Kurt Cobain’s credit card, the paradoxical plastic conduit for the autograph of a grunge icon who despised materialism, pulled in more than $27,000 during a recent auction. In southwest Washington state, Cobain’s mother wants $400,000 for the family home, which is surrounded by $100,000 bungalows in a neighborhood that locals once called Felony Flats. Nostalgia for Nirvana runs high these days, buoyed by aging Gen Xers. Because if you believe that culture and fashion echo in 20-year intervals, the 1990s are back at high volume. Are today’s hipsters wearing the very flannel that neo-moshers discarded at the Salvation Army when they graduated to graphic-design jobs? Call it a working theory. READ MORE ››
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