april fool's.
God DAMN I love Trent Reznor. Best April Fool's joke ever.
He seriously had me for about thirty seconds there.
"To download NIN's new full-length album Strobe Light, PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND, enter a valid email address in the fields below. A download link will be sent to you immediately. Your credit card will be charged $18.98 plus a $10 digital delivery convenience fee. Your files will arrive as windows media files playable on quite a few players with your name embedded all over them just in case you lose them. You will also receive an exclusive photo and a free email account with our partner Google's Gmail service.
Your email will be kept confidential and will not be used for spam, unless we can make some money selling it."
Ridiculous surcharges, goodies no one really wants or needs, shitty audio (Trent is an audio NAZI), and selling your email to spammers. Also "just in case you lose them" = "Don't even think of file-sharing, bitch!" Ah. <3
He seriously had me for about thirty seconds there.
"To download NIN's new full-length album Strobe Light, PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND, enter a valid email address in the fields below. A download link will be sent to you immediately. Your credit card will be charged $18.98 plus a $10 digital delivery convenience fee. Your files will arrive as windows media files playable on quite a few players with your name embedded all over them just in case you lose them. You will also receive an exclusive photo and a free email account with our partner Google's Gmail service.
Your email will be kept confidential and will not be used for spam, unless we can make some money selling it."
Ridiculous surcharges, goodies no one really wants or needs, shitty audio (Trent is an audio NAZI), and selling your email to spammers. Also "just in case you lose them" = "Don't even think of file-sharing, bitch!" Ah. <3