Top Twenty Albums of the Decade
Waco, Nowhere (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
It's kind of hard for me to believe that another decade has gone by. Or maybe it's not, considering I [...]
The Smashing Pumpkins
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Shitty Things About The Internet
Platform (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The internet is the best thing ever, but sometimes I wish computers weren't connected.
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Win the Nirvana Catalog
PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
From the band that made grunge cool, we bring you the entire Nirvana catalog. Relive Dave Grohl behind the drums before Them Crooked Vultures. Ride along the bass lines of Krist Novoselic. Lose yourself in Kurt Cobain’s vocals and lyrics. We’re giving away: Nevermind, Unplugged, Greatest Hits, In Utero, Incesticide, From The Muddy Bands of [...]
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Solange, Beyonce’s Cool Kid Sister covers Dirty Projectors
andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
It’s difficult to say if Solange Knowles’ hip factor is real, or if it’s just the cause of hanging out with her uber-cool older sister. But she sure seems to be harnessing it nicely. O Friday, her cover of The Dirty Projectors’ “Stillness is the Move” surfaced on Pitchfork.com before being yanked by Universal at the [...]
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And Now, For 25 Songs from John's iPod
The ClownVision Chronicles (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
So as I established below, I had a good flight to Los Angeles balanced with a crappy movie. So I spent a lot of the flight listening to my iPod. And you know what that means, don't you? Yep, here's my listing with comments of the first 25 songs (plus three) to pop up on the shuffle feature.1. "First Cut Is The Deepest," Sheryl Crow. She recorded this for her greatest hits CD. Since this song,...
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Girl Names from Song
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Do you love music? A sampling of song-inspired names for baby girls.
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Sensitive Female Chord Progression
rogerbourland.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Last December, Marc Hirsh wrote a terrific article for the Boston Globe called “Striking a chord” about how a chord progression [think: Joan Osborne's "What if God were one of us? Just a slob like one of us?" and you'll hear the progression] that has shown up in a [...]
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Because what we really need is another celebrity-laced vaccine controversy
Booster Shots (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
If you're considering getting vaccinated against the H1N1 flu strain, there's something you should know: Billy Corgan wouldn't. The Smashing Pumpkins' frontman recently wrote on his blog Everything From Here to There: "I for one will not be taking the...
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Inspired by: The Smashing Pumpkins
Anywhere but here (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Jacket: Vintage Skirt, top, hat: Forever 21 Bag: Mango MNG Unicorn necklace: ASOS Boots: Doctor Marten It was hard to dress "1995" without being too on the nose (1995 was a special year for me as you'll read below), but I thought Doc boots, tights, floral skirt, a beanie, a unicorn necklace, a big bag and a "Singles"-esque leather jacket was pretty good. I actually went shopping...
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Ichabod Pumpkin
Matrixsynth (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
via Sarah "So Halloween came and I was inspired by both Ichabod and my love for The Smashing Pumpkins ... This was the result." Awesome.
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Sufjan Stevens: Sufjan Stevens Abandons 50-State-Albums Concept
prefixmag (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Sufjan Stevens told Paste in a recent interview that his concept of making an album for all 50 states to follow Illinois was actually a joke. "I think maybe I took it too seriously," he explains. "I started to feel like I was becoming a cliché of myself." Four years after the release of Illinois -- which Paste just deemed the best album of the decade -- Stevens says that...
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Video Premiere: DLF.tv’s Studio Visit with Billy Corgan
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Our friends at David Lynch Foundation Television paid a studio visit to Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, and we've got first dibs on the interview. In it, Corgan discusses his creative process and there's footage of him working on new Smashing Pumpkins material/holding auditions for their new drummer. Related posts: Billy Corgan One Ups Kanye and Jonze with “Gothageddon” Video the...
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Hulk Hogan’s Rock Star Dreams: To Join Rolling Stones, Metallica
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Photo: Bedder/GettyWhen Rolling Stone profiled Hulk Hogan, arguably the most famous wrestler of all time, in April, we examined his hardships following the end of his VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best. He was in the middle of a messy divorce, his son was imprisoned on reckless driving charges and his body constantly ached from [...]
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HDNet Concert Prefaces New Material From Smashing Pumpkins
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
The day after Halloween usually sees a lot of jack-o'-lanterns that have met with some violence. In that vein, alternative rocker Billy Corgan could not have picked a better marketing strategy for his latest show. Guitarist and singer Corgan will be headlining the Nov. 1 HDNet Concert Series entry "Smashing Pumpkins-The Fillmore Residency," along with fellow original band member drummer...
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Mark Mikel update october 2009
ILLUMINATING DRINK (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Mark Mikel "So what's been going on you may ask? I've purchased a brand new Mellotron from Sweden and it's taking forever to get it. I ordered it in May. I've been basically obsessed with the excitement of its arrival. But it keeps getting delayed for various reasons. Markus Resch (the only man in the world I know of who still builds these things) has had me first in line in his latest production...