Updated August 1st, 98 -
12:10pm
Plaid Scans
Like
I said last night this is an import scan of the new recently signed band
to Nothing Records called 'Plaid'.
The album is called "Not For Trees".
I have no idea when this is to be released in the states... Here is the
track listings...
01. abla eedio
02. kortisin
03. headspin
04. myopia
05. lat
06.
extork
07. prague radio
08. fer
09. ladyburst
10.
rakimou
11. ol
12. seph
13. lilith
14. forever
15.
getting
16. milh
I must say... some of these
track titles are pretty odd, but who am I to judge. Kraw is getting us a
good mp3 of one the tracks for a tomorrow update. I don't know which- he
has good taste so, he'll pick something nice for us to hear. This is new
to me too.
Thanks to: kraw for the scans, as always.
Closure LD Delayed Again
Closure
originally scheduled to come out in June on Laser Disc, then delayed to
August 4th; is now said to hit delays again for the third time. Details
below...
Hey. First off, I remember
reading that someone claimed that they could get this in a store. That's
a lie. While it's common for LD's to come out a few days before their
official release date, it's NEVER months in advance. Also, almost every
major chain store that carried LD at this time last year doesn't now
because they're trying to make room for DVD. I just thought I'd clear
that up.
Also, the disc has been delayed again. Due to my
regular source for news going on hiatus until Monday, I don't have a new
release date. I'll hopefully have a date for you then.
Finally,
it still hasn't been announced for DVD, so don't let anyone tell you
otherwise.
Well, that's pretty much it. You can purchase the
episode of "Millenium" with "Piggy" in it, it can be bought as part of a
30,000 yen (about $215) LD box set in Japan.
I
checked laserdisc.com and they
still have the August 4th release date written on their board... we'll
just have to wait and see...
Thanks to: droark.
MBM & Pi News
Check out some
more reviews of the new mbm album and some other tid-bits featureing the
new Pi movie...
There is a large
feature on meat beat manifesto here - an interview with jack
dangers (the man behind mbm), a bunch of articles, and a review of the
new album ("actual sounds and voices") and a couple previous albums. good
stuff.
for those people interested in seeing "pi" (the movie
scored by clint mansell of pop will eat itself fame), there are dates at
here at the official
website (unfortunately, this isnt a major studio release, so you can only
see it in the dates and cities on this list until it comes out on video).
also, there is a nice review of the movie itself (along with a mention of
clint) at here.
Thanks a lot to: mark.
NIN Tid-Bits
A weekly event on
The Tonight Show w/ David Letterman.
On last nights epidsode of the Late Show with David Letterman, Paul
Shaffer played the Hurt tune again as they went off too commercial and it
could still be heard as they came back from commercial. So, it looks
like Paul is a fan of Trent's work, it seems he plays that song at least
once a week now a days.
Thanks to: scott, sleeper.
Pumpkins Piano Player Records for New NIN
Disk
The source of this information comes from a Smashing
Pumpkins mailing list... apparently this individual
got a chance to talk
to some of the "hired help" on the ava adore tour.
The steps we were sitting on were next to the piano guy
(I can't recall his name).He was really nice.He told the five of us about
touring with David Bowie in the '70's or something, and he said he
recorded 15 tracks on the new NIN album. NIN is my fourth fav. band (The
SP is #1, of course), so all he would tell me is "it's really good,Trent
was great to work with, the rest of the band was really nice,and it might
possibly be a double album, released around December." He said working
with the Pumpkins has been his best job ever ( I could tell he was chummy
with Billy, because Billy would sit with him sometimes during breaks, and
play the piano with him). He also said he's old enough to be Billy's dad
(he's 52, and said Billy's dad is 51).
I'm not to
sure about the release of the nails album anymore...
I'm still working
on getting some answers over there at Interscope, so don't think I've
given up on this subject.
Thanks to: roger.
Dope Show Bootleg On Radio
I've
been getting emails from 2 states that an illegal bootleg, which is the
first single off the new Manson album is being broadcasted on air.
Detailes below....
hey. Coming home
from the Metallica concert last night in Dallas TX, around 11:55, a local
radio station 97.1 KEGL played Dope Show, the single off of the new
Manson album. They claimed it to be an "illegal
bootleg" and not to tell
anyone about it... oops.... They couldn't say the name of the band, all
they said was "it rhymes with Hanson". I can't remember hardly any of
the lyrics. All I remember is something about "pretty pretty blondes"
and pretty faces. It also mentioned California.
another story...
Hey, I was just
reading your page and I came across the news about Manson's new single
being released to radio stations mid-August. I just heard the song today
on the radio. The radio station is KROCK 92.3. Anyone in NY knows this
station. The song is really nice... Its got touches of synthesizer music,
though no more than there was on Antichrist Superstar. The lyrics are of
MM's usual content - something about us all being in this Dope Show
called life. Its a really nice song and makes you want to hear the rest
of the album.
Source :: XAnavriNX, tool01. Write to them for more
information, not me.
