Krist Novoselic's SW Debut: Smells Like (Put Word Here) Spirit
Krist Novoselic blogs every Tuesday in The Daily Weekly. Read all his columns here.
I recently did an interview for a documentary called Videos That Rocked the World. It was about Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" video. The program is going to be aired on FUSE, a music television station that actually plays music. If you can tune into the series, I encourage you to do so (November 26th).
Of course, I didn't put the show together so I'm not completely satisfied. There is not enough screen time of myself or Dave Grohl, (People who were in the band / video!).
Someone else in the program told a story about the title of the song, "Teen Spirit," that I want to get straight.
Indeed, Kathleen Hanna wrote, "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on Kurt's apartment wall. I recall seeing it and thinking, "Too much cheap red wine!�" I don't know why she wrote it but I know for sure that Kurt Cobain did not have any odor problems. Even though his place was a mess, he took care of his hygiene. This person would soak in the bath night after night only listening to the Beatles.
I don't do a lot of Nirvana interviews. I could do a documentary interview about the band everyday, forever! For better or worse, the digital revolution is the great leveler. You don't need the volume of knowledge regarding shutter speeds, light conditions for film stock or other expensive aspects of celluloid.
But FUSE is mainstream media and the production company has quality standards. The biggest reason I did the interview is that I wanted to talk about the Anarchy A symbol worn by the cheerleaders in the video, on national television! (I am the bass player in Flipper after all.) Of course anarchy is synonymous with chaos and disorder. But Anarchy has another meaning; it's about people associating outside of the state structure. Committed Anarchists are actually meeting oriented people.
It's no coincidence that the Anarchy A symbol was prevalent in the underground / hardcore music culture of the early 1980's. Many principles of this ideology were practiced in the scene.
The punk rock sub-strata was independent of the corporate / government Goliath. It functioned within a decentralized structure of individuals committed to the music and values promoted through fanzines and live performances. Countless publications were printed on photocopy and had circulations of not even 100. I attended, and even played at shows with 20 people in attendance. The point was not to be part of some kind of trend, it was to associate with people with common needs and values.
Anarchist organizations are temporary. The idea is to not encourage bureaucracy or employ developmental directors just for their sake. Also, participation with these organizations / efforts are voluntary.
The independent hardcore / punk movement thrived nationally before the domination of the internet.
I even used the term anarcho-communalist in the interview. But after they taped my spiel regarding this political philosophy, all that they edited in was my saying that the Anarchy A was in the video because it reflected the underground values from where we came. So much for the prime time!
To the anarchist, the state is the enemy. I don't believe in that. I was appalled at the knuckleheads who committed acts of violence against property during the Seattle WTO ministerial in 1999. I walked through the broken glass and inhaled enough tear gas to leave that scene in disgust. There is the non-violent vein of the ideology called pacifist-anarchy.
I also believe in reasonable regulation because it's naive to think many people will act principled and not take what's not theirs. We need to respect both private and public property. And who makes the regulations? The government does. This can work under a representative democracy.
Popular political thinking is like a three-legged stool. One leg is reactionary conservatism, another reactionary liberalism and the third apathy. All three seat into to a centralized government / economic structure.
Considering the lack of a coherent ideology, why not take a look at decentralized structures? While it's an antiquated term, in need of a new name, Anarchism needs to be discussed in context of the current system. We need not smash our institutions. But we can transition toward practical reform. The key is in another term used within the punk rock movement: Do It Yourself or DIY.
And yourself doesn't mean alone.
125 comment(s)
Don Ward says:
Ummm...yeah.
For some reason Zepp\'s \"Ramble on\" is playing somewhere...
Posted On: Wednesday, Nov. 7 2007 @ 6:17PM
Dean says:
Pretty amazing that Krist is now writing for the publication that had the infamous cover \"Is grunge too white??\"
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 8:39AM
Steven says:
Right on, Krist. Your next book should be about anarchy.
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 8:41AM
M says:
Krist-
Because of your background (heritage and politics) I\'m curious to know your current views on immigration/border security, etc. Perhaps a future blog posting can touch on this?
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 9:16AM
Brian Barr says:
Krist, what you\'re advocating here is really important stuff. I\'ve long felt that reactionary politics go nowhere fast, mostly because they stem from a strong feeling AGAINST something. If we get angry and protest, all it does is feeds a culture of negativity. Now, I once believed in non-violent protest, until I started looking at the word \"protest\" and realized it was rooted in negativity. I believe it was Mother Theresa who said she would never join a march against anything, but would gladly march FOR something.
I see a reflection of this in your column. We don\'t need to smash or destroy anything, but we can work TOWARD changing the institution through practical methods...like you said, DIY. I\'ve long been a champion of DIY because it advocates a belief in your intelligence and abilities to do something great. When you set out to do something via DIY, you have a vision. Every move you make is FOR something, not against it. I think positive change can only happen when we change our way of thinking. Of course, this often means supressing the ego...and that\'s a whole other topic!
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 9:54AM
just another lurker says:
Like Don Ward said... umm, yeah.
But to be incredibly obvious here: wasn\'t Teen Spirit a brand of deodorant that was marketed to teenagers in the early 90\'s? So if Kathleen Hannah wrote,
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 10:09AM
just another lurker says:
Like Don Ward said... umm, yeah.
But to be incredibly obvious here: wasn\'t Teen Spirit a brand of deodorant that was marketed to teenagers in the early 90\'s? So if Kathleen Hannah wrote, \"Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit\" on Kurt
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 10:15AM
jray745 says:
Honestly, I always assumed that the cheerleaders wearing Anarchy A\'s was intended ironically, a joke at youth culture\'s expense. While Teen Spirit was of course actually a brand of (rancid smelling) teen girl deoderant, I always assumed that the mocking song title, the riff borrowed from Boston, and the video of a pep rally were an attempt to skewer the way youth culture embraces these \"radical\" ideas like anarchism in a way that\'s nevertheless rigid and conformist.
After all, you were in the same band whose follow-up album opened with lines that made that attitude fairly explicit: \"Teenage angst has paid off well/ now I\'m bored and old...\"
But perhaps that snarky interpretation had more to do with my own perspective at age 15 than with what you all actually intended; rock music isn\'t known for its subtlety, and perhaps I gave too much credit since it struck me (and still does) as extremely predictable to plaster an anarchy A on a cheerleader\'s chest.
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 11:04AM
shap says:
glad we can see how everything\'s going for you with this, krist
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 2:39PM
r says:
Rock music isn\'t known for its subtlety, but Nirvana\'s lyrics often are.
Kurt was well aware of the all the ironies in his imagery and lyrics. He liked to contradict himself a lot, deliberately.
\"Self appointed judges judge/ more than they have sold.\"
The line pretty doubles back on itself just as much as the opening line.
Or this one, perhaps,
\"He\'s the one/who likes all our pretty songs/and he likes to sing along/and he likes to shoot his gun/but he don\'t know what it means.\"
I think your original assessment was probably correct, lurker.
Cheers.
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 3:02PM
Nicole Stivers says:
I was curious about what you said about anarchist organizations being temporary. I can see this being true in that it prevents the solidification of a set power structure, however unintended its origins may be. Hierarchy tends to assert itself in an organization if it is allowed to age, and this can lead to a vertical power structure. However, I wonder how much this allows for continuity and follow-through in a specific course of action that would further promote and demonstrate the validity of this paradigm. On the one hand, organization is the antithesis of anarchy, but on the other, there seems to be an almost innate leaning towards structure in the everyday. I\'ve begun taking anarchy to be lived personally, as a microcosm within the macro up to the point that the larger structure allows it. However, when that larger structure begins to infringe obtrusively on personal freedom, what action can be taken if there is no organization, and no set leadership within that organization? I suppose these things can come to be spontaneously, but it helps if there is a demonstrated record behind an organization that proves their ability to make decisions that honor the ideals of the people who believe in that cause.
Just a thought.
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 3:08PM
mpuppet says:
I\'m all about pacifist-anarchy, we don\'t need to change the system in a violent way, so we can only vote (if good politicians are available) or keep being antisystem even though we use it
*Corporate media still suck*
We really need to take the power, didn\'t companies already earn enough money? why do they want more and more? why not quit and live the life, please give other people the chance of at least to live free.
Sorry about my english, I\'m from Chile, I\'m sick of all the politicians and companies that keep lucring, I thought that a female president could make a change but unfortunately the real presidents are corporate companies, they got the money, they got the power, sooner or later WE ALL will get the power we all will get the money, I mean, come on, it\'s the 21st century, how come there\'s still poverty, how come people are still thinking in war (the whole future war for the water BS), how come there\'s still censorship.
That was an interesting read Mr. Novoselic. Greetings from Chile
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 4:02PM
johnny rotten says:
krist is right, and all you tools hating on him, shame on you...
we need to breed our own culture, life is very predictable, because unfortunately what has become \"fashionable\" is being jaded and ironic, which frankly, is pretty friggin boring...
nirvana rocks
the sun rocks,
rock rock on...
steve
\"the when mcgruff was king\"
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 4:22PM
Anonymous says:
hah, you\'re bald.
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 4:38PM
pat says:
Hey I know you! Aren\'t you the front man in Iron and Wine?
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 4:47PM
Worm Ellison says:
fuckin\' internet!
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 6:56PM
isaac broccoli says:
nah it\'s doug martsch from built to spill
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 7:38PM
Matthew Sanderson says:
@jray745
\"Riff borrowed from Boston\"? Perhaps the riff, or a similar one, appears in a Boston song, but according to most (if not all) sources, Teen Spirit\'s riff is inspired almost entirely by the Pixies. Krist can feel free to slap me around if that\'s wrong (if he ever reads the comments).
