The Chronicle of Higher Education

Uneasy Listening, Uneasy Commerce

By KEVIN J.H. DETTMAR

On September 24, Nirvana's chart-topping, paradigm-breaking album Nevermind celebrates its 10th anniversary. It's a record that announced, as critic Anthony DeCurtis has written, both the beginning of one era in rock 'n' roll and the end of another. With its familiar cover photo of a naked baby boy swimming toward a dollar bill dangling from a fish hook, Nevermind marked...

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