ETS Tour Journal

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Just got out recorded about 3/4 of the show. Sounds like others did well. Got told to stop once so I just moved.

1. 999,999 [Intro]
2. 1,000,000
3. Letting You
4. Discipline
5. March Of The Pigs
6. Head Down
7. The Frail
8. Closer [The Only Time Breakdown]
9. Gave Up
10. Corona Radiata [Interlude]
11. The Warning
12. The Great Destroyer
13. Ghosts 21
14. Ghosts 28
15. Ghosts 19
16. Piggy [Ghosts]
17. The Greater Good
18. Pinion [Interlude]
19. Wish
20. Terrible Lie
21. Survivalism
22. The Big Come Down
23. Ghosts 31
24. Only
25. The Hand That Feeds
26. Head Like A Hole
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27. Echoplex
28. Reptile
29. The Good Soldier
30. Hurt
31. In This Twilight [Zero-Sum Outro]

taped the show audio and video. the audio sounds AMAZING!!!! like 100x better than the other shows I have done! I am transferring the video right now but when I was doing it, it really looked good.


The best show I have seen. More to come. time to party!

really sad that the US shows in april/may and the european shows in the summer might be the last ones

awesome that they're doing them as a four piece though, i hope they do a lot of re-works and bring back a lot of old songs they haven't done in ages.

"get it while you can"... :'-(

I hate Vegas; the waiting area for this venue was an absolute clusterfuck.

I kind of wish that they'd announced that Alessandro was leaving before today; it was strange to find out in the last 15 minutes of the concert. TR said that they'll be starting up as a 4 piece with the shows in Australia, then he announced that there will be shows in the US in April then some shows in Europe next year (09). No word on what would be happening beyond that.

The setlist was a song shorter than previous nights. Someone moved the camera normally on the light guy to the guys next to him during Survivalism; they weren't quite as active as the light guy.

I had fun before meeting some people from nin.com and ets; it was nice to put faces with names.

dude the video is also CRISPY!!! there were times when the security guards were coming around and I had to dip the camera though. But other than that very solid static shot!

For all you haters who didn't think an audience recording could sound so good!!!!

http://www.geocities.com/ryanjonik@sbcg ... addown.mp3

enoughs enough... Its time to hit the scene! All my shit will be up on my site in a couple days maybe a week!!!

http://www.detroit-recordings.com

so having pre-sale seat tickets did not get us in early before everyone else. Other than that it was a great show. I got some video. not sure how good it is. I wanted to foucs on JMJ but I was on Robins side

going to gamble now

pre-sale clusterfuck aside........there were some moments of greatness in this show. JMJ and Robin were scorchin!! i was in the seventh row on the isle. Perfect view. Practically sold my soul during the frail, hoping for the wretched (had not seen it this tour), still surreal to feel let down with closer. TBCD fucking rocks. period. BH from Perfect Circle was across the isle, i think his dog must have died today. Ron Jeremy was up a couple rows. That being said, announcing Alessandro leaving kinda took my attention away from the show. Change is hard!! I was ready for some emotion with josh leaving, but i am suddenly saddened and also excited to see what might come in the stripped down four man group.

Obligatory btiching as follows: If you are a fan, but your signficant other is not. Keep them home. I had a guy in front of me checking his watch and sitting through the ghosts set till the end of the show. This saddens me greatly. I stared at him and flashed a small knife LOL but he did not budge.

Traveling this far for a show may seem strange to many, but i wanted to be a part of this. Reptile was the most amazing expereince. But i will take a NIN show in the middle of iowa any day over vegas. People dressed up, heels, BLAH, NIN is not about going and watching god damn it. Get off your ass and give the man some respect.''


looking forward to hearing about the US dates with the new foursome

thanks TR....tonight you were recognized by your peers


. No better compliment,
thanks for keeping me sober one more day

wooo nin yeah

RJonik wrote:For all you haters who didn't think an audience recording could sound so good!!!!

http://www.geocities.com/ryanjonik@sbcg ... addown.mp3

enoughs enough... Its time to hit the scene! All my shit will be up on my site in a couple days maybe a week!!!

http://www.detroit-recordings.com

Link doesnt seem to work. Unless Yahoo is actually updating and have been for the last couple of hours...

While I'm posting here, I may as well ask, did Trent talk much about it being the last show? And did he mention anything about the fans recording the show?

^ No. He didn't mention anything about the taping. I don't really think he can talk about knowing that people are taping.... so yeah.

Trent's speech was quite funny. He talked for quite a while - or more so than what I think he has in the past.

He introduced the band, looked at and read a sign that said something like "Big Fucking Titties, what about Grannie Panties?" - with Trent making an off hand comment about how it's "good to be him". He went on to say that it's the last show, and he's looking forward to packing away all the stage, maybe installing it in his house so he can watch porn on it. Then he announced that this was Alessandro and Josh's last show, which was a huge shock for a lot of people. He brought up the emo post he made the other day about not touring anymore, and sounded as though he wanted to stop rumors (I'm hoping?). Said that the band would be a stripped down, four piece for the shows in 2009, AND IN APRIL - they would be doing some shows in the states again! He said "get it while it's hot" because these will be the last for a while. And also, when discussing that the band members were leaving, he said he was getting emotional... "teary eyed"... I can't wait to hear the audio of this. It was an epic speech.

yeah looks like the servers are being maintained right now. just hang tight.

its basically 6 am (Detroit time) and I am still up.... holy hell. and my plane leaves in about 4 hours. 8-0

cynicmuse wrote:I had fun before meeting some people from nin.com and ets; it was nice to put faces with names.

I should have got your cell - we're all (8 ETS) still partying ;-)

I really enjoyed it. I was going to leave early to score a bar table, but after the Alessandro Announcement, I decided to just space out and enjoy the end of the show....

I have 35 minutes of [s]HD[/s] video shot from the balcony - from Gave Up to ghosts Piggy (plus a minute or two of the Warning). I'm aiming to torrent it next week (and send to Torgo). Almost static, but my arms did ache quite a bit near the end - should be good. And the sound is pretty good!

PS - we're still partying in the ETS room hehehe

Reading all this makes me SO happy! Thank you thank you thank you guys I can't wait to see pictures!

I was undecided about going to this show, up until this past Tuesday. I am definitely glad I decided to come. It was a great show, probably my favorite of the tour after Atlantic City.

Someone said that there were 80 presale tickets for the pit. One of the security people told me that there were going to be 120 total in the pit. Those other 40 must have all driven up from LA. (If you know LA crowds, then you know what I mean). There were men wearing suit jackets. The guy next to me on the rail kept leaving to go to the bar. When Robin handed me a bottle of water, he turned to me and said, "Oh, you know Trent, that's so cool." Me, I am always one for the snappy comeback, so I say, "Yeah, for the last few months we have had a date at 9pm a couple times a week." He kept going on about how this show was so much better than Duran Duran. Last time I saw them was 1984, so I don't have much of a reference point for that.

I was really glad that they played Reptile and The Great Destroyer. I hadn't seen those in the last couple of weeks. I was slightly disappointed that there was no LITS. Looks like we'll never get that with the screens.

The thing that I have observed lately is that there does seem to be more cohesiveness (not the word that I really want, but can't think of a better one) to Robin, Trent and JMJ playing. There were nights that Alessandro definitely seemed like the odd man out. I am really interested to see where this goes from here. Its probably going to be a lot of work to rearrange the songs in order for a four piece band to play them. But, I guess there won't be a lot of production planning if it is a stripped down stage design. Even though I know that there will be shows in the US in the spring, I am really tempted to go to Auckland to see the first show. Anyone got an extra pre-sale?

Off to suck the soy custard out of the vegan donuts from Ronalds.

Torgo wrote:He introduced the band, looked at and read a sign that said something like "Big Fucking Titties, ...

please. tell me you're not kidding! :O
edit* - just checked myself, you're not kidding :D

Yeah, I cried at last night's show. It had such a feeling of finality. I was on rail between TR and Robin. Great view, of course, but sound in that area was terrible, especially TR's vocals. I'm glad to hear sound was great from seats and look forward to seeing everyone's video.

I was surprised at the full LITS set up since I'd heard rumors it was going to be more AC-like show. That was a great surprise.

I spent a great deal of show watching Josh. He kicked the shit out of the end of (Ghost) Piggy. He really is a machine - a fucking amazing machine. I will miss him a great deal.

Alessandro leaving was such a shock. I wish we had known beforehand. There were 3 signs on rail and each mentioned Josh. It would have been nice to thank Alessandro too for his brilliant contribution to NIN. After TR announced his leaving, I went to text O, and I noticed she had texted me the same much earlier. I wish I had read it earlier.

BTW -- I wasn't the only one sad last night. Robin was getting really teary-eyed during his final bow on ITT.

Last, I love my ETS peeps. Sorry I stayed so long and kept you guys up. After we left, we headed back to PH bar to pull an all-nighter. Pansies! :p

Last night was amazing. If you want to use this for artwork or like liner notes to the dvd please let me know and Ill get you full resolution shots to use.

What a great show to leave off on. The entire band was in excellent form, especially Josh. The new video treatment for Closer is just creepy, & Reptile was even more incredible than usual. Like everyone else, I was shocked to hear the news of not one but two members leaving. Sooo glad I went to this one & look forward to the "deconstructed foursome" next year.

LEA wrote:Last, I love my ETS peeps. Sorry I stayed so long and kept you guys up. After we left, we headed back to PH bar to pull an all-nighter. Pansies! :p

<3 We were up way after you left!

Epic show last night. As others have mentioned getting into the show was a cluster. The sound was a little weird where we were (row E), I bet it sounded better farther back, the speakers were practically right above us and the entire show sounded like it was coming from above my left shoulder. Surprisingly, at least the parts of my recording I have listened to sound pretty good.

Robin and Justin tore it up last night. Sorry to see Josh & Alesandro leave the band. Someone in the pit is the proud owner of Alesandro's keyboard. The deconstructed 4 piece tour next year should be interesting, glad I was able to catch 2 dates on this tour.

I am tracking my recording right now, but I have to jump on the plane here in a few minutes so it won't be finished for a day or two. Keep an eye on ETS and Dime for the torrent in the few days.

Here is an mp3 of TR's speech for those interested:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/xckjyf

Amazing show indeed. I was in sec 203 row F, and the sound was pretty good (not as good as AC). The view was great though, and they were really killing it last night. It sucks to see Josh and Alessandro leave but I agree that he didn't really seem as into it since the beginning of the tour. I never saw The Frail lead into Closer before which was definitely weird since the other 3 shows I saw we got The Wretched twice and Reptile once (IZOD, kickass). The screens for Closer were awesome though. Also never saw 21 or 28 Ghosts before so that was cool, although I was hoping for a surprise somewhere (Reptile doesn't count since i'd seen it at all the other shows) like maybe Meet Your Master or Getting Smaller. I can't wait to see what the new 4 piece band will be like, here's hoping that they play those Europe-only classics here or maybe a deconstructed NIN will mean a Still-esque tour? I don't know but it's weird feeling sad and excited at the same time, about the same thing l.ol.

Just got home. That was my 5th time seeing NIN, and while it wasn't my favorite sound-wise, the performance was great, and getting to see Alessandro and Josh's last show is something I'll never forget.

I think it really depended on where you sat. I thought the sound was exceptional where I sat.

ANYWAYS......


http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... =1#seeders

Nine Inch Nails
12.13.2008
Las Vegas, NV
Planet Hollywood Theater
Lights in the Sky Tour 2008

http://www.detroit-recordings.com

Equipment: DPA 4060 (HEB) + BB + Edirol R-09HR [16,44.1 kHz; Section 104, Row R]
Lineage: R09HR -> Macbook -> Audacity (Normalize) -> CD WAVE (Track) -> FLAC (Encode 8 )
Taped By: Ryan J. (ryanjonik at sbcglobal dot net)


Setlist:

01. 999,999
02. 1,000,000
03. Letting You
04. Discipline
05. March of the Pigs
06. Head Down
07. The Frail
08. Closer
09. Gave Up
10. Corona Radiata
11. The Warning
12. The Great Destroyer
13. Ghosts 21
14. Ghosts 28
15. Ghosts 19
16. Piggy (Ghosts Version)
17. The Greater Good
18. Pinion - Wish
19. Terrible Lie
20. Survivalism
21. The Big Come Down
22. Ghosts 31
23. Only
24. The Hand That Feeds
25. Head Like a Hole
26. Encore Break/NIN Logo
27. Echoplex
28. Reptile
29. Trent's Speech
30. The Good Soldier
31. Hurt
32. In This Twilight


Notes:
Last show of the 2008 NIN Binge for my brother and I. It has been a great experience from us meeting so many nice people at each show and all the memories we will have of this fantastic show. This was also the last shows for Josh Freese and Cortini. This was by far the best performance I have seen and probably one of the reasons being its the last show of the tour!!! We came to Vegas all the way from Detroit for this one and it was an amazing journey! This audio recording is BY FAR my best one that I have ever done. The quality surpasses any show I have done in the past. Of course there are a few spots where there are screamers (2-3 from what I remember when I played this back on the flight home). But this is the best I have done. I also recorded the whole show on my Sony HD-DR10 Camcorder in HD and it looks fabulous. I just have to find a way to convert the files from ACVHD. Again, thanks to my brother for helping me bring in my gear and being a "blocker" for the show. This tour is very special to me and I will remember this tour for the rest of my life. Please support Trent Reznor and his work by buying his records and attending his shows. and trust me you might want to check it out next time as it will be the last time for awhile. Enjoy this recording, I basically am running on 2 hours of sleep cause I was so excited to get this out to everyone. Did basically all the editing on the plane back to Detroit. From the Jonik brothers happy holidays!

Ryan Jonik.




Sample:

http://www.geocities.com/ryan..k@sbcglo ... addown.mp3

I know kind of weird but this show is really for everyone who has downloaded other NIN recordings of mine and has appreciated them. I do love the comments a lot because I do feel like someone else is diggin' these recordings just as much as I do. I hope to save enough money for this upcoming spring/summer tour of NIN to at least go to 5 shows again. As always, thanks a lot everyone.

*Big ol' post ahead that I typed up at nin.com, plus a few modifications:*

The show was truly amazing - I have so much to say and yet it's hard to form words. I headbanged and yelled/sang so much that my throat feels a little worn out and my neck hurts. All the songs were amazing and I wanted to take video of all of them, but my camera only had about fifteen minutes of memory. I took the whole thing of The Great Destroyer and parts of other songs. I wanted to get video of In This Twilight so badly, but I had almost no room left, so I ended up only taking a couple of pretty good photos of that song...*shrug*

Trent and the guys were so tight. I loved watching and drinking in every moment - there was so much energy in the air last night. When Trent told his "speech", it was a huge suprise to find out that Alessandro's leaving, but I'm willing to accept more change at this point - Alessandro's probably got his own things going on and needs to tend to them, although I will miss him in NIN dearly. I wish both Josh and Alessandro the best of luck on their future endeavors and hope to see them in action sometime soon.

I'm so glad I was able to take in my camera; I took lots of video from row Y of section 103, seat 24, plus a couple of photos. I'll upload the videos in a while, probably. Need to decompress.

I was allowed to take in a paper shopping bag (the bag was from Houndini's in the mall of Planet Hollywood), and it had a gift for the band in it (five small burlap bags with flower bulbs inside; there were five small bags with tags on each one for each band member and with instructions attached for planting). I asked the lady who directed people to their seats in our area if there was someone I should talk to to have a gift for the band taken to the right people, and she told me security would be the best - so I went to a security lady who was near an exit talking to another guy (not security, don't know who it was). I told her what was in the bag and asked how I could go about having someone get it to the band, and the guy next to her said he would get it to them...after that I gave him the bag and he left through the exit. I hope I can confirm that the bags were given to the band and not just dumped in some trash receptacle because they somehow looked suspicious. I'm planning on asking JMJ in one of his threads over at nin.com if he and the rest of the guys received the bags...hopefully I can find out because I'm nervous that it might've not been the case. If they didn't get them, at least I tried.

Also, I recieved one of Riot's AIR flags, but I think I accidentally left it in the bag with the burlap-wrapped flower bulbs...meaning the band probably got it. Oops. I'm just hoping I didn't leave anything else in there by accident.

I do have photos to post, but I'll do it in a while (I managed to catch Rob and get a picture with him just as he was getting ready to split up from mingling with a big group of presale people/ETSers and nin.com'ers ). It was awesome meeting a bunch of you and seeing some familiar faces. Wish I could've met more people that I saw, but didn't get a chance to say hi to.

It was truly a good night/weekend.

Torgo wrote: He introduced the band, looked at and read a sign that said something like "Big Fucking Titties, what about Grannie Panties?" - with Trent making an off hand comment about how it's "good to be him".

That was my sign. It was 24 x 36, designed in Illustrator and printed at Kinko's in 200 point font. He could have read it from the balcony probably. So he probably thinks I'm a freak now but I'm a Freak Who Made Trent Reznor Laugh. Not many can say that.

What happened with this referred-to presale clusterfuck? From where I was it was the best goddamn line setup ever. If it turned shitty later on something went wrong because there was NO WAY those security guys were letting latecomers get in somehow before the people who had been waiting for hours. It was actually funny that people showed up at 4:45 and thought they were first (because the line was not started directly in front of the presale window) and were stunned and angry to learn they were #400 in line. GTFO, you must be joking. It's 15 minutes to presale pickup and less than 2 hours to doors and this is a NIN concert! First?! On what planet are you living???

I had an awesome time and weekend for many reasons and aside from the really crappy sound, which was not under their control, it was an incredible show. Small 2-foot-high stage, tiny tiny barrier area. I could see the pores on their faces. I took a lot of pictures and hope to have a few up tonight, definitely some tomorrow night.

Really surprised to hear the Alessandro announcement, the timing not the content. I kind of figured that was coming.

I'm surprised that this hasn't been discussed more: Trent basically said quite bluntly that NIN may be no more come 09. Why is no one catching on to this? He said this was the last time you'll ever see NIN with this kind of a set up, and line up, that there will be some EU dates and US dates in 09 with a stripped down four piece vibe, and then that's it... "get it while you can" "I'll still be around though, don't worry"

Sounds like he's going to lower the NIN flag and call it a day after next year. me and my friend were speechless.

We traveled from Los Angeles for the show... Epic night, but the sound for people in the nose bleed section was muffled as fuck. about an hour and a half into the night they finally turned on some more speakers and we were able to hear the show, but otherwise the sound quality was so utterly disgusting. Also, it was kind of a let down that it was the exact same setlist as the forum show we went to... seemed kind of pointless to spend an entire weekend driving to vegas just to see forum setlist part two.

skinnypuppy wrote:I'm surprised that this hasn't been discussed more: Trent basically said quite bluntly that NIN may be no more come 09. Why is no one catching on to this? He said this was the last time you'll ever see NIN with this kind of a set up, and line up, that there will be some EU dates and US dates in 09 with a stripped down four piece vibe, and then that's it... "get it while you can" "I'll still be around though, don't worry"

Sounds like he's going to lower the NIN flag and call it a day after next year. me and my friend were speechless.

We traveled from Los Angeles for the show... Epic night, but the sound for people in the nose bleed section was muffled as fuck. about an hour and a half into the night they finally turned on some more speakers and we were able to hear the show, but otherwise the sound quality was so utterly disgusting. Also, it was kind of a let down that it was the exact same setlist as the forum show we went to... seemed kind of pointless to spend an entire weekend driving to vegas just to see forum setlist part two.

I got that impression as well. It definitely sounds like after this next tour, NIN is done- at least on a "band" level. Sucks. I just hope the last show isn't somewhere far, because hell or high water, I'll be there.

I was at the forum show, too. To be fair, Vegas wasn't exactly the same. They played "Vessel" and "God Given" in L.A. and we got "The Great Destroyer" and "The Good Soldier" last night. I think everything else was the same.

after he said "that's it," obviously realizing that that statement would cause internet retards to freak out yet again, he clarified by saying "that's it for now" or something to that effect. all the guy does these days is work, so what makes you think he's going to stop now? what else would he do with his time (aside from planting flower bulbs)?

If you listen to one of the recordings of his speech going around, Trent says right after what meathead quoted, "After that, I don't know. With me, you never know." Or something like that. I highly, highly doubt NIN is anywhere close to ending.

I think he just wants to play it by ear as he gets closer to being done with the entire tour (including the 2009 dates). In the interview he did for pinkisthenewblog, he said something about maybe writing a new record or whatever afterward (at least, I think that's what he said), and he still has the Year Zero TV show to work out, which might come about around 2010. I wish people would relax and actually try to understand what he's getting at.

And I thought the flower bulbs (not my idea originally) would be nice because they're natural and they're good for the environment, and they look good in your yard - I mean, the band has probably gotten just about all the kinds of gifts of appreciation under the sun from fans. Why not just good ol' flowers?

I just got home and boy it was a hard ride home.
I hate how emotional i am, because i couldnt stop crying after seeing NIN and having to leave Vegas.

The show was truly amazing and incredible.
I wore my STARFUCKER shirt and i got alotta compliments on it =)
Though I was sick, i had a stuffy nose, I enjoyed every minute of the show while sniffing my stuffed nose.

I was shocked and really sad when Trent announced that Alessandro and Josh was leaving. =(

This is my 4th time seeing them and hopefully not my last.

i'm back home! great weekend....NIN never dissapoints(unlike others)

$100 a ticket
$300 plane ticket(round trip)
$160 two night stay at the riviera
$80 spent at the stratosphere
'bout $150 spent on food/drinks
having the chance to experience lights in the sky for the last time (fucking priceless)

I can't wait to do it all over again...'til next time

btw, no pics or videos from me. I recorded a lot of video and it's corrupted, maybe i should've just took pictures instead. The video won't play properly, anyone know of any software that can fix or partially fix that?

edit: fuck yeah i'm a master traveler...

The trip was amazing...

Here's an account (this is quite long - and I apologize...):

I flew into Vegas Friday with my Mother, who randomly decided she would come along for the trip, so she could roam Vegas by herself. My Mom is pretty cool and likes to party (I think my alcoholism comes from her), so it was awesome that she was coming along for the ride. Plus, she was paying for my way as a Christmas present this year and she wanted to be part of it.

I checked into Planet Hollywood and was immediately greeted with the NIN LITS Concert poster which was on the wall opposite of the entrance of the Hotel, across the street. To say the least, I was as giddy as a fucking school girl.

I spent the rest of the day walking around the Strip with my best friend, Liz, playing beer pong at the Rock House, hanging out with cowboys in Vegas for the Rodeo Convention, buying absurdly awkward sunglasses and guitars filled with alcohol, taking pictures with Chippendale's who pretended to choke us in the photo, and being filmed in a Motorcycle Vegas Street Chase.

Friday night, Liz and I went to Haufbrahaus to meet up with the NINners for dinner - I got to meet some pretty cool people. I was quite drunk still and wasn't sure of what was going on - so I didn't get to meet as many people as I would have wanted to. It was Elphaba's birthday, so she got to be sung to, which was cool. Papagolash, who I sat next to most of the time, was paddled. I met No44, Ninpolite, and some other really nice people as well.

Before clubbing, Liz and I went back to the hotel room because she insisted on refreshing her makeup. I was fine with it, so I also put some more makeup on. Somewhere along the progress, Liz dropped her liquid cover up and it splashed all across my pants. To say the least, Liz and I spent the next half hour trying to splash water, wipe off, and blow dry my pant leg.

Later, we all went to Krave (which I now realize was a Gay Bar) for Nine Inch Night... There were several screens lining the wall and all of them were playing AATCHB, which was pretty awesome. I bought a couple drinks for people and sat to watch people dancing. Whoever was stomping and possessed spiky hair - I admire your dance moves....

Liz and I decided to peace out, and check out Britney Spear's party at Tryst which we were given MVP tickets to (for the kids, of course - it's fucking Britney Spears!), so we went back to the hotel to change shoes (since her boots were giving her blisters and I didn't want to hear her bitching).

Due to a supreme amount of tiredness (I never really did have time to work on the sleep debt I had acquired from finals week the day before) and intoxication, when I laid down to relax while she changed shoes, I passed out. This was all by 12... Yeah - I'm lame.

I ended up waking at 6 the next morning with a pounding headache. I couldn't go back to sleep because of that awful spinning feeling that is acquired with a hangover and the trepidation I felt for the possibility of vomiting. So I bought internet and logged onto ETS - go figure.

My friend didn't wake till 11... when I finally grew restless and jumped on her. She made fun of me endlessly because of my elegant departure from consciousness the night before - which was well received because I was, quite frankly, embarrassed that I had passed out so early.

First, we ventured through the mall next to Planet Hollywood. My friend was instantly drawn to this Rock Clothes Shop (Vegas Design... or something), where they had tons of Rock type clothing that she drooled over (and if you saw her and the way she dressed, you would understand completely). The designer of the shop fawned over Liz and asked to take a picture with her, later giving her a $100 discount on boots, a hat, and a diamond leopard watch. Liz was in heaven. I just stared at my phone and gaped at a text picture that Papagolash had sent me of his bruised ass - after the paddling he had received at Haufbrahaus. Thanks a lot, Papa. I really appreciated it.

We walked further into the mall and came across a novelty shop. I wanted to find a fro wig to emulate the awesomeness of the JMJ fro, so we walked in. Instead, I ended up swiping a pair of sweet bright yellow shimmery star sunglasses. As I prepared to leave the shop, I caught eyes with Rob Sheridan who was walking down the mall pathway with a friend. I didn't really want to bother him, so I walked by and roamed the rest of the mall.

After eating at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone with free drink tickets, and buying a bowl of Tiki Punch at Trader Viks, we ventured down the Strip to the Rock House to refill our beer guitars with Pina Coladas. The street was windy as fuck... and I felt like I was walking against a solid cold barrier most of the way there. Half way to the bar, my Mom called me and informed me that the venue had released more pit tickets. We hurriedly filled our guitars, jetted back in a cab, and circled the hotel to find out about swapping tickets. In the lounge, I inquired about the tickets at the front desk while Liz was preoccupied with a bright green dot on the ground. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was a guitar pick and grabbed for it. Lo and behold, it was a mother fucking NIN pick and I just about shit my pants. After a while and after shitting my pants, we found out that we were supposed to buy and switch these tickets at the venue booth, so we headed over there just in time to find out that they were gone. I was sad that I missed out on a chance to be so close, but I was still ecstatic about having found a NIN pick so randomly. Also, at the booth - I met up with some more NIN.com-ers/ETS'ers, including a guy who walked right up to me for an introduction, shook my hand saying "Hi Torgo!" and admitted that he saw me drunk and stumbling across the street the night before, which he had Twitter about later. Wat?

Afterwards, we walked around randomly in the casino, gambling and drinking straight from our beer guitars. Walking to one of the machines, I walked past Josh Freese - but was too flummoxed to say hi. Plus, I hadn't gotten over the fact that I didn't want to seem like a rabid fan, attacking and being extremely awkward. I could kick myself now for not at least saying hello... After that, I saw Brett walk past to the main lobby. How did I know it was Brett, you may ask? One word: beanie.

Before the show, I went over to the venue to see the line. I recognized some people from Haufbrahaus and chatted, then I decided to film some people in line with my camera for the Fan DVD extras. I interviewed some interesting people and some people seem to recognize me (I have no clue as to why or how?) and approached me about the making of the DVD, which was pretty cool. One woman with a furry cat hat gave me $20 and told me to buy drinks, which I tried to refuse - however, she absolutely insisted that I take the money (thank you if you are reading this! - I did end up buying a couple rather nice drinks!). Someone also gave me a red Survivalism flag with the AIR flag to wave during the concert (I think it was Riot?). I also loved seeing that Cody (No44) had coated himself entirely in cornstarch. Fuck yeah.

While interviewing, I came across a guy who was pretty funny and ended up daring me to wear a Hannah Montana shirt to the NIN concert. He said if I was willing to do so, he would buy it for me, so I complied. I mean, why not? And Hannah Montana is way better than Trent, anyway. I changed my shirt hiding underneath a clothes rack since the store didn't have a changing room, and struggled to fit in the child size shirt. To say the least, it was tight and very bright pink, with Hannah Montana splashed across the front and the words "Secret Star" sparkling below her face. Hot.

In between interviews, I also received a fro wig from Papagolash, which was awesome (kudos!). I proceeded to wear the fro, the Hannah Montana shirt, and sick star stunner glasses as I approached people for more interviews. I think I lost more potential footage for the DVD that way... Inspired, Liz also partook in the action by demanding to buy some hairspray to make a Robin Hawk out of her hair...

Anyways, I eventually got in line and waited for it to wind it's way awkwardly around the bar in the center of the area in front a long corridor of shops and a bar at the center of the hall in front of the venue. Liz and I got to the front and were told that our studded belts would be confiscated. Bummer. Slightly miffed, we went to our hotel rooms and stashed the goods. Then I crotched my camera and proceeded back to the line.

Security was ridiculously laxed. They didn't pat us down and when the lady checked my bag, I barely zipped it open and she goes "ok - you can go", shooing me away with a uninterested flick of the wrist. I got really excited by this prospect that security really didn't care... maybe overly so, while overlooking the fact that security could be different inside...

Inside, I immediately beelined to the merchandise booths. After reading about people missing out on merch because of shit selling out fast, I knew I had to get in fast. I maneuvered my way in to the side of the line/mob and muscled my way to the front. While waiting in line, I noticed a guy with white contacts and spiked hair. Umm... cool? I continued to move toward the desk and finally caught the attention of one of the workers. I asked for a medium track jacket and was informed that I was getting the last one. I was super fucking lucky...

Liz and I walked into the venue and found our seats. We were in section 207 row B, so it was an ok view. At this point and time, I was still kicking myself for not getting the pit tickets that were released earlier and was still killing myself when I later envisioned myself catching Alessandro's keyboard, but who was I to bitch when this concert was going to be fucking amazing - no matter what.

After a bit of a wait, the guy who had bought my Hannah Montana shirt came by. He had, apparently, also bought the Hannah Montana shirt and was looking for me to take a picture, which was hilarious.

Ten more minutes later and The Bug came on. I'm sorry Trent... I really admire you as a person and love your music, but what the fuck were you thinking? Sure, I think I could have enjoyed the music maybe if I could just hear the DJ scratch some tracks out, but the whole "Reggae chick" thing was just out of control. Her voice layered over the dissonance of the tech music was just... too much. At most points during the performance, Liz had to excuse herself to buy more alcohol. I couldn't blame her. I'd also like to point out that I asked for her to bring me back some as well to help soothe the pain... And when the lead singer began shouting "Encore", writhing on the ground, I couldn't help but think "hell fucking no".

It finally ended after a very long time of sidelong stares with Liz. In time, NIN finally appeared - and I don't think I could really grasp that it was real. My first fucking concert and my first time seeing NIN. This wasn't happening...

During the whole show, I felt like a loon rocking out - slamming my head, mouthing the words, pumping my fist to the beat having never done it before/feeling silly doing it, although I couldn't quite help it. It was really really fun and I couldn't help but wonder what I had been missing out my whole life by missing the whole atmosphere of concerts (fucking collegiate/club soccer and its commitments).

I was absolutely thrown by the dazzling lights and the amount of tech work involved in the set design. Closer and Only were some of my favorite effects and I felt like I was in some mad dream.

During the performance, I tried to tape some stuff on my camera and had no trouble with security. Eventually, the battery ran out and I couldn't find my bag with the extra battery (which I fervently tried to search for in the dark with my cell phone as a light during the concert). However, I couldn't find it till after the performance, several chairs down from me. How it got there, I will never know (perhaps, it was my crazy dance moves?).

Also, I received several texts during the show and I was absolutely shocked to get several texts from ETS about Alessandro's myspace post and his imminent departure from NIN. It was devastating... to say the least. I also got some texts from the NIN Fan DVD Camera Crew, drawing some concerns about being caught by security, which had me riled.

