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Wednesday night, Nine Inch Nails blazed their Lights In The Sky in Atlanta. The performance put on by Trent Reznor and the rest of the band was nothing short of spectacular. The blend of choreographed lights, lasers, video, and industrial rock was the most impressive artistic display I have ever seen. Nine Inch Nails was fantastic playing some great tracks from the new album, the most moving moments for the crowd was the resonance of his earlier music. Hits from With Teeth, Downward Spiral, and Pretty Hate Machine energized the crowd into a fist-pumping frenzy. While my wife loved their performance of Animal and Fist Fuck, my favorite of the night was Terrible Lie. The fervor that the band played the song with, coupled with the ferocious red light display, got my blood pumping harder than it has in a long time. If you get the opportunity, make the drive... spend the money... catch this tour. Trent Reznor has never been better.

After the concert, my wife and I tried Korean Barbecue for the first time. We should have known that we were in trouble when after my wife order hot tea, the waitress asked "Are you sure you want Korean Hot Tea?". It smelled so foul my wife didn't even taste it. I did, unfortunately. It seems our waitress thought we ordered Korean Pee. YUCK! The dizzying array of Kim-chi, octopus, dried anchovies, meats, and sauces that followed were better. I actually enjoyed the meal, other than my 20 minute bout of throwing up in the bathroom. When you have a lap-band, you have to chew the hell out of your food. If you don't... RALPH! I never did find Ralph, so I eventually returned to my wife and the meal. I would do it again, but my wife vowed never to eat it again. She did try the dried anchovies, with their little eyeballs and all, so I can't blame her. I wasn't brave enough to eat them!

The next day, we had lunch at Home. In case you don't watch Top Chef, Richard Blais was in the final three of the last season, and IMHO should have won the competition. This was his restaurant. The sweet tea was really great. We had fried green tomatoes and oysters on the half shell with frozen Tabasco sauce pearls, as appetizers. For our Mains, we had crab cakes and shrimp & grits. The shrimp & grits was the most perfect food I have ever put in my mouth! For desert, my wife had the red velvet cake with cream cheese ice cream. I had the sour cream pecan cake with sweet tea ice cream. Blais needs to sell this recipe to Ben & Jerry's so I can have this ice cream every friggin day! The most memorable part of the experience was actually seeing Richard Blais come out and survey the dining room. It was very cool!