Thanks Stephen.

"NINE INCH NAILS will have both a live album and its accompanying DVD released early next year. REZNOR's Revolting Cocks sytled side project, TAPEWORM, may see the light of day in 200l, particularly if Congress passes legislation expanding the length of a day to 40 hours."

Thanks Crystal for sending this in!

I've received many emails / messages regarding how the online chat works from my end - so here's the deal. When the chat occurs, I get a phone call from someone who asks me questions that THEY have chosen from a list that only they see. I am not even at a computer, I have to speak slowly so they can type it in, and they tend to paraphrase my answers (which often results in nonsense, or a lack of the intended irony!) There was no intention of avoiding DVD questions, none were asked that made it through to me. So...

The DVD project has been moved to a 1st quarter 2001 release. Rob Sheriden is directing and editing and we've put the entire thing together ourselves in-house - and we needed some time away from it to regain objectivity. It will also be available on VHS and as an audio CD with different configurations!

As far as any other news, we are working full time in the studio reinventing ourselves and preparing for some degree of touring the first part of 2001. Meanwhile, get your ass out to see Manson on tour - it's a great show!

Trent

Most tracks get a frisky propulsion lacking in the originals. The upbeat tweak will no doubt thrill fans of Reznor's harsher compositions, though the happy-feet rhythms tend to rob some formerly ambient pieces of their bleak beauty.

"The video was black and white. I have seen rushes of it. It featured a funeral, Trent at the funeral (in the style of 'November Rain'). I also saw footage of a black haired beautiful girl. She really did stand out, the other people had 'common' 'nonspecific' faces. It was Trent attending a funeral and seeing this girl. Then he follows her. That's about all I can remember. Trent thought it was too personal, because of the connection of the song with his grandmother. So that's why we never got to see it."

"i directed a video for the track djcauphin mentions last summer. i enjoyed the experience, trent was a good bloke, i thought the video was/could have been great (i suppose i would), but they didn't seem to be into it, so they didn't use it. it happens, sometimes (often, with music videos). it was never finished, although i wanted to get it done. "

Accessible via the recently launched nothingrecords.com website, radionothing.com and Live365.com, radio nothing broadcasts using Live365.comıs streaming platform for Internet radio broadcasting. radio nothing features Live365.comıs first branded player for a record label. "nothing records and Trent Reznor are providing an unparalleled musical experience to their fans and our listeners," said John Jeffrey, Executive Vice President at Live365. "radio nothing has raised the bar for what radio and Internet content creators can achieve. We are thrilled that nothing recordsı radio nothing is using Live365ıs broadcasting tools to share the music of these diverse and brilliant artists. You will not find this on commercial radio."

Check out the entire press release in our Press Release Archive.

I love my brother and my sister. I will be playing with my brother this weekend with the drummer for NIN, Jerome. My brother's, Luciano, band is called Big Milk

This is not the first time Dillon has worked with Luciano Lenchantin. Bombshell, formed by Jerome Dillon and Zoe Poledouris took live form with the assistance of Lenchantin on guitar, Andy Harrison on guitar, and Mel Dillon on bass. You can find the track 'Chow' - by the Dillon and Poledouris duo - on the soundtrack to John Waters' film Cecil B. Demented, and Bombshell also made available a CD entitled "Swan Dive".

Anyhow, it should be a fun show, check it out if you're in the area. Thanks, Rose for the email!

Also on the international release front, Provotroll picked up a copy of Things Falling Apart earlier this week, however in contrast to the EP-level price range found in the US, his copy was 32.99 DM, roughly $16 USD. This actually is about the same swollen price TFA was selling at a Towson, MD area Borders Bookstore, according to fellow Hotliner Pablo, however, it should be made clear that halo sixteen should be priced similar to Further Down the Spiral and Fixed, which retail anywhere from $5.00-$9.00. Australia still has six days to wait for the proper release of TFA... production error caused an unforseen delay in the release.