Regardless, I was entirely enthralled by the show. JMJ and Robin ripped the mother fucking stage apart. Josh Fucking Freese completely hammered his drum set and his arms seemed to be flying everywhere. Trent was awesome and extremely energetic. I told myself I wouldn't cry, but I fucking cried like a baby during 'Hurt' and at the end of 'In this Twilight'. Liz kept poking me in the ribs and laughing, and I punched her and told her she was a bitch. The end of 'In this Twilight' was especially emotional because of all the departures and knowing that it was, indeed, two of the band members' final goodbyes. Josh ended his set by throwing his sticks backwards with a flare of finality and I almost died when Alessandro unplugged and lobbed his keyboard into the crowd (in which he just kind of chucked it barely offstage in a small effort to launch it). And when Trent left, I was in tears. As the lights came up, I had to hide behind the collar of my new 1,000,000 jacket so that Liz wouldn't have more ammunition against me.

Afterwards, we struggled to leave the venue as everyone pushed toward the exit. I looked back and saw some people still sitting, almost in reverence. Everyone looked emotionally drained and I couldn't blame them. I felt it too.

We left the venue, finally, and arrived at the awkwardly located Halo bar in front of the venue. Some ETSer's and NIN.com-er's were there, so I mingled and met with people from the "camera crew" to see how filming went. I finally met Chaonatic who told me really good news about filming everything, except parts of Piggy. Some other camera people approached and told me that they either filmed some parts, were caught or couldn't, or filmed a majority of it, which was somewhat somewhat nice.

I fucked around with Papa, Kobob, Alyze, NINpolite, etc. - met Hippygeek, Eris, Magtig, Xvostya, ad infinitum, and LEA - and later decided to follow a bunch of people to Bally's to hang out in a hotel room and drink (after being indecisive for forty minutes). Liz left to meet up with some UFC film editing friends who were hanging out with UFC fighters. When I got to the hotel, sleepiness hit me and I couldn't seem to hold my eyes open. I also managed to say the weirdest shit (and I was sober!) and couldn't carry a normal conversation (apologies to everyone who endured...) Example: "So Torgo - what are you like when you drink?" - me: "Well... I... uhh... I get big. WHAT? I WHAT?" I swear... I'm not this weird - and I certainly don't get BIG when I drink.

So... I left. Yeah - I'm a huge pussy. But I just couldn't seem to stay awake so I thought, what's the point? Plus, I didn't want to aid ETS/nin.com with any possible blackmail material that could have ensued if I had eventually ended up passing out on the floor...

I fell asleep at 4. And I was abruptly woken up by a drunk Liz at 5, who smashed into the room and proceeded to smack me across the face, slurring, "what the fuck are you doing?! - You can't sleep again! - You're in Vegas - Why don't you answer your fucking phone?!". I grumbled and attempted to tell her that I was tired, but she persisted on talking, offhandedly commenting that she had just come back from hanging out with Robin in the Heart Bar. I was slightly worried at the idea of a drunken Liz badgering Robin, and trying to tell him that she was trying to copy his hair do. Apparently, she had offered him a drink, and his lady friend a drink, but he graciously declined. Apparently, he was a good sport.

Awake and disgruntled, I finally couldn't do anything but give into the whims of Liz. She dragged me downstairs to go eat at the Coffee House at 6 AM, where she was quite angry at the idea of only being allowed to order breakfast. She really wanted a hamburger.

I order a breakfast sampler and she got chocolate chip pancakes - offhandedly announcing every now and then that she was intoxicated. I would simply just nod and shove another piece of egg in my mouth.

At one point, a guy came and sat at our table. Liz and I were slightly put off by his presence, but were relieved when we realized that he was not some crazed individual, but a NIN fan who wanted to talk about the show. I mentioned the Fan DVD and he confessed that he had some stuff for the show, so I traded info with him, which was cool. Eventually, his wife came and collected him, dragging him away by mentioning that he had just missed Josh Freese, who was also eating in the cafe right next to them.

I continued to eat, and at some points - Liz began to comment that she didn't want to vomit. I immediately told her to drink some water and threatened to chop off her pinky if she were to actually follow through. Instead, she started eating some food off my plate, mumbling about some guys that she had hooked up with while she was gone.

Liz and I went to bed finally and she seemed to make it just fine without really vomiting (which I am all too thankful for). We woke up the next morning at 12 by a phone call from my mother who informed us that we had an hour to check out of the room. Liz, who admitted to still being intoxicated, frantically attempted to find out about her flight - about which she had no clue about... not even what time her plane was taking off. I spent the time showering and trying to pack, squeezing in my beer guitar in my suitcase (which was no easy feat).

My Mom, Liz and I packed into the elevator - and discussed Liz's bedraggled appearance. The elevator descended a few floors and eventually a woman came in with a young girl, dancing with a stick. The young girl pressed a button by accident and we stopped, inadvertently, on several more floors. The lady apologized, but we just laughed and said it was no big deal. Who was I kidding? - I would probably do that for fun at my present age.

We got off the elevator at the Lobby and left. I looked over outside eventually and spotted Robin who was leaning against the front doors. I also noticed JMJ and Leo, who was then approached by the lady who was in the elevator with us, which I later realized was his wife and his daughter. Having already kicked myself for not saying hi before, I put aside my fear of being an absolute ass, and approached them.

I opened the door and tentatively addressed Robin. He looked tired and I immediately felt bad for approaching them. Feeling like an annoying prick but already having put myself in the situation, I proceeded to shake his hand and tell him he had an amazing performance the night before. And since Liz was sort of hovering by me, I mentioned that he had met her last night. Robin sort of looked at me and Liz blankly, and I laughed, commenting that Liz was pretty hammered the night before and he sort of nodded in recognition of who she was. I then proceeded to ask him for a picture and he said he would. I then shouted out at Justin, shaking his hand, introducing myself, telling him he had a wonderful performance and asking for his picture. Justin also looked quite tired, but he smiled and was really nice. They placed me in the center and I gave Liz my camera. The picture was taken and I said thanks to them both again, wishing them a safe flight home. They both were really friendly and thanked me again.

It was a great end to a great weekend. I can't say I could have had it any other way.

Torgo - it sounds like you had a great time. Thanks for all your work on this DVD. If you want some pictures for art or stills, let me know. (Assuming any of mine come out good enough.)

I did not volunteer to take any earlier because I didn't know how the camera situation would be for people up front and didn't want to promise and then not deliver. But they were fine with my two cameras and being so close I think I did get a lot of good ones. Anyway once they're all processed you can see them on nin.com or Flickr so PM me if you want to use a few.

So, um, anybody seen my beat up British Passport?

I loved the show and I too I'm sad about the break up and the uncertain future of NIN. While the show was awesome, I have to say that was the worst crowd I've ever seen/heard(except when the blueman group thought they could play at a rock festival.)

First, I just want to say that the true NIN fans I met were all very cool. Now for all the fucking douche bags at that show. There was a group of drunk guys sitting behind me that were booing when NIN was playing their slower songs. They were saying things like I thought this was a rock concert and I'm about to go to sleep. I also saw people sitting the whole show. I know it was a long show but there fat asses sat the whole time. Lastly, I was amazed at the amount of people who looked like they had no idea what NIN is. They looked as though they just happened to be at Planet Hollywood and were like, "look a concert lets go see what this is all about."

Trent should have made that show a nin.com exclusive show.

On an end note, It was awesome to hear Reptile again:)

hippygeek wrote:So, um, anybody seen my beat up British Passport?

If you are still missing it you can go ask the planet hollywood security desk or call them @ 702.785.9933. That is where the PH lost and found is.

Why do I have their number, you may ask? Wait for it... Because I lost my fucking camera. I am so pissed about this it literally makes me sick. This was such an amazing show and more than that, I really enjoyed meeting all of you. And all those memories? They are on a memory card in, you guessed it, the missing camera. AGH! I hate myself and my stupidity sometimes. If someone happens to have it I am offering a reward for it.

Torgo wrote: Example: "So Torgo - what are you like when you drink?" - me: "Well... I... uhh... I get big. WHAT? I WHAT?" I swear... I'm not this weird - and I certainly don't get BIG when I drink.

Hahahah! Thanks for reminding me of that and that I need to change my custom title!

It's been a long weekend and I'm now at my new home. My head is still swimming. So I guess I'll make it brief and keep it narrowed down to the show night. (Even though Krave was fun but could have been better if they had played more NIN and more stuff we had requested. God damn bastards.)

The show was amazing and GOD DAMN I have epic fucking timing. I got in my seat like...three minutes before the show started. I was buzzed when the show kicked off and quickly sobered up thanks to the epic boom that is teh ninz. Watching Trent throw shit around made me crack up. I'm thinking "God damn, is this the Self Destruct tour?"

