"Identity Thief conned her way into the Ivy League"
www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/03/student.imposter.arrested/Brings to mind Kurt Cobain-"Rivers Cuomo" and Harvard College.
Only in Cobain-Cuomo's case it had to be dome with complete collusion by people at all levels of Harvard administration.
There is a new book out on Kurt Cobain, "Heavier Than Heaven," with photos. In early 1994 these photos showing him wearing sunglasses with a different looking face, resembling Rivers Cuomo from what the viewer can see. Earlier photos and video of Cobain show him having an older, more jowly looking face. It's possible that Cobain may have had plastic surgery starting a few months before his faked death in April 1994 to prepare for the transformation to being Rivers Cuomo full time.
Relevant to Cobain-Cuomo identity wiki discussion on Cobain's handedness and other issues:
"Kurt cobain plays his guitar left handed
i found out that kurt cobain played left handed and yet is right handed
No, I think he's left handed. There's no reason he would play left-handed if he was right handed. On a side-note, I've seen many pictures where, the negative being mistakenly flipped, Cobain would play right-handed and Chris Novoselic left-handed.
Actually, it is easier to play rock guitar left handed, for many, if they are right hand dominant. The fingering of the fretboard is easier. Many write right, and play left. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.42.20.73 (talk) 18:35, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
Wrong. Kurt was ambidextrous. He played lefty guitar, yet wrote with his right hand. So the first comment is right. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.239.20.99 (talk) 17:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cobain as a vegetarian
Just so it doesn't look like I'm being capricious - Cobain never called himself a vegetarian. The source that Sugarcubez is citing simply references Newsweek's Journals excerpts, but doesn't provide the text they're citing. The actual Newsweek excerpts don't include such a statement, and I couldn't find one in Journals myself. (Sugarcubez's source isn't a reliable source anyway, according to guidelines - there isn't "an established structure for fact-checking and editorial oversight".)
The closest source that I could find simply listed "a vegetarian diet" as one of the many things he tried in hopes of curing his stomach problem:
After trying everything for his stomach from pills to a vegetarian diet to a chanting regime, Kurt is ecstatic to have found a doctor who's prescribing him an experimental gastrointestinal medicine that works. He says he doesn't want to give the name because the medicine hasn't actually been approved by the FDA, but it's reduced his stomach episodes almost as effectively as heroin. "But now if I take heroin it makes me vomit right away, so that doesn't do any good." (Details, November 1993.)
Charles Cross later cited Cobain as listing "Taco Bell and thin-crust pepperoni pizza" as his favorite take-out items in 1993.
The real problem: Cobain is not on record calling himself as a vegetarian. It's also an issue of notability - it's not something he's known as. (Mainly because he wasn't.) -- ChrisB 04:41, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
"Yes I eat cow, I am not proud." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.203.252 (talk) 01:58, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Kurt Cobain's mood disorder
The Cross biography and other sources including Bev Cobain's interviews in relation to her youth suicide work make reference to Kurt having several diagnosis, in particular ADHD (for which he was medicated with Ritalin as a child) and bipolar disorder. This is at least as significant to Kurt's life, death and art as Kurt's drug use, and is as well documented. It warrants at least a link - especially given that the murder/suicide debate continues to be linked and gets so much page space. SJaneM 13:51, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
For starters, what does a bipolar diagnosis have to do with the murder/suicide links? There's no reason for the editor's note that you added.
Citing Cross for a bipolar diagnosis would be appropriate, especially if he can attribute it to a close family member. But I don't believe Bev counts - she was not close to Kurt's family. Between Cross and Azerrad's extensive interviewing - Kurt, Wendy, Don, Courtney, and several other members of Kurt's direct family were given ample opportunity to confirm the diagnosis and did not. Kurt and Courtney in particular went into notable detail about Kurt's medical issues growing up, and didn't mention it. I don't find Bev's story reliable, particuarly since the divulging was so self-serving (her book was about bipolar disorder). That doesn't mean that it isn't true - but it means we should get the information from a more reliable source. -- ChrisB 01:03, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] regarding the shotgun
the article makes it sound as if it would be impossible to fire a shotgun with your foot while having shoes on. have any of you ever handled a gun? it would be quite easy to do. unless the gun had a 100 pound trigger pull, you would only need to get the edge of your foot on the edge of the trigger in order for it to go off. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.20.87 (talk) 16:16, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Also regarding this :
Cobain was discovered in the spare room above the garage (referred to as "the greenhouse") at his Lake Washington home by Veca Electric employee Gary Smith. Smith arrived at the house that morning to install security lighting and saw him lying inside. Apart from a minor amount of blood coming out of Cobain's ear, Smith reported seeing no visible signs of trauma, and initially believed that Cobain was asleep.
I find it incredible that a point-blank shotgun blast would leave someone with a "minor amount of blood" visible. Ekoontz 00:53, 22 October 2007 (UTC)"
