OK, so first of all, in the wake of my mom joining Facebook, she's gotten really into it. And as a result, I told her I should set her up with a blog - so now I've got a couple of pending blog posts in my inbox, and that means soon I have to make good. Nothing like incurring another project!
It's all good, but: I told my mom she should blog, which is like the most hypocritical possible statement possible considering the state of my own blog. Gah. Well, I've been Twittering appropriately, which is fine, and soon I should use their API to wire all that up here so it doesn't look like I immediately abandon every personal project I undertake.
So, the point of the post. I was re-arranging my living room to facilitate the opening of the side door for seasonal purposes, came across the NIN Beside You In Time HD-DVD (hey, anyone remember that format that existed for a year or two?), and I got to thinking about Trent and the whole NIN thing.
Yeah, holy shit. Rewind the clock to 1999 - 10 years ago. I was 17, I was a huge NIN fan, The Fragile came out, I saw the most incredible show of my life(floor tix at MSG, then-unreleased A Perfect Circle opening, Manson guest appearance during Starfuckers, Beautiful People cover... gah, amazing).
Now it's 10 years later,and following the epic six-year NIN hiatus and Trent clean-ifying himself, we've gotten the following:
- Amazing tours. Simply amazing tours. I've seen NIN perform at least seven? times since the return in '05.
- With Teeth
- Year Zero
- Ghosts
- The Slip
- Redefining the music industry and fan interaction:
- all sorts of other stuff I can't even remember because it breaks my awesome-meter
I mean there are so many defining moments of my life in even that short period - I can literally draw a line in my experience between pre-hiatus NIN and post-hiatus NIN, and it's been a hell of a ride - a good ride.
I guess I'm getting all sentimental because Trent's announced in advance the same sort of hiatus. Maybe even a longer, or - gasp - permanent one. This is the last tour. Jane's Addiction is on it - incredibly. Street Sweeper Social Club, a very RATM-sounding collaboration featuring Tom Morrello is on it. How in the hell can I miss this?
Fingers crossed, I won't. I can't. Can barely afford it - sacrificing a DMB show for it, hopefully work will be forgiving enough to grant the gift of time... I mean, what if it's the last NIN show I ever see?
As amazing as the House of Blues club show was last fall, I still regret not seeing the supposed amazingness of the Lights in the Sky tour - the club show was true fan show, but it didn't have the grandeur and I hate that I missed that. There's something to be said about feeling like your favorite band is playing in your living room - but god that stage show was supposed to be amazing. I haven't even seen anything from the hundreds of gigabytes of video because it's such a sore spot.
So imagine what life would be like if I missed seeing Trent's last tour for god knows how long. I'd never forgive myself. Lord, let's pray I can get to that Holmdel show.