'Nevermind,' 20 Years Later: 20 Reasons Why Nirvana Is Still Awesome

The swimming baby is all grown up and that dollar bill he's chasing is worth about 60 cents. Nirvana's blockbuster album Nevermind—you know, the one that brought us “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “Come As You Are”—was released 20 years ago, on Sept. 24, 1991. Bust out those old Doc Martens and throw on an oversized T-shirt, because here are 20 reasons why Nirvana is still great.
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1. Nirvana popularized grunge, which in turn popularized flannel shirts. Thanks to them, the early '90s were really comfortable.
2. They also helped America overcome its debilitating 1980s synthesizer affliction.
3. The cover of David Bowie's “The Man Who Sold the World” rivals the original.
4. The band was so good that drummer Dave Grohl's songwriting skills weren't even needed. He had to wait until the Foo Fighters before he could really show off.
5. That loveable, fuzzy, ugly green cardigan.
6. Before settling on a permanent band name, Nirvana was briefly known as Pen Cap Chew. This is kind of funny. Wait, was Nirvana funny?
7. This story, told by Le Tigre's Kathleen Hanna.
8. The band members were reportedly thrown out of their own record release party for Nevermind because they started a food fight.
9. Sometimes Nirvana wore dresses.
10. It reportedly cost $606 to record Bleach.
11. In one version of “I Hate Myself And I Want to Die,” Cobain recites a “Deep Thoughts” quote from SNL's Jack Handy in the middle of the song. He says, “Most people don't realize that large pieces of coral, which have been painted brown and attached to the skull by common wood screws, can make a child look like a deer.” This is also funny. Hey guys! Nirvana was funny!
12. Nirvana did two shows with with Bobcat Goldthwait. This isn't funny, this is just weird.
13. That one time Kurt Cobain performed in a Barney costume.
14. Frances Bean Cobain grew up to be pretty badass.
15. I mean, have you listened to “All Apologies” recently?
16. Kurt Cobain's Bette Midler impression.
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17. Is that a rubber duck noise in “Drain You?”
18. When MTV forbids Nirvana from playing “Rape Me” at the 1992 Video Music Awards, the band does it anyway. Well, briefly.
19. They inspired this Weird Al song.

20. Nirvana released only three studio albums. Twenty years later, we're still talking about them.

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Ten years later: students with President Bush on 9/11.

By Jonathan Serrie released September 09, 2011| FoxNews.com

Sarasota (Florida) - ten years after 9/11, members of a class of rank second reading to President George w. Bush during his visit to Emma Booker elementary recall clearly how its expression changed when his Chief of staff whispered in his ear.

"I thought something was bothering him and there was a kind of political agenda goes to Washington, D.C., where he was to attend to," said Lazaro Dubrocq, now a high school senior.

"But that we started our reading, it seemed to follow with us." Therefore, I assumed that he abandoned the thought and so have I. »

Former President fired heat from critics to sit with the class until they complete the reading. In an upcoming National Geographic documentary, President Bush said he would not frighten children. And students say that he made the right decision.

"I wonder what good would it if he left immediately, or if he had panicked and what type of printing that have left, not only students, but the nation as a whole,"said Dubrocq. ".

The news of the spread of the attacks, the parents of the school is concerned.

"A lot of parents are venus and children were leaving early, said former student elementary Booker Mariah Williams, now also a high school senior." "". Their parents thought that the school would be attacked, then, that President Bush was here. »

Professor Kay Daniels recalled the difficult task of explaining what was happening to her classroom in fairly simple terms for 7 years understanding, without causing unnecessary fear.

"It was really difficult," said Daniels. "Because I discovered after what was happened, it took me a moment to absorb and to grieve a little." "And I had to act very quickly because I find children."

Students say that adults did a good job of the events in perspective. Although 9/11 shattered some preconceived notion of security, the class members say that they do not grow in fear.

"The world is not a perfect place and it is not harmonious, said Dubrocq." "". "But I do not think that the effect is minimized by my parents and teachers who wanted if ensure that he did not affect us at a point as we were instilled with the fear of another attack."

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70 Years later, Florida Man holds Bar Mitzvah

Published September 11, 2011| Associated Press

SARASOTA (Florida) - an old Sarasota man of 82 his held bar mitzvah - the ritual of the coming of age traditionally extended to Jewish boys on turn 13 - almost 70 years later.

Never, soil Laufer presents his bar mitzvah when he was a teenager in 1941, because the Nazis placed Laufer and his family in a Jewish ghetto during the second world war. He was later sent to concentration camp, where he survived on flour and watery soup and wood sawdust bread rations and became ill until the Soviets liberated the camp in 1945.

His entire family was killed in the Holocaust.

Saturday, Laufer sound will hold bar mitzvah Habad of Sarasota. He is a pensioner who founded a company of optical systems high-end.

The Lubavitcher rabbi, said that Laufer is the oldest initiation he never carried out.

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