The Hand That Mixes NIN tunes

In a fascinating twist to the typical means of record promotion, Trent Reznor, the man who basically IS Nine Inch Nails has released the first single off of the new album WITH TEETH, "The Hand That Feeds", as a free download in GarageBand format. This is absolutely cool as hell. Check it out immediately by going to nin.com, click on current, and see the link there. I have an odd feeling he'll take the file away soon even though the thing is completely saturated with copyright warnings all through the install.
This file allows you to listen to, remix, dissect, and otherwise de- and/or re-construct the new song, one instrument or track at a time. Oh yeah - this is only available to Macintosh users. Sorry, Windows enthusiasts.

In Jandek news, he's still scheduled to play live in England in May. His first live performance, in Glasgow, Scotland last October, has just been released as album #41. Quit yer bitchin, I'll continue the Jandek album review project soon. Much more fun stuff to come, including more Pro Tools fun, 8-track tapes, remastering scratchy records, and more.

Happy Birthday Nora - Check out this Podcast!

A quick detour off the Jandek turnpike here to wish a happy birthday to Nora, and a big thanks to the Jawbone Podcast program. When Len said he was putting together a special birthday show for his wife, and was inviting folks to contribute, I composed a little tune and it's the first complete song to be recorded on veebosonic's new Pro Tools studio. I think I used the word 'verbal' too many times in it, but hey, it's OK by Len and Nora, so it's OK with me. The new song "Nora (&Len)" is on the big Nora Birthday Show on their site. Check 'em out.

More Jandek soon. I just got album #40 in the mail.