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Faceplams: Canadian Wal-Marts don't have a problem with stocking CDs with the Parental Guidance sticker, as far as I know. Still just about the lousiest place remaining in this country to buy CDs, but hey at least they still have them.Originally Posted by kel
God is an American
Canadian Wal-Marts don't have a problem with stocking CDs with the Parental Guidance sticker, as far as I know. Still just about the lousiest place remaining in this country to buy CDs, but hey at least they still have them.
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just in case: easy street records in seattle
Down, but not out.
It's just very satisfying to see Not The Actual Events on CD. I also know that I'm going to purchase it multiple times anyway, as it's just in time for Christmas shopping as well.
And with a select few people I know IRL, I've been gifting the NIN discography right up to The Slip and/or Hesitation Marks over the past couple of years on birthdays and Christmas, so it's a relief to know that I can actually gift NTAE as an official copy alongside Add Violence.
They might not have all turned into really huge fans, but just about all of them liked what they've heard so far.
Last edited by Halo Infinity; 11-18-2017 at 11:52 PM.
The Virus Inside
I know what you mean, if it wasn't for the fact that I literally asked for this for Christmas (my girlfriend was begging me for ideas, i'm usually really hard to shop for because I just go out and buy what I want when it gets released. Just so happens this came out just at the right time), but if it wasn't for me asking for it for x-mas, I'd be out buying a couple right now as gifts for huge NIN fans, one who said NTAE is some of the best stuff he has ever heard from NIN, another guy who is a fan, but I don't think he ever downloaded the new stuff, he's more of a physical release kind of guy, this would be right up his alley.It's just very satisfying to see Not The Actual Events on CD. I also know that I'm going to purchase it multiple times anyway, as it's just in time for Christmas shopping as well.
And with a select few people I know IRL, I've been gifting the NIN discography right up to The Slip and/or Hesitation Marks over the past couple of years on birthdays and Christmas, so it's a relief to know that I can actually gift NTAE with an official copy alongside Add Violence.
They might not have all turned into really huge fans, but just about all of them liked what they've heard so far.
Stubby Member
I just picked up both EPs at a Wal-Mart in Calgary, Alberta Canada even though they never grew on me and I will probably only listen to them once to see if I still dislike them. Hopefully the old fashioned popping in a cd will help. I'm surprised NTAE isnt on Amazon yet but in Wal-Mart. Looking forward to enjoying the packaging though and adding them to my Halo collection! Please let the third EP be fresh sounding, quality NIN!
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I just found out earlier today while I was shopping at Barnes & Noble for the Criterion sale that they would have both CDs available as I'm getting them for my birthday next month. If I had some extra cash, I would get the NIN vinyls and a record player.
IG: @IHaveThisNet
Any sign of the NTAE CD having different color lyric booklets like the vinyl? I’ve only seen red so far.
she/her/hers
been wondering the same but have so far only seen red (including mine).
also, i always save hype stickers from NIN releases and i accidentally ripped this one while trying to remove the shrink wrap -_-
Hairy Member
I don’t think so—all of the CD packaging is the LP packaging chopped up and re-purposed. If the LP didn’t feature different sleeves, then it seems unlikely the CD will have alternate booklet.
It was just the PC that featured variants?
IG: @IHaveThisNet
Hairy Member
Oh, wow! Well, I have two copies of the CD, and both have the red booklet.
Thank you for linking those differences.
IG: @IHaveThisNet
@ROFLRICK I’m highly doubting 2 CD versions. Both my copies have a red booklet too. Just like the vinyl, this should be visible from the side on the CD as well.
she/her/hers
the digipack is sealed up too tightly to actually see into the section where the booklet is housed, so i don't think it'll be as easy to tell with the CDs as it was the vinyl.
IG: @IHaveThisNet
Maybe not quite as easy, but mine has a definitive red stripe:
Throbbing Member
Gently tap your cd on a flat surface a few times and it'll slide down into a position where you can see it.
RA-MEN ROPPAI
Is the title "Branches/Bones" referring to the Golden ratio as observed in nature? Nice coincidence otherwise.
Adolf Zeising, whose main interests were mathematics and philosophy, found the golden ratio expressed in the arrangement of parts such as leaves and branches along the stems of plants and of veins in leaves. He extended his research to the skeletons of animals and the branchings of their veins and nerves, to the proportions of chemical compounds and the geometry of crystals, even to the use of proportion in artistic endeavors. In these patterns in nature he saw the golden ratio operating as a universal law.
Hairy Member
Call me crazy, but for some reason I just can't put my finger on, I think, maybe, that Trent came out ahead here.
Stubby Member
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...ZbXHmI/pubhtml
This is my attempt at collecting some of the references. I know the NIN Wiki has some relationships between lyrics, but I was just trying to capture them. Feel free to comment or email me if you have any changes. I didn't do Idea of You or anything off of Add Violence yet.
Sorry for the long URL.
Stubby Member
Hmmmm.....
Active Member
Possible. Bit of a stretch, though.
Stubby Member
Yeah- but it still looks cool lol
nincatalog.com
can anyone provide me a good scan of the download card (front / back) that came with the vinyl. You can blur out the code. I am updating the nincatalog site and I am in need of a good scan.
Stubby Member
Somewhere deep in this thread the topic of the recycled Still artwork was discussed. I believe someone quoted John Crawford as saying "it will all make sense later."
Being that the artwork has officially changed (see ninwiki and physical formats), I'm wondering if the original Still artwork has been explained at all? I expected clarity after the 3rd EP's release but I'm now thinking it was just swept under the rug in hopes that we'll all forget. I would love the artwork to connect all three EP's somehow (more than just the scratch marks) and I feel it's a large ball dropped if they don't.
Last edited by Jordan; 12-06-2017 at 05:49 PM.
Throbbing Member
Well, at the Wreckless Records Q&A in Chicago right before Riot fest, it was confirmed from TR that Still would get a Vinyl release. Maybe that is the connection.
Last edited by nmitchell86; 12-07-2017 at 05:27 PM.
God is an American
On vinyl, it really looks like a photocopy of a photocopy of the And All That Could Have Been/Still artwork, particularly with the shedding ink etc. I'm pretty sure that the idea was to invoke that era (The Fragile and subsequent tour where TR was losing his mind) and explore that emotional territory updated for 2016/2017 through a different lens.
Flaccid Member
Order NTAE CD from Amazon US. It appears to be EU version. Does anyone know where this US version is being sold? Thanks.
https://www.discogs.com/Nine-Inch-Na...273?ev=item-vc
Hairy Member
Is there a US version? I was able to pick up a copy at Barnes & Noble in Thousand Oaks, CA. Not sure if it was the EU version, however.
Flaccid Member
It appears so according to Discogs but strange that US Amazon is only selling the import. EU version says "MADE IN THE EU. BIEM SDRM" on the front sticker. US version says "MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY UNIVERSAL MUSIC ENTERPRISES, A DIVISION OF UMG RECORDINGS, INC." and has US FBI warning sticker on the back.
I'm sure the actual product is the same but just of concern to collectors.
Flaccid Member
Sorry, nevermind...My CD's just came in the mail and they are the US versions (not imports as listed).
Really nice package. So bizarre the quality of this CD release. The materials are way nicer than the The Slip or even Hesitation Marks for that matter. It even has a clear UV text effect on the lyrics in the booklet.
Hairy Member
It's one of my favorite CD releases in a long while. Speaking to the quality of the packaging, it's just the LP sleeve butchered. Same paper stock for the CD outer, as well as the booklet. You can lay any part of the CD over a corresponding part of the LP, and they line up perfectly.
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