frail noticed that
Painful Convictions, i.e.
www.9inchnails.com, made Entertainment Weekly's
What to Surf section. On top of a good review, the page got an A-. Way to go Matt Brink!
From the still-beating heart of middle America (Omaha that is) comes...a NIN fan site, courtesy of creator Matthew Brink. Sure, there's no shortage of online Reznor shrines, but few capture the meditative side of music's favorite tormented soul. Fewer still have ever-changing trivia items in the upper right hand corner. All of the basics are here, of course - remixes, downloads, fonts - but the real star is the design: spare, soulful, and, dare we say classy. A-
frail also noted something found earlier in the magazine involving NIN;
In the same issue, in the mail section, there is a letter from a disgruntled writer chastising EW for stating that no one cared about the Best Alternative category at the grammys. He states, "NIN is still the truest band currently playing and Tori Amos reaches millions of unsugared, aware, and intelligent young women. I weep for popular music. All sugar sweet, no lasting value."
So head over to 9inchnails.com and give Matt a pat on the back for the review :)