Towards the end of "Starfuckers, Inc.", Trent borrows lyrics penned in the 70s by what artist?

Mike just bought the latest Marilyn Manson release, Holy Wood, in Australia. When he bought the CD he was given an ad for the Disposable Teens single, and this ad for Things Falling Apart.

VH1 has been running a few "best of" specials lately and Nine Inch Nails was mentioned in two of them. Kane hosted a show for the 'Top 40 Heavy Metal Videos of All Time' the other day, and the Nine Inch Nails hit Closer made the list at number 6. Also VH1 ran a "Top 100 Hard Rock Artists of all Time" special, and Nine Inch Nails came in at number 43.

Thanks to Mike, BobBarker5000, Gienah, Dan and James

-a copy of the album signed by Trent Reznor
-the TFA double vinyl
-a Things Falling Apart t-shirt
-TFA postcards, flats, & posters

Grand Prize:
1 Things Falling Apart CD
1 Things Falling Apart limited edition vinyl
1 Things Falling Apart shirt

Secondary Prize:
1 Things Falling Apart CD
1 Things Falling Apart shirt

Runner-up Prize:
1 Things Falling Apart shirt

November 21st also marks the release of Things Falling Apart. Things Falling Apart is the remix album from The Fragile, offering many remixes of the best tracks off of the album, including a few new tracks. Thanks to Yves from TheFragile.com for the heads up.

The album is set to be relased on Tuesday November 21st. It contains a few new tracks along with many remixes of tracks off the Fragile. Make sure to take a look at nin.com for exclusive remixes of La Mer and No, You Dont.

Check out the Exclusive Review.

Nine Inch Nails - Win It Before You Can Buy It / Lithograph Promotion - we'll be giving away copies of the new Nine Inch Nails remix album, Things Fall Apart, all month long. 24 winners will have the chance to win the record before it's in stores and have it shipped to their doorstep on the official release date. At the end of the month, one lucky winner will get the new CD along with a signed, numbered, limited edition lithograph featuring artwork from the new album. In addition, everybody gets some cool NIN and Soundbreak swag. Contest runs 11/1-11/30, see Soundbreak.com for details and official rules.

Starfuckers, Inc. (Version - Dave Ogilvie)
Slipping Away
The Wretched (Version)

Just a reminder: Today is election day in the US. Don't forget to go out and vote today.

NIN's next album will be unplugged: "I don't want to say 'unplugged' 'cause that's kind of jive. I thought we could do a record where it's half old, half newer material and it's kind of stripped down and deconstructed."

Reznor is putting unreleased tracks from The Fragile on Napster: "I hate to take the unpopular view of 'dinosaur-rock-musician-won't-make-millions-ripping-off-snotty-nosed-computer-kids,' but the bottom line is that Napster is piracy. If the songs don't end up on a CD, I'll let them go in some fashion."

Reznor is auditioning female vocalists for a brand new band, for which he will write the music: "True. As soon as I finish this live DVD [due late November], which is siphoning the fucking life energy out of me."

Reznor will compose the score for the highly anticipated Doom3 videogame: "When I did Quake, Twiggy [Ramirez of Marilyn Manson] and I tried to figure out what it would sound like to get stabbed, like torturing my dog to make it howl and shit like that. It was funny but an incredible amount of work. I'd like to do it -- I'm a huge videogame fan."

A mysterious package arrived recently with Greg Rule's name on it. Fearing it might be a letter bomb from a disgruntled product manufacturer, he made the 411 editor open it. Imagine our delight and surprise when we found a little MIDI controller personally destroyed by Trent Reznor on Nine Inch Nails' recent Fragility tour. Autographed by each member of the band, this curio now resides in Greg's workspace here at Keyboard

Near the beginning of his set, Marilyn said, (directed at the fans in the pit), "You motherfuckers would be lucky if you were sitting up there in the balcony, because there's a man named Trent Reznor up there!" At this remark most of the crowd cheered, some of them flicked Trent off (maybe a sign of respect rather than otherwise). Trent smiled and laughed, and Marilyn went into his next song.