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 8:01PM
Adam says:
Krist,
I find it both surprising and a little disappointing that the anarchist \"A\" that appeared in the Smells Like Teen Spirit video was meant to promote that particular ideology. While I don\'t doubt the sincerity of your political views, the forum that you claim the band chose to reflect its views was a video that was produced by one of the largest record companies in the country and meant for distribution on MTV. Essentially, you are claiming that you chose to represent anarchy at the same time you were working for a large, multi-national record label. How do you reconcile that with the organic \"underground\" values that you claim to have promoted in the video? I had always viewed that piece of the video in the same light as an earlier responder. I assumed it was meant to symbolize the youth\'s blind support for radical causes for the sake of being radical. That seemed to be a more interesting and less disingenuous goal for the video.
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 8 2007 @ 9:04PM
Roger Vergara says:
Hi Krist.
Please,give me an autograph on my Jag-Stang!
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 12:13AM
helas says:
I agree with the poster directly preceding me - I\'d always assumed the A on the cheerleader\'s chest was \"ironic\"...nevertheless, I think Krist is a sound and inspired political thinker/writer here...I found this blog through Pitchfork, and the writer there thought Krist\'s blog was \"somewhat muddled\"...I couldn\'t disagree more. Seems very clear to me.
Question: Was Nirvana the last \"real\" punk band (to reach anywhere near the level of commercial/critical/finanacial success that they did) ? Discuss...
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 12:23AM
Curtis H. says:
Hey Krist, great blog I agree that many closed minded people associate anarchy with violence when in fact it is a pacifist movement.
I don\'t mean to bother you with another Nirvana question but I have a question regarding your guys final studio session. Is it true you played on demos of Foo Fighters songs Big Me, Exhausted and February Stars and will us Nirvana/Foo fans ever see this released.
Peace man
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 12:55AM
common sense says:
Please do not reveal the \"true meanings\" of Nirvana\'s pop cultural contributions... you might hurt someones idealism...a nostalgia bout for the 1990\'s might be soon, with hilary and bill\'s relection being the catalyst. the same way many in your generation were inspired by the 60\'s to create the 90\'s, my generation will refrence kurt cobain, billy corgan, courtney love and the michaels stipe\'s for guidance. the 80\'s are gonna kill us man!!! reference douglas coupland for how to save the world. and violent upheaval from the black youth might be the key. us whiteys deserve to die, get on heroin and throw your guilty selves to the place where we shall all be equal (death) if not continuing forth of with humanities redemption... anyway. thank you krist for fighting alongside kurt.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 1:13AM
Jhon says:
forbidden but not forgotten
greetings!
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 2:10AM
Anonymous says:
www.lifesbathroom.blogspot.com
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 4:51AM
Matt Mosz says:
Good to hear from you Mr. Novoselic or Krist....I don\'t know how to address a rock god lol.
And you know you are, not many people knock them selves unconscious on the VMA\'s....
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 5:34AM
Steve Brown says:
It\'s great to see someone step forward with something to say, only to be greeted, predictably, by the lowest common denominator making cheap jokes about your hair and asking you questions about Dave\'s band.
The internet is the greatest equalizer ever. No one is a king here. We\'re all just fools.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 7:36AM
Diverted Chrome says:
Krist, not sure what you intended in your summation, but it\'s at once reassuring and pacifying to see you psyched to work within the system. To feel I can relate to someone with that ideology (fwiw) is likewise heartening. MPTY!
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 7:44AM
Gibs says:
I often wonder what Kurt would be doing today if he were alive. I bet he would have loved and hated the internet, told record companies to fuck off, and then just released shit himself. That would have been cool. Too bad.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 8:23AM
Tony Christini says:
Novoselic\'s thoughts above and Karl Wenclas\'s story Bluebird, about the music industry versus punk, should get together, and in part already have: http://ulapoetryandfiction.blogspot.com/2007/10/bluebird-part-i.html
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 9:57AM
Asel says:
From the Basque Country, I agree with many of the things you say. I\'m an anarchist since I\'s 14 or 15, and it means I understand anarchy my own way (don\'t believe in theories you must follow like blind stupid). I\'s shocked when I saw that A in Smells like teen spirit for the first time, and remember a friend of mine told me it\'s for sure not to support anarchy, but maybe something else. Now I see I\'s right, as I believe I\'s right when I continued saying that Nirvana was a punk band with a actualized sound, and great one. Here people learnt that grungr new label and that was all. For me it sounded a kind of evolution of punk and made me feel simillar feelings as punk always did.
I think the US needs a strong anarchist movement to change their way more than any other country on Earth (as Government there acts as if they\'re the real and only ruler of the whole world).
Glad to read you! :-D
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 10:16AM
Tim Appelo says:
A welcome new Southwest Washington voice! And he\'s absolutely right: Nirvana was not a solo act, and the other guys\' musical contribution is ridiculously underdiscussed: those looping bass lines as beautiful as McCartney\'s, drumming better than Ringo\'s, haunting harmonies. People should listen to the music more and read People Magazine less (and I say this as a recovering music reviewer for People).
