Metallica
Fleamail From: "Michael Balzary" To: "blackie" Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:30 AM hi. I am back in detroit. playing somewhere in Michigan tomorrow. I saw that movie 'Bowling fro Columbine' yesterday. It showed Michael Moore going and getting guns and ammo all over the place in Michigan. I guess there are a lot of guns here. The movie was funny but it made me sad. It is sad how little compassion there is in this country. We are all too scared of each other to be nice. People fall through the cracks and get desperate. man. Well at least we have basket ball and 'The Simpsons'. we played in Pittsburgh last night. The crowd was fucking cool.They seemed so happy and rocking. We had a fun show and played some good stuff but I think we are all getting a little tired and ready to go home for a break. It will not stop us from rocking full force the next two nights though, don't worry. We will rock like possessed maniacal freaks with the power of a heard of elephants charging off a cliff on LSD and then we will read poetry while in mid flight and we will like it. Gage got real mad during the boggle game today on the bus. I was laughing when he got mad and then he got even madder and stormed away from the boggle table. All over the word keno. A measley 2 points. Basketball season is coming up i can't wait. It's gonna be a weird laker season though. see ya oh by the way I am going on the chat room lately on our website if I Am there then we can chat From: "Michael Balzary" To: "blackie" Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 12:56 AM one more thing. I was just on the chat room with DJ619. He wanted me to write a fleamail so he would know it was really me. He is a nice guy. He plays guitar and loves the Beatles. I told him to check out King Crimson. He likes ELO and I told him that John loves ELO too. i am gonna go play bass now goodnight. From: "Michael Balzary" To: "blackie" Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:10 PM good morning red hot chili pepper fleamail readers. I just got up about a half hour ago. First I peed. Then I lay back down and thought about going back to sleep but it didn't happen so I got up and turned on my co puter then I brushed my teeth. Then I prayed. Then I went online and checked the L.A. Times to see if there was any basketball news. I found an article on the 6 day rookie camp that new players have to go to. I thought about how cool Bill Russell was even though he was an arch enemy of the Lakers. He has really aged well, I like the things he has to say, he has style and dignity. Then I packed and then I ordered blueberries. Then I sat down again and started typing this. I spend alot of time alone in hotel rooms. I went on the chili pepper chat room but noone was there. maybe I am doing it wrong or something I thought people went on that thing, they used to back in the day when I used to go on it and people didn't believe me.well, my blueberries will be here in minute I better go. a guy can really think about things when he spends enough time alone in a hotel room. From: "Michael Balzary" To: "blackie" Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:14 AM Sitting here in Cleveland. Today I took a walk down to the railroad tracks near a big river, but I am so geographically inept that I don't know what the giant river that goes through this town is called. There are big bridges and they have that kind of set up where the bridges split in half and raise up when a boat goes through that is too tall. I didn't see it happen but it looked great anyways, the big beautiful metal structure. It was sunny and the sun felt great on my skin especially after being indoors all the time during this tour. I walked past the Gund arena where Lebron James is gonna play. Lebron James is a fucking badass. I saw him play in the Macdonald's all american thing and he was unbelievable.