This weekend, I ended up in Seattle. I was traveling with friends, who had an interview near Pioneer Square. As they took off to the interview, I went for a walk on the pier. It reminded me of Faneuil Hall, a place I spent a lot of my time at while I was growing up in Boston. As I made my way through the streets downtown, I came across the Seattle Art Museum. There were exhibits featuring Andy Warhol, Picasso, and an exhibit based on Kurt Cobain! Then I noticed that it was free on First Fridays, which was exactly what that day was! My friends were busy being in a band, loading gear and doing a second interview, they wouldn't miss me for a few hours. I went inside. The large lobby had several white sedan cars hanging at various angles from the ceiling with lights spurting out of them. Modern. It wasn't free. I'd missed free by one night. It was free on first THURSDAYS, and free for seniors on first Fridays. It was $15, and closing in an hour, so I didn't go in. Still, I thought that you would be interested in hearing about the exhibit on Kurt Cobain. There is a slide show of some of the art at this site. There is something slightly unsettling for me about a high scale art museum basing an exhibit on Kurt Cobain. I can't tell whether I feel this way because a whole movement has been squeezed into the image of one person, or whether its because an underground movement only 20 years old is turned into a cultured spectacle. At least some of the more underground artists get a chance to be in the Seattle Art Museum.