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 10:56AM
Tim Appelo says:
A welcome new Southwest Washington voice! And he\'s absolutely right: Nirvana was not a solo act, and the other guys\' musical contribution is ridiculously underdiscussed: those looping bass lines as beautiful as McCartney\'s, drumming better than Ringo\'s, haunting harmonies. People should listen to the music more and read People Magazine less (and I say this as a recovering music reviewer for People).
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 10:56AM
Sam says:
While you can understand anarchy however you want, what Kirst is talking about is really more of a type of what political scientists call civil society--associationalism between members of society to affect interactions within and between government and society--not anarchy. While civil society is important to anarchy in that, theoretically, an anarchist society would be directed entirely by civil society without government, the two concepts are very different.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 10:59AM
Sam says:
While you can understand anarchy however you want, what Kirst is talking about is really more of a type of what political scientists call civil society--associationalism between members of society to affect interactions within and between government and society--not anarchy. While civil society is important to anarchy in that, theoretically, an anarchist society would be directed entirely by civil society without government, the two concepts are very different.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 10:59AM
Danny Colverson says:
In some ways I almost wish you WOULD do a Nirvana documentary every single day, but as it is, its always nice to hear from you Krist. Its annoying the program makers cut your interview. I sometimes get the impression that some of these programs are obsessed with something they misunderstood in the first place and would rather just repeat the same old stories - true or not - that have sometimes become twisted legends over the last 13 years.
Maybe at some point when the time is right, it would be great for you and Dave to make the program you want to make, then sell it uncut to whoever you like. Something like the Beatles anthology that was on a few years back so youd have litterally hours to play with.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 11:20AM
Brian says:
Wait, what do you mean your the bassist of Flipper? are they playing currently, or were you at one point their bassist?
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 12:12PM
Tim Young says:
DIY is the key. If one does not DIY then things will not be done. I suppose Ben Franklin, Tom Jefferson and all were all into that idea. Important truths never die. I always thought that anarchy was synonymous with freedom.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 12:50PM
dean amber says:
everyone knows the A is for Aberdeen
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 1:05PM
justin bobby says:
please, krist, let it go!
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 1:38PM
AstralAstray says:
Listen Old Man....Nobody wants to read your nonsensical political mumbo jumbo. haha. j/k. I agree with mostof what you are saying but at the same time dont think it can ever be accomplished. Most people are just too damn apathetic. Not to mention lazy.
I want to hear your views on how much music SUCKS these days. Im going back to the 90\'s. Take care.
AA
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 2:17PM
Corey Doyle says:
Krist Novoselic has spoken. We all listen. Grunge won\'t ever, ever die.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 3:21PM
Seth English says:
I like Krist speaking out on things like Nirvana and Smells Like Teen Spirit and all that, but there is no grunge music besides Pearl Jam and they suck, so I think America needs more grunge.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 3:50PM
Anonymous says:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Bleach1994sucked/
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 3:58PM
Luigi Giovanni says:
Krist, you don\'t know why Kathleen Hannah wrote it? Weren\'t you there? Don\'t you read the biographies, at least? She wrote it because Tobi Vail used Teen Spirit as her deodorant, and Tobi Vail dated Kurt.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 5:10PM
Russ says:
Glad you are blogging, Krist. I\'m a Seattle ex-pat now living in the Midwest. It\'s too expensive for ordinary, professional people with a family, to live on the West coast. Lived in Seattle for 40 of my 46 years. Seattle could be a Utopia if it were not for the out this solar system housing prices. Say goodbye to any kind of real, grass-roots arts culture in Seattle, good bye to Bohemia. Those days are over. It\'s gonna take a huge earthquake to bring real estate prices down, along with the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Then us ex-pats in the midwest, cooling our heals in god awful places like Kalamazoo, will filter back into Puget Sound. Well, anyway, glad you are blogging and making music.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 9 2007 @ 5:15PM
saddened says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfVKRyqvAs
surely this video deserves a blog entry or two
Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 10 2007 @ 6:47AM
iQ666 says:
i am glad you\'re back in music, i lost your trace for a while. thanx for dropping attention to this film, i forgot to look for it
Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 10 2007 @ 9:28AM
proloop says:
Yea, it\'s explained in the book Heavier Than Heaven that the \"Kurt smells like teen spirit\" came from a perfume/deodorant brand named Teen Spirit that Kurt\'s girlfriend used, and it used to spread to Kurt after they cuddled. So the line refers to Kurt wearing the scent of his girlfriends fragrance.
Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 10 2007 @ 9:37AM
Ryan says:
Hey Krist..i know your brother Robert..from alaska.he taught me my first power chord.any way i can get ahold of him?
Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 10 2007 @ 10:48AM
Angel G. Martinez says:
http://blog.nirvanaheart.info/blog/2007/11/10/krist-blog-traduccion-de-su-primer-post/ La traducci
Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 10 2007 @ 4:01PM
Pot & Pan says:
Real transition might be possible if the status quo collapses by means of a financial crash. I think the latter is coming soon and I\'m sure you\'re getting ready. Good luck, amigo.
Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 10 2007 @ 6:05PM
Bryan says:
Krist,
Thank you for everything you have done, both in music and in politics.
Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 10 2007 @ 7:03PM
portmanteau says:
COME ONE PEOPLE!!!! The Anarchist A\'s on the cheerleader\'s outfits were fashion....perhaps to Krist they meant something...but really they were like a piercing or a tattoo meant to be ominous....the anti-cheerleader...the raging radical chick that kicked off many bad hairdo\'s, some unfortunate tattoos, and more than a few lame piercings.....MY LORD PEOPLE....it was a freakin\' video for an album that sold millions, but some guys who got lucky. And one who didn\'t.
Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 10 2007 @ 7:34PM
Anonymous says:
i really hate Coutney love bitch fucked it all up for nirvana.
Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 11 2007 @ 10:50AM
Dan says:
Krist, first of all I disagree. There is no such thing as too much cheap wine.
Secondly, I think that productive, positive anarchy is something to get excited about!
I read that the reason Kathleen Hanna wrote that on Kurt\'s wall was because Teen Spirit was the deodorant Tobi Vail used, and the statement was referring to Vail \"marking her territory\". If that\'s the case, it would be intended as a statement of female dominance. I\'d like to ask Kathleen Hanna about that someday.
Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 11 2007 @ 11:51AM
Lovely Rita says:
This is the guy who would have been flippin burgers if it weren\'t for kurt Cobain. Courtney Love rocks!!!
Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 11 2007 @ 12:32PM
Liam says:
Krist:
I learned through the website http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/ that you have donated money to the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign. I\'d be very interested to find out what attracts you to Ron Paul and his libertarian-leaning political views.
I\'d also be interested in hearing your views on anarcho-capitalism, or market anarchy, or \"free marketeer\" (it goes under many names...) where the government is abolished and all products and services, including protection, courts, etc are instead provided by the marketplace. I know many Ron Paul supporters who adhere to this philosophy.
Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 11 2007 @ 2:53PM
Davey says:
You are a millionaire and you got to live out an impossible dream...who the fuck cares about anything else when you don\'t have to get up for work tomorrow or ever?
Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 11 2007 @ 4:08PM
Marc says:
Krist,
It\'s been a little while since I\'ve listened to Nirvana much, but your music played a pivotal role in my teenage years.
Along the lines of the DIY aesthethic you mention, your music struck me as something I felt I could have done (but didn\'t) which then motivated me to explore my own path with my own hands.
So now it seems funny to meet with you in an article where you wrote something I may have said myself (but didn\'t).
I\'d love to read and share more in a medium such as blogging where there is much less opportunity for censorship from profiteers who want to further the pop legend without the punk politics.
If you do continue to post elsewhere, please let me know if you have a chance.
Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 11 2007 @ 9:25PM
bee man says:
help me, ive got diarrhea
Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 11 2007 @ 10:11PM
Fl says:
Hi, I am Fl
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 12:57AM
shawn says:
hey man good to see ya.screw all these sorry people and their negative comments.just wanted to say hey.peace.
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 5:51AM
Amanda says:
Why Seattle Weekly? And why now?
Seems like a good opportunity... Congrats.
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 7:19AM
florist in melbourne fl says:
yeah so cheerleaders wore the Anarchy A in a video that was full of visual stuff that the director/band/label created to keep attention-deficient kids glued to the set so advertisers could make money...
big deal it\'s not rocket science.
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 8:51AM
Alan says:
I lov Krist
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 10:20AM
krstić says:
i come from croatia and i\'m a big fan of nirvana.long live the croatian star krist novoselic
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 10:48AM
vinnie r. says:
Krist, thank you for clearing up the principles of anarchy(cleary that jazz bass to the head left you no worse for the wear) me and my friends will take heed in order to do what the hippies and the violent Seattle armies couldn\'t. We\'ll have meetings with some John Mayer playing for inspiration.
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 10:53AM
Giuseppe says:
No, I don\'t get it Krist, you are talking about anarchy in 2008, the theory that all forms of government are unnecessary, oppressive, and undesirable and should be abolished. The \"A\" symbol on the tshirts on the Smells Like Teen Spirit video represents for Kurt the contrast between the cliche\' of being a blonde cute popular girl and the symbol that inspired the major revolutions in history.
I\'m not surprised that there is not enough screen time for you and Dave, honestly, I always wish to hear your voice everytime something related to the Nirvana subject comes out on tv or online.
But this is not happening, and I\'d like to ask you so many questions why you want to be so far from what you have been.
I whish we could work together one day.
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 4:57PM
nosaJ79 says:
this is awesome! my favorite part of the old nirvana interviews was hearing you and kurt speak about stuff like this. don\'t stop.
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 9:32PM
Shawn Ray Moore says:
Hey Krist
First of all let me say that I think your a cool guy,and one of my favorite bassist.
I also think your intelligent and funny,just an all around cool guy.
Because of You and Geezer Butler I have an interest in bass guitar,yet I\'m a guitarist.It would
be awsome to jam with you one day.I think your really underrated.
anyway
takecare man :- )
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 9:52PM
Tom (Nova) Selleck says:
Hi Krist!
