Krist's Posts

Kurt respected Steven tyler and Aerosmith very much. He met Steven once and Steven laid a NA trip on him & Courtney and Mike Starr from Alice in Chains. Not preaching about NA , just relating about his trips with drugs and all. They would all have been good to listen to Mr. TR Tyler. Steve knew hiss s**t and just wanted to relate to them. Youthful cynicism or what ever, we shall see.

Post #2

From: Krist Novoselic
E-Mail: {deleted}
Date: Wed Nov 9 18:12:43 EST 1994
Subject: {no subject}

Thank you all for the messages. I cannot answer n any of them. I am sorry. I don't have the time or the energy and frankly, I can't dwell on Nirvana. I can't spill my guts. It's too personal and again, I can't dwell on it. I guess I'm the little bass player who can't. Chugga, chugga, choo, choo. Wow that was a rush. I'm embarassed! There is too much pain. I'm over the daily "grief waves" but still go through feelings of confusion, anger, regrets, missing him and alot of times a feeling of beautiful loving feelings for my friend. Fuck this is enough. Next time I'll upload so my software can tell me when i am repeating words too often. It's late and I'm kinda tired. Nothing matters anymore anyway. The christians are going to baptise us before we're marched up to the wall. I'm talking about the mid term elections. When the Christian coalition comes a knocken, both house's are gonna have to heed. If that's the case, God help us all! (sic) True Christains want to emulate Jesus. You know, to be right on and not judge, be forgiving bring wine to weddings and have long hair and a beard. The suede denim secret police are gonna get me for that one, fer sure. Wow, by the way I've been rambling, you'd think that I was Courtney or some thing. I could never match that prose though, shre(Whoops) she should get her degree. So many people are gonna read this because Krist Novoselic wrote it but let me tell you this, I am a man of the proletariat! This is quite a boast comming from my tax bracket. Remember, socialism is an ethic not an ideology! I write this under the gase of an actual portrait, not a print, of Lenin. I scored this at the Pike Place Market and it came from some soviet beu bureau in Vladivostok. Newt Gingrich has his St Paul I have no one. You don't think that I'm some le bolshevik. Who needs Lenin when you have Mao? I'm gonna start a shining path sattelite up here in the northwest. I want a Satellite with a 383 and a four speed pistol grip shifter. Super Bee. Coronet. Charger. The whole of this silly rant is that I really don't have much to say, right now. Sure if I were to be in the seat next to you on a plane and we struck up a conversation, we'd pass the time by discussing the topics of the day or what ever. I cannot answe5r Nirvana questions. The mail I got was sweet and I apreaciate it by hey, as the Flav says, "Can't do nothing for you man!" To be truthful, I'll read your messages but won't reply. Who am I any way. I'm the guy next in line at Safeway. I'm the person in the left lane of traffic who gets uptight when people won't get over. I was in an e imencly popular rock band. Did I spell immense right? What ever. I understand the power of music so i understand you all. Sometimes I can't understand jack asses who talk shit about dear old Kurt but as a true democrat,NO party affiliation, I'll respect the fact that they have a right to thier opinion, no matter how shallow and misinformed it is. We need more respect in this world. Remember that the music biz and the rock press have a symbiotic relationship. Remember that Nirvana was about music, first and foremost. Remeber Leon Trotsky. THe Fugs, "Dirty Old Man". Remember not to e mail me. I will not answer. You are all good. good bye and god blesss!

Post #3

From: NOVOSELIC ON RS#748
E-Mail: {deleted}
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 15:13:50 -0800
Subject: NOVOSELIC ON RS#748

I've just finished reading the Rolling Stone Article on Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder. It breaks my heart the way they tear apart Eddie. I really don't think Rolling Stone has the authority to carry out such a thrashing. There are many points in the article that I take issue with.
First off, on a personal note, it was painful that those writers had to exhume Kurt to build up their case against Pearl Jam. R.S. opened up a can of worms. No one was above or below receiving a negative perspective from Kurt. No one. Some were printed, some weren't. I'll assure Rolling Stone that a quickly penned message on a T-shirt was the least of it. I'll tell you this though, if Kurt knew someone was personally hurt by his words, he truly felt bad. God bless Kurt.
It seems like the magazine believes it has license to use Kurt's name to illustrate any point it wants to make. A few months ago it was a reefer madness, anti-drug hysteria article against Seattle. Now they dig up Kurt to slam one of our exemplary community leaders. This belligerence and disrespect annoys me.
What standard is R.S. basing its scrutiny on? For R.S. to judge Pearl Jam or Eddies credibility, in regards to the revolution, is a complete ruse. If not the revolution, then what are they holding him up to? I have original copies of the earliest R.S. magazines. I love them. 30 years ago they had something to say. Printed on newsprint it was like a fanzine, the music and politics covered were truly revolutionary. Today, the magazine is pop culture and political status quo. Why did R.S. move away from it's original mission? It did so to keep up with it's demographic. R.S. may be successful but is it real? I'd like to quote a true revolutionary, Jesus Christ, who said, "It is better to have not known me than to have known me and turned away".
R.S. turned away long ago. Rolling Stone magazine doesn't have the authority or credibility to judge anyone.
Krist Novoselic

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