P Diddy as we all know has a very large ego, and he for some reason thought starting his own blog would instant make him a legend. However, the blog isnt even live and P Diddy is just a joke!
The only thing that is a little off about the video is that we can hear a snippet of Nine Inch Nails‘ “The Mark Has Been Made” from The Fragile in the background. Now, according to Pitchfork, Diddy did not get permission to use the song in his video even though he must be used to going through licensing agreements with all the sampling he does.
Trent Reznor isnt really retiring, just from NIN. He recently got married to the gorgeous Mariqueen Maandig of West Indian Girl and decided to start another group called How To Destroy Angels. Even though he couldn’t stay away from Twitter, he is done with NIN for good… but maybe we’re not?
The final NIN concert in Los Angeles in September had over 2,300 diehard fans. According to Slicing Up Eyeballs (via Consequence of Sound), the 3.5 hour/37 song set was shot in high definition, mixed in 5.1 sound, and put onto Blu-Ray DVDs by fans… for the fans. The bad news is that all DVDs have been sold out and orders for it have stopped indefinitely.
The good news is that it is still being offered as a digital download – for FREE, nonetheless! You can go here for all the details, get your digital download.
I received a tip this afternoon that Trent Reznor of NIN fame is about to launch his new project, “How to Destroy Angels”. How to Destroy Angels already has its own website, but has no information and just one video.
It seems to generally be a yes. It seems to us though, that people just adore the originals so much that they don’t even listen to the cover versions and arrogantly burst out with a little squeaky ”the originals better”, just in the same way that people fancy themselves more intellectual because they don’t watch films and start their self righteous rants with “the books better than the film”. That’s not always the case, Lord Of The Rings books are ace but, we don’t need to know every tiny piece of history about the castle in the distance that the fellowship don’t actually visit in the end ever. The movie came up with some super effects I never could have imagined reading the books as a kid. Everyone thinks it, but nobody admits it, like im sure if you listen carefully enough you can hear on the wind “Futurama is better than the Simpsons”. The same is with songs, some covers are better definitely better than the originals. So with the Internet full of bloggers and music fans that all know they’re right like we knew the world was flat, were gonna throw out a reasonable 10 to start the debate. (Richard Cheese is in there for fun, an if you haven’t heard it already, then you should!)
I fought the law – The Clash (The Bobby Fuller Band)
Live and Let Die – Guns and Roses (Paul McCartney)
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley ( Leonard Cohen)
All Along The Watchtower – Jimmi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)
