Smells Like Greed Spirit : Love Oks Cobain Shoe
03/19/2008
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(antiMusic) Note to shoe companies: It seems it's now ok to use Kurt Cobain to pimp your products as long as his widow signs off on it (we assume she has to get paid). That's the impression we get from an Idolator story that Converse will be issuing a Cobain shoe. Here is part of the Idolator story: Because there aren't enough "Commodify Your Dissent" jokes out there, the Daily Swarm is reporting that Converse plans to release a line of Kurt Cobain-inspired sneakers as part of the company's 100th-anniversary celebration. Unlike the Doc Martens campaign from last year, this line of footwear is approved by Courtney Love, perhaps because Cobain loved One-Stars so much, he decided to die in them. - more on this story 
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Posted by GREENMUSE on 2008/03/19 13:34:06
well,they do have misfits shoes by vision.its a shame vison makes canvas shoes instead of those killer suede ones they made in the eighties.damn i loved those things.well,with all the kurt marketing about,we can rest aussured.he did not fake his own death.
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