Day 55: This shirt makes me laugh — for non-obvious, personal reasons.
I discovered Nine Inch Nails right after Pretty Hate Machine came out, and for years, they were my favorite band (as evidence, I present my 1996 “woody’s obsession with nine inch nails” webpage). However, living in Alaska, I never got a chance to see them live, and even after moving to Seattle, they never played close enough at times when I had money and transportation, so I’ve still never been to one of their shows. (Plus, to be honest, while I still enjoy them, they’re not as much of an obsession as they once were, and I’m much less likely to listen to their post-Downward Spiral work.)
So, when the pandemic hit and they had to cancel their tour and put their tour shirts up on their website, it just seemed perfect. If I’m going to have a tour shirt from a band I’ve never managed to actually see on tour, what better one to have than for the tour that got cancelled?