(forehead SMACK)

[gram_negative]

...earlier this year, it suddenly dawned on me (fifteen years after initially listening to the record and looking at the booklet before Ms. Vernon's English class with a certain Mr. Douglas Roark) that the artwork on the inside pages of The Downward Spiral is meant to be closeups of Icarus's wings, after he flew too close to the sun and the wax

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[abulia]

...OH.

[gram_negative]

I know, right?

[anonymous]

Yeah, the huge art is pretty great. I really don't know if it's in the re-release...frankly, I'm trying not to contemplate all the awesome things I'd like to buy on vinyl until I have a functioning record-player.

Later, I realized (in support of my Icarus theory) that Trent re-used that image on The Fragile. First song ("Somewhat Damaged"): "Flew too high and burnt the wings / lost my faith in everything." If you think about it, those two lines are practically a summary of TDS.

Man, we're analyzing NIN lyrics and talking about vinyl promos! It takes me back to summers past...

WTF?!

[gram_negative]

Don't know how I became mysteriously not-logged-in....

[hogofheaven]

I think I heard Trent say that in an interview.

[the9trances]

Liar.

[gram_negative]

I don't believe it, either. This smacks of shameless one-up-manship!

[the9trances]

Whoa!