On Twitter earlier this week (May 5), Peterborough rapper Garbageface recalled how he had spotted Mayor Diane Therrien sporting an NIN shirt at a recent event they attended.
Recalling how at age 12 he purchased the band's 1992 EP Broken at the city's now-shuttered record store Moondance, the artist wrote, "It's still strange to me that the mayor of this town actually gives a shit about art. In the 90s that seemed inconceivable."
Garbageface then asked the mayor which Nine Inch Nails album was her favourite. Therrien responded, "It depends on the week...but overall probably The Fragile."
Inevitably, another user following their exchange tried to persuade Therrien that 1989's Pretty Hate Machine was "the correct answer" over the ambitious 1999 double-album by Trent Reznor and co. However, Garbageface reminded them, "yr personal taste is not the law."
In any case, Therrien's NIN fandom is much more genuine than that displayed by the city of Calgary.
Nine Inch Nails delivered their Bad Witch EP last year.
if you had told me in when i was 12, buying the BROKEN EP from moondance, that in 2019, the mayor of ptbo (@DianeNTherrien) would be wearing a NIN shirt at an art event we were both at, i would say, and i can't emphasize this enough, yr buggin.
— garbageface (@garbageface) May 5, 2019
and yet, this the backtothefuture-esque situation i found myself in last night. it's still strange to me that the mayor of this town actually gives a shit about art. in the 90s that seemed inconceivable. pic.twitter.com/CM9QRjCl1R
— garbageface (@garbageface) May 5, 2019
anyhoo, i think this begs the question of which NIN album is @DianeNTherrien's favourite?
— garbageface (@garbageface) May 5, 2019
It depends on the week... but overall probably The Fragile.
— Diane Therrien (@DianeNTherrien) May 5, 2019
💯💯💯
— garbageface (@garbageface) May 5, 2019
@DianeNTherrien The correct answer is "Pretty Hate Machine"
— Jason Wells (@JasonWells72) May 5, 2019
no. there is only an honest or not honest answer. yr personal taste is not the law.
— garbageface (@garbageface) May 5, 2019