Esthero Clouser Mix
As many of
you know from May 28th news, Charlie Clouser remixes a yet to be released
track called "Orpheus Floating Mix" off a Candian band called "Esthero".
(You can view the single scans here) Which I did some research on this subject and I found oddly
the meaning behind the word.
"Orpheus" means :: In Greek mythology, the son, of a Muse, whose singing
to the lyre could charm beasts and even rocks and trees. When his wife
Eurydice died he was permitted to lead her back from Hades provided he
did not turn to look at her untill they had arrived in the upper world,
but he did look back and she was lost.
Orpheus Floating Mix - 288
Real Audio
DM Tribute Scans and MP3
Here on the right
are a few scans off the new
DM Tribute album that features Meat Beat
Manifesto
among many other bands such as Smashing Pumpkins,
The Cure,
Deftones, God Lives Unerwater, Rammstein, Gus Gus and Veruca Salt just to
name a few.
I bought my copy of the
Tribute album 2 days ago and I'm living in Asia which I picked it up at
my your local HMV. There are 16 tracks and the sleeve says its
copyrighted by 1500 Records, a PolyGram.
Meat Beat Manifesto's
"Everything Counts" - mp3 (Coming Soon)
The album
hits the states on August 4th.
Thanks a lot to: gina.
NIN In Rock Cafe
As much as many
should know.... You can find a smashed keyboard in the famous NY Hard
Rock Cafe
My brother recently went to
the Hard Rock Cafe in Ney York. There, he said, (among other musical
instruments played by and signed my performers) was a completely smashed
keyboard, signed my Trent. Obviously, who ever has seen the double-tape
NIN home videos knows that Trent himself must have smashed it. any really
dedicated hard core NIN fans should go check it out.
Thanks to: josh.
Piggy In MILLENIUM
When I first
became a fan of the "X Files" tv spin off "MILLENIUM" years back... I
knew I heard it but no one believed me, sadly again. I still have no
video proof...
I was watching a rerun
of MILLENIUM, and the scene showed the character who is the main
character, Frank Black, watching a video recording tape killer in a booth
watching a stripper, he was reciting the lyrics to french poetry.. He
played this tape, and suddenly "PIGGY" begain playing in the background.
He rewound the tape some, and the same phrase was said again. "Hey
pig.......yeah, you.......hey pig piggy, pig, pig, pig............all of
my fears came true....." Then the scene cut of into another. Also, near
the end, Frank finds a dis-membered head, that has the word "Trent"
written in blood on the skull...cool.
This was the
very first episode/ pilot of the tv show... I hope these shows come to
home video just like X-Files have done, well just the first one that is.
Also something interesting... just keep reading gets to it.
I saw that Fox replayed the first
Millenium episode tonight. I watched and
waited to hear Piggy, but they
changed the music. My guess is that it's a
rights issue. I work at a TV
station and I know we can use a piece only
once free of charge. After
that, it gets really expensive (we have to track
usage very carefully).
Thanks a lot to: warped87, EVoL, cmorren and kelisu.
South Park Game
The Perfect Drug
featured as midi can be heard in a online South Park game....
I downloaded this cheezy little
computer game called "South Park: Avenging Kenny's Death," where you play
as the characters of the TV show fighting five-assed monkeys and mental
hospital employees. It's not exactly a top-of-the-line game, but it was
kind of entertaining. Anyway, on the fourth level, a midi of The Perfect
Drug plays as you guide a poop-throwing Kyle through the mental hospital.
It's not really news and it's no big deal, but it was a funny surprise
and the music fit really well with the level.
The game can be
downloaded via Gamecenter here.
Thanks to: xott.
Wink Tour
Wink tours this
Fall...
Wink is to tour this Fall for
the album "HereHear". Also I'd like to add. That Trent wrote the lyrics
to Black Bomb, for those who didn't know- I learned today. (oops) You can
read it on the "center" liner notes of the cover.
Thanks to: crystal.
Actual Sounds and Voices Review
The new and upcoming Meat Beat Manifesto release scheduled for an August
25 release is getting good reviews, this from August issue of Pulse, page
47....
Melody, harmony and rhythm
might be adequate building blocks for most maestros, but Jack Dangers
prefers the art of noise approach to his craft; i.e., music as organized
sound. On the sixth Meat Beat
Manifesto full-length, Dangers submerges
his muse deeper into the sonic Sargasso he began charting with l992's
Satyricon and plumbed further on l996's Subliminal Sandwich. In lieu of
the raps that characterized
Meat Beat's '80s industrial outings, these
tracks shepherd spectral vocal snippets (including a rambling burnout's
monologue on "Acid Again") through shifting, dubbed-out beat collages.
Seductively disorienting, Actual Sounds and Voices is one powerful
hallucinogenic you can smuggle safely across any border. 4 stars.
Thanks again to: crystal.
Plaid Talk
A preview of a review
featuring a new recently signed Nothing Records band called "Plaid". This
from the latest August, Pulse magazine, page 35.
