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Immigrant Song

Posted on January 20, 2012 | Leave a comment

Okay, hyped or not, everybody cares about this movie.

I think the original film is better, but it doesn’t come with this incredible title sequence. And oh, OH, NO BIG DEAL, JUST TRENT REZNOR AND KAREN O FINALLY WORKED TOGETHER ON A SONG. It’s forgivable that it’s a Led Zeppelin song too (just go with it).

Blur did the effects for this sequence, led by creative director Tim Miller.

Here’s a sweet article and interview with Tim Miller on io9

The books seem like a waste of time, but the Swedish films are pretty damn entertaining. David Fincher’s films are always pretty, so those are worth a look.

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Tours De Force

Posted on September 7, 2010 | Leave a comment

AWESOME - Living Design on the Top Ten Concert Tour Designs of All Time.

One of  featured bands and a personal favorite?

Nine Inch Nails

:)

Congratulations TR!

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And Picking And Picking

Posted on March 24, 2010 | 1 Comment

How could I forget!

Bonus: Johnny Depp, pre-Jack Sparrow. And! His two-second bit on stages proves that Jack Sparrow is indeed just Johnny Depp with a silly hat. Tricorn, greasy, silly hat and a beaded dreadlock. And eyeliner.

Anyway!

Nine Inch Nails at the 1999 MTV Movie Awards,

debuting “The Fragile” and Trent’s new body haircut.

Blinking fluorescent beams on undulating jib arms.

Hot.

The boys aren’t bad either.

I remember watching this performance Back in the Day, breathless with anticipation and fangirl excitement and…

Wishing the song was harder and meaner and weirder, more akin to these:

and everyone’s favorite Romanek:

But, you know, The Fragile is like…fucking good, you guys. I sniffed at that MTV performance before I knew what was what.

Then that 2 disc album came out and changed my life, or something short of it.

Previously:

Nine Inch Nails Stage Design Part I

Nine Inch Nails Stage Design Part II

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Nine Inch Nails & Stage Design, Pt. 2

Posted on September 17, 2009 | 8 Comments
Performance 2007 Tour kind of came and went.
I guess they were saving the big guns for the most elaborate, ultimate NIN live experience/ stage design:
the Lights in the Sky tour in 2008
First off, I missed this tour…which is now becoming an Ultimate Regret. UGH. No matter. Pretty photos exist in this tour’s wake.
Interactive light screen. LED “cages”.
A LIVE CITY BACKGROUND
(photos by Rob Sheridan)
Moment Factory was responsible for the  Lights in the Sky 2008 Tour, and they created this INSANE INTERACTIVE LIGHT SHOW. Paraphrasing – the lights and screens were real-time responsive, and could be played like instrument(s).  Quoting: “Visuals are generated in real-time and are displayed on giant three-layered LED screens, making each presentation of the show unique.”  Peep the Making Of LITS Tour video here.
That’s Trent wiping the light screen with a flashlight as a transition – whaaaaaaaat!

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Nine Inch Nails & Stage Design, Pt. 1

Posted on September 17, 2009 | 4 Comments

Trent Reznor retired Nine Inch Nails as a touring, live performance entity. Damn it. That sucks.
To lay the beast to rest, TR and his latest line-up did the Wave Goodbye tour, to, you know, say goodbye to the fans.
I was able to attend the first Los Angeles show at the Hollywood Palladium, and the Echoplex show. (The latter was originally the Last NIN Show Ever, but TR got sick, postponed a few dates, and the Wiltern show on 9.10.2009 ended up being the Last Show Ever. It would’ve been pretty sexy to be one of the last to see NIN live, but alas, it wasn’t my
fate.)
AND SO IT ENDS. Forever. For a while? The end can make a girl so sentimental. Nine Inch Nails was one of the best live performances out there. By 2009, NIN perfected the blend of Fucking Awesome Loud Music, high production value, a long-list discography and a strong visual identity. Add to this mix, a dash of nightshade and Rob Sheridan‘s GENIUS (1999-current), and you have/had the best goddamn live rock show in present day.
Now that the prospect of NIN perform live is nullified for the future, it’s a great time to mull over the past NIN tours, pick out favorite moments and applaud all of those stage designers and geniuses.
Though TR put the band on the map with a beautifully violent stage persona, and an unforgettable romp in the mud at Lollapalooza 1991 (holy shit), the Nine Inch Nails live experience really began with the Fragility tour in 1999-2000. For the Fragility tour, Nine Inch Nails performed in front of a video screen triptych created by video artist Bill Viola.
Following an impressive, bright, seizure-enducing live light display, 3 LCD panels would lower behind the performers to display light and video media.

Bill Viola on the Triptych LCD screens:

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