{"id":138728,"date":"2026-08-03T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=138728"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T16:54:35","slug":"happy-birthday-james-hetfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=138728","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;There is one Metallica. We have many styles, it&#8217;s called Metallica.&#8221; &#8212; James Hetfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/95583b8dad43a722c78fa3452d2bcbab6a10ff9e_hq.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/95583b8dad43a722c78fa3452d2bcbab6a10ff9e_hq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"827\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-138729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/95583b8dad43a722c78fa3452d2bcbab6a10ff9e_hq.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/95583b8dad43a722c78fa3452d2bcbab6a10ff9e_hq-60x100.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/95583b8dad43a722c78fa3452d2bcbab6a10ff9e_hq-121x200.jpg 121w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/95583b8dad43a722c78fa3452d2bcbab6a10ff9e_hq-242x400.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s his birthday today. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/metallica-through-the-never-2013\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s my review of <i>Through the Never<\/i><\/a>, the 3-D concert film &#8211; plus concept film &#8211; starring Metallica. I&#8217;m really proud of that review. <\/p>\n<p>This clips haunts me. It looks like the world is ending, or a new world is being born with great chaos and violence. Something being unleashed into the world. The bottle smashed. <\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1QP-SIW6iKY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><p>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<small><em>Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined to support my work, here&#8217;s a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.venmo.com\/u\/Sheila-OMalley-3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">my Venmo account<\/a>. And I&#8217;ve launched a Substack, <a href=\"https:\/\/sheilaomalley.substack.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sheila Variations 2.0<\/a>, if you&#8217;d like to subscribe.<\/em> <\/small><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sheilaomalley.substack.com\/embed\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" style=\"border:1px solid #EEE; background:white;\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s his birthday today. Here&#8217;s my review of Through the Never, the 3-D concert film &#8211; plus concept film &#8211; starring Metallica. I&#8217;m really proud of that review. This clips haunts me. It looks like the world is ending, or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=138728\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,39],"tags":[43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138728"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193237,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138728\/revisions\/193237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}