I\'m just happy to see you\'re alive and thinking. Like another poster above me, I used to love the parts of Nirvana interviews when you and Kurt would talk about more worldly issues. I especially liked Kurt\'s advice of just photocopying a bunch of flyers you create and sticking them around the place and on car windows.
I always LOVED the cheerleaders in that clip. Apart from the anarchy symbol on their clothes, the bit where they are in slow mo to the beat is aesthetically pleasing.
Keep well and keep posting!
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 12 2007 @ 10:11PM
Todd says:
I remember the time Sweet 75\' played the JAMPAC fest in Bremerton (95?) with 1st edition Foos, Bjork, Sky Cries Mary, Afghan Whigs, Shudder to Think and Wool. Great show. You\'re tall. Keep writing please.
Posted On: Tuesday, Nov. 13 2007 @ 9:02AM
francisco says:
fuck man i love you
Posted On: Tuesday, Nov. 13 2007 @ 2:42PM
Marty1163 says:
Kurt Cobain would soak in the bath night after night only listening to the Beatles? Now that\'s Anarchy!
Posted On: Tuesday, Nov. 13 2007 @ 5:23PM
Krongrunge says:
Спасибо Вам Крис за Нирвану!!!
Нирвана, это единственная музыкальная группа, которую я люблю!!!!
Posted On: Wednesday, Nov. 14 2007 @ 6:36AM
Helen says:
Forever in debt to your priceless music!!!!
Posted On: Wednesday, Nov. 14 2007 @ 8:04AM
E. HUMPERDINK says:
FLIPPER ALA NOVOSELIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkWyiHwOigs
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 15 2007 @ 11:52AM
Giuseppe says:
So do you even take a minute to read the comments that people leave on this page?
I don\'t believe so.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 16 2007 @ 4:42PM
Anonymous says:
Krist, rick from framingham here just dropping a note to say high, and hope all is well in the ton of washing land.
great article and great to see you writing for the rags hehe.
As for the A on the cheerleaders, i always thought it was also a ploy on the scarlet letter, and instead of for adulterer it stood for anarchy this time.
i like it both ways i guess the world is your puzzle
\"corporate media still suck\"
soundclick.com/cannabissativa
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 16 2007 @ 11:57PM
thinkiamjanisjoplin says:
I was always thinking what would I say to you, but nevermind that. the thing is there have been too many craps written about the inside of this band... I don\'t know if I\'m anywhere near the subject. I wonder if it\'s painful to you now... I mean his death. and yeah, I probably am one of those stupid ones who can\'t ask more intelligent questions
Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 17 2007 @ 12:29PM
MXKE WXXDS says:
Krist-I read this a couple of time and to be honest I find it confusing as hell...Maybe I\'m just not educated enough to understand what you\'re talking about but...yeah I just didn\'t understand it all. Keep it up though, I mean to use you\'re name to help promote things and ideas that you believe in is a great thing to do...Plus if I can remember to read it on a weekly basis I may begin to understand...Its a good way to open the doors of conversation and understanding...
Posted On: Saturday, Nov. 17 2007 @ 12:35PM
Jay B says:
Krist, I\'m not sure if you check back for these comments, I appreciate the stream-of-consciousness entry. The media will dissect, manipulate and take your words out of context especially when you are speaking about unconventional philosophies and ideologies. You can chalk that up to a lesson learned. Granted the recent resurgence of all things Nirvana, it is easy to want to go next-level instead of waxing nostalgic. I know you have moved on with your band and I\'ve been hearing about your political involvements for some time which I give you props for. Looking forward to more blogginess in the near future, peace to you and yours.
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 19 2007 @ 8:52PM
fuck says:
paranbens kara
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 22 2007 @ 1:02PM
domagoj says:
e kad če
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 22 2007 @ 1:41PM
domagoj says:
kad če
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 22 2007 @ 1:42PM
Anonymous says:
če
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 22 2007 @ 1:45PM
vander says:
i believe Krist is a person who likes the smell of other people\'s balls
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 22 2007 @ 8:16PM
Paulo Donato says:
visit the page as of my band!! I am your own f
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 23 2007 @ 3:40AM
Erick says:
Cheers from Brazil man...
nirvana forever..
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 23 2007 @ 4:57AM
Anonymous says:
bath Mints...What kind so i can sell thim to the hordes. Fuck You old bald man...enough of this shit. Give The people what they need. KRIST NOVOSELIC FOR PRESIDENT!!
If you people would actually read \"between the lines of ?\" , and you actually appreciated nirvana (live of course) there it is. If you ask me what i will slap your silly faces and still feel like a mandm. B
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 23 2007 @ 5:25AM
Fernando says:
Hi, Krist.
I am a big fan of Nirvana and love the work of Nirvana, both in personnel and in training.
I am from Brazil and here the Nirvana not died.
If your government is like nirvana, then it is great.
A hug.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 23 2007 @ 8:26AM
Fernando says:
Oi, Krist.
My dream is to go to seattle and make a big show, because I have a very strong band with influences from Nirvana.
I want to go where everything began, Seattle.
And see my dream come true.
A hug.
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 23 2007 @ 8:30AM
ricardo says:
hi! im brasilian and its i big dream for me, talking whit you! that dream than you wanna never wake up, sleep and never wake up, and more,
if its true, i can die today, because i
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 23 2007 @ 1:32PM
ricardo says:
send me a e-mail confirm than it
Posted On: Friday, Nov. 23 2007 @ 1:37PM
monica says:
Hey Krist,we love you.
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 26 2007 @ 7:43AM
d says:
y love you nirvana
d
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 26 2007 @ 10:25AM
d says:
y love you nirvana
d
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 26 2007 @ 10:25AM
Paulo Donato says:
my band!! Chickabee
Posted On: Tuesday, Nov. 27 2007 @ 2:02AM
Eug says:
Oi Krist, we are a band of Brazil, Punk Rock, if you could Hear.Como Kurt said the most important in music is its intensity of passion.
http://palcomp3.cifraclub.terra.com.br/eugeniopbf/
Posted On: Tuesday, Nov. 27 2007 @ 6:54AM
J says:
Hi Krist,
I\'m brasilian. I always admire your work, every your projects, so much musical as political.
\'\'Smells like teen spirit\'\' was really one song that \'\'revolutionized\'\' one decade. Isn\'t
my prefer\'s song of Nirvana, but
I like so much. I already know the \'\'Smells like teen spirit\'s history\'\', but \'\'your version\'\' around this history is very much important.
I always love Nirvana and even with the terminus of the band, I continue admirate it.
Sucess for you!
Jessica
Posted On: Wednesday, Nov. 28 2007 @ 9:07AM
J says:
Hi Krist,
I\'m brasilian. I always admire your work, every your projects, so much musical as political.
\'\'Smells like teen spirit\'\' was really one song that \'\'revolutionized\'\' one decade. Isn\'t
my prefer\'s song of Nirvana, but
I like so much. I already know the \'\'Smells like teen spirit\'s history\'\', but \'\'your version\'\' around this history is very much important.
I always love Nirvana and even with the terminus of the band, I continue admirate it.
Sucess for you!
Jessica
Posted On: Wednesday, Nov. 28 2007 @ 9:21AM
Madonna in Black says:
hi krist, i did meet you way back then.
glad to see you out there doing this....
ummm, by the way. the red A within a red circle, on black. See it in, \"The Scarlet Letter\", by Nathaniel Hawthorne, as a movie, with Demi Moore. yeah, the Puritans made her wear it. it stood for \"adulteress\".
i\'d say a lot more about the actual origins of kurt\'s lyrics in that song, but, not here.
Posted On: Saturday, Dec. 1 2007 @ 3:13AM
moro says:
hi Krist
when Kurt wrote Sappy ?
which year or mb even month u can say?
i think Sappy is most painful Nirvana song
and it seems to me it\'s very personal song for Kurt
it\'s like talk between Kurt and God.. - eternal endless Pain, pain of all this dirty world with, pain of blind human souls..
it\'s the most deepest song..
so why Kurt forgot this song from 90 till 94?
why Sappy wasn\'t on Nevermind?
Posted On: Sunday, Dec. 2 2007 @ 1:33AM
Ted says:
Anarchy - yes. Not communist anarchy, but market anarchy. In the absence of Murray Rothbard, vote Ron Paul 2008!
Posted On: Sunday, Dec. 2 2007 @ 6:46AM
Paulo de TArso says:
Vou falar em portugu
Posted On: Monday, Dec. 3 2007 @ 5:15PM
Paulo de TArso says:
Queria ver a cara velha do Kurt aqui tambem. Odeio ele ter se entregado.
Quanto ao CRIStianismo, creio que pode ser positivamente/beneficamente empregado. Usem a cabeca (head). Quando parecer dificil de interpretar, significa que ha conteudo profundo.
Acontece exatamente assim nas letras de Kurt.
Abracos.
Go Cris
Posted On: Monday, Dec. 3 2007 @ 5:24PM
Leesa says:
Woah! Reading blogs from Nirvana members (my #1 fave band by the way). Kind of trippy. Especially when one starts to think back on the 90\'s era. Makes one feel old even though i\'m only i my mid-20\'s. But I enjoyed the read...
It\'s too bad that so many people have to come here with cheap negative comments. Maybe they\'re just a little jealous cos they\'re the ones actually flipping burgers (as one person suggested you might be doing without nirvana) instead of living out their dreams. Open your minds and get over yourself people. And if you\'re really that displeased with the blog then why come to read it. And further more, take the time to post lame comments. I just find it kind of odd that you choose to devote so much time and effort to something you claim not to care for. Maybe it\'s the \"bully\" theory: I think I\'m shit so I want to make you feel like shit too. I also find it weird that you guys are trying to inform him about the band HE WAS IN. I.E. why Kurt wrote certain songs, their meanings, etc... He was there!!! We just read it in a book or watched the videos. I don\'t think he, nor Dave, need US to tell them how it all went down.
