NIN Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Need to get some aggression out? NIN and HEALTH have released a song together

Fresh from his Academy Award wins, Trent Reznor and LA Noise band HEALTH have issued a collaboration called “Isn’t Everyone.”

You may have noticed that some early Nine Inch Nails recordings have a warning on them that reads “Caution: Not

Out of all the people who had an influence on Trent Reznor and the things he’s done with Nine Inch

As reported by Metal Injection, some white dude at a convenience store was a little too loose with the N-word

This cover is part of a series called The Song That Found Me at the Right Time series, which is

How you sell merch when you can’t go on tour? Create a line of merchandise that resonates with the times

Seen Bird Box on Netflix yet? If so, did you pay attention to the soundtrack? Like The Social Network and

It was 50 years ago today that RFK was shot in the Ambassador Hotel in LA. Was there a second

When tickets to a hot show get snapped up and fans are left in the cold, people go through five

Two days before Christmas 2016, Trent Reznor dropped a surprise Nine Inch Nails EP on fans called Not the Actual

Really good debut albums are unusual but not unheard of. But what makes them more unusual is when there is

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver