From Gothenburg, Sweden ?-- November 3rd

Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 17:08:36 -0700
From: "Michael Balzary"
To: members@redhotchilipeppers.net

So tonight was a night of Gothenburg and despite all of my basses completely fucking up it was a fun night and I think our band is really starting to get into a good groove. Maybe it's just that I am feeling a lot happier with myself, but I think that we have never been better. It sure gets cold on these Scandinavian stages though, I had to put on a shirt at the end of the show, that's a change, I was putting on clothes at the end. At the end of the show tonight I dared Anthony to eat the set list which he did he'll be pooping paper and ink tomorrow. The Lakers won yesterday in Utah. yahoo. Yesterday while I was reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck, in between bouts of reading I was listening to the Genesis cd "Foxtrot" I have never really listened to that band before and I was enjoying it very much. I then realized that the book I was reading is loosely based on the book of genesis in the bible. What I'm trying to say is it was a genesis thing yesterday. I am giving birth to something right now and it is really good.

love flea