Never mind

3.27.06
3:27 PM
Nine Inch Nails just announced yesterday that they are planning on recording their 3/28 and 3/30 shows in HD for a possible DVD release. I wish he hadn’t. Now I’m going to be drooling with expectation for the next three years (or however long it takes those slow fuckers to compile two nights and three hours worth of footage). Sigh. IF they like the footage (since Reznor is an annoyingly perfectionistic artist) it could be years before we see a release date (which is as solid as taffy until you are holding it in your hands) and another few months before it is released.
The last live DVD (which was really excellent) took two years between the end of the tour and its release. As far as extra features, it wasn’t as laden with as much stuff as fans wanted (but that isn’t saying much), but it was decent. Three promotional spots, the live performance of “Starfuckers, Inc.” with Marilyn Manson at Mason Square Garden, a “hidden” live video for the song “Reptile” which, for some reason, wasn’t included (I guess it would be considered a deleted scene or something along those lines). There was also the option to lock the camera into place for the multimedia portion of the show (three thirty-foot LCD screens rotating down from the ceiling) and there was a commentary track by the creator of the video footage. The most interesting bonus feature was a combination music video and live video for “The Day The World Went Away”. This was the first single from the album this show was supporting (“The Fragile”) and there was originally going to be a full fledged music video for it, but it was cancelled by Reznor because he thought it was “stupid and shitty”. What they did for the DVD was use the existing footage they shot for the music video and edited it together and then, at the climax of the song, switched over to the live video. It was interesting to see and made all the fans weep for the original video that was never to be. Along with all the above stuff, there was also a photo gallery.
It was an excellent release and I hope that this new one just tops the hell out of it. They regularly play eight of the thirteen tracks on the new album (and three they occasionally play) and I would be happy with all but one, plus they’ve been playing four or five tracks they haven’t played since their tour in ‘94. Then there are the six or seven staples that sound new thanks to an all new band interpreting them. There are also six or seven miscellaneous songs that are from random eras that they rotate to make the show feel fresh for obsessed fans that see three or four shows in a row.
All in all they have enough new and reinterpreted material to make an excellent DVD but even if they half-ass it I’ll still buy the fucker. That is what it means to be dedicated, obsessed
(but only like a 4 on the Obsession Scale, not like a 7 or 8) and bored.
On a totally different subject: the Silent Hill movie. Man that looks good. Don’t fuck this up, Gans.