Year Zero is the fifth studio album by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails (pictured), released on April 17, 2007, by Interscope Records. Frontman Trent Reznor wrote the music and lyrics while touring for the group's previous release, With Teeth (2005). Contrasting Reznor's previously introverted style of songwriting, Year Zero is a concept album that criticizes contemporary policies of the U.S. government by presenting a dystopian vision of the year 2022. It is part of a project which includes a remix album and an alternate reality game (ARG). The Year Zero ARG expanded upon the album's fictional storyline by using media such as websites, pre-recorded phone messages, and murals. Year Zero received very positive reviews, many favorable toward the ARG. The album produced two singles, "Survivalism" and "Capital G", the latter released as a promotional single. Disputes arose between Reznor and Universal Music Group, parent company of Interscope, over the overseas pricing of the album.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1791:
The Priestley Riots (depicted), targeting religious dissenters such as Joseph Priestley, began in Birmingham, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestley_Riots
1902:
The medieval St Mark's Campanile in Venice collapsed, also demolishing the Loggetta del Sansovino. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Campanile
1950:
Early in the Korean War, North Korean troops began attacking the headquarters of the American 24th Infantry Division in Taejon, South Korea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taejon
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climber: 1. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber). 2. (figuratively, derogatory) A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially. 3. (botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support. 4. (cycle racing) A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads. 5. (ornithology) A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl. 6. Something that is used for climbing. 7. (climbing) Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”) 8. (intransitive, obsolete) To ascend or mount with effort; to clamber, to climb. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/climber
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What the world thought made little difference. Rembrandt had to paint. Whether he painted well or badly didn’t matter; painting was the stuff that held him together as a man. The chief value of art, Vincent, lies in the expression it gives to the artist. Rembrandt fulfilled what he knew to be his life purpose; that justified him. Even if his work had been worthless, he would have been a thousand times more successful than if he had put down his desire and become the richest merchant in Amsterdam. --Irving Stone https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Irving_Stone