"Antichrist Superstar" was crafted in Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor's Magazine Street studio, a former funeral parlor outfitted with a door from the house where Charles Manson's followers murdered actress Sharon Tate. Much of "Holy Wood" was recorded in Harry Houdini's allegedly haunted Hollywood Hills mansion. Both places offer more mystique than conventional recording studios. Manson feeds off such mystique while recording. "Sometimes it's positive and deliberate, other times it ends up being an inspiration that you didn't know until you're finished," he said. "When making 'Antichrist Superstar,' the album was about destroying yourself to become something else. It may not have been conscious how destructive the environment was in New Orleans, 'cause there were a lot of outside forces sucking you in every direction. The environment in the studio itself, between my wanting to change what I was and Trent's depression and his self-destructiveness all bleeding together, really comes out on the record. But it wasn't necessarily apparent when we were doing it; you only can see it in hindsight." Manson also tried a bit of method acting while recording "Holy Wood." "I wanted to capture the isolation and disenfranchised feeling of being out in the middle of nowhere in Death Valley, so there were field trips made into the desert," he said. "The Houdini house was very secluded and, I wouldn't say haunted, but it had an eerie vibe to it. Nothing that made me frightened, but it was something that stimulated creativity, I guess. There was a great sense of loneliness and a sense of one person against the world on this album; that was only achieved by isolating myself from the world. (Houdini) was an escape artist, and this record was my escape from the media and from the world." Bad memories of New Orleans Manson would consider working in New Orleans again, despite the emotional baggage that now comes with the town. "I never minded New Orleans, but there were a lot of bad memories attached to working in (Reznor's) studio, stuff that you wouldn't want to go back and try and relive. But to go back to New Orleans is always cool. I have friends there, and it has a similar magic to it that Hollywood does, because it has a lot of history. It's an old city, and it has a lot of magic and voodoo and things to it. I always like that." Last year, Manson and his mentor Reznor had a much-publicized falling-out, followed by a reconciliation this summer. "We settled our problems from the past. Where the future stands is uncertain," Manson said. "I don't think we ever would work together again, because we did everything that we could do. It's hard to go back and work with someone again, particularly with two artists that both have very strong opinions, sometimes different opinions."

Q: Explain how you work with musicians to create album art. Of course, this likely varies greatly between projects. But in general, what direction do you seek from an artist? And what is the ideal scenario for you in this regard?

A: Naturally, this process is dependent on the individual artists, their personalities, the album in question and the ideas that each artist may bring to bear. My initial response is to the music and sound. I try to get inside the essence of the work and lock onto its prevailing mood suggestions. As with my "personal" images, paintings and assemblages, I endeavour to seep personal ideas into applied works such as album covers.

The works for Nine Inch Nails on The Downward Spiral are a good example of the ideal, successful process being realized with relatively no pain. The tone of the music suggested ideas of catharsis, being into dissolution into being, both on a personal and sociological level. The lyrics, whilst tending towards that adolescent confessional rant, also referred to images of personal decay, descent and futility and yet had some spark of hope. Conversations and a meeting with Trent Reznor about the approach to the art revealed that my instincts were correct. Following these discussion, all I needed were a few key words to meditate on and to build on: attrition, decay, uncertainty, lost dreams, broken promises and temptations. The images I produced attempted to strip these subjects down to enigmatic but conceptually certain grounds, simplified metaphors.

The organic prevailing over or feeding into the industrial is a common theme in my work generally and in this instance was particularly apt for the art required. Bandaging soaked in wax, paint and blood, became as a ground for sheets of man-made metal which has become paradoxically more beautiful in decay as the elements of water and air had played upon it producing the intricate colourings of rust. Added to this were insects, moths and the remnants of webs; all intricately beautiful and marvellous, even in death. These are gestural elements which invite multiple readings. All of the other complementary images produced for this album and the accompanying singles followed these ideas throughout.