The Crawl: Cheap Trick Top The Charts!
+ Trent Reznor and Twitter have split up—that we know. But it wasn't until this week that we learned why Trent said goodbye to tweeting. Yes, it has to do with a small number of trolls. What's with you losers? Sayeth Trent:
"Around the time news broke of my engagement, a faction of troublemakers showed up whose sole intent was to disrupt, harass, insult and incite. Let me explain to you why simply blocking on Twitter was not a solution. If you are interested in someone on Twitter, you can follow their updates. I've noticed however many people want to see the replies that user gets to have a sense of a thread of information / thoughts. You do this by searching the user's name you're interested in. When I started getting relentlessly reply spammed by these few individuals with harassment ranging from hoping I overdose to calling my fiancee racist slurs hundreds of times a day, YES - I could (and did) block them, but everyone else reading my replies sees ALL of that nonsense. So, I am providing a platform for this rubbish to be broadcast to my fanbase, which I am not going to participate in. I discussed this with some friends at Twitter who acknowledged the problem with a "yeah, um, we're thinking about doing something about that - people are complaining" response. Not good enough. As I've said, Twitter's interests lie in getting the most users and hype possible, then cash in for the big sale - and fair enough, they've come up with an interesting product."
Who says "not good enough" to Twitter? Trent Reznor, that's who. [NIN.com]
+ Awhile back, we told you about Cheap Trick's genius idea of releasing their newest album The Latest on 8-track. Some may have laughed, but, according to Cheap Trick, The Latest is sitting atop the global 8-track charts. Who's laughing now, huh? [Cheap Trick]
+ Holy smoke—Echo & the Bunnymen are streaming a new song. It's called "Do You Know Who I Am," and it's from their upcoming The Fountain. It's bright and poppy, more like recent Ian McCulloch solo work than classic Bunnymen, but hey, that's just fine. [Echo & The Bunnymen]
+ A supergroup featuring Neil Finn of Crowded House, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Johnny Marr of the Smiths, and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead... might be interesting, no? The project is called 7 Worlds Collide, taking its name from the 1993 Crowded House song "Distant Sun." A debut album appeared in 2001. Seven years later, returning members, plus additions like KT Tunstall, gathered in New Zealand to record the follow-up. The Sun Came Out drops August 31st, and proceeds go to Oxfam, so you may, you know, want to pay for this one. [Amazon]
+ Everyone seems to be saying that Bruce Springsteen will perform his Born To Run album in its entirety at the United Center in Chicago—everyone except Bruce himself, or the almost-official Bruce news spot Backstreets. Still, it's looking good for Chicago, and hey—does that mean attendees of Bruce's Giants Stadium-closing five night run may also be in for something special? As is the case with all Bruce tours, the nuggets, for the "aficionados," are coming out late in the tour. Video below is of Darkness On The Edge Of Town deep cut "Street Of Fire" making a rare live appearance during a recent show in Udine, Italy. [Sun-Times]
