They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nails and Robin Finck (2020)

Re:They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nail... by keiferski on Saturday March 15, 2025 @04:58PM (#43375113)

Trent Reznor really has one of the greatest “maturation” processes of a musical artist that I can think of. His more recent work on The Social Network and The Vietnam War is such a refined, minimalistic version of the specific sound he started forming 20+ years earlier. Not all artists manage to mature in such an elegant way; many never end up quite matching their earlier works, or head into entirely different directions.

Also, a fun random fact: Reznor’s uncle, I believe, ran a heating or HVAC company in the Pittsburgh area. You can still find the occasional industrial device with the REZNOR name on the side.

https://partner.reznorhvac.com/en/as/products/product-unit-h...

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Re:They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nail... by Lammy on Saturday March 15, 2025 @08:16PM (#43376057)

Also the Super Mario World fortress boss for some reason https://www.mariowiki.com/Reznor

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Re:They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nail... by Flipflip79 on Saturday March 15, 2025 @06:24PM (#43375549)

These are very common in Canada still and anytime I see one I point at it and make the same joke “Looks it’s Vent Reznor” and my girlfriend has never once laughed. Oh well.

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Re:They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nail... by rvense on Saturday March 15, 2025 @06:27PM (#43375562)

If you keep doing it she's sure to get it eventually.

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Re:They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nail... by mrexroad on Saturday March 15, 2025 @08:45PM (#43376161)

Now, now, that’s just a Terrible Lie

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Re:They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nail... by tialaramex on Sunday March 16, 2025 @07:18AM (#43378150)

I mean, compare "Spam" the Monte Python sketch against "Four Candles" (the Two Ronnies). Four Candles is hilarious the first time you hear it, but Spam only really works on repetition which is why the sketch iterates internally so it's repeated within itself.

On the other hand while "Mastermind" (also the Two Ronnies) is hilarious if you understand the cultural context, you can get "Spam" with no context whatsoever, it's funny because they keep saying "spam".

All to say - maybe the repetition works eventually? Ask again after a decade of marriage :D

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Re:They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nail... by hnburnsy on Saturday March 15, 2025 @06:59PM (#43375712)

When I saw NIN on PBS's Austin City Limits in 2014, I knew Trent had gone 'mainstream' in his maturity (with Robin performing too)..

https://www.pbs.org/video/austin-city-limits-nine-inch-nails...

It only takes me 3-4 somber notes from a song in a movie or TV show these days to quickly identify it as NIN or Trent\Atticus. The latest was in the season 3 finale of Invincible...

https://fandomwire.com/invincible-season-3-soundtrack-all-so...

  Episode 8: I Thought You’d Never Shut Up

  Every Day Is Exactly the Same by Nine Inch Nails

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Re:They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nail... by throwawaynin on Saturday March 15, 2025 @07:35PM (#43375889)

Atticus Ross did shogun recently too ... You can feel the non vibes in the intro

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Re:They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nail... by thegabriele on Saturday March 15, 2025 @09:08PM (#43376254)

The ideal devices for a warm place.

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Re:They're Close to My Body: A Hagiography of Nine Inch Nail... by prairiedogg on Sunday March 16, 2025 @06:57AM (#43378083)

Pretty heat machine.

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