This was my third time seeing them and again, I never cease to be amazed. I geeked out over The Great Destroyer - like, literally squeeked screamed. And Reptile made me lose my shit.

Trent's comments over the panties was priceless. I really wanna change my Myspace headline to "Man, it's great to be me." But that can totally be taken out of context.

And I wanted to cry when they announced Alessandro was leaving. And I'm kinda glad I wasn't anywhere near the area where he chucked the keyboard. I'm surprised he could carry it, I figured that could overwhelm him.

I really wish I could remember all the people I met this weekend, but I can't. I can remember some of the usernames. Torgo, Papa, Perk - you guys are fucking awesome. We gotta hang out at shows again. And Perk, thank you for letting me room with you. Much appreciated. It was nice to see James and johnbron again, even if it was for a few moments. You guys rock. Yoshata, 'twas nice to meet you and converse briefly. And to anyone I met of whom I can't remember their name: don't take it personal. I'm bad with names.

And can I squee over Rob? 'cause I will. Meeting him made my night.

IceIsForming wrote:Trent should have made that show a nin.com exclusive show.

That wouldn't work at all - as it is there were seats still available on TicketBastard a few days before the show.

That place seats over 7,000 people, heh.

Torgo wrote: I fucked around with Papa, Kobob, Alyze, NINpolite, etc. - met Hippygeek, Eris, Magtig, Xvostya, ad infinitum, and LEA - and later decided to follow a bunch of people to Bally's to hang out in a hotel room and drink (after being indecisive for forty minutes).

Que? I wasn't that drunk was I?

We, unfortunately, did not meet. I think you met someone else.

LEA wrote:

Torgo wrote: I fucked around with Papa, Kobob, Alyze, NINpolite, etc. - met Hippygeek, Eris, Magtig, Xvostya, ad infinitum, and LEA - and later decided to follow a bunch of people to Bally's to hang out in a hotel room and drink (after being indecisive for forty minutes).

Que? I wasn't that drunk was I?

We, unfortunately, did not meet. I think you met someone else.

I think you must have been drunk then - we ran into her after the show at the Halo bar - she was standing next to guilty.

http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1 ... 1229381698

My audio up at demonoid. I know you can get the mp3 version of it on my site now (FLAC in a couple of hours). But for those who have demonoid accounts and want it now, its there.

hippygeek wrote:

LEA wrote:

Torgo wrote: I fucked around with Papa, Kobob, Alyze, NINpolite, etc. - met Hippygeek, Eris, Magtig, Xvostya, ad infinitum, and LEA - and later decided to follow a bunch of people to Bally's to hang out in a hotel room and drink (after being indecisive for forty minutes).

Que? I wasn't that drunk was I?

We, unfortunately, did not meet. I think you met someone else.

I think you were drunk - we ran into her after the show at the Halo bar - she was standing next to guilty.

Damn. I didn't think I met guilty either. It was a clusterfuck and I really don't remember meeting new folks after the show. Hmm.

Do I need to call the authorities to get you deported or did you find your passport?

BTW, please send me your bread recipe.

^ Heh. It's ok. I don't blame you. I met so many people, and I feel really bad about not remembering half of them...

Anyways...

Umm... some pictures:

My awkward meeting with JMJ and Robin in case you didn't see it.

Here's the guitar pick my friend found on the ground in the Lobby...

I'm JMJ...

JMJ also comes in Pedo form.

My friend Liz was Robin...

The sign in the main casino and I.

No44 and his fucking cornstarch...

The Bug - "ENCORE - ENCORE!" - Fuck that.

Finally, some NIN.

Alessandro.... *tear*

The Great Destroyer destroyed me.

Flew in from new york to see this amazing show and got to meet Robin, sheridan , brett and leo at the heart bar after the show.
Oh yeh and i stole one of the posters advertizing the show that was on display in the mall. Had the time of my life, best weekend ever.
heres some pics of me at the heart bar with the guys i posted on my myspace if anyone is interested , take a look

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... Id=1325310

PS - Rjonik im loving the audio , great Job!
Now i cant wait to see how choanatics HD recording came out . any info on that yet?

EDIT : ithink i fixed the link , let me know if its working now

^^Linky no worky.

RJonik wrote:I think it really depended on where you sat. I thought the sound was exceptional where I sat.

ANYWAYS......


http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... =1#seeders

Nine Inch Nails
12.13.2008
Las Vegas, NV
Planet Hollywood Theater
Lights in the Sky Tour 2008

http://www.detroit-recordings.com

Equipment: DPA 4060 (HEB) + BB + Edirol R-09HR [16,44.1 kHz; Section 104, Row R]
Lineage: R09HR -> Macbook -> Audacity (Normalize) -> CD WAVE (Track) -> FLAC (Encode 8 )
Taped By: Ryan J. (ryanjonik at sbcglobal dot net)


Setlist:

01. 999,999
02. 1,000,000
03. Letting You
04. Discipline
05. March of the Pigs
06. Head Down
07. The Frail
08. Closer
09. Gave Up
10. Corona Radiata
11. The Warning
12. The Great Destroyer
13. Ghosts 21
14. Ghosts 28
15. Ghosts 19
16. Piggy (Ghosts Version)
17. The Greater Good
18. Pinion - Wish
19. Terrible Lie
20. Survivalism
21. The Big Come Down
22. Ghosts 31
23. Only
24. The Hand That Feeds
25. Head Like a Hole
26. Encore Break/NIN Logo
27. Echoplex
28. Reptile
29. Trent's Speech
30. The Good Soldier
31. Hurt
32. In This Twilight


Notes:
Last show of the 2008 NIN Binge for my brother and I. It has been a great experience from us meeting so many nice people at each show and all the memories we will have of this fantastic show. This was also the last shows for Josh Freese and Cortini. This was by far the best performance I have seen and probably one of the reasons being its the last show of the tour!!! We came to Vegas all the way from Detroit for this one and it was an amazing journey! This audio recording is BY FAR my best one that I have ever done. The quality surpasses any show I have done in the past. Of course there are a few spots where there are screamers (2-3 from what I remember when I played this back on the flight home). But this is the best I have done. I also recorded the whole show on my Sony HD-DR10 Camcorder in HD and it looks fabulous. I just have to find a way to convert the files from ACVHD. Again, thanks to my brother for helping me bring in my gear and being a "blocker" for the show. This tour is very special to me and I will remember this tour for the rest of my life. Please support Trent Reznor and his work by buying his records and attending his shows. and trust me you might want to check it out next time as it will be the last time for awhile. Enjoy this recording, I basically am running on 2 hours of sleep cause I was so excited to get this out to everyone. Did basically all the editing on the plane back to Detroit. From the Jonik brothers happy holidays!

Ryan Jonik.




Sample:

http://www.geocities.com/ryan..k@sbcglo ... addown.mp3

I know kind of weird but this show is really for everyone who has downloaded other NIN recordings of mine and has appreciated them. I do love the comments a lot because I do feel like someone else is diggin' these recordings just as much as I do. I hope to save enough money for this upcoming spring/summer tour of NIN to at least go to 5 shows again. As always, thanks a lot everyone.

Hey thanks alot!!


edit: Downloaded the mp3 instead THANKS

Did anyone else see Ron Jeremy?
I thought that was kinda funny.

Great show, wonderful way to end the tour. End of an era I suppose! We were all surprised to hear of Alessandros departure. Im sure we haven't seen the last of him, hopefully we will get more MWM material and shows. The band certainly wont be the same without him and Josh!

I enjoyed some of the changes they made to the visuals since the beginning of the tour. I missed the swinging lights during The Big Comedown, but Trents life size visage during hurt made the song kick ass again!

It was wonderful to meet Eris and JessicaSarahs! Hopefully next time we can plan to hang out a bit more! You ladies missed a great time at the club!

hippygeek wrote:So, um, anybody seen my beat up British Passport?

Did you check the trusty backback? I don't believe Ive ever seen you sans backpack. EVER.

ashley_dior wrote:Did anyone else see Ron Jeremy?
I thought that was kinda funny.

Yes. Surprisingly, I'm taller than him. Imagine that!

