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Getting back into Manssssson. I miss his stuff. Antichrist Superstar STILL remains one of my favorite cds by him, period. It's very deep and it develops off a really interesting concept (incidently, it's the first concept cd I'd ever listened to). Gooood stuff. Alot of fans are torn over this and Mechanical Animals, which is another fantastic concept cd.

Those who like his more immediate material enjoy MA, I think, while people who like the darker side of Manson like ACSS. Seriously, it's a very dark, industrial rock album. It's yummy.

 Also, owie.. My wisdom tooth on the left bottom is acting up :(. I need to keep food out of my gums. It just gets infected.

Another NIN post

Hm, I'm really into them right now.. NO DON'T MAKE ME STOP WRITING. Hehe. I collected all what I have- here it is (along with my views on the releases)

Down In It- Halo One

1. Down In (skin) 2. Down In It (shred) 3. Down In It (singe)

Eh. It's just a cd single, and all the songs sound the same more or less. (shred) and (singe) deviate from the original mix (skin), but it's not that much. Besides, I heard that (shred) and (singe) are included on the Head Like A Hole- Halo Three release.. Hm. Can you say "waste of money"?

Pretty Hate Machine- Halo Two

1. Head Like A Hole 2. Terrible Lie 3. Down In It 4. Sanctified 5. Something I Can Never Have 6. Kinda I Want To 7. Sin 8. That's What I Get 9. The Only Time 10. Ring Finger

First NIN album. I love this cd. It gives industrial a sense of emotion, of pain, and I've heard most industrial takes that away. I really like all the songs on this album, even the weird as hell Kinda I Want To. It came out in 1989, so those who liked the later cds might not like this. I'm hoping for a 20th Anniversary Reissue in 2009.

Sin- Halo Four

1. Sin Long 2. Sin Dub 3. Get Down Make Love 4. Sin Short

The only real reason to buy this cd is Get Down Make Love, which I really liked, and played often when I purchased the single. The Sin remixes are bland, and offer nothing new. The original version is much better, imo.

Broken- Halo Five

1. Pinion 2. Wish 3. Last 4. Help Me I Am In Hell 5. Happiness In Slavery 6. Gave Up 98. Physical (You're So) 99. Suck

Probably my favorite NIN album (well, this is an e.p., but still). It's on par with The Downward Spiral, if not better. If this is ever reissued, I hope to god it gets unreleased tracks, if there is such a thing on this one. It's such an angry, focused ep and I love it so much.

Fixed- Halo Six

1. Gave Up 2. Wish 3. Happiness In Slavery 4. Throw This Away 5. Fist F*** 6. Screaming Slave

Alot of people didn't like this remix album, but I thought it was freakin' brilliant. It's just as loud and messed up as Broken was. The only real problem I had with it was Fist F***- it's just too long, topping out over 9 minutes :S. It's still quite cool, nonetheless.

The Downward Spiral- Halo Eight

1. Mr. Self Destruct 2. Piggy 3. Heresy 4. March of the Pigs 5. Closer 6. Ruiner 7. The Becoming 8. I Do Not Want This 9. Big Man With A Gun 10. A Warm Place 11. Eraser 12. Reptile 13. The Downward Spiral 14. Hurt

Mm, my favorite NIN release XD. I love this cd so much. In fact, I own both the original version and the deluxe edition reissue. It's a great, great, great cd, filled with alot of dark synths, rock guitars, and pop tinges. It's also a concept album, which, imo, makes it even more interesting in my eyes. They all intertwine in some way. Love it sooo much.

Closer To God- Halo Nine

1. Closer To God 2. Closer (Precursor) 3. Closer (Deviation) 4. Heresy (Blind) 5. Memorabilia 6. Closer (Internal) 7. March of the F***heads 8. Closer (Further Away) 9. Closer

For some reason, this is considered a single.. I know the original song is on it, at the end, but this cd is lengthy! It feels like a remix album. It's a really good single. Closer is presented in a lot of different ways, some much darker than the original, some with weird little twists. I really am fond of (Deviation).

Further Down The Spiral- Halo Ten

1. Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now 2. The Art of Self Destruction, Part One 3. Self Destruction, Part Two 4. The Downward Spiral (The Bottom) 5. Hurt (Quiet) 6. Eraser (Denial: Realization) 7. At The Heart Of It All 8. Eraser (Polite) 9. Self Destruction, Final 10. The Beauty of Being Numb 11. Erased, Over, Out

This is marketed as the Downward Spiral remix ep. I can definitely see it as that. I do enjoy it, but some songs run over to the lengthy side, and some songs are a bit intimidating, such as the last one. However, there are alot of treasures on this cd, and I am glad it's part of my collection (I also plan to get the U.K. version, which has four other tracks on it).

