HIS JUST IN...Okay, folkses, listen up, 'cause this ain't no drill:
NEW NIN SINGLE IN NOVEMBER! Oh, it's true. Trent Reznor has been working for yet another bad-boy overdirector on yet another wild soundtrack (for David Lynch's Lost Highway). The new CD5 will be called "The Perfect Drug," and it'll be released to radio stations on November 4. No word yet on when we'll be allowed to shell out for it at a record store near us, but Nothing Records will release the full album on the 26th. The big disc will feature the score itsownself, written by Angelo "He Who Is Like God" Badalamenti of Twin Peaks, Industrial Symphony #1, and Barcelona Olympics fame. (Jazz-rock bassmaestro and former Bad Seed Barry Adamson also wrote about 40 minutes' worth of new tuneage for the flick, but no word yet as to whether any of it will appear on the album.) Even more additionally, the CD contains not one but two Marilyn Manson tracks ("Apple of Sodom" from Antichrist Superstar and "I Put A Spell On You" from Smells Like Children, and myohmy aren't the Manson family getting an almost surreal hard-sell these years, ya think?). Plus also, too -- A Single To Be Named Later from one-time NIN tourmate David Bowie. Woo-hah! (Gotcha all in check. Right.)

No doubt you've already seen MTV's 120 Minutes of Nothing, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, and you may even agree with the general consensus that it was if "nothing" else a sterling example of truth in advertising. There were, what, eight whole minutes of interview footage, total? Five (count [5]) videos? No Pig, and no "Painiac"? Oh well. Bitch, bitch, faunch. (Bitch-bitch-faunch...WE WILL, WE WILL -- ROCK YOU! Okay, that's enough.) At least we all got PWEI's "Ich Bin Ein Auslander" on viddy at last, eh? So anyway, what did you think? Drop us a line. We'll post your answer.

Nola, New York, and Atlanta NINnies got all the goodies last month, didn't they? Referring, o' course, to the night of nothing showcases that hit those three cities early in September, featuring members of NIN, Marilyn Manson, Prick, Pop Will Eat Itself, and Meat Beat Manifesto. We're still collecting comments on all the shenanigans and goings-on, so drop a line and tell us all about it. (If you were there, naturally.)

he long wait for at least one NIN-related product has ended:
Those brainy science guys at id Software have released the shareware version of Quake via their Web page (http://www.idsoftware.com) and a few bazillion mirror sites worldwide (not to mention their 1-800-ID-GAMES number). The developers used player feedback from a version released in early June to tweak the code for the final release, which is shipping even as we speak (or type, or read, or whatever).

Trent Reznor created sound effects for the 3-D deathfest, which are described by id biz guy Mike Wilson as "really cool ambient noise." The CD-ROM retails for a little less than $10, with about one-third of the game unencrypted. Players can open the other levels with a code from id, and all id asks in return is a credit card number, so hang onto those first-born children. (They aren't legal tender in Texas. Everyone knows that.)

The big news: Contrary to expectation and every previous official report, the Quake CD includes new NIN music -- ten tracks accessible from any standard player. Hey, it's as good a way as any to force Mac users to buy the game before it gets ported.... Users, the waiting world wants to know: Is Reznor's Quake work worth it? The money, the hype, the delays to an actual new NIN album...what do you think? Be honest. Send us your comments at hnv@nin.net, and we'll include them in the next issue.

And if you're still dying for the feel of something new, you can always pick up the June releases by Prong: Rude Awakening (the album, with production by Charlie Clouser) and "Rude Awakening" (the CD single, featuring remixes by The Orb, The Young Gods, and -- wait for it! -- NIN).

've never had anyone leave my band and join the circus
before," Trent is said to have remarked. Yes, that story is true: Robin Finck has left NIN to join Cirque Du Soleil. His duties will include playing guitar and other stringed instruments, including violin and cello. (Reports that he has donned a clown suit are completely erroneous.) He's joined the Cirque's touring company, not the troupe based in Las Vegas, so look for him in Montreal, Toronto, and California over the next several months.

Robin's departure is only a leave of absence, however. He still will assist in recording the new album and probably will tour with the band again when the record is finished.

You might remember an early-March MTV News factoid indicating that Rick Rubin will help produce the next NIN record. But you may not have known that Rubin's label, American Recordings, has denied this rumor. "No, Rick is not producing Trent Reznor's album at this time," a company mouthpiece stated in the St. Patrick's Day edition of Addicted To Noise -- which, as editor Jaan Uhelszki observed, only made sense, seeing as how Trent was working on the new Marilyn Manson album at the time. I guess we'll all find out what's up soon enough....

And while we're on the subject of Halo 11...there is no working title for the next release. Official NINsiders tell me Trent never names a record before it's complete. So all the speculative titles that have been floating about the Net (Impossible Pain, Now I'm Nothing, Music For Titty Bars, etc.) are just rumors. The live record and video have been shelved as well; there are no plans at this time to release either one, and the band is not working on them. That's really disappointing news, but official sources say that a Reznor/David Bowie duet disc from the Outside Tour is already in circulation. It's called Children Of The Night, and it was sent to radio stations only. Many of you have spotted the KTS bootleg of the same name -- it's almost certainly a knockoff of this official, limited release.

Finally, if you're joining us late, the Reznor's Edge Website is, indeed, bogus. The "personal homepage of Trent Reznor" that has caused such a flap is in reality an elaborate prank conceived and executed by Blackrose, a frequent poster to alt.music.nin and the various #nin IRC channels. If you wrote a letter to Blackrose thinking he was Trent, don't feel bad -- a lot of people have been fooled by the joke. Nothing Records was not amused, though, and has asked him to take the page down. Blackrose has stated publicly that he will do so if Trent Reznor himself asks him to. I don't know about you, but that seems to me like a hell of a way to get an autograph.

Until next time....