Jaxon Foster's Music Blog

          The song I've chosen to analyze is Dumb by Nirvana. The song appeared on their 1993 critically acclaimed final album In Utero. Some identifiable tracks from this record include Heart Shaped Box and Francis Bean Will Have Her Revenge. The band would break up less than a year later due to frontman Kurt Cobain's death. This song (particularly the MTV Unplugged version) has always stuck out to me. I remember listening to it for the first time and being surprised a prominent cello was in a rock song. The song can be interpreted a few different ways, but the alleged meaning put forward by Cobain is that the song is about people who can go through life without knowing anything but still be happy. Another interpretation put forward by Cobain's daughter is that the song is "{A] stripped-down version of Kurt's perception of himself – of himself on drugs, off drugs, feeling inadequate to be titled the voice of a generation." After listening to the song mul

  Hello everyone!       My name is Jaxon Foster and I am a Junior at the University of Alaska fairbanks. I am looking forward to writing these blogs in the future. First a little about myself, I grew up all around the world living half my life outside of the country (South Korea and Germany). I  love to travel, most recently I was in Japan with a friend of mine from Texas (picture Below). I Love it here in Alaska and can't wait for it to get cold again!       My relationship with music is mostly just Listening to Music on the Radio Whenever I am driving somewhere. Having lived outside of the country, I've had the opportunity to listen to a lot of different types of music. My favorite artists and bands are Steve Lacy, Kino, Nirvana, Oasis, and Thaiboy Digital. I dabble a little bit in playing music myself. My house has a guitar, and I attempt to play it (poorly) every so often. I've not had the chance to go to many concerts, but the most recent one I've been to is a two-