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...finding out what we are carrying around that no one knew we had. Maybe normal is not a useful word for now, too slippery and glib. Maybe transcendence for the moment lies with routine, doing the same things as before, even if we do them differently, with a heavier heart or a lighter touch or a glance over our shoulder. The rescue workers keep saying that they are just doing their jobs. And so they invite us to do the same...
...brother was finally crawling, but no faster than he could sit up. Mama had trained him to crawl all the way to the bathroom with an occasional pause to rest his arms on our soot-colored carpet. His head looked heavier than a watermelon; whenever he tried to raise it the whole thing wobbled. His arms were incredibly strong considering he still depended on Mama to change his diapers, put on his clothes and cut his food into tiny bits. Whenever she tried to let him eat by himself, mangled pieces of chicken would fall from his tiny mouth...
Although Cobain has typically been portrayed by the media as a deeply committed musician who became swept up and ultimately overwhelmed by the accidental mass appeal of his art, the newest biography of the Nirvana frontman attempts to convince the reader otherwise. Heavier than Heaven (Hyperion, 381 pp., $24.95), by former Seattle music journalist Charles Cross, details the short and tumultuous life of a man who had always dreamed of being a Rock Star, drawing on evidence from over four years of research, 400 interviews and love letters and entries from Cobain’s private journals...
...Heavier Than Heaven sets forth the chronology of a troubled man with escapist fantasies of fame. Beginning with a description of Cobain’s childhood, interrupted by his parents’ traumatic divorce and his subsequent attempts to attract the attention of his self-absorbed mother and father, Cross provides a possible psychological explanation for Cobain’s dreams of stardom and desire for autonomy. As a teenager, this desire for attention manifested itself as brushes with the law and repeated claims to friends that “I’m going to be a superstar musician...
...Heavier Than Heaven provides a fascinating, honest account of a man whose life has often been shrouded by awe and urban myth. Although at times Cross fails to see Cobain as a mere mortal, lauding the inner meaning and brilliance of lyrics, childhood doodles and teenage graffiti that are not extraordinary in any way, Cross separates himself from other Nirvana biographers in that he is unafraid to prove that despite his obvious musical talent, Cobain was a self-interested hypocrite who was drastically different from how he was portrayed by other journalists and from how he wished to present himself...