Earlier this year, the brilliant journalist Matt Taibbi wrote an article for Rolling Stone called “Inside the Great American Bubble Machine.” It was all about how Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs has been the driving force behind every major stock market bubble since the Great Depression, including the one that led to the market collapse from which our economy is still trying to recover. The opening paragraph of that story has stuck in my head ever since:
The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it’s everywhere. The world’s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.
Regardless of what you think about Taibbi’s thesis, you gotta admit that’s a pretty great opening blast. As journalistic lead paragraphs go, it’s definitely metal. In fact, there are some great potential band names in there, don’t you think? Vampire Squid, The Face of Humanity, Relentless Jamming, Blood Funnel, Smells Like Money.
Oops. Looks like two of those names (IMO the best ones) are already taken! There actually appear to be bands already out there called Vampire Squid and Blood Funnel. And they claim to be metal bands. Don’t know if they’re worth a shit, but they’ve got good names.
Fortunately, based on a quick Google search, the other Taibbi names still seem to be available.