Last night I went to see Nine Inch Nails perform at the Met in Philly. The Met was built as an opera house in 1908 and fell into disrepair for many years, only to re-open in 2018 thanks to a $56 million restoration. It’s like a more grandiose version of The Trocadero, which hosted the Newgrounds Party back in 2000 and sadly closed in 2019.
This was my second time seeing NIN live and third time seeing Trent Reznor in person, thanks to this fortuitous E3 encounter in 2002:
One of my favorite personal accomplishments was making this the default photo for Trent Reznor on IMDB for years (the default has since changed). I’ve always wondered if he noticed.
I went to the show with Rob, Lori and Greg. Rob took a picture of us at Thirsty Dice beforehand:
We were checking out the NIN Discord channel but yeah we look like phone addicts.
NG trivia: Greg was the programmer for GroundCats on iOS and NG-alumn @Bob now does the Thirsty Dice website. It's a board game cafe.
Rob isn’t in the picture but he also took a picture with Trent at E3 in 2002 so enjoy:
100 gecs opened for NIN. I’m mostly familiar with 100 gecs from people using them in animations but it was cool to see them live and now I'm diving deeper into their work. NIN of course was great!
It was nice to get out around people, something I haven’t done often since Covid. It’s good to reboot the brain once in a while with fresh sensory input. I'll be seeing Run the Jewels with @IvanAlmighty in August, during the Adult Swim Block Party. @psychicpebbles will also be in town that weekend for a Smiling Friends panel, if you're local and want to check it out!
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Holly shit man, you are full of luck man!