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2007-04-04
  Fleamail, March 30, 2007
From: Michael Balzary
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2007 5:55 am
To: members@redhotchilipeppers.com
Subject:

hi everyone

yesterday i received very disturbing news that someone has been
impersonating me on a myspace website
i do not want to give the name of this idiot's website and grant him
an iota of dignity that he/she does not deserve
but i understand that this person has been sending out notes that are
racist and insulting and disgusting
i fell terrible that someone would send out racist messages period
and even worse that it is done in my name
so if anyone has had contact with this asshole
please know that i am doing what it takes to get him to stop carrying
on in this way


on a brighter note
i am down in australia getting ready to begin our tour down here
i am a happy man
seeing family
and communing with nature



sorry we had to postpone our shows in japan
but it was our only option

i love everyone
2007-03-13
  03.07.07
Fleamail March 7, 2007

well i have not written a fleamail in a long time

i dont know why i just haven't

just not in the groove of it guess

we played tonight in des moines, iowa

i had a lot of fun....i injured my back on a trampoline about a week ago

and the last few shows have been painful for me

i did a backflip and just had too much momentum and just landed on my spine on a metal bar than ran along the circumference

ouch

so anyways, tonight it started feeling better and i felt more free on stage

a released kind of feeling so i felt free and good

anthony is battling a cold and it was hard for him

it is difficult to get better when you have to play all the time and travel around and put out a lot of energy

but if you look up the world trooper in the dictionary you will see a picture of anthony kiedis



things have been good for us overall lately

certainly we have been touring for this stadium arcadium record for a year now

and it is a lot

but the opportunity to connect with so many people over this last year has been fucking cool





yesterday it was so snowy when we drove from milwaukee to desmoines that we nearly didnt make it

but we did


i saw the greatest dvd today

a concert of art blakey and the jazz messengers from 1958

lee morgan on trumpet

benny golson on saxaphone

jymie merritt on bass

and boby timmons on piano

man it is so amazing to me

i think that is my favorite era of jazz and my favorite era and type of music ever that i know of

i mean there is so much music that makes me feel good in different ways

but that art blakey and the jazz mesengers in 1958 with lee morgan i think that it is my favorite

nothing can make me feel better i think if was stuck on a deserted island and could one dvd that would be it

especially if i had my trumpet too.........

and so amazed and so happy and so inspired

with spirit inspired with spirit inspired with spirit


i love you
2007-01-25
  Red Hot Chili Peppers žvaigždė Flea, pamatęs savo dievuko Jimio Hendrixo atvaizdą, kuris reklamuoja energetinį gėrimą, tiesiog pasiuto.

Hito “The Scar Tissue” bosistas, kurio tikrasis vardas yra Michael Balzary, pasišlyktėjo kompanijos, kuri turi visas teises į J. Hendrixo atvaizdą, akcija. Jis teigia, jog tokio žmogaus prisiminimas negali būti naudojamas komerciniais tikslais.

Kalifornijos gėrimų kompanija “Beverage Consepts” išleidžia nealkoholinį gėrimą “Liquid Experience”, kuris siejamas su 1967 m. Hendrixo debiutiniu koncertu “LP Are You Experienced”.
2006-12-11
  12.08.06
Fleamail December 8, 2006
Date: Friday, December 8, 2006
Subject:
From: "Michael Balzary"
To: members@redhotchilipeppers.com

hi
dec 8 over here in austria
its very late at night
528 am to be exact
been watching the news
i must say this whole war in iraq has seemed to move a modicum in a
more positive direction
with this study group's report that talking to people and trying
diplomacy
might be better than silence and rhetoric and the threat of violence
certainly a dialogue with iran and syria is better than none
if there was one problem worked out through the course of dialogue
then it would be worth it
talking can only help
and even for those people who think it is of paramount importance for
the u.s.a. to be the biggest political and economic influence in the
world
surely they can see that continuing this absurd war in iraq in the
current manner has only diminished respect and influence for the
united states world wide

of course, invading iraq was a catastrophic mistake from the get go
but at least this report being taken seriously by the united states
government is a small step in the right direction
the invasion of iraq was a moronic move that made the world a much
less safe and less happy place to be
and the hugest blunder of the united states during my life
time...........well i guess vietnam was a pretty bad waste of lives
too..........
this war has done nothing to stop terrorism it has only made it worse
on the tragic day when al qaeda took out the twin towers
a day that pains all of our hearts
al qaeda and osama bin laden were pointed out as the perpetrators and
we were told by our government they would be brought to justice
so they invaded iraq whose government had nothing to do with al qaeda
or with any radical religious fanaticism at all
under false pretenses, and made up lies about the weapons of mass
destruction they were supposed to have which were a threat to the u.s.a.
which iraq had none of
so they bomb the hell out of iraq
then they find saddam hussein in a hole with some snickers bars and
it is supposed to have some bearing on the terrible tragedy of sept
11th??????
something to do with stopping terrorism?
after sept 11th, the world felt for the united states, the sane world
cared about us
until the bush operation awe and kill or whatever the hell it was
called........
iraq was a sanctioned to death country which was no threat to the
u.s. at all, not to mention led by a secular government...
and yes, a lunatic of a leader who ruled his country in a terrible
way.......were they invading iraq to save the locals from the evil
saddam?
if so......where was our caring government during the genocide in
rwanda not so many years before?
or in darfur now?
geez....anyone who has paid any attention at all knows all this stuff
so why am i still blabbing on about it?
because thousands and thousands of people die violently for a lie?
and it continues unabated?
because for some reason completely beyond me there are those out
there who still think the invasion of iraq was somehow justified
aaaahhhhhh
anyways, maybe the u.s.a. can train these iraqi troops and leave a
place they have had no business being in the first place
maybe it is possible for people to have peace over there
maybe they can have their own government
maybe
maybe love is better than war
maybe diplomacy is better than dropping bombs on human beings
maybe there doesn't need to be bodies of disfigured children lying in
the street
maybe a tenth of the effort put into something as ridiculous as the
war in iraq
put into trying to create peace and understanding
could have a positive effect
maybe the united states which i love so much
could have a department of peace
as well as a department of war
2006-12-06
  12.04.06
Fleamail December 3, 2006
Date: Sunday, December 3, 2006
Subject:
From: "Michael Balzary"
To: members@redhotchilipeppers.com

so i see that snoop dogg has been arrested again......


let me tell you this
i have a non profit music school in los angeles
it is called 'the silverlake conservatory of music'
we have about 600 students and lots of them go for free and and are
supplied with quality instruments to play
it costs money to make this happen
last summer i asked snoop dogg if he would come down and record with
the kids in the studio
a bunch of kids got in the studio over at capital records in hollywood
and snoop doggy dogg the dee oh double g came down
and met with each kid individually, took pictures with all of them
signed all their autographs
and the kids rocked some funk grooves and snoop rocked rhymes with
them and it was recorded
he spent several hours doing it
and he showed them how he did it in the studio
for free
he was gracious, polite, and giving with the kids
and he had a gig that night that he had to get a plane to, but he
still showed up and spent the whole day with the kids
because he cared
there was no press, nothing to gain, no glory
he did it because it was the thing a person with heart does
and the recording was great and it will come out sometime soon and
raise money for the school
so kids that can't afford it can have free quality music lessons and
instruments
there you have it
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