Nine Inch Nails

Say what you will about Taylor Swift -- and Lord knows I have before -- Shake It Off is a damn-near perfect song. It's deliriously infectious, as wonderful a pop confection as you're likely to hear in your lifetime. It's a testament to the damn thing that as many times as I've ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Feb 17, 2016

The weekend is almost here at last and you'll no doubt be clamoring for something to distract you from the nagging question of whether this is the Friday you'll finally be called into your boss's office and told to gather your things and leave. Here's some reading material. 1. ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Feb 17, 2016

You can probably tell that I'm not the type of person who ever found Thriller to be the least bit scary, despite its often being hailed as the scariest video ever made, for some reason. If you'd locked me in a room with Michael Jackson overnight back in 1982, when the ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Feb 17, 2016

Here's a quick rundown of what you should be reading on this Friday morning. Why? Because it beats working. 1. Green Daze Constantly pondering how screwed you are financially? Feel like it's making you crazy, or at least unable to think clearly? Guess what? It is. NPR: How ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Feb 17, 2016

Here's what you should be reading on this Friday morning instead of sitting at your desk thinking of ways to duck out early without the boss seeing you. 1. Strike Out According to John Kerry the U.S. will soon be wrapping up its drone strikes inside Pakistan. Whatever will I ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Feb 17, 2016

Something truly surprising happened yesterday: Trent Reznor announced not simply that his seminal band Nine Inch Nails was recording new studio material but that he'd actually completeda full album and would soon be releasing it to the world and touring in support of it. ...read more

• By Chez Pazienza
  Feb 17, 2016