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In this set of videos, Alessandro Cortini of Nine Inch Nails and Modwheelmood discusses his modular synth gear, including Buchla 200e synthesizer modules and EAR modules.

Alessandro Cortini and the Buchla 200e, Part 1
Alessandro Cortini discusses the Buchla 200e synthesizer.

Wired has an interesting look at NIN’s stage show, looking at how the band uses old and new technology to create spectacular images live:
 
With more than 40 tons of lighting and stage rigging, hundreds of LED lights, a daunting array of professional and custom-built machinery running both archaic and standard commercial VJ software, three different [...]

We’ve talked a lot about Nine Inch Nails recently - reviewing The Slip, praising their new media efforts, etc.
But their official Nine Inch Nails portrait made me do a double take.
Rock stars are supposed to be tearing things up, spewing spittle, wailing in front of towers of flame and flashing lights, biting the heads off [...]

Digimix is an interesting new application that promises to put audio mixing into your Web browser.
While Hobnox’s AudioTool is like Reason for your Web browser, Digimix is a browser-based audio mixing program. It lets you mix high-quality audio and offers many of the features of a programlike Garageband: an easy-to-use interface, effects and automation.
This is [...]

This month’s Electronic Musician has an interesting profile of Alessandro Cortini, best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails.
In the article, Cortini discusses his Buchla 200e modular synthesizer:
“It was kind of like buying a car. But this takes me more places than a car. It’s my favorite piece of gear. If I had to [...]

Nine Inch Nails has announced the first wave of tour dates for their Lights In The Sky: Over South America 2008 tour:

Tuesday October 7, 2008 - via Funchal, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Thursday October 9, 2008 - Pepsi on Stage, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Sunday October 12, 2008 - Coliseo El Campin Bogota Colombia
Wednesday October 15, 2008 - Poliedro [...]

NIN has released another interesting bit of Internet media for its most recent release, The Slip (our review).
They plotted the downloads of the album onto Google Earth, so you can browse interactively and see where the Nine Inch Nails fans are:
We’ve had just over 1,400,000 people download The Slip from our site since its release [...]

Anybody looking on tips on promoting their music via the Internet need look no further than NIN. 
Their latest Internet media trick is to plot their tour out on Google Earth:
On the nin.com tour page, you’ll find links and instructions for subscribing to NIN tour dates via a variety of methods, including Facebook, MySpace, iCal, iLike, and [...]