Do I Sue Metallica? Or Do I Sue Harper?
I sorta feel like I could sue someone's pants off Napster style, but obviously I'm not going to; because I like Harper and I like Metallica.
So let me explain.
I went and bought the new Metallica CD today - Death Magnetic. And once I got it, I immediately opened the CD up and started flipping through the coffin booklet... which sort of resembles a hairy vagina on the cover, but that's beside the point.
See, there's a cut-out of a coffin through the entire booklet and with each page, the coffin gets smaller and smaller. All of the pages have fancy, professional photos and lyrics to the songs. It's really a great booklet.
Once you get to the last page of this booklet - the bottom of the coffin - there's a bright blast of light with silhouettes of dudes holding up the rock/hang loose fists. That photo, the last photo of the coffin booklet, that BIG BANG photo - is a photo that I took with my Sony Clie. I am not even kidding.
It was a 640x480 pixel photo that I snapped from a box suite at the Allstate Arena in 2004. The Godsmack/Metallica tour.
This was my first time seeing Metallica live. I went to the show with my buddy Harper and some marketing ballers from Chicago in an Escalade limo. It was an amazing show... enjoyed from box seats full of PBR and hot dogs.
After the show (and a bit of clubbing), Harper asked for my photos. I gave him my memory stick, he copied my pics and uploaded them to Flickr. No big deal, right?
4 years later, MY crappy photo winds up in the Metallica CD booklet and looks awesome. And the worst part is - Harper gets credit for it because it was on his Flickr account, haha. That photo appears to be the only photo in the entire booklet that isn't professionally shot. In fact, I didn't even upload it back in 04 because I thought the photo sucked. Man, was I wrong.
So yeah, some people might be pissed if they were in my situation, but I just can't be. A photo I took is in a Metallica CD booklet. Who can say that? And so many people will have my photo on their desks, shelves, or in their cars and they don't even know it. ...and they never will, thanks to Harper's punk-ass credit. THAT is pretty hilarious and seriously awesome.
P.S. Death Magnetic is a great CD. It's like the older, heavier Metallica. If you're into that, you should pick it up.
Oh, and Metallica should give me tickets or put me on the guest list at the Des Moines show next month for using my photo - forget that Harper dude. ;)
So let me explain.
I went and bought the new Metallica CD today - Death Magnetic. And once I got it, I immediately opened the CD up and started flipping through the coffin booklet... which sort of resembles a hairy vagina on the cover, but that's beside the point.
See, there's a cut-out of a coffin through the entire booklet and with each page, the coffin gets smaller and smaller. All of the pages have fancy, professional photos and lyrics to the songs. It's really a great booklet.
Once you get to the last page of this booklet - the bottom of the coffin - there's a bright blast of light with silhouettes of dudes holding up the rock/hang loose fists. That photo, the last photo of the coffin booklet, that BIG BANG photo - is a photo that I took with my Sony Clie. I am not even kidding.
It was a 640x480 pixel photo that I snapped from a box suite at the Allstate Arena in 2004. The Godsmack/Metallica tour.
This was my first time seeing Metallica live. I went to the show with my buddy Harper and some marketing ballers from Chicago in an Escalade limo. It was an amazing show... enjoyed from box seats full of PBR and hot dogs.
After the show (and a bit of clubbing), Harper asked for my photos. I gave him my memory stick, he copied my pics and uploaded them to Flickr. No big deal, right?
4 years later, MY crappy photo winds up in the Metallica CD booklet and looks awesome. And the worst part is - Harper gets credit for it because it was on his Flickr account, haha. That photo appears to be the only photo in the entire booklet that isn't professionally shot. In fact, I didn't even upload it back in 04 because I thought the photo sucked. Man, was I wrong.
So yeah, some people might be pissed if they were in my situation, but I just can't be. A photo I took is in a Metallica CD booklet. Who can say that? And so many people will have my photo on their desks, shelves, or in their cars and they don't even know it. ...and they never will, thanks to Harper's punk-ass credit. THAT is pretty hilarious and seriously awesome.
P.S. Death Magnetic is a great CD. It's like the older, heavier Metallica. If you're into that, you should pick it up.
Oh, and Metallica should give me tickets or put me on the guest list at the Des Moines show next month for using my photo - forget that Harper dude. ;)
you forgot to mention how i TOLD you about this. hahaha. i am awesome. and metallica is going to punch me.
harper is right, there was a rumor that our photo might show up in this booklet.
but this blog was about my discovery of that photo and how hilarious it is to accidentally have a photo in a metallica booklet.
i'll post the prequel when i dig up the chat log at work on monday.
I'm just happy that they decided to go away from St. Anger. I hated them for 3 years because of it.
Metallica should go Unforgiven
wow thats real dope!
The prequel to this blog - from June 25...
Harper Reed: hahahaha
Harper Reed: http://flickr.com/photos/natatwo/1000544507/?edited=1
Derek Brooks: haha
Derek Brooks: that was amazing
Harper Reed: did you take that picture or did i
Derek Brooks: i think i took them all with my clie
Derek Brooks: you kept hiding it for me
Harper Reed: hahahaha
Harper Reed: i just owned you
Harper Reed: metallica just called me and want to use this picture for their new record
Derek Brooks: you bitch
Derek Brooks: say yes
Harper Reed: of course
Derek Brooks: they called you?
Derek Brooks: or emailed
Harper Reed: called and emailed
Derek Brooks: haha
so there it is. metallica asked harper, harper remembered that i took the pic, asked me, and i gave him permission.
harper then switched the photo to creative commons with my permission and it got put into the booklet.
no one is really at fault here. but let it be known that it should be my name in that booklet.
we rule, haha.
Screw Metallica, Screw Lars
it also appears in itunes as the Judas Kiss cover: http://flickr.com/photos/broox/2856566976/
Givin the album cover I think they should have named the record 'Death Vagnetic.'
Although it is unfortunate that you got zero credit for your photo in the Metallica liner notes you should be extremely happy that your name was left out of anything to do with Metallica. Ever.
Makes me wonder if Harper is your friend OR out for Harper??? You need to pursue this as you are owed for this photo. Don't give in and say you are just happy it was in there. Go for what you deserve, it would be huge. And, despite what your friends say, Mettlica is awesome.
Just acknowledge that Metallica wants nothing to do with ghey slores from Iowa.
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