Arts & Entertainment

 

 

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Music on the Tube: Jott
a Inch Nail’s upcoming new album, Year

Nine Inch Nails so “Survivalism” Zero. Year Zero is a concept album that

takes place in a future America where
_ Mark Fisher, OP Contributor freedom is a myth and the government

watches your every move. The video is
security tape footage of an apartment
building with various tenants (including
the Nine Inch Nails dudes themselves),
each being monitored unknowingly. The
cameras show a group of heavily armed
police raid the building, find the guys in
the band, and kill them. Not a bad video
at first glance.

But things get really interesting
if you buy into the whole Year Zero
marketing strategy, which to date has
involved hidden messages on T-shirts,
secret websites, mysterious phone
numbers, and computer discs hidden
in the restrooms at Nine Inch Nails
concerts (tip to fans: Be sure to bring
rubber gloves so you can check the
insides of the toilet). Sure enough, if
you pay attention to the time code the
security tapes in this video, you can get
a secret website address. To see if you
can find any other hidden stuff, watch
it over and over at www.myspace.com/
nin.

Or if you have a life, let someone
else do that, and just enjoy the catchy
song.

 

Rating: 7 out of 9 inches.

‘WORD ON THE STREET

Angel Desjarlais, OP Photographer

 

Are you going to vote in the DSU elections?

 

 

atthew Steinbach George Mariana Florczyk Laura Vanderzalm
eneral Studies, 1‘ year Business Admin. Program, 2" year General Studies, 1“ year General Studies, 1“ year
“Yes, I’m running for the college “ Yes. I like to have a choice. “No, I’m only here once a week “Yeah probably.”
elations position.” If you don’t vote, how can you and I don’t really know what’s
complain later?” going on.”

 

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