Playing the role of Shawn Fanning, minus the curls, the real estate retraction appears to be stealing theoretical dollars from the pockets of a member of Metallica. According to The Wall Street Journal guitarist Kirk Hammett has cut the asking price of his Pacific Heights mansion to a mere $10.5 million from the $12.5 million he'd been seeking since 2005.

The real tragedy? No little Wall Street Journal-style drawing of Hammett's head (a.k.a. a "hedcut") is anywhere to be found! Dammit! We love those things . . .

See a full floor plans of both stories at Sotheby's Realtor Mark Allen Levinson's site