From daemon Fri Mar 17 15:09:10 1995 Received: from netcom8.netcom.com by ibms15.scri.fsu.edu with SMTP id AA13015 (5.67b/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Fri, 17 Mar 1995 15:09:09 -0500 Received: by netcom8.netcom.com (8.6.10/Netcom) id MAA05310; Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:07:59 -0800 From: armand@netcom.com (elana) Message-Id: <199503172007.MAA05310@netcom8.netcom.com> Subject: I dunno what this is. To: patters@ibms15.scri.fsu.edu (Jason Patterson) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 1995 12:07:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <199503171828.AA18702@ibms15.scri.fsu.edu> from "Jason Patterson" at Mar 17, 95 01:28:49 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1248 X-Status: Status: RO Wired Review of the Downward Spiral by Colin Berry. One might dismiss the dark, autobiographical follow-up to 1989's -Pretty Hate Machine- as self-indulgent bombast, but -The Downward Spiral- is too tight and lean, snarling at the end of its chain, to do so. Trent Reznor's broad songwriting spectrum and sheer range of volume compensate for his narrow emotional breadth, with eternally pissed off vocals hissing through -Spiral-'s driving hard beats, guitar fuzz, synth, and touches of acoustic piano. Lyrical content prevents much radio airplay: Better grab a copy before Reznor kicks your ass and writes a song about it. -- "my love, let nothing come between us, my love for you is strong and true.." "try to understand they grow...the early nighters stop the flow and die young" "what have i become my sweetest friend? everyone i know goes away in the end" "you say that things change, my dear...never change...all the white horses.." (my four favorites: Sarah McLachlan, "Hold On"; Chris Connelly "The Early Nighters"; nine inch nails, "hurt"; and Tori Amos, "Winter (live version)") Elana: a nineteen year old female who makes pizzas, chocolate chip cornbread, psychomuffins, and brownies from hell at Coffee Strippers, Downtown L.A.