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Australian correspondent Alex Jackson reports: What happens when

you combine sheep, cows, and other farmyard animal sounds with the

music of Nine Inch Nails? In the hands of duo Nine Inch Richards, you

end up with a song called "Closer To Hog," which has become an instant

favorite on Australia's national youth radio network Triple J.

The Nine Inch Richards are Buck Nakid and Slim Pickins. Nakid claims to

have arrived in Australia from "the deep south" of the US 11 years ago

and now lives in Sydney, while Pickins lives in Melbourne. "Closer To Hog"

is a country and western piss take of NIN's "Closer," complete with

banjo, mooing cows, baaaing sheep, and squealing pigs. According to the

CD slick, no animals were harmed in the making of the recording and it

is not the Richards' intention "to promote wanton sex with Animals" (they

believe "an emotional component is necessary for successful relationships

between consenting mammals"). Although the Richards have no immediate

recording plans, Triple J listeners have been asked to vote for what

they'd like to hear the Richards' massacre, sorry, reinterpret, next.

The most requested song will be recorded by the Richards on Triple J

later this week. We'll keep you posted.