Post A #5

Vocab

1. Osmosis: A gradual, often unconscious process of assimilation or absorption, noun (258).
2. Proviso: a clause in a statute, contract, or the like, by which a condition is introduced, noun (260).

Appeals

1. For a costume party, "All of us agreed that we would attend the party in matching costumes, which consisted of a huge rubber strap-on dildo and nothing else" (258). I assume this is a logical appeal, because it really makes you wonder why somebody would go to a costume with a certain bodypart totally visable. These guys must be insane, because they all went and ended up playing on stage with Jane's Addiction in their "costumes".
2. "I finally bought her a plane ticket so she could go model in Italy, and that was the end of our relationship" (261). This is a semi-rought time for Anthony because he is just breaking up with another girlfriend. Thus, this is an emotional appeal. Anthony was glad in some ways though, because their relationship ended badly, and Carmen was creating a lot of chaos.
3. Even though things were going well creatively, I began to feel like the outsider in the band, because part of Flea and John's new bond was their mutual appreciatation of pot. This is another emotional appeal because Anthony feels like an outsider and is sad. He is trying to stay clean at the moment, and by necesity is seperating himself from his bandmates because of their drug-use.

Quote

1. "I was busting on that mike, going, 'Give it away, give it away, give it away,' and Flea was flying down the length of his bass, and Chad was laughing hysterically, and John was searching for his spot on the canvas to put his guitar part, and we just didn't stop" (273). This quote is significant because it tells how during a jam, the Chili Peppers came up with one of their most popular songs. I is quite a funny story, and is very interesting.

Theme

1. The theme at the moment is how they are growing as a band while they grow fortunes. They are starting to become fairly well known after Mother's Milk, and are commencing to put Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik together. Their first hugh record is in the making.