Tag: Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor leaves Twitter, the public eye, and plans the end of Nine Inch Nails
Just a few minutes ago, Trent Reznor, founder and frontman for Nine Inch Nails (one of my favorite bands) has taken another step toward ending his public persona and moving toward a private life. He deleted his Twitter account.
Reznor posted a message on Twitter saying, “I believe I’ve done all I care to do here at this point.” Minutes later, his Twitter account (fomerly @trent_reznor), which had over 600,000 followers, vanished.
It was previously announced that with Reznor’s recent finding of a serious love interest, he planned on stopping work on Nine Inch Nails. Over the past few years, Reznor has set out in his own unique path with his band, releasing albums and high-definition concert footage for free online, and even giving free access to the group’s complete catalogue of albums through their iPhone app. It appeared to be in an effort to begin to change the way that music is released to the masses.
Now, all that may be coming to an end while Reznor seeks to remove himself from the public eye. The final Nine Inch Nails tour, appropriately called “Wave Goodbye,” has been announced:
Getting right to the point, we’re going to play a handful of shows in NYC, Chicago and LA starting August 22nd. They will be informal affairs in medium to small venues with longer set-lists, possible special guests, cool openers and other surprises. Upon reflection, the NIN/JA tour felt like we had to rush through sets due to a limited allotted set length and many shows were in daylight – it just didn’t feel right to end NIN that way. An offer to headline a festival (being announced soon) set the idea in motion to play some FUN shows to end this up with. If we can get it together we’ll film these shows, too.In NYC we’ll be playing Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall and Terminal 5. In Chicago, the Aragon Ballroom. In LA we’ll be at The Wiltern, The Henry Fonda, The Palladium and The Echoplex. These should be cool, unusual and unique shows and I hope you come out – this is it.So far, The Horrors will be joining us for some shows in NYC, Mew will be with us at other shows in NYC, Chicago and LA, and perhaps more.Details and ticket info will be announced shortly, so check back.Thanks,Trent
Tickets for these final tour dates go on sale today at 5 p.m. EST for registered nin.com members. Unfortunately, I won’t make any of these shows, so I’m glad I had the chance to see NIN in concert three times in my life.
Nine Inch Nails’ Twitter account is still active, for the moment.
To Trent: Thanks for all the great music and incredible shows. It’s been wonderful following your efforts from the past 20 years. Here’s hoping for a return some day.
TweetNine Inch Nails Response to iPhone App Update Rejection
Trent Reznor, creator of Nine Inch Nails (one of my favorite bands), has posted a rant on the nin.com forum in response to Apple’s confusing rejection of the latest version of the “nin: access” iPhone application to the iTunes App Store. The program simply allows Nine Inch Nails fans to stay connected with nin.com and other fans.
Here’s Apple’s rejection letter…
From forum.nin.com:
Thank you for submitting nin: access to the App Store. We’ve reviewed nin: access and determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone application to the App Store at this time because it contains objectionable content which is in violation of Section 3.3.12 from the iPhone SDK Agreement which states:
“Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials that in Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.”
The objectionable content referenced in this email is “The Downward Spiral”. Since the app is live on the App store, please make the necessary changes to the application as soon as possible, and resubmit your binary to iTunes Connect. Thank you
Regards,
iPhone Developer Program
Evidently the new version of the app linked to a podcast that featured a song from The Downward Spiral album that contained profanity or something otherwise “objectionable,” though Reznor isn’t quite sure since Apple’s letter is so vague. Ironically, you can purchase The Downward Spiral in the iTunes Music Store, profanity and all, so apparently it’s okay to buy the music, but not buy an app that lets you hear it.
Here is an excerpt from Trent Reznor’s response…
From forum.nin.com:
I’ll voice the same issue I had with Wal-Mart years ago, which is a matter of consistency and hypocrisy. Wal-Mart went on a rampage years ago insisting all music they carry be censored of all profanity and “clean” versions be made for them to carry. Bands (including Nirvana) tripped over themselves editing out words, changing album art, etc to meet Wal-Mart’s standards of decency – because Wal-Mart sells a lot of records. NIN refused, and you’ll notice a pretty empty NIN section at any Wal-Mart. My reasoning was this: I can understand if you want the moral posturing of not having any “indecent” material for sale – but you could literally turn around 180 degrees from where the NIN record would be and purchase the film “Scarface” completely uncensored, or buy a copy of Grand Theft Auto where you can be rewarded for beating up prostitutes. How does that make sense?
Reznor hilariously finishes the post with just a few more sentences that I can’t repost here and remain a (mainly) family-friendly blog. If you want to read it, click here… but don’t say I didn’t warn you if you read something “objectionable” by your own standards.
TweetWEDNESDAY WHINE: April Fool’s Day and the Web
This is not an April Fool’s joke. While I’m not entirely sure how a post containing me whining about something could be an April Fool’s joke, there’s a very real possibility that you might think it is given the fact that I am posting it on April 1. And therein lies the reason for my whine about…
April Fool’s Day and the Web
I think April Fool’s Day is great. Playing pranks on coworkers, friends, or family members can result in hurt feelings, embarrassment, yelling, hitting, throwing things… in other words, a whole lot of fun. Unfortunately, like anything else in real life, jokesters of the world have brought the notion of April Fool’s pranks online which often manifest themselves in fake press releases about companies releasing ludicrous products or untrue blog posts about movies that aren’t ever coming out. And they’re doing too good of a job at it.
With realtime social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter becoming somewhat mainstream, it is very easy for a simple fictitious blog post to spread across the Web as truth very quickly, resulting in a large number of retractions, corrections, and/or apologies.
I have relied lately on my Twitter stream to find if anything major or interesting is going on in the world. If something worth noting is happening, inevitably someone I follow on Twitter will write something about it. Unfortunately, on April Fool’s Day, I can’t trust anything that anyone writes. The other half of the problem is that if there is new (and real) information that I’d like to post on April 1, it is at first met with skepticism about its authenticity. In other words, productivity and efficiency are ruined on this day each year as the increasing level of lame online pranks force everyone to doubt what they read and see on the Internet.
Now, with all that said, there are always a few shining gems amongst the April Fool’s clutter. These are the gags that are obviously fake but genuinely funny. Here’s today’s best example (so far):
First, I received a tweet from Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails that said, “I’ve been busy. Brand new FULL LENGTH NIN record available now.” It linked to this site. Just the image of Reznor wearing those Kanye West-style glasses is enough to brighten my April Fool’s Day, but reading the description of the “record” makes it even more memorable:
To download NIN’s new full-length album Strobe Light, PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND, enter a valid email address in the fields below. A download link will be sent to you immediately. Your credit card will be charged $18.98 plus a $10 digital delivery convenience fee. Your files will arrive as windows media files playable on quite a few players with your name embedded all over them just in case you lose them. You will also receive an exclusive photo and a free email account with our partner Google’s Gmail service.
Combine that with a track list pairing Reznor with artists like Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, and Bono, and it’s obviously an April Fool’s joke, but still enjoyably funny.
So although I applaud Trent Reznor and the Nine Inch Nails gang for making me laugh, I would still rather have April Fool’s Day stay offline, reserving pranks for only those you can physically watch squirm before they realize what day of the year it is.
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