Today marks the 10th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death.
I have never been a die hard Nirvana fan. I now have four of their albums and appreciate the band for how it changed the face of rock music in the early 90s. However, as I have mentioned before, I am also a “hair band” fan and honestly, when Nevermind hit the music stores, it in effect killed the hair band scene. I didn’t take to that too kindly and in fact boycotted Nirvana until my sophomore year of college (which incidentally also happened to be the year Kurt Cobain shot himself).
By late 1993, I had evolved from the hair bands to hard rock acts like Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and co. I thought since I liked these groups maybe I should give Nirvana a second chance. However, I had yet to buy a Nirvana album when I heard on our college radio station on April 8, 1994, that Kurt Cobain killed himself. I knew the guy had problems and thought it was too bad. I also realized that he had now joined the ranks of Jim Morrison, Buddy Holly, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and the like. Another rock musician immortalized not only for his music, but also for dying too young.
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I am familiar with the concept of the Christmas Tree, but what is it with the “Easter Tree” here in Germany? I have noticed many trees in town decorated with Easter eggs! For example, my downstairs neighbor has one. She has decorated her pussy willow with plastic (I think, I haven’t looked up close) eggs. Is this some sort of German tradition I am not aware of?
Update @ 8:40pm
I did a little surfing to see what I could find out about the Easter Tree in Germany. Apparently,
The making of an Easter tree is an old custom in Germany, Holland and some other European countries. They brought this custom to the United States when they came. Days before Easter, these Europeans would bring in bare branches and put them in a pot filled with earth. The children will then decorate them with decorated empty eggs. They did this by emptying the eggs, dyed them and then used ribbons to tie and hang them on the bare branches. The bare branches symbolize death while the eggs are a symbol of life.
– from Kiddyhouse, Easter customs
More information about Easter in Germany can be found here:
Oh well, I guess if you can have a Christmas tree, why not an Easter tree too? 
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