that.
so when i saw that ad in the shoe store, it was pretty depressing. maybe its because it was a special moment i shared with an artist.
maybe it was because yet another part of my childhood is gone.
or maybe...
it was because
kurt was wearing converse when he killed himself.
creepy.
fucking creepy, converse.