Picture this: Nine Inch Nails, on their first tour of liberation from the evil world of major label recordings, which Trent Reznor feels was “the best thing he was ever involved with,” tape the final show of said tour in 3D with James Cameron’s team for theatrical and DVD release. If that sounds amazing to you then you too should harbor some hate for his former lable, Interscope Records, who reportedly nixed the idea when Reznor brought it to them. So why doesn’t he just do it himself? Sadly, Interscope own part of the rights to some of his biggest hits which he intended to include and, as often happens in the world of big money releases, he needs their funding.
Apparently Interscope’s “no” lead Reznor to a self-described “Kanye West moment” (aka indulgent rich person temper tantrum and subsequent blog posting of said tantrum). Camp NIN have instead opted to relax the camera rules on their last show in Portland and are encouraging fans to come and shoot whatever they want. Cameron (and his team, one assumes) will continue buckling down on the 2009 3D movie “Avatar.”
On the other end of the spectrum comes news from another Universal Music Group artist and multiple Grammy nominee, Lil’ Wayne – Pitchfork report we can expect Adam Bhala Lough’s documentary “The Carter” to roll out at Sundance. The doc promises to be full of in-depth interviews with Weezy and “those who know him best.” Speculation abounds as to who that might include.
Finally, Tiny Mix Tapes brought to our attention that “Vashti Bunyan: From Here to Before” has been getting some European screenings, but nothing is as of yet scheduled in the U.S. In fact, no trailers for it seem to be available online. This legendary and forgotten freak folk artist was discovered by the Rolling Stones Svengali/manager Andrew Loog Oldham in the ’60s and the doc reportedly contains interviews with Oldham to cover the original days and Devendra Banhart, upon whom she apparently had a life-changing influence.
