The Year Zero Booklet at a glance
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
And so, I broke out the magnifying glass. To my surprise, I was correct, I managed to decode a few numbers hinted at by highlighted letters in the booklet, and dig a few scrambled numbers and words out of the backgrounds. Here's what I got:
17593 314547
on the good soldier
179
on vessel
13971
me, i'm not
Highlighted letters: s e v e n f i v e
capital G
highlighted letters: s e v e n t w o
my violent heart
highlighted letters: 0 (zero) in "st0p"
s e v e n
the warning
13971 126871 314697
highlighted letters: t w o
0 (zero) in "t0"
god given
highlighted letters: f i v e t h r e e
179 174639
meet your master
179 (631 -- 3 looks upside down -- 931?)
highlighted letters: t h r e e (a?)
the greater good
71364
highlighted: 3 (lyric) t h r e e
the great destroyer
1385897
highlighted: t h r e e n i n e
I might be observant, but I'm not much of a problem solver, you can figure out what to do with these codes if you want. Let me know if you think you know how to decode anything, I'd be quite interested. Just so you know where it came from, all numbers where hidden in the background designs, and all the letters were hidden in the lyrics (various letters were highlighted in each song, when combined they spelled out numbers).
I got lazy after the great destroyer, and didn't catch on to the highlighted letters until after the first few songs, so go check for yourself ;)
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Labels: booklet, codes, decode, experience, hidden, inch, letter, lyrics, nails, nine, number, online, page, website, world, year, zero
Man, I wish my parents could have gotten this for me...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Rockabye Baby - Lullaby Renditions of Nine Inch Nails
Two words: fucking sweet. I'm definitely picking this up and putting it away for when I have kids. Essentially what they did, is take nails songs, and make them sound all nice and lullaby-ish. You know, vibraphone, mellotron, and other soothing instruments. The song selection is a bit odd though. The one that sticks out to me is "Closer" (you know, the song that goes something like "I wanna fuck you like an animal, I wanna feel you from the inside").
But regardless of the song selection, this CD is sweet as hell. Apparently the guy who does it has done other big bands too, like Pink Floyd for example. Oh and you gotta hear this description, it's the reason I wrote this:
"Nine Inch Nails changed the way an entire generation of kids heard the music around them. Trent Reznor uses unique sounds to create electronic music that is otherworldly. His songs are a warm place that are closer to being fragile than broken. If your child bites the hand that feeds, play this album. It is made with all the love in the world."
(If you're a fan, you'll catch the handful of song references crammed into that blurb)
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Labels: album, alex, baby, cover, inch, lullaby, music, nails, nine, rendition, rockabye
Digitally produced music.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
A new passion. I have to give credit where its due, Trent Reznor is all the inspiration for this. I'm still learning piano, yes, but I've found myself yet another creative outlet. The new album, to be released in April, was produced by Trent on a laptop. With technology today, its easy to take one sound, and turn it into an entire song. It takes a bit of technological know-how, but once you get the hang of it, its really pretty easy.
The program I prefer for now, is Sony Acid. Its easy to use, doesn't require too much of my computer, so it runs well too. I've been using scraps of my earlier recordings to make all sorts of strange sounds. I really like the dirty, eerie sounds that NIN makes, so as far as influence is concerned: NIN. Hopefully I'll start cranking out some music once I get a good feel for this stuff :)
Let me know if you're interested in picking up the hobby.
This sort of music can be tedious, so I could use a little help :P
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Labels: acid, digital, inch, music, nails, nine, produce, reznor, sony, trent
Year Zero
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Its parepin. The government's solution. Its in your water. Its in your body. Its in your head.
When did we make the conscious decision to follow whatever they shove down our throats?
What is real truth? And even if you you got it, would you want to believe it?
This is the beginning of the end.
Parepin and that presence, a hand, or something, extending from the sky.
What is it? Do you want to know? Can you believe?
Anotherversionofthetruth
Iamtryingtobelieve
Yearzero
NIN on myspacemusic (3 songs from new album)
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Labels: another, believe, government, inch, industrial, music, nails, nine, parepin, rock, truth, trying, version, year, zero
