Smashed up my sanity
YES YES YES. Last weekend Margaux, my sis Sarah, and her boyfriend Byron, went up to Mansfield, MA to see the amazingly talented and still one of my favorite contemporary acts Nine Inch Nails! Let me say, the concert was a great experience. First of all, Peaches, one of M’s faves played first and we got there just in time to see her. She did a really fun performance that was unfortunately short. Bauhaus was next, and though I don’t listen to them for some strange reason, they are part of originators of industrial. A great show by them as well.
On to NIN! These guys were in top form, full of energy and totally enjoyable from start to finish. The visuals were amazing, using screens in back AND front of the band in which not only the screens interacted with each other, so did the band. The best part for me was the sheer amount of old songs they played! I mean, wow! Pretty Hate Machine and Broken got top prize for the night it seemed. Of course some greats off of Downward Spiral like March of the Pigs, Closer, Hurt… and some greats off of Fragile as well. But seriously, this was a night of old school, with only 4-5 new songs (one I didn’t quite recognize, new?). They played, and played hard. Like Trent was 26 again! Oh man. Good times.
The rest of the weekend was enjoyable, going up to Boston to rock around on Saturday, checked out a gallery, and did some bowling (it was a rainy day). And got some wonderful seafood. All in all, very enjoyable.
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