Kid From Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Cover: ‘I Wanna Travel’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 09.24.08 | 5:13 PM ET
Spencer Elden, who is now 17, is “so over” high school he’s ready to hit the road. You go, Spencer. Oh, and happy birthday, Nevermind.
The album was released 17 years ago today. To celebrate, a Nirvana performance in France of “Drain You”:
Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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TambourineMan 09.25.08 | 4:50 AM ET
“Elden blasts music — mostly techno — and carries around a big bag of angst”
Angst? Ha! I’m guessing a big bag of Humboldt’s finest is more like it.
Go Spencer!
Michael Yessis 09.26.08 | 6:08 PM ET
Yeah, Spencer seems to have some issues. But I do like his sense of wanderlust.