"People in electronic music are more interested in the
sounds than the melodic aspect," says Andy Turner of U.K. duo PLAID.
With Ed Handley, PLAID (previously part of seminal techno trio Black Dog)
has worked with Bjork, Funki Porcini and Nicolette, but it is the duo's
U.S. debut, NOT FOR THREES (NOTHING/INTERSCOPE), which establishes it as
electronica's premier sound colorist.
"{Electronica} is more
about the variety of sounds, rather than the restricted sounds of a
guitar or drum kit," Turner says. "It's about the sonic quality of the
music, as opposed to purely melodic forms. The scope of a sampler is
wider, as opposed to a conventional instrument--although a guitar player
can get what
they want through effects. But with a sampler, anything you
can hear, you can use. The field is wide open."
Thanks to: crystal once more.
Jeopardy Question
I happen to
catch this and tape it, I'll feature this online when I get my video
card.
i was watching celebrity
jeopardy the other day (july 30), and one of the answers alluded to a
florida rock band using the first name of a blonde movie star and the
last name of a serial killer. oliver stone (one of the
contestants)
tried to answer with the question "what is the manson family?"...
obviously, he was wrong, and no one else ringed in to answer, leaving
alex trebek to announce the name as "MARILYN manson." just thought it
was interesting.
Thanks to: mike.
12 Rounds Review
A very good
review from Mtv of the new band featured on Nothing Records, 12 Rounds...
Sometimes, good things come in
surprising packages. On first glance, the art/goth cover art and the
Nothing (read: Trent Reznor's) label imprint automatically lead one to
believe that 12 Rounds' US debut is going to
be an overwrought and
melancholy machine-fest. And, with that in mind, the first few listens
bear that out: this digitally-fixated group does certainly venture into
the dark night of the soul, angry, hurt and with bleeding hearts bared.
Yet, they do so armed not only with an eye towards sonic
perfection, but also with the knowledge that there is a fine line between
emotion and pretense. Primarily a duo (vocalist Claudia Sarne and
programmer/auteur
Atticus Ross), 12 Rounds is augmented on all tracks by
guitarist Mark DeLane Lea, as well as several other
co-conspirators,
including Bomb The Bass maestro Tim Simenon. This flexible lineup lends
My Big Hero a vast sonic pallete, one that would have not been achieved
had the duo simply holed up Curve-style in the studio. Thus, the record
is not some sort of one-note-Johnny emotional barrage, but instead a
tightly controlled adventure.
12 Rounds shines most brightly
when they throw it all together and then throw it in your face, like on
the full-tilt "Bovine" (a hate/dance/love song that will break your heart
as it splits your skull), the hauntingly mellow textures of the
trip-hoppy title track or the funky, Morricone-flecked "Where Fools Go"
(perhaps the only song this writer has ever heard that has sampled Nick
Cave well). It's on these numbers that 12 Rounds' obvious dedication to
sound is at its most apparent, and, as a result, they're complex, unique
and ultimately the most rewarding, setting the standard for the rest of
the album. And, though the remaining seven tracks (God, how long has it
been since you've bought an album with only 10 songs?) are certainly
within the same parameters, they fall just slightly short of the former's
high mark.
That said, 12 Rounds may not be for everyone.
There's little here in the way of expressive ingenuity: most of the
record is painted in black and white, with an emphasis on black. And
though Tim Simenon is on board, much of the programming, though quite
capable, falls a little short on the inventive scale. Nonetheless, it's a
perfect soundtrack for rainy days, nervous breakdowns or aggro dance
night.
Thanks again to: xott.
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A source of mine got an import copy of the FULL upcoming PLAID
album.
I'm getting scans and one mp3, if things come to worse- I'll just
post a clip
of the mp3. I'll have it on my next update or when I wake up,
when ever the 2. I'm really tired.
I'm also working on getting
"Dope Show" online for you all in mp3 format.
I have some radio stations
checking it out for me.
I'm still waiting on getting the mp3 to
the MBM track off the DM Tribute album.
I should have it by this
afternoon... or on tomorrow's update.
I'm leaving tomorrow
with a few of my friends to head down to the beach for a week, North
Carolina. I will be updating
everyday still- I'm bring my G3 mac lab top
along the ride. But my updates may be a little sparse. So I
couldn't tell
ya when I'll be updating... letting you all know. |
Here it is everyone, the internet
premier of Trent Reznor Vs. Puff Daddy.
I have the fight in 3 Real Video
formats at the time being....
the ISDN format is in HIGHEST quality...
(15 megs) There is a slight
glitch in the audio though. The audio,
sadly, has a one and a half
second delay in speech, (not sure why) but
doesn't matter all to much... crystal clear
picture and audio should do
for those who haven't seen the fight yet.
We just got in the new cd single
by RAMMSTEIN imported from germany. It has 2 mixes by Charlie Clouser
who does a lot of mixes for Nine Inch Nails. Of course his mixes steal
the show on the 5 track, one video import. Here is the track
listing:
