John’s Crawlspace

Some of you may already be aware of this, but Trent Reznor has released a new Nine Inch Nails album titled “Ghosts”, and he’s using the internet to distribute it. This is still a relatively new way of releasing music, and bands like Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead are at the forefront of the movement. On the official website, you can get the first volume of “Ghosts” for free. There are four volumes, and several ‘plans’ to choose from in order to obtain the other three: “$5 gets you a download of all four volumes/36 tracks, $10 gets you the download + the collection on two CDs, $75 comes with a fabric slipcase and a data DVD and other crazyness, and for $300 he’ll sign stuff and give you the collection on vinyl and probably cook you dinner if you ask nicely.” (via Stereogum) Since the NIN.com servers are apparently pretty overloaded right now, I threw the album on megaupload (here) for your convenience. I have seen the first volume of the album on a few different torrent sites (such as The Pirate Bay) and it’s pretty obvious that Trent (or someone that works for him) uploaded it, so that’s pretty cool. I listened to Vol 1-4, and it sounds pretty decent - FYI, it’s all instrumental. That’s all for now.

Edit: Not only has this coupon expired, but MTV canceled all of the orders that were placed using the coupon. How lame is that? And all this time I thought MTV was great. Didn’t you?

Got back from Bonnaroo at about 2:30 am last night, so I’m too tired to make an actual post right now, but wanted to give a heads up: You can get $10 off your order at MTV.com using the code FREEMONEY. They have a good amount of DVDs there that are under ten bucks, making them 100% free if you use that code. Here’s a few: Jackass: The Movie, Spiderman, Spiderman II, Catch Me If You Can, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and Animal House. Look around for yourself, there’s more on there.

I went to see 28 Weeks Later with my girlfriend on Monday. I really liked the first one, so I had my hopes up that the sequel wouldn’t be a disappointment… And it definitely wasn’t. I can honestly say it was just as entertaining as the first one. The style of directing and the cinematography of 28 Days Later were part of the reason why it was so well received. This style was also used in the sequel, and it worked just as well. I’m not gonna write a synopsis of the movie or anything here, but it is definitely worth checking out if you liked the original. And if you haven’t seen the original yet, you should check it out. You could definitely enjoy 28 Weeks Later without having seen it’s predecessor, but I think you’d be better off having seen the original first.

Someone reminded me how long it’s been since I posted ‘freebies’ on here… So here we go. Ping pong rules poster, Ban deodorant, GlucoBurst sample, “Believer” shirt, Aerobitine sample, Fleecho shirt, $10 Starbucks card, Mr. Coffee sampler, Natural Choice dog/cat food, Ultra Downy sample, SnapFish: Photo mug & 20 prints, “Pretty Feet & Hands” sample, deck of cards, Atkins Diet samples, and Colgate Total Advanced Clean.

Ozzfest is also free this year, as I’m sure you’ve probably heard. Definitely not my #1 choice as far as Summer concerts/music festivals go, but its probably worth checking out for free… I’d definitely like to see Lamb of God, Nick Olveri & Mondo Generator, Nile, 3 Inches of Blood, Behemoth, and The Showdown… And there are some other bands on the lineup that I’m not familiar with that may be decent as well. Anyway, get your ticket codes here. I wish I knew how to gleek.