I shot these photographs last summer in Aberdeen, Washington which is not quite two hours from here and the place where Kurt Cobain of Nirvana grew up.
A video interview if you'd like to meet the late musician, or you know of him and are intrigued by his art.
These pics are all taken in a long alley in the center of town.
You see a small painting of Kurt as a boy in this one on the right.
This last one is a picture of the yellow brick road characters I found at the Raymond thrift-store on my way up. I stopped there first because they close at four sharp and I almost always find some cool treasure there.
Last time, (after this trip) a bolo tie with a silver & turquoise slide and two great silver bracelets :) Yes, all in need of being polished, but well worth $15! Anyway, everyone, including Toto were in the set except for the tin man! I guess that someone needed a heart, or wanted to give that one as a gift? The dolls were stuffed into a freezer bag and marked $5 (quite a steal if you ask me, if even only for this photo shoot on my kitchen table looking into my laundry room).
One thing I always remember Kurt saying, loved hearing him say, in an interview somewhere was that how after he was rich and famous thrift-stores lost their appeal for him, that there was no longer any fun in going into a place and scoring some treasure such as the bolo tie I got, or a great seventies trucker belt when he knew he could buy the entire shop :(
Rest in Peace, Kurt and I hope all of you enjoyed the visual, cyber, graffiti field trip!
Video: Kurt Cobain via WatchMojo.com/Youtube
