nine_inch_nails raze when my now-dead desktop computer was enough of a baby that it smelled like a new car and the internet was alien to me, one of the first things i found while i was sniffing around was a geocities site called "trent reznor's facial_hair". it was a rare example of truth in advertising. there were pictures of trent alongside critiques of soul patches and full beards and altered imperials. this was before i'd heard any of the man's music. the text was difficult to decipher thanks to the garish colour scheme, and most of the images had skewed aspect ratios, but there was an irreverent energy to the enterprise that kept me clicking until the whiskers waned and there was nothing more to see. 240824 what's it to you? who go blather from