oh yeah I noticed that right away. heavy Triumph of the Will vibes with the huge banner over the arena here for a month before they played
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 21 November 2018 05:23 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/fj7YniC.jpg
― my guitar friend wants his money (morrisp), Wednesday, 21 November 2018 05:55 (five years ago) link
I can't believe I didn't vote for To Forgive in the poll
― flappy bird, Sunday, 25 November 2018 06:01 (five years ago) link
I've had a couple of listens to the new one and as much as I enjoy it, it feels like kinda a missed opportunity. It feels much more low key than the work of a "reformed" Pumpkins should. It's telling that even though Jimmy and Iha are on this, it mostly feels less like a throwback to 1991-2000 Pumpkins and more like a continuation of what's been put out under the Pumpkins name since Billy decided to resurrect it. I think Oceania was a far better collection of songs, and I'd even rank Monuments to an Elegy higher.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 26 November 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
they played Dross tonight
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-smashing-pumpkins/2018/the-sylvee-madison-wi-7397229d.html
plus a lot of Shiny songs
oh and Heavy Metal Machine
Cool
― flappy bird, Thursday, 29 November 2018 06:30 (five years ago) link
'Heavy Metal Machine' was always one of my least favourite Pumpkins songs 1991-2000. Bit of a bitter swipe at Cobain in the lyrics, too ... ("If I were dead/would my records sell?")
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 29 November 2018 21:13 (five years ago) link
https://www.guitarworld.com/news/billy-corgan-paint-color-actually-changes-the-sound-of-a-guitar
― plant a twee or die (morrisp), Thursday, 29 November 2018 21:43 (five years ago) link
I have to admit the Captain Marvel trailer perfectly captures 1995 pic.twitter.com/nfM92vLHa8— pixelated no longer too early for a christmas name (@pixelatedboat) December 4, 2018
― orifex, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 06:37 (five years ago) link
more like perfectly captures an ilx post from last week
― Sufjan Grafton, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 07:29 (five years ago) link
xpost
By that logic he should paint his scalp different colors between songs.
― Sam Weller, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:15 (five years ago) link
holy shit nick fury is flappy bird, it all makes sense now
― We're in 2009—it's time to take risks, (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 10:45 (five years ago) link
Close but no
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
holy shit samuel l jackson is flappy bird
― We're in 2009—it's time to take risks, (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
Warmer
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
Seriously it's obvious, Billy Corgan is the real Nick Fury.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
holy shit billy corgan is samuel l jackson
― We're in 2009—it's time to take risks, (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
check out the big brain on bizarro.
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
erasing eXcLaMaTiOn pOiNtS ilx
panda showtrees and balloons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFLD0tFwNSk
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 05:52 (five years ago) link
Excruciating performance on Kimmel yesterday.
― Sam Weller, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
I heard, what song?
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 12 December 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
They did "Silvery Sometimes" and "Knights of Malta." Billy without a guitar, shuffling around the stage like an early 2000s Ozzy Osbourne and looking like Marlon Brando in the Island of Dr Moreau. James took a solo and had some weird malfunction. I don't know. I like "Silvery" fine but it's not a show-stopper. Billy -- what can I say. I don't mind him dressing like a circus ringmaster in drag but I just...don't get it.
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 13 December 2018 09:04 (five years ago) link
billy regularly going without a guitar is pretty easily the worst thing about the current incarnation of the band, his stage presence without it is so weird
― ufo, Thursday, 13 December 2018 09:38 (five years ago) link
otm x2
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:42 (five years ago) link
"we're gonna make this ha-pun!"
what, Billy?
disappointment
― Sufjan Grafton, Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
he's disenchanted the romantics
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 December 2018 19:18 (five years ago) link
After hearing the new album a couple more times, this is increasingly becoming a "So long Billy and thanks for the memories" type of situation for me.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 13 December 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link
only 18 years late!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 14 December 2018 06:37 (five years ago) link
Well, not really - the band were inactive for 7 of those years and Billy put out the actually really great Zwan album in that period.
There's been Oceania and to a lesser degree his solo record, but otherwise it's been a very frustrating decade to be a Pumpkins fan. He's put out a lot of music in the last 11 years that just doesn't cut it.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 14 December 2018 07:39 (five years ago) link
Maybe he's trying to compete with the overwhelming charisma of Jeff Schroeder.
― Sam Weller, Friday, 14 December 2018 11:33 (five years ago) link
Haaaaaaaaaaah!!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 14 December 2018 12:19 (five years ago) link
Zwan reissue(!): https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/12/billy-corgan-nine-projects/
― underqualified backing vocalist (morrisp), Monday, 24 December 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
oh god the prospect of a new SP best-of is....not a good one, for many reasons. pls stick to the Machina and Zwan reissues billy
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 24 December 2018 17:18 (five years ago) link
we will get one of these projects in 2019 if we're lucky
― flappy bird, Monday, 24 December 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link
Holy shit! He found the yellow Gish Strat!!!!
After 27 years, Billy Corgan has finally reunited with his "lost love" guitar stolen in 1992. The story behind the reunion is even crazier than you think https://t.co/HBNXG81Mlc pic.twitter.com/OpuBmATQb4— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) February 6, 2019
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
Was just about to link this. Amazing story.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 19:10 (five years ago) link
“If you look at Billy, he’s very stoic,” says Heiche, who coordinated the reunion. “He doesn’t give a lot of facial expressions. But he looked down, and as she opened the case, he looked at it for a second and froze. Everybody was dead silent. And he goes, ‘That’s it.'”
crying
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
He slowly opened the case and froze. “That’s it,” he said. “That’s my hair.”
― Sam Weller, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 20:13 (five years ago) link
I'm not really a fan of this band, aside from a few minutes here and there, but I've had "Quiet" stuck in my head all day. (I had to look it up because I didn't know the title and don't have a copy of "Siamese Dream.")
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
will he be paying James the $20,000 reward he offered in 2009 for the instrument? “She didn’t want anything,” he says.
oh ffs buy her that hot tub at least you cheap shit
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 20:48 (five years ago) link
NOhttps://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/billy-corgan-guitar-portrait.jpg
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 21:39 (five years ago) link
Billy The Pimp
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 21:49 (five years ago) link
maybe he did buy her a hot tub but doesn't want to brag about it
or he didn't know about the hot tub before the story was published
― The Very Fugly Caterpillar (sic), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:08 (five years ago) link
Truly, a hot tub time machine.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:12 (five years ago) link
my man wearing a coat made out of weed
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
The coffeeshop at my work has been playing a Pumpkins song lately that I can't identify; guess it's one of the new ones? They usually play very mainstream/familiar stuff.
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:14 (five years ago) link
Does he say lover a lot
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:36 (five years ago) link
Ha ha -- I'll have to listen more closely next time I get a small light roast
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:47 (five years ago) link
Btw -- I saw them play in Detroit, and searched to see if maybe it was *that show*... but no, it was Nov. '91 (opening for RHCP, with Pearl Jam).
So guess I saw him play with that guitar!
― i stan corrected (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link