Leah and I drove up to Atlanta, GA on May 8th to see the farewell Nine Inch Nails tour, along with Jane's Addiction. We are lucky to have my cousin living there and gracious enough to let us bunk with her for a couple nights.
I’ll start off with our trip in general – we went to the GA Aquarium on Saturday. – this place was AWESOME. Watching the Beluga Whales and the Whale Sharks were worth the price of admission. I cannot wait until they open the Dolphin/Penguin exhibit late next year.
Went to a place in East Atlanta Village called Holy Taco – this place was amazing. $1.50 Miller High Life (I know, I know, but they were a fucking buck-fifty each), and the best margaritas and tacos I have had in long time. It’s in a very progressive, artsy, counter-culture-y neighborhood, so that was cool.
Attention old people: we went to The Container Store – if you need a container for anything, they have it. We bought a dog food container and a Lid Maid for our pot lids. Awesome.
Okay – so we got to the show, found our spot on the grass
and listened to Street Sweeper Social Club (with Tom Morello, the guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, and Boots Riley) – these guys were awesome. Tom Morello played a solo with his mouth because he is the shit.
I went up to grab another $11, 24oz beer and saw something that reminded me of a scene from the movie PCU with Jon Favreau and Jeremy Piven:
Droz: "You're wearing the shirt of the band you're going to see? Don't be that guy."
Next was NIN (Trent didn’t want to be the closer). He put together an awesome set – definitely created for NIN fans rather than casual listeners. He did not play Closer or Hurt – he played songs like Heresy, The Becoming, and covers of Adam Ant's Physical and Gary Numan's Metal. During Survivalism, Saul Williams appeared and joined in. Then Trent and Saul performed Banged & Blown Through from Saul William’s recent album, which was produced by Reznor. So that was a pretty cool surprise.
Trent gave a really good speech to the audience about today's music industry:
Also got to see Jane’s Addiction perform a few songs before we left. Didn’t get to stick around for Jane Says or Been Caught Stealin’ – but oh well I will live. It wasn’t bad – maybe a little more trippy-ish than what I prefer. Even though Odair’s friend’s cousin said that Dave Navarro has a 4-inch penis, he can still shred the guitar and Perry Ferrell is a loony toon but a charismatic rock star. I read that he was taking blunt hits from the fans down in the pit – and at some point he tore his calf muscle. I’m sure the weed numbed that up.
Overall it was a great show - nothing can top the NIN show at the Tabernacle, but it was cool to see Trent & Co again....hopefully not for the last time.
Set List:
Noise Intro
1,000,000
Wish
Heresy
March of the Pigs
Something I Can Never Have
Metal
The Becoming
Head Down
Mr. Self Destruct
Reptile
The Big Come Down
Gave Up
Gone, Still
Survivalism (w Saul Williams)
Banged & Blown Through (w Saul Williams)
Home
Trent Speaks & Intros Band
Physical (You're So)
Down In It
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole
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