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Billy Corgan, in his latest attempt to be seen as a total nutball by pretty much anyone who liked him during the '90s, is saying that Eddie Vedder's song about the Cubs maybe winning the World Series "killed that shit dead... Eddie ain’t living here to write a song about my fuckin’ team." Funny, I thought that Ryan Dempster and an anemic performance by the Cubs' offense were more to blame, but maybe Billy isn't big on reading the boxscores. [Home Run Derby via Vulture]

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heel turns

Billy Corgan Prepares To Test That "1000 True Fans" Hypothesis By Alienating A Huge Chunk Of His Audience

A concert that ends with the performer trying to connect with this audience by wondering aloud, as they might, "Did I pay for this shit?" is probably a show that's beset with problems. So it was with the Smashing Pumpkins' show in New York City last night, Billy Corgan et al's first performance in the NYC metro area in nine (!) years, which ended with Corgan baiting the audience with that very taunt, according to Matthew Perpetua, who was in the United Palace audience last night. There were also "at least 40 minutes of formless prog-metal dirges and artless, atonal drones," and lousy setlists that eschewed the depths of the Pumpkins' catalog in favor of the track from the trailer for The Watchmen and other new songs. (Also, he wore a "Zero" shirt but didn't play the song in question, which just seems cruel, you know?) More »

1:00 PM on Fri Nov 7 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,986 views, 11 comments

Latest by Dick Laurent is dead.: I like to pretend he died after making Machina and was replaced a Cylon/alien/Elvis/whathaveyou...it's less painful that way. more »

leak of the day

Billy Corgan Has Some New Entrance Music

ARTIST: Smashing Pumpkins
TITLE: "G.L.O.W."
WEB DEBUT: Oct. 13, 2008 More »
synergies

Billy Corgan Is Feeling Pretty Glorious (And Gorgeous)

Surely I'm not the only one who thinks that, at this point, the whole "band releasing a new song through Guitar Hero and/or Rock Band" angle is kind of played out, even if other media outlets are willing to lap it up like it's a dish of slightly melted vanilla ice cream. I mean, the seal has been broken. People are going plastic instead of going platinum. Big whoop. If you really want to get creative with your distribution methods, why don't you go back to the wax-cylinder route? Or 8-tracks? Plastic guitars are almost... quaint at this point. Now, that's not to say that I'm not interested in the newest song by the Smashing Pumpkins, which comes out next month in a bundle with "1979" and "The Everlasting Gaze." (You know—it's what us olds used to call a "b-side.") It's called "G.L.O.W.," after all, and anyone who had a TV that pulled in crappy syndicated channels 20 years ago knows that those letters can only stand for one thing. More »

12:00 PM on Wed Sep 3 2008
By Maura Johnston
955 views, 3 comments

Latest by Clevertrousers: That seriously made my week. Of course nothing will ever beat this: + Watch video more »

lawsuit roundup

Every Popular Musician Will Show Up In Some Courtroom Somewhere Someday

• Simon & Schuster has sued both Foxy Brown and Lil Kim for not coming through on books, despite being paid advances. In 2006, Foxy was paid $75,000 in hopes that she'd write an autobiography, while Kim was given $40,000 in 2004 for a novel. (Fiction still gets no respect, even when it's penned by a famous-ish person.) [Bloomberg via ProHipHop] More »

9:30 AM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Maura Johnston
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2009's just an excuse

Smashing Pumpkins Celebrating Lots Of Anniversaries In Coming Months

Billy Corgan has pushed back Smashing Pumpkins' tour honoring the band's first full-length, the 1991 album Gish, to "distant 2009" in order to focus on two things: A tour of smaller-sized venues next month which will stop at a casino in Hammond, Ind., among other places in the lower 48 states; and a smattering of shows this November that will "focus on the band's history, legacy, and accomplishments over their career" and will be billed as a 20th-anniversary tour. Which I guess makes the Gish tour an 18th-anniversary tour? Oh man, does this mean I have to send him something porcelain and something platinum? I hope he's registered somewhere, at least! More »

2:00 PM on Wed Jul 9 2008
By Maura Johnston
508 views, 6 comments

Latest by FionaScrapple: They should do Gish and Siamese Dream in their entirety and hit the bar. more »

do look back

Billy Corgan Ready To Cash In On "Gish" All Over Again

According to a post on the Smashing Pumpkins' official site, "plans are currently underway that will lead to the eventual release of a pre-Gish/Gish box set." While I welcome any excuse to replace my scratched-to-hell disc from 17 years ago, I'm guessing that Billy Corgan's motivations are a little more devious; delving into his back catalogue will probably produce sales results that are, at the very least, better than those achieved by Zeitgeist. (Although if he remakes any of the videos with certain brain-dead heiresses playing the role of James Iha, I am out.) But wait, there's another way for Corgan to get the money out of his band's Gish-era fanbase, who presumably on average have higher earning power than they did back in '91: More »

