Today my LA Weekly article on the new NIN album The Slip is out. Been thinking a lot about that "Welcome to the Machine" reference – neither of them denied the mechanisms of fame, just the indignities that were suffered for it.
Re: the lede. Best when angry. For my book I interviewed one of Reznor's roadie/techs whose job it was to glue the keys back on his keyboards after each performance. Who knew this could be a 20 year career?
