Smashing Pumpkins
Flashback Friday: The End Is The Beginning Is The End (The Remixes)
May 18, 2012
by MonteLDS
In August of 1997 Warner Music Germany & Australia released the remixes to the future Grammy Award winning song “The End is The Beginning is the End”. The release contained 5 tracks, Stuck in the Middle with Fluke Vox Mix, Stuck in the Middle with Fluke Alternative Mix, Rabbit in the Moon’s Melancholy & the Infinite Madness Mix, Hallucination’s Gotham Ghetto Beats, and Rabbit in the Moon’s Infinite Radio Edit. In November, the same disc was released in Japan.
The Fluke remixes were previously released in June of 1997 as a promo in the UK. In the San Francisco market, local alternative rock station Live 105 would commonly play one of the Fluke mixes on the air and the mix would often make it to their nightly Top 5 Most Requested Song Of The Day.
Billy Corgan on Chicago Fox News
May 16, 2012
by MonteLDS
You can hear some of what may be the studio version of “Pinwheels”, and later in the interview what sounds like “Oceania” being played in the background.
Rock Coast Festival postponed
May 16, 2012
by MonteLDS
The Smashing Pumpkins were to play the Rock Coast Festival on May 24th, but, due to the “economic situation”, the festival is being postponed according to a post on the festival’s website. A rescheduled date has yet to be announced.
New Oceania art work revealed
May 14, 2012
by MonteLDS
This banner was just posted on the Smashing Pumpkins Facebook along with a image of a bridge (which looks a lot like the Royal Border Bridge) with the album title above it.
But perhaps the biggest news is that the banner notes a US Tour this fall.
Smashing Pumpkins tidbit edition
May 11, 2012
by MonteLDS
Nicole with makeup artist, Tiffany Trezzo
Nicole posted on her public Facebook account a new picture of her after a Smashing Pumpkins photo shoot that took place yesterday.
In other tidbit news, Billy tweeted that at the upcoming Resistance Pro Show there will be a raffle for a black strat that was used during a Smashing Pumpkins tour. And in a second tweet we are told that the money raised will help friends who need help with their medical bills as well as a local animal shelter.
Flashback Friday: 3F21
May 11, 2012
by MonteLDS
"Is it true that we have to bring our own water?" -D'arcy
In May of 1996 the Smashing Pumpkins were on the Simpsons episode 3F21, perhaps better known as Homerpalooza. The episode has Homer being added to a freak show line-up as part of a musical festival known as “Hullabalooza” which the Smashing Pumpkins were touring with.
The Smashing Pumpkins are introduced by playing Zero live, where Jimmy is playing an unusually small drum kit. And in a peculiar fashion the band stopped playing Zero midway due to a big pink pig that had just hit Homer in the gut that is seen flying up into the air. Which ultimately leads to Homer getting his gig as part of the freak show.
After Homer makes his first appearance on the Hullabalooza stage (where he is shot by a cannon) he meets Billy Corgan. Homer tells Billy that his kids thinks he is the greatest. And because the Pumpkins gloomy music his children have stopped dreaming of a future he couldn’t possibly afford.
Later on Homer hangs out with the entire band and they discuss the upcoming show in Springfield. Jimmy tells Homer ”the hometown show’s the big one”. James concurs by says “people who called you a weirdo in high school get to see what a successful freak you’ve become.”
Towards the end of the episode Homer is forced to resign from the freak show. As he leaves Homer tells the Pumpkins that he’ll miss them, but that he just can’t share their bleak world view. To which Billy says “We envy you, Homer. All we have is our music, our legions of fans, our million of dollars and our youth…. WOO-HOO!”
the Smashing Pumpkins to return to the Metro June 14th
May 8, 2012
by MonteLDS
The Pumpkins are set to headline at the Metro on June 14th as part of the Hot Stove Cool Music Benefit Concert. GA tickets are listed at $50 and go on sale Saturday at noon. In addition, for a cool grand, you can buy VIP party tickets, which include tickets to the Red Sox vs Cubs game on June 15th. For more info on the Hot Stove Cool Music event, check out their website.
UPDATE:
Listen to Billy on the air with 93XRT talking about the event at about 5 mins in
Live Essentials: Glastonbury Festival 06-27-1997
May 5, 2012
Photo from http://www.greenplastic.com
The Glastonbury Festival took place in Pilton, UK from Friday, June 27 – Sunday, June 29, 1997. The festival featured many big acts in addition to the Pumpkins—including Radiohead, Daft Punk, Beck, and The Prodigy—but perhaps the most remembered was the mud. Torrential rain before and during the festive helped 1997 be remembered as “The Year of the Mud.”
Some stand-out performances from this set include a punchy version of Transformer, a harder version of The End Is The Beginning Is The End, and an alternate arrangement of Porcelina of the Vast Oceans.
Transformer (3:40)
The End Is The Beginning Is The End (4:59)
By Starlight & Bullet With Butterfly Wings (9:00)
Get the Whole Show
You can listen to and download the show here:
Partial Show FM Broadcast http://archive.org/details/tsp1997-06-27.FM.flac16
Full Show http://archive.org/details/tsp1997-06-27.flac16
Oceania tour starts July 26th 2012
May 2, 2012
by MonteLDS
The Smashing Pumpkins are reportedly starting the Oceania tour on July 26th near Perth, Australia at the Challenge Stadium. A band known as Wolfmother will be opening for the Pumpkins on this leg of the tour. The Smashing Pumpkins will then stop by Sydney, Australia for the Splendour In The Grass 2012 Festival Show on the 29th, followed by another show in Sydney on the 31st, and then off to Melbourne for a show on August 2nd. They then take off for beautiful Auckland for a show on August 4th.
For more info, check out Ozphoria.
Patient Smashing Pumpkins fans are starting to receive their long awaited gift
May 2, 2012
by MonteLDS
Patient fans who waited out the late arrival of the reissues—processed from the official site—are now starting to receive their gifts. Last week fans who ordered the reissues from the official site were sent an e-mail, informing them how they could apply for a 7″ Flexidisc. This special limited edition orange Flexidisc comes with one song titled Blissed. A total of 5000 were made. As soon as we get our copy (hopefully today) we will post more pictures. While you wait for yours to arrive you can listen to this.
UPDATE: Check out this special Q&A Hypno Raygun had with the Manufacturer of the Smashing Pumpkins 7″ Flexidisc. Also check out our our nice scan.
UPDATE 2: The song is an acoustic song. If I had to take a stab at it, I would put it around Mellon Collie. Kind of has that feel of songs on the Tonight, Tonight single.
The vocals are rather quiet but here are the first lines
In bliss what is missed
What is got forgotten
I’m asleep i can’t see
Everyone is laughing