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“Name That Band” Contest!

OK, we have a winner! Connor, a college student, came up with the winning entry: Free The Defendants. A nice blend of revolutionary rebellion and in-your-face political activism. Thank you, Connor!

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Dear friends – Declan Decker needs your help. He stars in the ebook When Lyric Met Limerick and his grunge rock band really needs a name. So get out your creative caps and help him come up with a catchy new handle. To help you out, he’s listed a few names of well-known grunge bands of the 90s:

  1. Nirvana
  2. Pearl Jam
  3. Alice In Chains
  4. Jane’s Addiction

Other ideas: Seattle landmarks, geographic names, food, hobbies. Add your ideas to the comments below, or email me if you’d prefer. Whoever comes up with the name Declan likes best will win a free ebook, plus a copy of Sapphire Secrets once it’s published.

The winner will be announced next weekend.

Ready? GO!

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“Name That Band” Contest!

rock band

Dear friends – Declan Decker needs your help. He stars in the ebook When Lyric Met Limerick and his grunge rock band really needs a name. So get out your creative caps and help him come up with a catchy new handle. To help you out, he’s listed a few names of well-known grunge bands of the 90s:

  1. Nirvana
  2. Pearl Jam
  3. Alice In Chains
  4. Jane’s Addiction

Other ideas: Seattle landmarks, geographic names, food, hobbies. Add your ideas to the comments below, or email me if you’d prefer. Whoever comes up with the name Declan likes best will win a free ebook, plus a copy of Sapphire Secrets once it’s published.

The winner will be announced next weekend.

Ready? GO!

Did Courtney kill Kurt?

This is a fascinating article on Kurt and Courtney. True confession time: My character Howard, aka Declan Decker (When Lyric Met Limerick), was loosely based on Kurt Cobain. However, Luna, his lady love, was definitely no Courtney Love.

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The two-decade long question of whether or not Kurt Cobain really committed suicide came up between myself and my friend today. It’s been bandied about for years, but it seems no one has ever bothered to take it seriously or re-open the case to further investigate Cobain’s death.

Even though Kurt may have been prone to depressions and shied away from the stardom he achieved as both an early pioneer of the Grunge movement and The Poster Child of Generation X, I never believed he really killed himself. Why would he? He had everything–talent, success as the frontman of Nirvana, a bestselling record, a baby daughter, and a…ahem…new wife who everyone believed was in love with him.

It’s his wife, Courtney Love, we need to take a closer look at here. Most people just take it on faith that Kurt killed himself because his music was dark and depressing and…

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