Semi-double-post from my main journal.
To recap:
NIN's new album? Let it grow on you. Even Capital G.
Roll around in the ARG if you like your media multi-faceted. (It isn't really marketing. It's just what he wanted to do.) Accept the post-With Teeth Trent that lifts Buicks in his spare time; he's just preparing for a fight.
Manson's new album? TOTAL FUCKING CRAP. It's like one long boring song. I give up on you, Brian. You were much better as a bombastic, unapologetic asshole.