It wasn’t until Tycho asked me to tell him about some new music the other day that I realized that I haven’t been listening to anything new at all. Chris and I don’t really do the club thing anymore (our occasional excursions with Al and croo aside), and I don’t remember the last time I actually bought a CD. Do they even make them anymore?

So in the spirit of figuring out what the hell I do listen to, I investigated my Recently Played list on iTunes, and discovered that I’ve somehow gone back to high school without realizing it. I’ve been listening to a lot of Nine Inch Nails, Sisters of Mercy, Skinny Puppy, old Radiohead, and The Cure. Seriously, in the past week I’ve listened to nothing that came out after 1995, which doesn’t sound that old until you realize that it’s almost 2004. It’s not that I dislike the past near-decade of music - not at all. It’s just that I really do think I’m thirteen again and wondering if my mom will drive me to the store to buy black nailpolish.

On an only very slightly related note, it’s been an awfully long time since the last NIN album came out. (I’m aware that liking NIN is no longer something one should admit to, but I still think they’re wicked cool.) However, it was five years between The Downward Spiral and The Fragile, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that it’s been another five years since last we heard from dear old Trent. It does seem as though there’s something in the works, which makes me happy, but I hope they’ll let me out of the old folks home to go buy it. Plus there’s bound to be another tour. Do you think personal mobility devices would be frowned upon in the pit?