Sunday, May 3, 2009

NIN's Trent Reznor censored by Apple for inappropriate app.

Another musician runs afoul of corporate censorship of "objectionable" content: this time it's Trent Reznor of the band which can now be called The Grateful Dead of industrial music, Nine Inch Nails--http://pitchfork.com/news/35236-apple-rejects-nin-iphone-app-update/

Those with long memories will be reminded of Starbucks refusing to sell Bruce Springsteen's album DEVILS AND DUST a few years ago because of the visit-to-a-prostitute song "Reno."

[UPDATE 5/7/09: http://pitchfork.com/news/35275-nine-inch-nails-iphone-app-update-approved-by-apple-unchanged/]

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