Geek Force FiveCast 011 (Video)

I took a break from prepping my classes for this week to geek out about the announcement of a three-hour Lost season finale and the arrival of my copy of the physical CD version of Ghosts I-IV by Nine Inch Nails.

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Geek Force FiveCast 002 (Video)

5 stories, in 5 minutes or less, five days a week (or thereabouts)! The second episode of a semi-regular show/podcast from GeekForceFive.com. Today, we cover 1) Walking in Boston; 2) Addicted to Lost Video (YouTube); 3) Drew Carey on the Price is Right; 4) Interview with Trent Reznor about Ghosts I-IV; and 5) Star Wars Live Action on TV.

You can watch the video here, and on a couple of other video sharing sites across the Interweb. And, if you’d like, you can subscribe to the show as a podcast via PodShow.com. I hope to get it listed in the iTunes Store soon, as well.

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Crossover Craziness: NIN and the Dresden Dolls

One of the first things I learned about the new Nine Inch Nails record, Ghosts I-IV, was that Dresden Dolls drummer Brian Viglione had recorded drums for a couple of tracks. I am a huge fan of the Dolls, and I still think that they were the best opening act that I’ve ever seen at a NIN show, so this was most welcome news. The Boston Herald’s Michael Marotta posted a brief article on Brian’s involvement on the Herald’s Website today. It’s not particularly illuminating, but it’s nice to see the hometown heroes getting a bit of attention.

The Dresden Dolls’s newsletter provided a bit more insight, and a board member at Echoing the Sound has been kind enough to transcribe it. Here’s a snippet:

Here’s a little re-cap of that weekend:

Day 1: Trent said, “I thought a fun art project for today would be to have you put some things together to play on and we could improv some stuff tonight. I don’t really have room for a big drum kit and all the mics here, but, let your imagination go and we’ll help you piece together what you need. When you get something together, we’ll record tonight. Go nuts, see you in a few hours.”

So I put this together from stuff around his house, Home Depot, and the grocery store.

It sounded cool as hell.

Brian can be heard on two tracks of Ghosts I-IV, and they’re two of the better ones, in my humble opinion (and that’s saying something on an album where, to my ear, there aren’t any glaring weak spots). I love crossovers, man, whether they’re in comics, films, or even in music. Yay for Brian for landing this gig, and yay for Trent for giving the New Hampshire boy a chance.

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