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
That Rickenbacker 360 purchased from Courtney Love is full of alt-rock history.― Ex Slacker, Saturday, July 15, 2017 2:02 AM (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― 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
I meant Jabberjaw, not Jabberwocky! That's what I get for posting in the middle of the night.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 23 July 2018 05:34 (five years ago) link
lol, just stumbled upon this video of Billy interviewing an openly-contemptuous Nick Cave.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X1LThFfA8U
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Friday, 10 April 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link
lol, amazing
― force ghost bg (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 10 April 2020 13:15 (four years ago) link
lol great find
― brimstead, Friday, 10 April 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
Easter came early.
― Three Hundred Pounds of Almond Joy (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 April 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
I love that MTV wasn't like 'eh, we can't air that' but rather like 'oh, we MUST air that'.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Friday, 10 April 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
loooooool
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 April 2020 18:47 (four years ago) link
*makes dick-sucking motion with microphone* and it all goes downhill from there.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Friday, 10 April 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
Love it when he calls Cave English
― la légende d'beer (Matt #2), Friday, 10 April 2020 19:36 (four years ago) link
hahaha none of you have seen that before? I think about it semi-often
"I mean you know, for the typical American teenager, it's all the same.""Yeah well it's not.""I know I'm sorry.""You said you're a teenager? How old are you?""27.""Right."
🤣🤣🤣
its awesome to watch Billy eat shit bc it so rarely happens. there was a great one maybe 5 years ago when he was on an Australian morning show to promote a festival appearance by SP (I think the Download Festival or something). at the end of the interview, the host said "Hope you have a good time at Download!" and Billy just said "What's that?" DEAD AIR 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
― flappy bird, Friday, 10 April 2020 19:53 (four years ago) link
yeah it’s amazing to see billy actually feel uncomfortable and painfully uncool
― brimstead, Friday, 10 April 2020 20:12 (four years ago) link
there’s not a second of it that’s not golden but my favourite part might be the footage of cave and the seeds giving it their all in front of a bemused audience in full blazing sunshine
― force ghost bg (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 10 April 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
it's even better when he quadruples down and claims that Germany, England and an entire continent on the other side of the planet from them "all look like" one country, from as far away as America
― donald failson (sic), Friday, 10 April 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
he was mocking Americans when he said that, but didn't give it the right polish
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 10 April 2020 21:01 (four years ago) link
yep, he half-assed the self-deprecation and it backfired
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 April 2020 21:07 (four years ago) link
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Friday, April 10, 2020 2:47 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
OTM
― Deflatormouse, Friday, 10 April 2020 21:12 (four years ago) link