The Perfect Drug Versions- Halo Eleven

1. Meat Beat Manifesto 2. Plug 3. Nine Inch Nails 4. Spacetime Continuum 5. The Orb

The Perfect Drug remixes. At first, I did NOT like this cd. At all. I thought it was too long, and I didn't find any enjoyment in it. However, as time went by, I found more interest in it and began rotating it more. I can say this is a fun, interesting remix album and I wish the actual song had been on it. It's not even really a single.

The Fragile- Halo Fourteen

LEFT 1. Somehat Damaged 2. The Day The World Went Away 3. The Frail 4. The Wretched 5. We're In This Together 6. The Fragile 7. Just Like You Imagined 8. Even Deeper 9. Pilgrimage 10. No, You Don't 11. La Mer 12. The Great Below

RIGHT 1. The Way Out Is Through 2. Into The Void 3. Where Is Everybody? 4. The Mark Has Been Made 5. Please 6. Starf***ers, Inc. 7. Complication 8. I'm Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally 9. The Big Come Down 10. Underneath It All 11. Ripe (With Decay)

Ok, this album is f***ing HUGE. At first, the initial listening really p'd me off, mainly because I had to force myself to listen to it. However, upon repeat listenings, I found that I liked the majority of the tracks, but didn't enjoy it as much as TDS. A year or two later, I began heavily rotating this cd, playing Final Fantasy VIII with it, and found that, though I enjoyed TDS better, this cd is just.. a masterpiece, in so many ways. It's enormous. There are 23 tracks on this whole work, and every song is just as interesting as the last. It's very recommended. It might cost around 30 bucks, but it's worth it. Mm. Love this album.

Things Falling Apart- Halo Sixteen

1. Slipping Away 2. The Great Collapse 3. The Wretched (version) 4. Starf***ers, Inc (version) 5. The Frail (version) 6. Starf***ers, Inc (version) 7. Where Is Everybody? (version) 8. Metal 9. 10 Miles High (version) 10. Starf***ers, Inc. (version)

Ok, this is, admittedly, where I started out with NIN. I was in highschool, and a friend suggested Marilyn Manson and NIN, and I wanted to hear both of them (she played several songs in art class and I thought they were awesome). So I went out and bought this one, because it was relatively cheap and because it was close to an album length. I fell in love with it immediately. As I look at it and listen to it, I don't like it, because it's a very produced, soulless sort of work, but at the same time, it's really bleak and artistic, rooted in sonic minimalism that takes a certain point of view to appreciate.

With Teeth- Halo Nineteen

1. All The Love In The World 2. You Know What You Are? 3. The Collector 4. The Hand That Feeds 5. Love Is Not Enough 6. Every Day Is Exactly The Same 7. With Teeth 8. Only 9. Getting Smaller 10. Sunspots 11. The Line Begins to Blur 12. Beside You In Time 13. Right Where It Belongs

Ok, this album is FINALLY being appreciated by me. I bought it in 2005 when it came out, and now it's 2007. BIG gap of time. Originally, I had only gave it a few spins and said "ok, I don't like this" and only came back to a few songs. However, I have come to realize I DO like this cd. I will say I dislike The Collector and Getting Smaller, mainly because I don't like how they sound, and they could have been taken off the album and used as single filler. I will never like The Collector, but I cannot say how I will feel about Getting Smaller one of these days. The reason why I do not like The Collector is because the chorus ruins the song. It's too noisy, or hell, not ENOUGH noisy, I'm not sure. Everything built around the chorus, however, is good, and it might be my analness that keeps me from liking it. With Teeth is weak in comparison to Pretty Hate Machine, Broken, TDS, and The Fragile, but at the same time, it's a good work because alot of the songs could coexist with those albums, so in some aspects, it sounds almost like songs that were rooted and never were able to join their sister albums and collected, instead, together in harmony. Maybe I feel that way because some of the guitar themes sound so similar to past songs, and because the album doesn't have a theme. I'm not sure. I'll give it some more spins.

Year Zero- Halo Twenty Four

1. HYPERPOWER! 2. The Beginning of the End 3. Survivalism 4. The Good Soldier 5. Vessel 6. Me, I'm Not 7. Gapital G 8. My Violent Heart 9. The Warning 10. God Given 11. Meet Your Master 12. The Greater Good 13. The Great Destroyer 14. Another Version of the Truth 15. In This Twilight 16. Zero-Sum

Let me start out by saying I am FLOORED by this cd, and in a good way. I admit, I heard the leak's first four tracks- I loved them, but I never expected the cd to turn out how it did. It has a theme, a complicated one that is rooted heavily in dystopian influences. It's gorgeous. In fact, I don't know if this will become my new favorite by NIN or if it will be on par with TDS, Broken, or The Fragile in my heart. It's very hard to say. I love the sound on the cd, I love the concept, and the marketing that lead up to the release is groundbreaking and original. I love you for this, Trent. It's what the music industry needed- everything is becoming so damn boring.

Anyway, that's what I own. Yeah.. I know.. I'm obsessed! This isn't a NIN blog thingy, so.. Lol.. Sorry for all the NIN craze lately. I just love them/him.

