Merci tinax joon for the compliment....blush!!! I'm not completely opposed to marriage per se, just mostly afraid to lose my independence and my freedom. If I find a guy who will respect my independence and like me for who I am then I'd be cool with marriage. I've had a lot of boyfriends that wanted to change me, to mold me into someone else and boss me around. It's a huge turn-off. I don't want anyone to tell me how I should live and be and also vice-versa. In a way I don't see much of a difference between marriage and being in a long-term relationship. Most people I know who are married are not happy at all. Who know though....life has a way of surprising you when you least expect it.

So you are also the rebel in your family!! Me too. We have a lot in common. I'm an artist and as far as I know the only artist ever in my family. The parents don't get that either. They're more supportive now than before because they see how happy I am.

Oh NIN songs/albums. I have new favorites every week. I was listening to PHM this morning and listened to The Only Time a few times in a row (he sounds so sexy in that song). Vessel, The Great Destroyer, Last, Gave Up, All the Love in the World, Terrible Lie, No You Don't, My Violent Heart, all of the Ghosts album (esp. song 24) and definitely Head Down. Reptile is my all time favorite and I also heard it on the With Teeth tour. Yes, the crowd went wild and I also went nuts when they played that one. You can tell who the super fans are cuz they flip when they hear that song.

I really admire how TR just puts all of his heart and soul into the performances. He must be exhausted after each show. Kheeley honarmandeh va kheeley khoshkeleh...oooh!!

Agha Reznor.....awesome!! LOL!!! You're so funny. I can just picture my parents' reaction. My Mom thinks he is handsome. Chand roozeh peesh Madaram akseh TR ro deed va azam porseed - ooh, een keeyeh? Doosteh to eh? I wish.....try explaining fist fuck to our parents!! Is there even a Farsi translation for that?!

Rahst meegee....ahangash kheyli hal mideh...even after all these years. Seeing them live is like nothing else. Anyhow, wish we would've connected sooner so we could go to the Vegas show together. Another time....I heard that the Planet Hollywood venue is kind of small and they may not set up their lights. It won't matter. It's all about the music for me.

I'll have to check out some of the bands you mentioned. I love the mixture of middle-eastern/african music with western sounds. If you have any recommendations for me it would be great. I also love Natacha Atlas. She's a bit on the pop and commercial side but I just love her voice.

I love the idea of NIN playing in a cave for 200 people.....wow!!! NIN live in an intimate setting would be fabulous.

You met Natacha?? Cool! I found out on Monday that she performed a live show in LA on Sunday so I completely missed her performance. I was quite bummed out.....a friend of mine has seen her perform live and has told me that the live performances are incredible and that she belly dances also. Wow. I love her new album Ana Hina a lot and have been listening to it a lot lately.

Thanks for the YouTube links. I'll check them out.

Cool photo. Hi Lacey! Thanks for the post. From what I hear, Kish Island is supposed to be the French Riviera of Iran. I've never been there myself. Hopefully the circumstances will allow both of us to travel to Iran someday. Right now I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Salaam persiancat!! Toh NY zendegi meekoni? I fucking love NY! Kheeley delam meekhad keh bargardam oonjah. I used to live there and miss it terribly. Oonja ziyad irani neestan. So have you visited Iran recently? If so I would love to know about your impressions.

How long have you been a NIN fan?

I lived in Brooklyn for 3 years, in 3 different neighborhoods. Kheeley delam meekhast keh bemoonam vali nashod. . Kareh khoob peydah nakardam. But I will return someday. I love that city. I know what you mean about people not recognizing you as an Irani. In NY I was always mistaken for Spanish, Greek, Mexican, French (WTF!!!) but here people will start speaking to me in Farsi. Different vibe here in the west coast. Also the whole persian phenommenon is strong here...Persian and not Iranian. I always say Iranian and sometimes will get funny looks.

