==="A dissertation on The Downward Spiral"===
This is a lengthy interpretation of the album's story written by a couple of guys two men back around 1998. Read it at:
* http://www.4degreez.com/nailz/ninterpretations/downspiral.html with feedback from several fans
* http://web.archive.org/web/20050920110644/http://www.sickamongthepure.com/files/2002/02/TDS/TDS.html archive of the article on [[SickAmongthePure]]