in other NIN news…

Year Zero gets released today. this makes me a happy boy.

In case you haven’t heard anything about it, there has been a brilliant marketing campaign to build up to the release of this album. USB drives left in bathroom stalls at concerts with songs, clues leading you to web sites, phone numbers with recorded messages claiming you are now an enemy of the state… these are just a few examples of how the word has been spread.

the story as reported in the calgary herald

you can go to the website and, with a valid email address, listen to the entire album online… for free.

so far, I like what I hear :)

Hey, where’d the sun go??

We had a pretty damn good night for our first in Amsterdam. We lucked out and ran into one of our friends from Brussels, and ended up putting on a lot of miles wandering all over town. Coffee shops, pubs, the Red Light District, updown, downtown… We had a pretty good tour. It’s not very busy at all, and by 1am the streets were completely empty. What a difference from Paris! We’re in a small seaside town North of Amsterdam now. The sun’s decided to have a nap today after 2 weeks of clear skies. This is “cold”!! Needless to say this trip to the beach hasn’t been exactly what we expected. There’s a cool little hostel here with cheap beer and great couches though, so we’re taking it easy. The shuttle goes back to the city at 9pm, and we’ll have one more night there before heading North-East. This leg of our trip’s almost done… Only a few days away from Spain and Portugal now!