10:30 AM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By Maura Johnston
809 views, 5 comments

Latest by cheesebubble: Just sad. more »

Is Billy Corgan Rocking Too Hard? From Popbitch: "Smashing Pumpkins have just done a show in Australia for MTV. Singer Billy Corgan requested for his rider a defibrillator and an ambulance. And crew claim they weren't allowed to walk in his line of sight while he was playing." To be fair, I wouldn't want the last thing I ever see to be some gaffer with his crack showing either. [Popbitch / Photo: AP]

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today is not the greatest day feminism has ever known

Billy Corgan Tries To Pump Up His Crummy Record Sales With A Little Misogyny

His attempt at recapturing the zeitgeist has been met with a collective lack of attention from those people who still buy records, so what can Billy Corgan do to get his name back in the news? How about saying something "provocative" at the Reading Festival in the hopes that he'll get some e-ink from NME and bloggers? More »

10:30 AM on Mon Aug 27 2007
By mjohnston
5,563 views, 28 comments

news

Liner Notes: The Britney-Justin "Reunited" Duet Could Be Just A Few Months Away

- Britney Spears may be interested in signing with Justin Timberlake's new record label, BoinkedEmAll. [Gatecrasher]
- Prince will reportedly make an appearance on the British version of Big Brother, during which he will accuse Sheila E. of stealing his shampoo and get into a 3 a.m. political argument in the kitchen with Morris Day. [The Sun Online]
- Billy Corgan's been out of it so long, he didn't realize that the "Hasselhoff = funny" meme died down years ago. [NME]

1:40 PM on Wed Jun 6 2007
By Brian Raftery
374 views, 3 comments

Latest by Nicolars: Prince, nooooo! If you're going to do appear on a bad british reality show, at least do the one with Jordan and Peter Andre. more »

mp3

Leak Of The Day, Part II: Billy Corgan Feels The Sting

Finally, the moment that all you Billy Corgan fans have been waiting for: After years out of the spotlight, one of the biggest hard-rock bands in world history is back with a new album—and the first song has leaked. So stop what you're doing, put on your headphones, and get ready for the triumphant return of...the Scorpions!...featuring Billy Corgan! More »

1:00 PM on Fri May 18 2007
By Brian Raftery
1,923 views, 5 comments

unlikely pairings

The Winds Of Change Are Blowing For Billy Corgan

Right on the heels of the announcement that former Scorpions guitarist Uli Jon Roth will be performing with the current iteration of the Smashing Pumpkins at two shows in Germany, Scorpions news blog Scorps News is reporting that the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan will be providing backup vocals on the next album by the German metal band, Humanity—Hour 1. We've been mulling over this news for a good while now, and we're still stumped by it. Perhaps Corgan is trying to figure out how to get his overblown album-title mojo back? More »

2:45 PM on Mon May 14 2007
By mjohnston
498 views, 6 comments

Latest by FionaScrapple: It is well-known that Corgan positively worships Glenn and KK. As do I. more »

billy corgan

Well, At Least This Guy Avoided Making A "Drop That Zero" Joke

From Chicago Craiglist's "Missed Connections" file: More »
smashing pumpkins

Billy Corgan's New Moniker Is Hardly Contagious

As you might have heard, the Smashing Pumpkins have a new album due in July, and they've finally given it a title: Zeitgeist. More »

3:12 PM on Wed Feb 7 2007
By Brian Raftery
524 views, 3 comments

smashing pumpkins

Billy Corgan Finds New Co-Worker to Alienate


You may have heard that Smashing Pumpkins singer-guitarist-crankypants Billy Corgan—last scene shacking up with Courtney Love—is getting the band back together. And you may also have heard that he's in the studio with Roy Thomas Baker, the man who's worked with Queen, Cheap Trick and the Cars. What's interesting about the recent announcement (and for you non-Pumpkins fans, we're really stretching the definition of "interesting") is that its traced back to Warner/Rerprise, the label that put out Corgan's awful solo album (The Future Embrace) last year, as well as the underrated Zwan record before that. Might this mean that the new Pumpkins (minus guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky) already have a deal? Any further info is appreciated. More »

3:01 PM on Thu Aug 17 2006
By Brian Raftery
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craigslist

BILLY CORGAN AND COURTNEY LOVE PITCH WACKY-ROOMMATE SITCOM

corgan.jpegHoly shit. We don't know how we missed this, but Billy Corgan and Courtney Love are living together. We're guessing the "los angeles craigslist > housing" post went something like this: More »

1:50 PM on Thu Jun 29 2006
By Brian Raftery
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