Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain remembered on 17th anniversary of his death

cobain.JPGKurt Cobain, lead singer for the Seattle-based band Nirvana, performs in this Dec.13, 1993, file photo during the taping of MTV's Live and Loud Production in Seattle.

Today is the 17th anniversary of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain's death. In the years since he shot himself (depending on whom you ask) in 1994, he's been so mythologized that few of the articles floating around the Internet today really add much to the conversation.

Since the singer's visage now graces a version of Guitar Hero, and you can hear his music in such august venues as "American Idol," it almost seems quaint to wax all nostalgic about his death after all these years.

But if you're part of the generation for which Cobain's suicide registers as a "where were you when" moment, the anniversary at least allows for a good opportunity to contemplate the passage of time -- "Nevermind" turns 20 this year! -- and, in true Cobain fashion, do some serious navel-gazing.

Some stuff worth checking out:

• The Miami New Times reports on a live theater project titled "The Smell of Teen Spirit." Each April 5th since 1994, a group of Nirvana fans have staged a play that honors the singer's life and "the impossibility of his suicide."

• Consequence of Sound delivers similar news about a new production in Chicago titled "Verse Chorus Verse" (after probably the greatest unheralded Nirvana song), which is billed as a deep examination of Cobain's life, untimely death and legacy.

• Very much working the nostalgia angle, a writer for Sabotage Times visits Cobain's former home in Seattle and shares reflections in a piece appropriately titled "Smells like 30-something spirit":

• Cobain, like several other well-known musicians, died at 27. A blogger at the Gibson guitar website provides a rundown of the infamous 27 Club. Quite the auspicious group.

• And, because why not?, a Cobain statue is being unveiled today in North Aberdeen, Wash., where the singer grew up.

I've never been able to watch Nirvana's performance of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" on MTV Unplugged without getting chills.

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