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Looks like this is going mainstream

Submitted by hippygeek on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 15:36

Rob Sheridan's posted a great article on nin.com about our release and other fan community projects. I forgot to put up a Digg page at release, but Rob's posted one and it's already front paged, so it looks like we're going to be getting a little more attention now.

Thanks to everyone who's been getting the word out and helping us to distribute and repackage the content as needed. Your help is greatly appreciated!

Here are a few soundbites on the project from the media:

From Techdirt:

And as we're being told how awful BitTorrent is and how various torrent trackers and search engines need to be shut down...people are being told that they "are encouraged to seed for as long as possible." ...Once again, we're seeing why those who embrace what technology allows will do just fine moving forward.

From Rolling Stone:

Another Version of the Truth: The Gift was filmed by the NIN crew during three Lights in the Sky concerts in 2008 with high-quality cameras. Then the massive amount of raw footage was distributed to the fans, who collaborated to edit it down into a cohesive live document.

From Spin Magazine:

Titled Another Version of the Truth: The Gift, the video was filmed during three concerts on the band's Lights in the Sky tour in 2008 with plans for a major release. But after a disagreement with NIN's label, the raw footage was made available to fans for editing.

From LiveDaily:

Titled "Another Version of the Truth: The Gift" and nearly a year in the making, the flick was created by fans using a mix of both fan-shot and band-supplied audio and video footage, and is now available as a free download in a variety of configurations. Details are posted at ThisOneIsOnUs.org. The site, which has served as the base of operations for the fan collaborative responsible for producing the film, takes its name from a message NIN frontman Trent Reznor posted for fans when he released as a free download NIN's most recent studio album, last year's "The Slip."

From Antiquiet:

The band’s fan community of course needed no additional encouragement given such a extraordinary resource, with no creative limitations. A project called This One Is On Us sprung from the ether, its name inspired by Reznor’s own headline when he announced he would be giving away NIN’s most recent album The Slip for free (“this one’s on me”). The group’s aim was to put together a professional-quality DVD compiled from the best footage of all three gigs, to stand alongside the band’s own official live releases. After 12 months of obsessive work they presented the result, Another Version Of The Truth: The Gift.

From KROQ:

Surprise & Merry X-mas! An entire NIN concert for free.

These guys seemed to like it too:



Here's a quick video of Trent's thoughts on the project from earlier in the year - a treat for those of you who bothered to scroll down this far!

Other articles have started popping up all over the place:

And countless mini-references on national radio stations such as Canada's The Edge, hundreds of blog posts and thousands of tweets. We've also done an interview with Reflecting in the Chrome:

The angles all flow into one another and its a great representation of the Lights in the Sky Tour visuals and performance.

and Sphere Mag:

'Another Version Of The Truth' brings Nine Inch Nails' supporters and those on the inside together like never before.

Seen mentions of us anywhere else? Comment here and we'll update!