"Grunge Rock Pioneer Stumps for Election Reform"...

[marions ghost]

Stumbled on this item from Reuters:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=602&ncid=602&e=3&u=/nm/20050131/lf_nm/politics_novoselic_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eleven years after the demise of his million-selling rock band Nirvana, Krist Novoselic is back on the road, but this time he's getting out of bed before noon. Novoselic, whose bass guitar anchored one of the most popular and influential bands of the 1990s, now spends his time pushing for voting reforms that he thinks could change the cynicism many people feel about U.S. politics.

It's a gig that requires him to wear a suit and tie and speak to audiences that measure in the dozens, rather than the thousands.
But Novoselic, 39, sees parallels with the heady days when Nirvana stormed up the charts and brought grunge into the mainstream before singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain killed himself in 1994.

"Once music becomes predictable and a formula to sustain the establishment, people tune out, they become cynical and they stop buying records. But then a new wave of bands come in, and that restores vitality to the music scene," Novoselic told Reuters after a recent appearance at a Washington think tank.

"What we need is a new wave of democracy, because elections are predictable and they're formulas for sustaining the establishment," he said.

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1. kick

[SheepyMcSheepster]

2. i am very proud of krist

he could be just sitting on his ass collecting royalties and milking the death of nirvana, but instead he is out trying to make a difference.

my hat goes of to him.

thanks krist!

[marions ghost]

7. I'm amazed he's pushing for voting reforms...

that ugly duckling issue...from the article:

"In a slim book, "Of Grunge and Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy!," Novoselic outlines two approaches that he believes would breathe new life into politics.

Instant-runoff voting allows voters to pick several candidates for the same office, ranking them in order of preference. If no candidate wins a majority of first choices, second choices are considered.

Supporters of third-party candidates like Ralph Nader ...could feel like they're not throwing their votes away because their secondary choices would be considered in a close election, Novoselic said.

The second method, known as proportional representation, would allocate legislative seats based on the percentage of votes a party receives -- if the Republicans win 60 percent of the vote in a district, they would get 6 seats out of 10 available.

These methods could give greater influence to third-party candidates, other election-reform advocates say." (more)

Krist deeeeefinitely gets it!:D

[elehhhhna]

3. Niravana 4 CD Boxed set 's been FINALLY released, fyi.

[EC]

5. It was released at Xmas time, I got it for my daughter....n/t

[EC]

4. Dave Grohl who was the drummer for Nirvana now lead guitar

of Foo Fighters played at Kerry rallies, here in Milwaukee he played. So maybe all these guys are political. I love the Foo Fighters so I did go to that rally, although I would have gone anyway...

[myschkin]

6. Did he get informed? :-/

about Exit Polls discrepancy, BBV and so on...? He could be a voice for us in the media.

Marions Ghost: This election has to be investigated - that´s (and all the informations around it) what we want to communicate...