> excerpt from an AP article on the MTV Video Music Awards:
>
> One of the night's best jokes was silent: Napster founder Shawn Fanning
> appearing on stage in a Metallica T-shirt. The heavy metal band is leading
> the fight to stop Fanning's Internet song-sharing service.
>
> ``Nice shirt,'' MTV's Carson Daly said. Metallica's Lars Ulrich, sitting
in
> the audience, feigned sleep.
>
> AP-NY-09-08-00 0256EDT
>
> >> this was a "skit" like they do, i guess. one of the wayan brothers
> >> acting like some college kid downloading stuff on napster. suddenly,
> >> lars ulrich(?) from metallica walks in and the "kid" starts acting
> >> all star-struck: "metallica is so cool!", etc.
>
> > was it lars ulrich or someone imitating him?
>
> I can't imagine Lars having enough of a sense of humor about this
situation
> and issue to partake, but I could be wrong. Heck, if it were him, I'll be
> impressed.
>
Caught the repeat today ... damn, I think that really was Lars in that skit.
Also, the above AP story doesn't mention one of Fanning's remarks I thought
was amusing ... when Daly mentioned the shirt, Fanning said something to the
effect of 'a friend passed it on to me, I'm thinking of getting one of my
own'.
mark
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