A lil story about Lars from Metallica’s Back to the Front book
Dan Riley: That first Long Beach show, Lars decided it would be a good idea to jump from the balcony of his hotel room into the swimming pool, so he did and landed on the bottom of the pool — on his heel — and chipped a bone or something. He bruised it so badly he couldn’t walk — and he had a show that night. I was like, “Oh god, what are we going to do? I’ve got to get him to a hospital.” We drove all over LA trying to find one and ended up at Children’s Hospital, of all places. I pulled up to the front and carried Lars in on my shoulders. The attendant’s like, “Whoa, whoa! Who’s this? This is Children’s Hospital. How old is he?”
I’m like, “I don’t know, fourteen?” because Lars looked like he was fourteen, and they’re like “No he’s not!” I mean Lars...he’s got whiskers; he’s holding a beer. I said, “Okay, okay. Well, where’s the regular hospital?”
“Over there.” He was pointing across the street to the trauma center. So I drove Lars over to the trauma center.
I helped Lars to the waiting area, and it was just taking forever. I’ll never forget; this little kid came over and goes, “Hey, mister. What’s wrong with your foot?” Lars just looked at him like, “Get lost.” Only the kid wouldn’t leave. He’s like, “No, really. What happened?” just going on and on. “Hey, mister, hey mister” — just torturing Lars. I finally said, “We’ve got to go, man; you can’t just not show up.” He’s like, “Okay, okay.”
I helped him to the car and then back inside the arena, thinking, I’m probably going to wind up carrying him up on stage. Fortunately, the Lakers’ trainer was there and bandaged Lars’ foot so he was able to play. It was a good thing too because management had flown all the way out for the show.
Photos by Mark Weiss
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The last post reminded me of something I was reading up on recently. In 1812 Alexander was forced to fire Speransky, his state secretary (who’s reforms were growing unpopular with the nobles and the tsar had to placate the public), and the latter came out of the emperor’s office after the 2 hour long interview “pale and covered in tears” and when asked said that the tears weren’t his.
Alexander really called on him to fire the man and ended up being the one crying
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If the Paris Squad were a band, which instruments would they play and who would be the lead vocal? Charlie is drums without a doubt.
Charlie - drums
Darcy - trombone
Isaac - flute
Tao - triangle
Tara - guitar
Sahar - bass guitar
Nick - singer
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My father was martyred by Israel on 10 October 2023 after sacrificing his care in hospital so the injured children could take priority. Today would have been his 60th birthday. He was always selfless, kind, and giving for others. My father gave up everything for me to be able to have a better life, because that is what he always dreamed for me and my sister. The world suffered a great loss when he died, and my heart is always with him and every Palestinian who has lost someone.
In his honour and memory, I would love for anyone who is able to do so to consider donating to The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
The PCRF is an amazing organisation that does so much for those in Gaza right now, including helping provide food, water and medicine. You can donate any amount you are able to- there is no minimum! My father would have given his very last cent if he saw the way Palestine was continuing to suffer after over 100 days with this limited aid, so I know celebrating him by helping others is the least he would have wanted.
I saw @parrot-parent do a very successful donation match and I thought it was such a good idea so I will also match all donations up to $500! If you feel comfortable sending me proof of the amount of your donation, I will match it as a donation at the end of February. (My messages are set to mutuals only, but if you donate and we aren’t mutuals if you send an ask with the proof I will make sure to answer it privately.)
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only thing i know for certain is that if "breaking bad" took place during modern times, jesse would've used his cash to buy a drone and there would've been a sick ass sequence filmed from drone perspective and one episode cold open would've been all scary and sinister and it would end with an ominous shot of the drone laying all crushed and fucked up on the floor to imply harm done to jesse. and it would be really sad
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You mean to tell me that Grian actually named his bow “his charm and good looks” canonically with his whole entire grick? You mean to tell me he ACTUALLY killed Scar and it showed up in chat as “Goodtimewithscar was killed by Grian using his charm and good looks” ??? Right in front of every other hermit on this good christian minecraft server??????? What in the homosexuality is going on I thought that was a fan edit,,,,,,
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My favorite Ygo Fandom phenomenon is people editing cards out of anime caps so it just looks like the duelist is flipping the bird
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