I just watched Author: The JT Leroy story on Amazon and did not know how involved Corgan was with the whole saga!
Better yet I can now confirm actual audio of a phone message in which Billy refers to himself in third person as "the Corganator"
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 01:04 (seven years ago) link
oh my god that is excellent news
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 01:05 (seven years ago) link
I heard the dude gets all superfan on BC and asks all these questions about the effects pedals on Gish. Need to see it still.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:29 (seven years ago) link
haha yeah that part is so funny (though that's not the dude the dude, it's like the husband of the woman wrote "JT Leroy" and the brother of the woman who played "JT Leroy")
the whole thing is so weird
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Just going back to this... why are his sleeves so long?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojAXUqL--mY
― Sherman's Shermits (S-), Thursday, 11 May 2017 06:26 (six years ago) link
he wears a lot of layers
― flappy bird, Thursday, 11 May 2017 06:36 (six years ago) link
― flappy bird, Thursday, 11 May 2017 06:38 (six years ago) link
there's a classic Billy quote in the 1994 SPIN Artist of the Year piece by Azerrad:
Corgan is still wearing that lumber jacket. "I hate being cold," he explains. "It reminds me of when I got punished when I was a kid and got sent down to the basement."
― flappy bird, Thursday, 11 May 2017 06:39 (six years ago) link
Never forget.
― The Pickety 33⅓ Policeman (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 May 2017 11:09 (six years ago) link
Chris Cornell is dead but Billy Corgan lives.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 18 May 2017 14:10 (six years ago) link
Outshined
― flappy bird, Thursday, 18 May 2017 16:38 (six years ago) link
how jealous do we think billy is of the coverage chris cornell is getting today
― Drive Your Lover Wild In Bed By Cosplaying As Jeff Lynne (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 18 May 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
he wrote a pretty heartfelt thing about Scott Weiland when he passed. I'm sure he'll do the same for Cornell. becoming a father seems to have mellowed Billy... to an extent
― flappy bird, Thursday, 18 May 2017 16:46 (six years ago) link
if he does i really hope he mentions when he was on tour with soundgarden in australia in 1994
― Drive Your Lover Wild In Bed By Cosplaying As Jeff Lynne (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 18 May 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
"Chris was a Cancer - I picked up on it immediately."
― flappy bird, Thursday, 18 May 2017 18:20 (six years ago) link
https://reverb.com/news/billy-corgan-artist-shop-preview
― how's life, Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
God is tempting me. I must resist.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
My favorite detail is
1962 Gibson ES-175 TDC used on Howard Stern's favorite song Violet Rays from the Oceania album
― how's life, Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
omg how did i miss that
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:49 (six years ago) link
not interested in any post-2000 gear, but i'm flabbergasted that he's selling this Strat:
https://68.media.tumblr.com/421ba738d2d8ea863a9c23c08bb41b24/tumblr_okiy5pqyCF1sxm49so1_400.gif
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
Right?
― how's life, Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
Yeah that's nuts. Seen him live with that one several times. The Orange box as well.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 13 July 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
Why would he sell this stuff? He can't be THAT hard-up, can he? Maybe he needs cash to buy more Infowars-branded supplements.
― Sam Weller, Friday, 14 July 2017 09:00 (six years ago) link
Well, if the gold thing is true, he's probably not the most financially savvy guy around.
― how's life, Friday, 14 July 2017 12:10 (six years ago) link
There was a point in time where I would have loved to own a guitar that Corgan played on the early Pumpkins stuff, but that was two decades ago...
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 14 July 2017 12:17 (six years ago) link
xpost He's doing fine. He was sorta like Jagger, always had good business sense (at least when SP was massive), also he never had a drug problem, that's almost always what drains the bank accounts of rock stars... he's sold gear before on eBay and it all went to charity, maybe this'll be the same. I've noticed that he's been laying low this year - he has a solo album that he did with Rick Rubin that's been finished for months, it was supposed to come out in April/May (called The Land of Maybe). I think he's trying to get festival bookings for a full SP reunion in 2018, and someone finally told him that if you lay low, people will care about you more when you come back.
― flappy bird, Friday, 14 July 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
a career in rock is a rollercoaster, that is true
― Shanty Brunch (stevie), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
http://esq.h-cdn.co/assets/15/30/980x490/landscape-1437777701-billy-corgan-disneyland-sad.jpg
Haha!
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Friday, 14 July 2017 19:59 (six years ago) link
!!!!!
― Fetchboy, Friday, 14 July 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
https://68.media.tumblr.com/7a8cf40a80dc76aa2b3479fd975f57de/tumblr_mzmdozRRGV1shf8zxo1_400.jpg
― flappy bird, Saturday, 15 July 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link
That Rickenbacker 360 purchased from Courtney Love is full of alt-rock history.
― Ex Slacker, Saturday, 15 July 2017 02:02 (six years ago) link
It just hit me that the rackmount ADA MP-1 preamps used to record Gish... are for sale... I must... I have to resist...
― flappy bird, Saturday, 15 July 2017 02:11 (six years ago) link
perhaps a new/different thread would be in order for flappy bird being the melissa w of smashing pumpkins
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 July 2017 03:52 (six years ago) link
i'll end this session with a classic
https://68.media.tumblr.com/958c7138dda0aa5617f763c276a24013/tumblr_osqyukiqFq1vrhb3jo1_500.jpg
― flappy bird, Saturday, 15 July 2017 04:50 (six years ago) link
Corgan is one of those rock icons that make me think dying from an overdose would have been less sad.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Saturday, 15 July 2017 08:51 (six years ago) link
Hehehe!
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 15 July 2017 11:30 (six years ago) link
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― Ex Slacker, Saturday, July 15, 2017 2:02 AM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's not just her guitar that's been full of alt-rock history, tbf.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 15 July 2017 11:33 (six years ago) link
Ugh
― calstars, Saturday, 15 July 2017 11:35 (six years ago) link
I think he's trying to get festival bookings for a full SP reunion in 2018,
not with D'Arcy on bass, surely?
― korla pundit (crüt), Saturday, 15 July 2017 11:37 (six years ago) link
was that really necessary Turrican
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Saturday, 15 July 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
jesus...
― flappy bird, Saturday, 15 July 2017 15:07 (six years ago) link
_I think he's trying to get festival bookings for a full SP reunion in 2018,_not with D'Arcy on bass, surely?
yes, they're in contact and have been since last year
― flappy bird, Saturday, 15 July 2017 15:08 (six years ago) link
What? I was talking, of course, about the Alt. Rock Hall of Fame...
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 15 July 2017 15:38 (six years ago) link
Some of these guitars look pretty cool tbh, really love the James Trussart Rustomatic but they're expensive enough when they're not previously owned by someone famous.
― dance cum rituals (Moka), Saturday, 15 July 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
Wow, is there really no ILX Jonathan Gold appreciaation thread? RIP JG, one of the best.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 23 July 2018 05:03 (five years ago) link
holy shit, Jonathan Gold wrote this piece??
― flappy bird, Monday, 23 July 2018 05:07 (five years ago) link
...the same Jonathan Gold?
Yeah he wrote a lot about WC Gangsta Rap & pre-/post-Nirvana-grunge for the LA Weekly, LA Times & SPIN. He was at all the club shows... Al's Bar, Jabberwocky, Raji's.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 23 July 2018 05:22 (five years ago) link
Wow
― flappy bird, Monday, 23 July 2018 05:23 (five years ago) link