Beating Clock Tower

I really wish the game was much longer than what it was; seriously, it's too short. There are 3 scenario's... That's it. That's stupid! I know you can keep playing on the game, since there are 8 endings and 4-5 different ways of playing it, but still; it needed 4 more scenario's, where Scissorman would put up much more of a fight.

I don't like the last area that much; the first two were cool. You are in a science building being chased by him, finding corpses. In the second, you have the option of going to some old man's house or the library. 3rd? Castle. It's too big, and too out of place with the rest of the game. Plus, it has way too many plotline twists. It should have been darker; instead, Helen went around saying "I'm going to kill Scissorman" for the last half of the game on her scenario.

I'm playing Jennifer's right now. It's not like Helen's; I think my favorite scenario was Helen's first; finding her friend gutted in the bathroom bothered me.

Clock Tower and Bif Naked

I got my orders from Amazon; Redbird's in Nashville because of stupid UPS; it was SUPPOSED to be 2nd day air, but tomorrow is the third day and it hasn't come in. It'll come in tomorrow; that's so annoying.

I'm loving Clock Tower; I love scary games though! It's so interesting; you have these scenarios that depend on the choices you make/items you pick up. Plus, Scissorman pops up at every corner; he's so random! I was Helen and I was about to leave for the parking lot, and he popped out of a box and starting *kachiing* and I had to go hide in the bathroom until he was gone. The controls are weird too; it's point and click, sorta like moving your mouse and pointing to an area you want to go and clicking. It's fun, though; I'm cheating by using a strategy guide and it's helping me; Caleb used to talk about this game all in 7th grade, and I can see why he felt it was so interesting. This game is gorier than resident evil, and as scary, but it's very repetitive and it's WAY too short. There was the prologue, then there was first and second scenario; I'm at the freaking Barrow's mansion about to beat the game now. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LONGER, WITH MORE SCISSORMAN OCCURANCES! *makes a fist* It really should have been longer! It's like 1 hour and something not exploring alot right now, and probably about 3 with only exploring, but it's so.. freaky. I can see where Clock Tower 3 got it's inspiration from; it's not point and click, but it's alot like it exploration wise.

Bif Naked- Purge; confusing cd. Her voice is alot lighter on this cd and her image is more provocative. I'm glad she let her hair grow out again. Her music, too, sounds a bit mainstream on this cd, but it's good; it's different from I Bificus. I can't say it's better, but it's almost. It's just a really good cd.

STEP you/is this LOVE? and HEAVEN singles by Ayu

I just got them! Yay. I have 3 singles by her now; these and fairyland! I love Ayu. So far, STEP you is just WONDERFUL. I love it. is this LOVE? is so emotional. I don't think I'll ever get tired of listening to her music and listening to her sing (even though I can't understand her! Lol.) She has so many albums (mostly remixes. I have everything but the remixes, other singles, and A Song For XX) so it'll be impossible to get really tired of her.

She needs a new album though. Seriously. That's the only reason I bought the singles; because they're new material.

Edit: Listened to them. HEAVEN confuses me. I have two opinions on the cd; it's very emotional and heartbreaking, but it just feels too happy at times (with the title song) I love the single; I just don't see how it could be better than Fairyland (well, the Fairyland remix was way too basic) Other than that, it's about on the same page as Fairyland (though STEP you is a little better than both of these).

Ayu rocks. Period. Can't wait to buy Gackt's cds!

Gackt!

He's soooo cool! Hunky, great music, great voice; isn't he like one of the biggest J-rocker's out there?

I'm ordering 3 cd's by him whenever my account replenishes; DIABOLOS, MOON, And Tsuki no Uta! I can't wait to listen to them! I already sampled MOON, and loved it.


Boredom

College totally sucks; people are stuck up, especially the Freshman. Actually, only the freshman. I live in a town filled with idiots. They can screw themselves.

Yay, Heather Nova! Plus Ayumi. And Bif Naked, I love her; she's the only punk music I can stand.

Gif files

I don't know how to make them, so I have people make them for me, such as avatars and sigs. I wish I knew how to make them. It's so annoying.

Future wants

As I'll be heading off to find work, I might as well post down some stuff I want when I can afford it.

1. Final Fantasy VIII Orchestral Album and piano collections

2. Parasite Eve Novel

3. More paper for any hobbies

4. More burnable cds- god I need these.

5. A microphone and music making software.

6. More cds- including Heather Nova's Redbird.

That's all I can think of. Hm, I wouldn't mind having Squall's necklace or anything on Final Fantasy VIII period, honestly- I already own the game and the soundtrack- I can't find any action figures (though I own Selphie, Quistis, and Laguna). I'd love to own a Seifer, a Squall, and a Rinoa, since I believe them to be the best characters (even though Rinoa is an annoying idiot for the first half of the game.)

Also- stop spending so much money- I have to buy my own car insurance soon, and my own clothes and my own food on minimum wage. My father's an imbecile to think I can do this, but I'm betting my mom will help me out since my father never does.