From Kurt:
Winter '97 tower records, lower Queen Anne. There's always that moment when someone is browsing the opposite direction. Inevitably someone will have to go around the other. I don't know why but I get anxiety about this. Anyway as I reach the guy moving my direction, I look up awkwardly to excuse myself around him, he looks at me with what I perceive as the same anxiety, we exchange a nod and move on, as I realize it's a very stoned Chris Cornell. I went outside with my girlfriend at the time for a cig.
Chris came out just after us. As he did, he stopped and turned to us as though he expected us to stop him. I just smiled and said hi, "oh hey" he said awkwardly, then slowly walked away. "Damn it I should have offered to smoke him out!" I said to Annie. He looked over his shoulder but kept going. We watched him start his big ram truck, then duck down, followed by the flicker of a bick. I half felt it was an invitation, but the moment had passed...and the moment has passed..
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