Yet another bumper crop of musical birthdays today, with Buffy Saint-Marie, J. Geils, and Randy California, among others. But at least for this morning, I guess we need to go with Kurt Cobain. Here’s Nirvana performing “Heart-Shaped Box” on teevee at some point in the early 1990s.

UPDATE: Oops, Max is right. Correct video now up. And actually, I’ve featured Spirit here before; I’m a big fan of the Dr. Sardonicus album, too.

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