my hanauer (hanauer.2@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu)

The "closer" video on MTV, and all the damn idiots that come on alt.music.nin and post, "gee, 'closer' and 'hurt' are my fave songs...blah, blah, blah."

olin mcfadden (mcfadden@minerva.athenet.net)

ANYTHING DEALING WITH FUCKING MTV!!!

he last knight (daniel.lula@yale.edu)

The "head like a hole" opal mix. I fucking hate it.

.c. death (synthboy@teleport.com)

Trent's synthesizer (namely his Waldorf Microwave synth).

irk ellis (dellis@pop.srv.ualberta.ca)

The "head like a hole" clip...thank you very much!

ita melzer (dr75ma@execpc.com)

Any referencing of NIN in relation to Kurt Cobain/Courtney Love-Cobain.

nat hammerstrom (gnat@cs.wisc.edu)

Marilyn Manson. Period.

zzbot (izzbot@eskimo.com)

I'm impartial.

ulia tenney (cthulhia@delphi.com)

When discussed in reference to Trent Reznor, the winner is...Courtney and any of his potential lovers. I'm all for the fantasy stuff as appropriate for alt.sex.fetish.trent-reznor, but I think the less we analyze his actual sex life, the better. That's one of the few things that he has any hope of keeping private. (Every time I log on to a.m.nin, I half expect to see his Social Security number, SAT scores, recent itemized Visa bill, etc.) If Trent ever works with Courtney (again) on a professional level, well, sure, then we can talk about THAT. I'd rather discuss Trent's imaginary lovers (i.e., a.m.ninnie du jour).

ulie overturf (overturf@clark.net)

"Closer" video copycats by other artists. The latest is Smashing Pumpkins' "Bullet with Butterfly Wings." It's a good song, so why does Billy Corgan ruin it by spinning in his chair in a blatant ripoff?

yle moyer (ksmst12+@pitt.edu)

NIN anywhere in The Real World...or any of those stupid MTV shows. (Except Beavis and Butt-Head -- that's the one MTV show where they fit in. And I'll let them use NIN in The Maxx again just because The Maxx is cool.)

isa livingston (procyon@icon.net)

Actually, it's a tie between two different MTV promos: "Dream Date with Trent" and the "Debbie Reznor" one. They were effective marketing, because they got your attention. They were deliberately schmaltzy. But to watch MTV parody Tiger Beat was a bit surreal. I rarely watch MTV, but I have seen both of these...which tells me that the commercials themselves must have been in heavy rotation.

I would also have to say that I hope Bob Dole makes no more references to NIN being gangsta rap. That was an embarrassment to the Republican party. Kinda like Quayle's spelling.

ike lopez (mlopez@voyager0.stanford.edu)

Questions about the meaning of the name.

obin colleen moore (robin@mindspring.com)

I would have to say that if I never hear another squealing alternateen or sorority bimbo babbling about how they're huge NIN fans, and how they "just LOVE that 'I want to fuck you like an animal' song!" for the rest of my life, it would be just fine by me. (Not having to listen to the Filter boys bitch about their previous employer -- or, even worse, sneer insinuatingly -- would also be greatly appreciated.)

ean galbraith (smgalbra@cousteau.uwaterloo.ca)

I don't have MTV, so I am not really sick of anything yet.

*lurker* ;)

"Purest Feeling" played on super-loud volume with a bunch of people congoing to it...while worrying that the folks from Nothing Records might walk through the doors to see it.

tephanie nahas (nahas@ripco.com)

Major differences between US and UK releases. Didn't we get over that with the Beatles in '66?

aylor mclaren (tmclaren@uoguelph.ca)

People who "understand Trent better than anybody else."

az dhariwal (dharts@hg.uleth.ca)

Easy! I would never want to hear "closer" in a dance club and watch poser-assed motherfuckers singing to it.

ily anderson (landerso@acslab.acs.unt.edu)

"Hurt" on the radio.