| by Jason Lazarus |
Jan 21, 2008 at 12:00 |
Do you remember the person who first introduced you to the band
Nirvana? I can't remember the specific person who turned me onto them
but i do remember the first time I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit
on the radio. It completely blew my mind and managed to encapsulate the
precise fucked up sensation of what it felt like to be a teenager in
the early 90s.
Last year Jason Lazarus, a 31 year old photography instructor at
Columbia College put out a request for a bunch of his friends to share
their memories of who first enlightened them to the iconic Seattle
band. It has become The Nirvana Project . You can view a sample of these images and stories in the thumbnails to the right of this post --->
According to an article in Time out Chicago, Lazarus doesn't even have
a Nirvana story. He first caught the wave when Kurt Cobain and Nirvana
exploded onto MTV while he was in high school in Kansas (though he
included a story and photo of the friend who introduce him to Sonic
Youth and Pavement; the friend incidentally, got her Cobain addiction
from her dad).
If you have a Nirvana story and would like to share your experience with Jason, submission can be set via email to jasonlazarus.photo@gmail.com. For more information about Jason Lazarus visit his website or blog.
Incidentally, in other Nirvana news, Jason Lazarus just photographed, the now 17 year old baby from the front cover of Nirvana's Nevermind album. The young Spencer Elden is in his last year of high school in LA.
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Posted By: Luke Lucas
Tags: Photography, Collaborations, Exhibition
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Awesome post.
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Respect
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That is such a cool idea, the little stories with the photos are great. Maybe we can start one and call it the MC Hammer Project? Or maybe not.
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i honestly cant remember not knowing nirvana
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New Lounger
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My son Jesse, now 26, introduced me to Nirvana when he asked me to drive him to the mall to buy the cassette of "Nevermind." We listened to it in the car on the way home and I was blown away. Jesse heard Nirvana for the first time from his best friend Aaron, who died at 23 in a motorcycle race. He turned Jesse's life around in more ways than one, but sparked a love of music that survives to this day.
(My first post; love this site).
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New Lounger
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John Lyon. 3rd grade. Tape recorder on the bottom bunk. Something in the Way.
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Hi, my name is Lucas, I remember how Kurt was pissed off cause he thought that the message in his lyrics wasn't getting through. Now, it's all just sweet melancholy and in retrospect, every generation has it. Today, I'm almost 29, it's been 17 years since I first heard Nirvana and it always makes my eyes tear when I think of the 90's 'grunge' scene. That was some exhibition of poetic justice for all those young people who felt so out of place, so alone, frustrated, and misunderstood. When I look back even further, like 60's, 70's, 80's, not one of those decades did so much for its listeners and that, to say the least, was an awesome trip. Back then unlike now, I read into the music for esthetic pleasure.... 8) the zoomers were only an accompaniment to the melodies.... 8D
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http://vitorfreitas.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/quem-apresentou-voce-ao-nirvana/
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