Here are a few pictures that are the better ones of my batch (my mom took a bunch of them, except for the one of The Bug and the ones of ITT).

First, the one with me and Rob. He was just getting ready to leave the area, but I asked if I could take a picture with him really quick and he said something like "uh...sure!" I felt a little bad interrupting him on his way out, but he was still willing to do it - my Mom was standing right there with the camera at the ready, so it really did go fast.

No smiles, haha. I've got big teeth.

One of Riot's AIR flags that got lost somehow...

Me and Riot - great seeing her again.

Good shot of The Bug. They made a great effort.

Full band shot during In This Twilight - I know, not many photos of other songs.

Trent during ITT. Probably the best photo I took during the whole show - a fitting goodbye until '09.

I didn't take any other good photos of the band during the concert, but I wanted to use the memory on my camera for video, which I did. Some of it is pretty shaky, but I still got some great footage of the lights and the band. I'll upload those soon.

Torgo wrote: While interviewing, I came across a guy who was pretty funny and ended up daring me to wear a Hannah Montana shirt to the NIN concert. He said if I was willing to do so, he would buy it for me, so I complied. I mean, why not? And Hannah Montana is way better than Trent, anyway. I changed my shirt hiding underneath a clothes rack since the store didn't have a changing room, and struggled to fit in the child size shirt. To say the least, it was tight and very bright pink, with Hannah Montana splashed across the front and the words "Secret Star" sparkling below her face. Hot.

We saw you as you rounded the Halo bar, my wife really loved your shirt and said "Nice Shirt!" as you walked by. We also saw the other guy in the same shirt and were wondering if you 2 traded shirts before the show or something.

DaveMuzik85 wrote:Oh yeh and i stole one of the posters advertizing the show that was on display in the mall.

I got the sign from above the ticket window, its a great memento from an amazing night. The sign in the main casino would have been killer, but I'm happy with my sign.

My recording is up on Dime now: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=227435
I have not downloaded RJonik's recording so I am not sure how it compares. I have posted samples of my recording on Dime so you can compare before you download. I did record The Bug and will post it once I track it.

Enjoy,
Brian

Nine Inch Nails
2008-12-13
Planet Hollywood Theater
Las Vegas, NV

Source: Core Sound LC Binaurals w/ Low Sensitivity > iRiver H120 (Rockboxed)
Transfer: H120 > USB > CD Wave (splitting) > Trader's Little Helper v.2.4.1 > .flac, .ffp, .torrent
Location: Section 104, Row E, Seat 6

Recorded & Seeded by brianblank
"It's only a memory if you don't record it"

yeh i wanted the sign from the main casino too but that thing was just massive , i duno WTF i would be able to do with it unless i had a mansion with 50 ft ceilings in my living room

RJonik wrote:http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1 ... 1229381698

My audio up at demonoid. I know you can get the mp3 version of it on my site now (FLAC in a couple of hours). But for those who have demonoid accounts and want it now, its there.

Thank you sir!!!

I have to say I had a great time at this show. Very happy I didn't give up on making it or upgrading my ticket through out the day. One of the ticket counter workers was awesome enough to see that I was trying to get better seats and hooked me up with a better ticket in section 104 when they released all the seats about an hour before the show. I couldn't thank her enough for being so awesome. Thus I ended up having about 3 tickets to the show but I didn't care.

Kind of wish I would have been more forth coming and not so reserved post show to partake in some of the partying that seems to have gone on but oh well, perhaps next time!

Torgo wrote:^ Heh. It's ok. I don't blame you. I met so many people, and I feel really bad about not remembering half of them...

Anyways...

Umm... some pictures:

My awkward meeting with JMJ and Robin in case you didn't see it.

Here's the guitar pick my friend found on the ground in the Lobby...

I'm JMJ...

JMJ also comes in Pedo form.

My friend Liz was Robin...

The sign in the main casino and I.

No44 and his fucking cornstarch...

The Bug - "ENCORE - ENCORE!" - Fuck that.

Finally, some NIN.

Alessandro.... *tear*

The Great Destroyer destroyed me.

i thought you looked familiar, i sat 4 rows before you.
I saw another guy wearing the same hannah montanna shirt too.

^ Hahahaha... that was the dude who bought the Hannah Montana shirt for me. He dared me right before the show to wear it, and I said I would. I changed in the clothes racks and put back on my fro wig... I later saw him in the concert hall and he showed me that he also bought the shirt. Good times.

I think most of you have already seen video of Trent's speech but I will post my video anyways.

Reptile +Trent's speech

just got home 2 hours ago thanks to the lovely traffic on the 10 freeway

finally back home in Denver, after a travel debacle leaving Vegas (thanks and FU to United), but it was worth all of the hassle.

I am the Hannah Montana T-shirts guy's much quieter (and definitely less intoxicated) friend. We met Torgo et. al. at the Halo bar before the show, and the rest is now history in this forum. He's a big NIN fan, but isn't a NIN forum/ETS'er yet. After sending him links to all this tonight, he'll be on soon. For those of you we met pre- and during the show, it was a blast. I don't think we met a single person from Vegas, now that I think about it. NIN'ers travel well.

I'm sure others have made this comparison, but I'll do it again. One of my first experiences to what live music could be was the video for Pink Floyd's 'Pulse' which a friend introduced me to back in high school in the mid 90s. The lights and production and incredible music made me wish I would have been lucky enough to see that tour in person.

I've seen some great shows since watching that video. Nine NIN shows before Vegas, and the visuals on the Fragile and With Teeth tours are highlights, along with Daft Punk's pyramid, among others...but nothing impressed me like what Pink Floyd did with Pulse (and that was only on VHS).

Until September, when I saw my first LITS show at Red Rocks. Finally, something met my hopes, and then blew them away. For those of you who have seen a show at Red Rocks, you can understand why those of us lucky enough to live around Denver like to brag about it so much. Just being under the stars at Red Rocks makes any show better. That was the best concert I had ever been to, hands down.

Being in Vegas, surrounded by NIN fans from all over the world, at the finale for what was the most well put together and performed live music tour ever has knocked the two NIN shows at Red Rocks off the top of my podium. Thanks to TR and the whole crew. You have ruined live music for me forever. Well done there. If anything ever tops this, my head will pop. Everyone we met at the show only added to it. Best Vegas trip ever.

Cya all in '09. Here's hoping for another tour finale party in Vegas. I hear Hannah Montana has a new CD coming out soon. Who's in?

P.S. A tip to all you rodeo-going cowboys flying out of Vegas: take your giant fucking belt buckle off BEFORE you go through the metal detector. Most of you I chatted with over the weekend were very cool and friendly, but no way should it take me almost half an hour to clear security at 5am.

HANNAH MONTANA ROCKS!

Yoshata. wrote: Trent during ITT. Probably the best photo I took during the whole show - a fitting goodbye until '09.

Very nice picture! I look forward to seeing your video

DaveMuzik85 wrote:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... Id=1325310

Hey! I was talking to you for a while down there! I was the one with the long red hair, I think I gave you my card. Didn't know that was you until I saw the pictures. When did you guys leave? We stayed until 5:30 and having been up for 36 hours at that point was hitting me. I don't know how Robin and the crew who were still there managed to get up later on; some of them were still there at 7:30 or 8:00. Well I guess they didn't go to sleep at all, probably. That was a really fun afterafterparty. I've said it before and I'll say it again: those people know how to create a ruckus.

I started putting my pictures up but only have a few so far. The Flickr set is here.

I'm upping the last 4 vids right now - they'll appear here soon - 3 Ghosts ones + Ghosts Piggy. And then the original's are heading off to Torgo for the magic fan DVD :)

Torgo wrote:HANNAH MONTANA ROCKS!

Not as much as her t-shirts

maryelle wrote:

DaveMuzik85 wrote:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... Id=1325310

Hey! I was talking to you for a while down there! I was the one with the long red hair, I think I gave you my card. Didn't know that was you until I saw the pictures. When did you guys leave? We stayed until 5:30 and having been up for 36 hours at that point was hitting me. I don't know how Robin and the crew who were still there managed to get up later on; some of them were still there at 7:30 or 8:00. Well I guess they didn't go to sleep at all, probably. That was a really fun afterafterparty. I've said it before and I'll say it again: those people know how to create a ruckus. :D

I started putting my pictures up but only have a few so far. The Flickr set is here.

