Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (w/ the Daughter of Lilith)

Its right in the middle of the holidays and we hope that everyone is having a wonderful time and remembering what brings us together. But we know that this is a hard year for holidays and many of us are not physically with our families or loved ones for the first time in recent memory, and it has surely taken a toll on our collective mental health. With that in mind, we thought what better way to discuss this than through the lens of Nine Inch Nails' quintessential mental breakdown album: "The Downward Spiral." The album is a masterpiece of cacophony, and somehow manages to transfer Trent Reznor's own mental decline into sound waves that reflect that. It's as if you are listening to an exposed nerve and it can even become uncomfortable, especially with the subject matter revolving around an eventual suicide attempt. In 1994, the year of Kurt Cobain's infamous suicide, this album was perhaps a lethargic way in--to understanding why someone would take their own life. Reznor is at such a low point that he doesn't even frame himself as the protagonist, instead reminding you of only what is bad in him... It's a refreshing and honest exploration into a conversation about suicide that desperately needed to happen.

We were fortunate enough to get the Daughter of Lilith (from various appearances on the Beauty Unlocked podcast) on our show today, and it ended up being a great conversation about mental health and suicide. We would like to in these trying times encourage you to reach out to someone if you are feeling hopeless, and if you don't feel like you can with your loved ones then there are plenty of people available to talk to:

Suicide Hotlines (in the US): 

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1-800-273-8255

TrevorLifeline (for LGBTQ+ youth) - 1-866-488-7386

Crisis Text Line - Text HOME to 741741

Trans Lifeline (for the transgender community) - 1-877-565-8860

Veterans Crisis Line - 1-800-273-8255, Press 1

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Daughter of Lilith links:

https://www.instagram.com/the_daughter_of_lilith/

Podcast 1 of 4 discussing the subject of Pornography: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4vpb9VEHMvT4NXU7xiWPZN?si=QnP8y1GFQzaDCl839wOJ7Q

Charity from "Highwayman" cover: https://smoochforkids.com/pages/about

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