Sorry to default from your blog topic Krist. I look foward to reading more.
Posted On: Saturday, Dec. 15 2007 @ 12:09PM
Franco says:
i
Posted On: Sunday, Dec. 16 2007 @ 7:02AM
Franco says:
GREETINGS FROM CHILE
Posted On: Sunday, Dec. 16 2007 @ 7:03AM
J.D. says:
Kris!
Talk about your life!
People wants to know about that.
Nevermind... the bollocks!!
JD.
Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 27 2007 @ 11:49AM
Charlie says:
Krist hope you had a nice Christmas.
Posted On: Thursday, Jan. 3 2008 @ 9:35AM
Jo says:
I Don´t speack english very well, but i will try....
I am a Nirvana fan, I listen Nirvana´s songs all days.
I listen from Bleach to in utero to with the lights out....
KRIST NOVOSELIC YOU ARE IN ROCK´S HISTORY!!!!!!! DO YOU HAVE NOTION OF THAT?
YOU ARE ONE NIRVANA!
I LIKE TO SEE YOU IN THIS PICTURE.
YOU TALK WITH THE DAVE GROHL? YOU TALK ABOUT KURT AND NIRVANA?
What you thing about kurt´s death?
What you do every day?.. DO YOU STILL PLAY BASS?
Talk about your life!
BE COOL MAN... PEACE
Posted On: Saturday, Jan. 5 2008 @ 5:43PM
Jo says:
oh and i am a portuguese..
Posted On: Saturday, Jan. 5 2008 @ 5:47PM
Justin Monticue says:
Krist, man.
i know you probably dont read
these.
but, if you magicly get to mine i\'d like to say one thing man.
Nirvana Was a change in my life.
im only 14.
but, when i heard Nirvana\'s songs on the radio i may not of known who they were.
but, i loved the songs.
I think you and Grohl should
do a tribute at Garden.
or Times Square.
something big.
It would mean the world oto me.
Posted On: Saturday, Mar. 8 2008 @ 2:49PM
Justin Monticue says:
Krist, man.
i know you probably dont read
these.
but, if you magicly get to mine i\'d like to say one thing man.
Nirvana Was a change in my life.
im only 14.
but, when i heard Nirvana\'s songs on the radio i may not of known who they were.
but, i loved the songs.
I think you and Grohl should
do a tribute at Garden.
or Times Square.
something big.
It would mean the world oto me.
Posted On: Saturday, Mar. 8 2008 @ 2:49PM
Ursula Neumann says:
You are the real Krist??
My Goooood *-*
I really love you.
I need to meet you guy!!
I would like so much to talk with you. Please don\'t desapointed me, awnser something for my email (sulinha___@hotmail.com).
[sorry for my english, I\'m brazilian]
Posted On: Monday, May. 26 2008 @ 6:32PM
beezwax says:
you F@cking tool chris
Posted On: Thursday, Nov. 27 2008 @ 6:50PM
caitlyn says:
krist,hey
i am so glad that i can still read your work and your words even though nivana is no longer. i dont know if you'll read this but if you do i just want to let you know you guys were and are the best band of the century i was raised in seattle and i just revently swam in lake washington and everytime i do i think of kurt. you know i think you should blog about if you think he did it or if you think courtney did it. i saw the videos and her family even thinks she did it. is that true? it would really make my day if you could email me back at yeehawgurl0923@yahoo.com if not i understand you do have a life i just want your opinion well have a great day
Posted On: Monday, Feb. 9 2009 @ 2:29AM
dani says:
Krist, i know this is a bit late and you might not read it but... i have been a huge huge Nirvana fan all my life(well,most of it,since i was a teen)and i miss him so damn much... nice to see you doing so good. i wish you luck in everything you do.
Nirvana forever!
Posted On: Thursday, Mar. 5 2009 @ 12:21PM
dani says:
Krist, i know this is a bit late and you might not read it but... i have been a huge huge Nirvana fan all my life(well,most of it,since i was a teen)and i miss him so damn much... nice to see you doing so good. i wish you luck in everything you do.
Nirvana forever!
Posted On: Thursday, Mar. 5 2009 @ 12:22PM
Konrad says:
nirvana mean a lot for me
though I never got the chance to see them live I feel a lot for this group
and for the songs
I will also listen to them when I am 50 or 60
Posted On: Thursday, Jun. 11 2009 @ 2:52AM
James says:
Hey, Krist. I enjoyed reading your article, man. You're a great writer, and you have a lot of really good ideas about music, politics and punk rock.
I'm also a pretty big Nirvana fan, too, and I think that you're an inspiration to many, many people who want to carry on the DIY ethic within music.
It's a shame, however, that so many bands today fail to take that advice to heart.
Well, keep writing, man. Peace.
Posted On: Monday, Nov. 16 2009 @ 10:34AM
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Posted On: Sunday, Nov. 29 2009 @ 4:58AM
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Posted On: Saturday, Dec. 5 2009 @ 1:23PM