A Little Cup of Cyanide

Nine Inch Nails has a new CD coming out. I’m not really sure how far behind I am with it. I like NIN and everything, but I wasn’t all excited about a new CD, ever since With Teeth. I was so excited about that CD after the singles, but when it actually came out, it wasn’t nearly as good as I was expecting. Now there’s a new one, Year Zero, and I’m torn between being excited about it and not wanting to get my hopes up. There are some leaks that sound pretty promising, though. I might get more excited about it as it gets closer to coming out.

Also, I’m a huge fan of Shy Boys Win. I check it just about every day. Jade Puget’s blog, if you have no idea what I’m talking about. His latest post says “Does NIN's online mystery seem familiar?” Well, like I said, I haven’t been keeping too close of tabs on NIN. So, I was curious and had to find out what was going on. A really quick Google search, and I found this. It’s a little bit funny. Not in a hahaha, sort of way, but more of a ha. Ha. Ha. Sort of way. I think this is one of those things that are only interesting the first time around. Now that it's already been done, it's just annoying when people try to copy it. I'm sure anyone who's not an AFI fan will find it absolutely fascinating. But, yeah... I’ve seen it. It was really cool when AFI started doing it years ago. It makes you feel like you’re part of the whole process or something, you know. Plus it gave me something to focus on while AFI took their merry good time with the CD. But Find an original gimmick, yeah? This one's been taken. I get it, though. I mean, AFI’s puzzle thingy was huge. MTV picked up on it. And sadly, the popularity of anything can pretty much be gauged by whether MTV picks up on it these days. So if somebody finds a way to get people interacting with the CD and get them interested, of course people are going to copy it.

Still, if he must try to copy it, can't he do it right? At least try to make it interesting. AFI made all the freaky videos and weird little interactive elements, like the buttons and the comic shop thing. They made it interesting. NIN just put out a bunch of sites about some fictional drug. Poorly done sites, might I add. Somebody commented on the NIN forum, “Trent is a brilliant, brilliant man for not only making an album, but creating a whole world to go with the concept.” Grrr. Just… Grrr.

Music:
NIN - In This Twilight.mp3
NIN - Me, I'm Not.mp3
NIN - My Violent Heart.mp3
NIN - The Beginning of the End.mp3
NIN-Survivalism.mp3