The 1998 documentary “Kurt & Courtney” included a tour of his childhood home in Aberdeen, Washington, in which his high school girlfriend mentioned his after-school art conquests including dismembered parts of baby dolls. The conversation can be heard above below are the essays fleshing out the notion of why certain songs offer comfort, escape and a reminder of better times ahead. These were songs from the soundtrack of life amid a pandemic, vast social unrest provoked by the May 2020 murder of George Floyd and so many other crises. Editor’s note: Recently the 2020-2021 University of Illinois College of Media Roger Ebert Fellows – Casey Daly, Grace Johnson and Scarlett O’Hara, all rising seniors - met with fellowship advisor Michael Phillips in the studios of WILL to explore the songs that helped get them through the last 15 months.
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