... And Ridicule For Everyone


Ok, so i've been nursing listening to ...And Justice For All for a couple weeks because i originally wanted to do the "my Metallica" thing, but then i had the thought that a) it should be a story about why the Blackened recordings are are special, and 2) is there a band that has worn its biography as its face tattoo more than Metallica?, and Tripod) Jason Newstead deserves his own story altogether, but then i finally said you know what, no, i am a wing it kind of guy, so i just opened it to find the Ride The Lightening lyric sheet inside.


On your worst day of consciousness on this planet in this polyp of the multiverse, at least your multi-national corporation didn't upload the wrong PDF and press about 4 million dollars worth of copies. Then again, i doubt anybody 1) got fired because who cares?, B) got yelled at because who cares?, and C) they did an entire tour where they faked a catastrophe at every show and after an hour or so played songs from Kill 'Em All for the die hard fans still in the arena.

Its more embarrassing than the wrong labels on that Pink Floyd boxed set, but somehow also more endearing. 

That's right friends, at the end of the day Metallica is just your ordinary fuck ups (i am truly sorry for mentioning Metallica and Giovannie and the Hired Guns in the same sentence, but it's funny and G'h'G have some really catchy songs), and that's more than good enough for me.

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