First of all, I would like to congratulate Chris for launching the version of Nocturne Phoenix. The selective coloring of the layout is very unique and nicely designed. Overall, a great accomplishment and another step to the development of Dream Infinity!
As for myself, I have been juggling four classes in my second year of law school, as well as running my Photoblog at the same time. Photography has really become a stress reliever for me along with music. Besides taking photos on a consistent basis, I have started playing the piano again for leisure. The stress of being in graduate school has undoubtedly given me more time to manage my life positively.
It seems to me that my days as a student will live forever. However, at the same time, due to this hectic economy, maybe it is better to be a student for now. I do value the opportunity that life has given me to become a prospective attorney in the near future. Hopefully, it will be rewarding. Good luck everyone else and I wish them the best in their future endeavors!
This is a non-biased review of the final Nine Inch Nails show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. (Really.. non-biased…)
I was fortunate enough to get tickets for the very final show for Nine Inch Nails. The big reason being that the final show was played in LA, and I in fact live in LA made last night possible for me. The show was located at the old Wiltern theater in LA, which holds about 2,200 people or so in capacity. The show tickets went on sale on 6/19/09, sold out in 4 minutes and last night proved to be the best 55.00 I have ever spent in my life. (more…)
Towards the beginning of my career in Nine Inch Nails, our biggest break came in the form of an invitation to perform a series of shows with Jane’s Addiction. These performances essentially created and defined the term “alternative” rock in the US, created an ongoing festival franchise that is still thriving (Lollapalooza), set the stage for Nirvana to shift popular taste a few months later, and were really fucking FUN to play and attend – truly the best times I’ve had. The shows were epic. So epic, they propelled NIN to the “next level” (whatever that means), but caused Jane’s to implode. The band broke up at the end of that tour.
Fast forward to the present. Corporate rock STILL sucks. A friend tells me they saw the original Jane’s lineup play a tiny show in LA that was unbelievable. I break out my Jane’s records and am amazed by how vital they sound. These guys were the real deal and in this current climate mostly dominated by poseurs and pussies it was refreshing to hear something that sounded dangerous, volatile, beautiful and SINCERE.
Emails were sent, phone calls were made, dinner was arranged, ideas were discussed and the next thing I know we’re in the studio experimenting. We laugh, we get to know each other, we cry, we yell, we almost quit, we record LOTS of guitar solos, we discuss, we actually begin to all communicate, we yell some more, we become FRIENDS, we laugh again and we do some great things. I get to see first hand why they broke up all those years ago but I also get the chance to see four distinct personalities that become an INCREDIBLE band when they’re in the same room.
In NIN world, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of our first releases. I’ve been thinking for some time now it’s time to make NIN disappear for a while. Last year’s “Lights in the Sky” tour was something I’m quite proud of and seems like the culmination of what I could pull off in terms of an elaborate production. It was also quite difficult to pull off technically and physically night after night and left us all a bit dazed. After some thought, we decided to book a last run of shows across the globe this year. The approach to these shows is quite different from last year – much more raw, spontaneous and less scripted. Fun for us and a different way for you to see us and wave goodbye. I reached out to Jane’s to see if they’d want to join us across the US and we all felt it could be a great thing. Will it work? Will it resonate in the marketplace? Who knows. Are there big record label marketing dollars to convince you to attend? Nope.
Does it feel right to us and does it seem like it will be fun for us and you? Yes it does.
Look for tour dates soon and I hope to see you out there.
Trent
What?!?!?!?! I hate when he goes subliminal on his messages. I don’t even know what the hell this means. I really hope that his “disappear for a while” is his message telling me that his new record won’t come out for another 5 years or something. I can deal with that. I’ve dealt with it before. But to think that NIN won’t go on during my life is just horrible. NIN has influenced me so much to the point that I believe a lot of the creative things I have done in the past won’t have surfaced without the existence of his music. Let’s think for a moment. Let’s back track. Let’s list the things that has been influenced in a core level with NIN:
Leaving hope movie: Wouldn’t have happened if this sound didn’t come out.
Deliverance 1 + 2: Wouldn’t have happened.
Alice: Nope
Infinite Synthesis //: Dawn: Won’t have surfaced
Execution 1 and 3: Wouldn’t have been ‘executed’.
etc.. etc..
To think that there won’t be any NIN music for me to do personal projects upon scares me. Like REALLY scares me. How will this change my creative charge? I listen to NIN all the time during my core production time of some of my personal work and I just don’t know what new thing will influence me. Ohhh… I am going to sleep. I’m a bit in disbelief.
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