Althouse: "Slip-ups of the day: 1. Australian currency misspells the word 'responsibility.' 2. Kirk Hammett slipped and fell on his wah pedal at a rainy outdoor Metallica concert...."

May 9, 2019

"Slip-ups of the day: 1. Australian currency misspells the word 'responsibility.' 2. Kirk Hammett slipped and fell on his wah pedal at a rainy outdoor Metallica concert...."

Jaltcoh.

21 comments:

rehajm said...: No, no, no. Hold your head like this, then go Waaah. Try it again.; 5/9/19, 7:09 AM
Heartless Aztec said...: He slipped on his "wah-wah" pedal and is now a "cry baby". This stuff just writes itself...; 5/9/19, 7:22 AM
J. Farmer said...: Hammett slipping on his wah pedal is actually quite funny. He has a reputation for overusing it in his playing.; 5/9/19, 7:24 AM
Jack Klompus said...: Metallica hasn't written a decent note of music since And Justice For All.; 5/9/19, 7:25 AM
traditionalguy said...: Of course. Response ability in the i phone Age of Apple becomes response ibility. The dictionaries have to catch up.; 5/9/19, 7:33 AM
Shouting Thomas said...: Playing outdoor festivals and concerts really is a pain in the ass.; 5/9/19, 7:39 AM
J. Farmer said...: @Jack Klompus:

Metallica hasn't written a decent note of music since And Justice For All.

Oh, come on. The change in direction marked by The Black Album might not be to everyone's taste but to say it doesn't contain "a decent note of music" seems a bit like contrarianism for its own sake. I submit Rick Beato's breakdown of Enter Sandman as evidence.; 5/9/19, 7:42 AM
JAORE said...: Lots of people have slipped on the Whah, whah, whah pedal since 2016.

"I've slipped and I can't get up." LLR; 5/9/19, 8:01 AM
Jack Klompus said...: @JFarmer

Sad But True is a pretty rocking song, I'll concede that, but overall I think that album marked the beginning of the downfall of a once great band. What followed, in my opinion, confirms. In the realm of metal, there were much better aisles in which to shop from that point. Metallica's attempts to forge new ground or however they tried to phrase it (their appeal was more selective?) just seemed like cover for a band that lost its mojo.; 5/9/19, 8:12 AM
Guildofcannonballs said...: "... band that lost its mojo."

Yeah Metallica has really struggled since the 1980's. I just feel bad for them, a band without mojo and all making all that money.

They must feel so guilty, knowing as our commenter does that they lost their mojo and still earned so, so much money.

I like your metrics for judging mojo Jack, you seem real smart and worldly. Please tell us a band that had mojo the last couple of decades, after Metallica had lost theirs, so we can judge your labeling of Metallica.

And tell us how much more money (which is success) Metallica would have made in addition to what they have earned had they only had what you call mojo. Would they all be multi-billionaires with just a little mojo? Trillionaires if they had an average amount of mojo?; 5/9/19, 8:42 AM
Jack Klompus said...: @Guildofcannonballs

What in the ever living fuck are you frothing with sarcasm over? My OPINION is that their music just wasn't quite as good as I thought it was during the Puppets and Ride the Lightning era. So I happened to use a little slang term to describe that feel for their music and you go off your fucking nut about money? I really don't understand your point other than to demonstrate how easily you get your panties in a knot.; 5/9/19, 10:00 AM
Matt said...: Black Album and Load both had more good songs than bad but the bad began to outnumber the good with Reload, imo. St. Anger was utter shite and I stopped buying their stuff after that. Hammet does use too much wah for my taste. The earlier stuff still holds up well - the lyrics for the songs ...And Justice For All and Eye of the Beholder are pretty descriptive of the political situation now, which is impressive considering the songs are 30 years old. Disposable Heroes has also taken on new meaning (for me, anyway) following Iraq and Afghanistan, in addition to being a fantastic all-out aural assault. Interesting to note that their first four albums (I think, cant remember specifically for Kill Em All) all had anti-war songs. But that changed with the Black Album which was written during Iraq War 1.

Full disclosure my nickname is Mattalica and I have Hetfield's 'Scary Guy' design tatooed on my shoulder. So I'm pretty much an expert. *thumbs up emoji*; 5/9/19, 11:01 AM
tim maguire said...: "It is a great responsibility to be the only woman here, and I want to emphasise the necessity which exists for other women being here," is repeated several times over in microscopic print.

Alas, it's printed each time as "responsibilty" - with a missing i.

What an empty, uninteresting, unoriginal quote!

What was the second place option? The transcript of Cowan trying to figure out how to use the garbage disposal?; 5/9/19, 11:04 AM
Fernandinande said...: The latest edition of the country’s $50 bill, ... “responsibility” misspelled as “responsibilty.”

Australia sez: "I'd like to buy a vowel."

And how much is that worth in real money?; 5/9/19, 11:22 AM
J. Farmer said...: @Matt:

ld's 'Scary Guy' design tatooed on my shoulder. So I'm pretty much an expert. *thumbs up emoji*

I've only ever been a casual listener. Never owned a Metallica shirt, and I was only 6 when And Justice For All was released. Just stylistically speaking, though, I tend to prefer a heavy metal sound to a thrash sound. I never bought a record after the S&M live record. A live record with an orchestra? Ugh. Is there anything more self-indulgent?; 5/9/19, 11:27 AM
Fernandinande said...: What an empty, uninteresting, unoriginal quote!

The other nonsense written on their money is some stuff by an "inventor" who spent years pretending to invent perpetual motion and anti-gravity devices.; 5/9/19, 11:31 AM
rcocean said...: White House just called the "Boston Red Soxs" the "Red Socks" haha.; 5/9/19, 11:59 AM
Jack Klompus said...: @JFarmer

"A live record with an orchestra? Ugh. Is there anything more self-indulgent?"
The one Jethro Tull did is so bad it's almost laughable in a kitsch sort of way.

"I tend to prefer a heavy metal sound to a thrash sound."
Tool blends the heavy metal sound with a more "prog" (Crimson maybe?) to good effect. I also like Neurosis.; 5/9/19, 12:05 PM
Bill Harshaw said...: They missed the White House congratulating the "Red Socks".; 5/9/19, 1:06 PM
The Godfather said...: They aren't even recalling the misprinted bills! If they did, someday folks who held onto to the misprints could be in for a big pay day -- if bills are anything like stamps.; 5/9/19, 4:19 PM
Ann Althouse said...: He should have written “Red Stockings.”; 5/9/19, 7:40 PM