My freind went up to the room at like 4:00 but i stayed and i think i got back into my room at 5:30 as well. I do rember talking to you and then you did give me your card but i somehow lost it in the craziness of the night. PM or just post ur site here n ill be sure to check it out.
I just took a look at your flicker page and i must say you take some pretty badass pictures, great job! thanks for keeping me company while my wuss friend had to leave me at the heart bar all by my lonesome. There was no way i was leaving a bar that robin finck was at but damn he can hang and i soon found myself having to dip out and he was still there , i guess they didnt get much sleep at all.
Great weekend all around , Hope to see you at one of the shows that will be in april with the "newly reconstructed band ."

^^ The URL is meowhousemedia.com. I'll be writing up something about the show but as you saw I have already started putting the pictures up on Flickr. Should have more tonight. I have a good amount of good ones.

There was no way i was leaving a bar that robin finck was at but damn he can hang

Lolz, I think a lot of people thought the same thing. He sure didn't seem tired when I left. What the hell, it was like the start of their vacation. They could sleep on the bus. Some of the crew didn't even get there until 4:30 because they loaded the trucks first before coming down, so they hadn't even gotten to go to the first afterparty upstairs. That kinda sucks for them.

Hope to see you at the April shows too. I am dying to see what the schedule is.

The Bug was fucking awesome. I've heard that there are videos of me and my friends dancing during their set. Let's see 'em!

Lt. Randazzo wrote:The Bug was fucking awesome. I've heard that there are videos of me and my friends dancing during their set. Let's see 'em!

Yeah, I was really digging The Bug as well. I love the big bass club Jamaican sound and I'm definitely going to check them out more because of their performance. I found that there were a lot of haters up in the balcony where I was sitting. But dammit, I thought they were awesome.

As for NIN, it was just amazing. I liked how they incorporated that same visually disturbing "wait is that Trent, what is that...oh man that's him!" face that was used in The Greater Good in Closer. That was an awesome addition to Closer and made it seem even more sexual and vicious. So yeah, awesome show and a new band that I'm going to check out as well.

As for meeting up with you nerds, that was awesome and I had so much fun. I can't wait for the big ETS meetup in August and before that hopefully wherever the next gigs are starting in April.

After a quiet day I finally feel recovered from the show. It was great to put faces to screen names, if I was a little quiet it was just social overload.

It was a fun show. Thanks in advance for the audio recordings!

I feel less jetlagged now lol. Anyway it was wonderful meeting everyone in Vegas. I saw people i didn't expect to meet and met people i hadn't expected to see(um wat?). The whole town was just a party town. I fucking loved it. Cept for all the Cowboys walking around because of the rodeo.

Really sad i didn't get to see Phantom.

The show was great(as always) and i was sad to hear about Alessandro and will miss Josh. But am exited for NIN's new direction.

All in all.I had a great time.


edit- I hated the bug

Lt. Randazzo wrote:The Bug was fucking awesome. I've heard that there are videos of me and my friends dancing during their set. Let's see 'em!

Oh Yeah!! I'll get them upped soon

Videos are up on my nin.com profile now (click "view all", I put up 8 videos, with like one or two more in my youtube page).

Because I wouldn't want to leave ETS out of my endless picture-whoring, here are my links. I still have many more to put up. The links are to all my NIN shots, not just the ones from Las Vegas but those do show up as the latest.

NIN Flickr Set

nin.com gallery

thanks to hybrid for hanging out with me in the airport!

hope you got to kansas alright.

marpal wrote:thanks to hybrid for hanging out with me in the airport!

hope you got to kansas alright.

Sure did! It was nice having a travel buddy!

(Nothing new to say, and in no particular order...) Had a blast at the show! The whole band was vibrant and tight. Crowd was very good (though Youtube has been showing me otherwise). Best setlist of the three shows I'd been to this time around. TR's speech was the highlight of the night for me, Ghosts 28 was a close second. I thought I was going to drop dead upon seeing the green lights at the intro to Reptile. Got some pics of Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller). Met some very cool fans from MI who met Robin! Saw many official NIN shirts I'd never seen before, and a few fan- created. Missed most of The Bug on purpose... should have missed the whole set. It felt surreal to witness JF & AC leave the stage for the last time, and then to see Trent left standing in the spotlight...that moment alone was worth all of the time, money, and trouble it took to get to Vegas. Thank you NIN for a brilliant show and tour!

great new recording for Vegas. This is the 16-bit version below, and 24-bit can also be found on dime....

http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=227850

Nine Inch Nails
Planet Hollywood Theatre: Las Vegas, NV
December 13, 2008

Source: Schoeps MK4s > Nbox > Edirol R-09 @ 24/44.1
Location: FOB, Sec. 102, Row X, in-line with right stack
Transfer: USB > WAV > CEPv2.1 (+dEQ) > CDWave > FLAC frontend
Taper: tapeworm(48)

Setlist:

01 999,999
02 1,000,000
03 Letting You
04 Discipline
05 March of the Pigs
06 Head Down
07 The Frail
08 Closer
09 Gave Up
10 Corona Radiata
11 The Warning
12 The Great Destroyer
13 Ghosts 21
14 Ghosts 28
15 Ghosts 19
16 Ghosts Piggy
17 The Greater Good
18 Pinion
19 Wish
20 Terrible Lie
21 Survivalism
22 The Big Come Down
23 Ghosts 31
24 Only
25 The Hand That Feeds
26 Head Like a Hole
27 =Encore Break=
28 Echoplex
29 Reptile
30 Trent Speak
31 The Good Soldier
32 Hurt
33 In This Twilight


Notes: Last night of the 'Lights in the Sky' tour. Also, the last show for Josh Freese and Alessandro Cortini. Taped from Row X in line with the stack on Robin's side. I applied a +5dB boost using Cool Edit Pro to the entire show prior to dithering. Otherwise, this is a raw transfer with no fades or EQ.

Archive: Master WAV was archived at 24-bit, 44kHz, and FLAC'd with cue sheet.

Taped and transferred by tapeworm(48)
Txt file compiled on 12/15/2008

*** DO NOT DISTRIBUTE IN LOSSY FORMATS. DO NOT SELL THIS RECORDING, TRADE IT FREELY ***

no44 was probably the only other fan in there with corn starch on besides my brother and I. If ya feen corn starch YA GET IT! I remember my brother and I walking through that mall and everyone just looking at us. It was so damn funny!

In This Twilight live http://vimeo.com/2586503

I'm still working on my Vegas pictures, since I just about finished my Sacramento ones. They're far from being my favorite NIN pix, but they're ok for desktops! haha. This one's my favorite so far:



Here's the set. It'll be continually updated. My videos are pretty shitty, but I'll upload those soon as well.

I did another video, this time for The Big Come Down. I don't know why, but the luminosity came out way too strong on Vimeo... Weird. I think the audio's pretty top notch though. I'm currently working on versions of The Good Soldier, Head Down and Echoplex as well.

THE BIG COME DOWN http://vimeo.com/2597290

Also, if you missed it, again In This Twilight : http://vimeo.com/2586503

I did a Head Down video, I think it's the best of those so far !

HD (don't click if you don't have ultra fast connection) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQAE43T3uM&fmt=22

Widescreen High Quality (for fast connections) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQAE43T3uM&fmt=18

Standard High Quality (connection friendly) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQAE43T3uM&fmt=6

Lower Normal Quality (for shit connections) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCQAE43T3uM

Good grief, it took me long enough, but my photos from the Vegas show are FINALLY up on Flickr!

Link to album:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/capital_m/ ... 459961749/

Some favs:







and video of the "goodbyes" from In This Twilight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhpHLnePYzs

JessicaSarahS wrote:

_nonentity_ wrote:

Amazing.

_nonentity_ wrote:

That is stunning. WANT.

Haven't posted here in a while but I have uploaded many more multi-cam videos since the last time. Every videos contains at least 80% of Vegas footage, sometimes more, unless it's a song that wasn't played in Vegas (like Vessel, God Given or Meet Your Master).

Here's an HD YouTube playlist to watch every videos one after another. If you're having problems watching, click on "Watch in normal quality" or click this link for the mid-quality version.

You can also watch all those at a better resolution on Vimeo.