Please, Trent, tell me I'll like the album better

It's a good thing I can compose something ahead of time somewhere else and then import it here and publish it when I have a few free minutes. I'm still trying to find the time to throw in some links, but in the meantime, here goes:

My beloved Nine Inch Nails have a new DVD out as of this past Tuesday. I've not had the time to get it, but I'll be picking it up and playing it incessantly as of tomorrow. It's live footage of their tour supporting "With Teeth." I saw them live last June at Nissan Pavilion, and I'm hoping to relive that fabulous night by buying this concert DVD. I've been counting off the weeks until its release.

NIN has a new album, "Year Zero," out on April 17th. There's a new single, "Survivalism," being played on the radio now, and boy, does it suck a hard large one. The first time I heard it, I was trying to convince myself that I would like it better the second time, but the second time made me wince just as much as the first listen. Am I still gonna buy the album? You betcha. Will I see them on tour in support of it? You can bet big bucks and believe the answer is yes. But wow, do I hate that song.

On a brighter note, a band I've loved since the giddy-up, Fountains of Wayne, have a new single out which is on form for them. "Someone to Love" is full of the usual hooks, harmonies, lyrics and situations that make them one of the best bands this country has ever produced. "Traffic and Weather" comes out on April 3rd, so at least if the NIN album sucks as hard as the single, I'll have "Traffic and Weather" to pull me through. A friend of mine has an advance copy of "T and W," and he loves it, so I'm already waiting for the day they start touring. I've got a few friends who'll be making a religious pilgrimage to watch them play at the 9:30 Club in D.C., if they don't wind up playing someplace bigger. Their last album, "Welcome Interstate Managers," is one of my all-time Top Ten favorites. It's been a few years since "WIM" came out, but I'd rather wait a long time between albums and have the wait be worth it than have quantity and no quality. Please, please, please, Chris and Adam, don't let me down. You've got to pick up the slack from Trent.