I've been a NIN fan since 91 and still love the music with the same passion as back then. As Tina said, Ahanghash kheiley hal mideh....so true. I've seen them live 3 times so far and am going to the Vegas show in Dec. Can't fucking wait!! The band is amazing this time. But I've always said that after each tour. What shows did you catch on the east coast?

You saw the Atlantic City show!!! That must have been amazing - small venue and Peter Murphy of Bauhaus. WOW!!! I saw them on this tour in LA but had shitty seats and couldn't see the stage too well so decided to get tickets to Vegas. Sandali daaram barayeh een show. Kheily delam meekhad keh toyeh "Pit" bashaam vali khatarnaakeh....I'm too short and too old. I was in one pit back in 99 and thought I was gonna die. So after 5 minutes I asked this big dude to pull me out.

I saw NIN on the Fragility tour in Washington State, then in NYC at the Madison Sq. Garden show in 2005 and also this year in LA. Girl, I could just kick myself for not seeing them on the self-destruct tour. I could have gone but didn't. What the fuck was I thinking??? Every tour is great but this one is like a beautiful piece of performance art. I really love seeing them on the Fragility tour. The venue was outside by a mountainous area and the combination of the music and the sunset as they played was surreal.

Represent!!!

I'm half Persian and Half Cajun/French/German.

My parents are cool with NIN, they were hippies back in the day. My older bro used to listen to them back in the 90s so they're used to it now. I've started getting my lil bro into NIN...it's like a family thing haha.

Yasmania: girrrrl, I might kick you for missing Self-Destruct. What WERE you thinking?

Aare, AC was really amazing, etefaghan dovomin baare ke oonja didameshoon. Avalin dafe do saale pish bood. Omg, Fragility rafti? Vay, che hasoodi mikonam... it was a totally different experience back then. Manam MSG to 2005 raftam - che jaaleb - I'll bet nazdike ham boodim. Were you in the pit? Did you go to the soundcheck / meet and greet? I think you'll be fine with seats in Vegas - like I said, you want the full view. But I do love the energy of the pit.

Tinax, salaam! Christ, che khoshgeli - hamatoon, yasmania, tinax, va ashley - you are so ziba. Tinax, biya NYC, we'll have a fucking blast! Funny you say you can't find someone to go with you, baranke chand hafte pish khaharam barnamash avaz shod, va akhare kar, majboor boodam tanhaee beram. But it was WORTH it. Honestly, if you're on the fence about Vegas... GO. Yasmania will be there! Oh, and in terms of "shohar jaanet" - something tells me you'll have to join the line on that one

Ashley - what a very cool mix - did your parents meet in the States? Ever been to Iran or learn the language?

persiancat posted:

Ashley - what a very cool mix - did your parents meet in the States? Ever been to Iran or learn the language?

Yes, my dad moved here when he was 21 I believe, right before the end of the shah.

I've never been to Iran, unfortunately, and don't speak farsi. I really wish I had learned it (it wasn't spoken much around me because my mom doesn't speak it). I'm working on the paper work right now to hopefully go to Iran within the next few years.

That is seriously so khar of them, haha. Come on, it's biliteh majaani! Che heyf. I guess if you're going to Vegas so soon afterward, I can KIND of understand - vali I'm divaaneh enough ke hanooz beram. I swear, I need to get my head checked.

It was fine vaghti tanhaee raftam. Met plenty of people just being there. Once the lights went down, it didn't matter who you were with anyway, you know?

Khob begoo, khanoom, key ba een shohar jaane sheytoonet ashena shodi? (hah) Ta hala key NIN didi va chetor bood?

Yeah, Khars sums it up pretty well. I dont think you are Divaaneh at all to go. I would too if I could. So worth it.

een shohar jaanam kheyli khejalati'eh. Aslan sheytoonee balad neest, heyvooni!

I've only seen the lights in the sky tour. I wanted to see them on their last tour but yet again, no one to go with This time I made my doost pesar come with me and we both had a blast. How about you? How many times have you seen NIN?

tinax posted:

Ashley - what a very cool mix -

Yes I agree,the mix seems REALLY cool