tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800078245349617177.post3535391201671566610..comments2023-10-06T12:27:45.503-04:00Comments on Wired for Music: Nine Inch Nails & Jane's Addiction: My (16 Year Old) Dream ConcertJordan Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543023153036259492noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800078245349617177.post-89220883778770379692009-06-23T04:38:04.523-04:002009-06-23T04:38:04.523-04:00The most brilliant and creative bands of my genera...The most brilliant and creative bands of my generation. Cheers to NIN!Kurt Fieldshttp://www.opendiary.com/entryview.asp?authorcode=D790383&entry=10032&modenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800078245349617177.post-23238036433045386602009-06-11T08:11:12.892-04:002009-06-11T08:11:12.892-04:00This reminds me that every time I record an out-of...This reminds me that every time I record an out-of-office message on my work voicemail, I am tempted to say, "...if you leave a message, I'll call you back. LEAVE IT BY THE BED!" <br /><br />Somewhere along the way, my Ritual cd got scratched on "Then She Did" (a song that I love, because I'm like that) and it upset me to no end. So I was excited to find it on vinyl at a stoop sale down the block from me a few years back. Except that when I got home and threw on side B to hear "then she did" after so many years...well, the record was scratched there too.<br /><br />As for reunions...you know I'm waiting with bated breath: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/26/faith-no-more-confirm-reunion-reveal-lineupNewmanium Revelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09141960528314266563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800078245349617177.post-61754475255371573452009-06-10T21:41:05.057-04:002009-06-10T21:41:05.057-04:00thanks for the shout out. i was a total jane'...thanks for the shout out. i was a total jane's addiction evangelist back in the day, as i've been at various other times with bands like smashing pumpkins (everyone i knew had to love gish or i couldn't rest), eels (daisies of the galaxy was a constant presence), dexys (if you know me, you've been forced to listen to "until i believe in my soul"), etc. that's what i do . . .<br /><br />i had read an article in one of the many, many music magazines i read back in high school about "the next big thing" - a band from l.a. just signed to warner bros. i had no idea what they sounded like but i was curious. one night in in early fall 1988, i believe, i bought the cassette of "nothing's shocking" at a record store in lakeforest mall. i remember asking the record store guy what they sounded like. he said "i think they're a metal band."<br /><br />late that night i listened to the album. i was reading a book, but by the time "ted, just admit it" got going i was just sitting on my bed listening to the album. very aware that i was hearing something special. <br /><br />not too long after that jack and gina bought me a cd player and i wasted all sorts of money replacing my tapes. i must have shoved the cd down your throat around then. sorry - you were 11, 12 years old, whatever - you weren't coming to the (old) 9:30 Club with me and karen to see them . . . twice. if it's any consolation, i had to buy her ticket and pay gas money to get her to take me to the shows. do you remember all of those necklaces i used to wear back in the day? i found that ankh on the floor of the 9:30 Club at one of those shows. at one of the two, perry took a cigarette from a girl. mocked her, saying "i'm so cool, i smoke." then ground out the cigarette in his dreadlocks. a great time was had by all.<br /><br />i still think there are only three great songs on ritual - "three days," "stop" and "classic girl." but those three are pretty damn great and better than most can pull off. "nothing's shocking" and the live album (purchased on vinyl at records yesterday and today) are still close to my heart, however.<br /><br />i'm glad you finally got to see them and it lived up to the expectations. i would have been there if not for the tv on the radio show. which really was excellent . . .99https://www.blogger.com/profile/17027455379645895902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800078245349617177.post-32854843163149168712009-06-10T13:19:27.029-04:002009-06-10T13:19:27.029-04:00they played "been caught stealing" for t...they played "been caught stealing" for the people in the crowd like me who know them for nothing else. not to say that they should, but just that every artist has some signature song that an uninitiated listener will at least mostly recognize. ("born to run," "closer to fine," "it's the end of the world as we know it," etc.) it's probably contractual or something. that your audience wasn't all that into it probably speaks to the narrower appeal of Jane's Addiction. i hate seeing artists perform and watching the crowd liking the show, but then erupting when they get to the signature song. not that the song isn't good,just that it annoys me. (grump.) <br /><br />glad to read the review. we saw NIN last fall, the day after the election. (first time for both of us.) Reznor told the audience that now that his candidate had won, he wasn't sure he'd have as much anger to write from. the last 8 years, i suppose gave him a lot of material. we're going to see NIN/JA this weekend. i'm so-so on NIN (growing on me) and know nothing of Jane's Addiction but i'm open. i'm just looking forward to a good night out. sounds like i'll have one.Molly Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603687188519209897noreply@blogger.com