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06-11-2009 10:43 AM
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 Turns out Trent's not tough enough for Twitter.
Am I the only person who thinks it's funny that a guy who turned nihilism into a business model can't take what he dishes out? (That's a lie: Nietzsche made nihilism a business; Reznor just set it to music.) It was just last week that Reznor was lashing out at Marilyn Manson on Twitter, along with a who's who of '90s alt-rock figures who really are quite content these days to live off of royalties and the occasional tour.
But Trent's on the move and has experienced something of a creative renaissance. He reinvented himself by embracing the web and the powerful tools it makes available to artists like himself. How quickly things change. Now he's written a diatribe on the pitfalls of open Internet communities like Twitter. He's cutting off the 'dialogue' he had with fans. You might say that his fans are on his, um, Twit list.
Stereogum posted his rant in full, but the gist is this: Trent Reznor should never, ever Google himself. If he doesn't like what people are saying to him on Twitter, he should try his best to avoid the Internet altogether. It's a scary place, filled with all kinds of weirdos.
Here's news for you, Trent: you made a killing off of weirdos all through the '90s. They're your most committed fanbase. You chide them for following you around the country, spending hard-earned money every night. That's what puts food on your table. You act like you've never seen the fans at your shows before? You seem surprised to learn that they wear black on the outside because that's how they feel on the inside. Did you cop to the goth/industrial aesthetic because it seemed like a good career for a guy from western Pennsylvania?
Now I'm sure this is just temporary. You'll be back before long. There's no flamewar that can keep you down. You have to maintain the relationship you've fostered with fans at this point. Who else is buying $300 special editions of your stuff. You can't turn around and bite the hand that feeds, can you? (See what I did there?)
Message Edited by JT_Ramsay on 06-11-2009 10:56 AM
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