I can’t even listen to the sell-out crap they put out now.

was in 1997, and they haven’t done anything of note since the s&m shows in 1999. they can still melt face to be sure, but the creative well has been dry for over a decade now by my count. and yes i have seen them live recently.

that once i’m an uber millionaire like lars and hetfield, i’m not gonna try and go ball busting some 13 year old kid in hois basement, who is a fan of mine, just to squeeze out another dime. at some point (around when your bank account turns over 8 figures, i’d say) you have to think “ok, i already got mine, i’m not gonna be a giant bunghole just to add another zero to the account”.

fledgling starving artists should be very concerned about getting paid. i just don’t think that level of greed, lawsuits against your own fans, is justified once you are global rock stars.

also, it’s a major fallacy that artists make money off of record sales. it’s simply not true in 99.9% of cases. if you release on a major label, they are going to take the vast majority of album revenue. concerts are where it’s at, and metallica knows this because that’s how they got filthy stinking rich in the first place.

in the preseason, we played the chiefs in a downpour, and moved the ball very effectively. the only thing im concerned about are injuries. plant wrong, a guy can end a career on a day like this, when there is no traction on the field whatsoever. here’s hoping for an injury free game, on both sides. (karma rule is still in effect) lol