i would rather die than give you control

[claudelemonde]

my brother ed is probably seven. he barrels down the hallway into the living room where my sister and i are watching television on the couch; he launches into the air and lands dramatically, sinking his plastic teenage mutant ninja turtles scimitar into a floor cushion. "TERRIBLE LIE!" he howls. it is my fault: i have given him a case of the nine

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OLD GREGG LOVES YA, TRENT...MARRY OLD GREGG, TRENT

[westbaymonument]

pretty hate machine was given to me as an 11 year-old girl in '91/'92 by my uncle in southeast baltimore city

this is how things went down

big jim: your cousin jimmy doesn't listen to these albums anymore,
lauren, so you can have them.
11 year-old me: what are they?
(big jim hands to 11 year-old me:
-pretty hate machine by NIN
-appetite for destruction by G'N'R
-kill 'em all by metallica

it's safe to say that the oh-so-tortured rhyme scheme of greats such as "ringfinger" were uberangsty for the cocaine-and-padded-shoulder heyday that was 1989. i was a kid and i still remember my aunt listening to this stuff, smoking pot out of a little purple felt crown royal bag and telling me about the world and how she got backstage with the scorpions one night six years before...oh, the days...

and, y'know, i turned out alright

DO YOU WANT TO GO TO A CLUB WHERE PEOPLE WEE ON EACHOTHER

[claudelemonde]

HAVE YOU EVER DRUNK BAILEY'S FROM A SHOE

your aunt and uncle sound totally rad and i want to party with them.

one sister (aunt) has a stache and the other named her kid "dinky"

[westbaymonument]

...no comment

BUT OKAY

[westbaymonument]

wee see above

[nshgrl]

I modeled in a hair show, walking to Head like a Hole. I already felt too old THEN to be listening to that music. I was already past my morose stage (the smiths was my drug of choice)

It did, however lead to marriage and the birth of a crazy kid (I met Nash at that hair show).

[claudelemonde]

i cannot express to you how desperately i would love to see video of this hair show.

[nshgrl]

Dude, I had electrical tape over my nips. It was the 90s!

[claudelemonde]

this is not decreasing my desire to see it!

[mehinda]

"i wish i were a gourd," he muffled out from under his arms, "cos if i were a gourd, i wouldn't have a final tomorrow."But, Claudia, at least Trent got the subjunctive mood right. That's something, isn't it

it's possibly the only mood he got right

[claudelemonde]

you will look for that disc with the bittersweet foresight of certain disappointment--in itself a trentian sensation, no?

Re: it's possibly the only mood he got right

[mehinda]

Yes. And then I will rail. I'll cry bitter tears over the injustice (and irony, o bitter friend) of it all.

[st_rev]

But, Claudia, at least Trent got the subjunctive mood right. That's something, isn't it?

Slightly related: something I've always admired about Trent is his diction. He enunciates very well. His lyrics may be inane but you'll never spend years wondering what the hell they are. If he mumbled like (say) early Michael Stipe, we wouldn't be able to sit here and make fun of him like this!

Terrible Lie

[tim_x]

"i don't know how to write about music"

indeed

Re: Terrible Lie

[claudelemonde]

i know it sucks. i was second-guessing the entire time. "I AM NOT QUALIFIED TO MAKE SWEEPING STATEMENTS ABOUT SKINNY PUPPY'S POSITION RELEVANT TO A CULTURE THAT PREDATES ME"

Re: Terrible Lie

[tim_x]

No no. What I mean to say is that your post was awesome and on the nose and that your "i don't know how to write about music" was a "Terrible Lie!"

And I know people who have never moved past Pretty Hate Machine. It's sad and I find myself SPEAKING SLOWLY AND LOUDLY WHENEVER I'M NEAR THEM JUST SO THEY CAN UN-DER-STAND ME.

oh well THANKS THEN

[claudelemonde]

one of my closest friends from middle school, last time i saw her, still only had 13 albums. and one was filter "short bus." and the others were NIN. and she wasn't even goth or anything. she had bad bangs. she was just mad cos it was michigan. i don't get it.

another thing i thought is how much of a hallmark of the 90s it is, that at any concert for pretty much ANY alternative/rock/metal/rap/ska band, there'd be SOMEONE in either a TOOL or NIN shirt.

[vogdoid]

great entry!

I was about 13. I heard it at a friend's house and of course was BLOWN AWAY and ran out & bought the tape right away. I bought Broken on CD before we even had a cd player. I didn't listen to that much gloomy music...what appealed to me more than the emo-ness (I remember complaining to a friend about the head like a hole lyrics) was that it was cool, black, & synth/techno-ey. I preferred the sleek dark sounds to Ministry or Skinny Puppy (was also listening to 808 state, thrill kill cult, the orb). He was my favorite until shortly after Downward Spiral came out.

"Something I can never have was generally my favorite track--b/c of what you say and THE BIRDS. THOSE BIRDS in the back BLEW MY MIND! BIRDS AT NIGHT.

I still listen to KLF to this day.

[faith]

klf rulez

[claudelemonde]

def

[faith]

also, little bro story is priceless.