the man who sold the world

so i got this little link from Rob, from some magazine article claiming that Kurt Cobain wanted to quit Nirvana and join Hole. personally, i am skeptical of this article, for a number of reasons. first of all, i should point out that i'm a pretty firm believer that he was murdered, and it was not a suicide. i have my reasons, most of which are based on more concrete evidence than the simple fact that i despise Courtney Love with every bone in my body. it's not that i completely rule out the possibility that he killed himself, i just think a lot of the evidence points it out as doubtful. at the very least, there is evidence showing that his death should be reinvestigated, but this isn't the time for my murder-conspiracy soapbox. so back to the article.

i'll admit that there's plenty of evidence showing that Kurt was tired and frustrated with Nirvana near the end of his life, and speculated about breaking up the band. in fact, i think that if you objectively read his "suicide" note, and disregard the few lines that actually mention suicide (that several of the world's leading handwriting experts have concluded is not his handwriting), it doesn't read anything like a suicide not, but actually a retirement note. but once again, i'm getting off topic. anyway, this interview supposedly took place eight months before his death, so it happened before many of the well-documented domestic problems between Kurt and Courtney. in fact, many of the people closest to them claim that Kurt was likely seeking a divorce at the time he died (which since they had a prenuptial agreement leads us back to the whole motive for murder), it's unlikely that had he lived and broken up Nirvana, he would have gone on to join Hole. secondly, this article goes on to make it out like he was dead set on joining Hole, but it then goes on to quote him saying how he'd like to have an acoustic career, like Johnny Cash. last time i checked, Hole and Johnny Cash were completely different, musically. so i'd say more than likely, this magazine is taking a few comments made by Kurt, ripping them horribly out of context, and then twisting them around just to try and get a shocking article out of it. i think it all comes down to a shameless publicity stunt. wait a minute, shameless publicity stunt? sounds like Courtney Love's entire life...