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Posts Tagged Billy Corgan

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May 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

From Hero to Zero: The Moment When Billy Corgan Lost Me

I realised the exact moment I went off The Smashing Pumpkins – it was midway through an interminable encore at their 1996 show in Wellington. Now, this was also when the band was at its biggest – in my mind anyway. I had loved the first couple of albums, they were a huge part of my world as […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Billy Corgan, From Hero To Zero, From Hero to Zero: The Moment When Billy Corgan Lost Me, Hero, Indulgence, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smashing Pumpkins, Zero ·

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November 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

To Infinity and (Sadly) Beyond: I’d Rather Read The Poetry of Bryan Adams

Ryan Adams released a book of poems called Infinity Blues. It is horrific! Adams is not known for his filter – 190 albums in 4 weeks – and while people can praise his honest, direct approach to lyrics with songs like Come Pick Me Up and Oh My Sweet Carolina, those same people better have […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Billy Corgan, Infinity Blues, Jeff Tweedy, Jewel, Poetry, Ryan Adams, To Infinity and (Sadly) Beyond, To Infinity and (Sadly) Beyond: I’d Rather Read The Poetry of Bryan Adams ·

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October 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 9 – Matthew Couper

Here’s episode nine of Sweetman Podcast now – my chat with Matthew Couper. Matt’s an artist, Hawke’s Bay born, now Las Vegas based. Matt’s also my oldest friend, in that we’ve known each other since we were three. We went through kindergarten, primary, intermediate and high school along the same strip in Havelock North.
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Art, Artist, Artwork, Billy Corgan, Chat, Criticism, Havelock North, Hawke's Bay, http://mattcouper.com/index2.html, Interview, JK Russ, Las Vegas, Lou Reed, Matt Couper, Matthew Couper, Painting, Paul Nache, Simon Sweetman, Songs For Drella, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 9 – Matthew Couper ·

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December 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Smashing Pumpkins: Monuments to an Elegy

Smashing Pumpkins Monuments to an Elegy BMG Rights Management This wants to be some sort of Smashing Pumpkins rebirth, one of several attempted reboots, but a pretentious title and Billy Corgan’s annoying whine of a voice is about all this has in common with when his band-name/brand-name once delivered the right kind of shoegaze-for-stadiums slacker-anthems. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Billy Corgan, Monuments to an Elegy, Smashing Pumpkins ·

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December 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Billy Corgan: AEGEA

Billy Corgan AEGEA (Independent) I wonder if AEGEA, billed as Billy Corgan’s “experimental” solo album, and a worldwide limited edition might have been given more of a chance if it didn’t have his name on it – that’s the brand-damage right there. Because I reckon AEGEA is pretty wonderful, it’s also not really experimental, that’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged AEGEA, Album Review, Billy Corgan, Limited Edition, Smashing Pumpkins ·

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November 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 15 – Smashing Pumpkins, Wellington, 1996

I remember going down to the local music store in my first year and buying the Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness double. It was a Saturday night and the record store was open until 9 or 10pm – a couple of years later I had a job in that store, working the late nights. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1996, Adore, Billy Corgan, Gish, Live, Live Gig, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Music, Pisces Iscariot, Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 15 – Smashing Pumpkins, Wellington ·

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May 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: The Adventures of Billy Corgan – Artist in Residence

Billy Corgan was going to get used to Havelock North; more important, Havelock North was going to get used to Billy Corgan! The former Zwan front man and on/off Smashing Pumpkin had been awarded a prestigious Artist in Residence spot at Havelock North’s public library. He would be there for three months. He would teach […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Billy Corgan, Havelock North, Kalgoorlie, Short Story, Smashing Pumpkins, The Adventures of Billy Corgan - Artist in Residence, Zwan ·

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May 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Dan Crowe (ed): Dead Interviews

Dead Interviews: Living Writers Meet Dead Icons Dan Crowe (ed) Granta Books I once wrote about Billy Corgan taking up an artist’s residency in Havelock North. Actually that’s not true (well of course it’s not true) – I wrote about it twice. Bit of harmless fun, right? I enjoyed myself. Probably shouldn’t have shared those […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged AM Homes, Billy Corgan, Book Review, Dan Crowe, Dan Crowe (ed), Dead Interviews, Douglas Coupland, Granta, Rick Moody, ZZ Packer ·

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July 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Smashing Pumpkins: Oceania

Smashing Pumpkins Oceania EMI Billy Corgan returns to the Smashing Pumpkins name – this time with an all new band, he knows he’ll shift more units releasing records under the Pumpkins name. Because this is – more than anything else he’s released – a solo album. But who wants to remember the last Billy Corgan […]
Posted in Back Catalogue · Tagged Billy Corgan, Oceania, Smashing Pumpkins ·

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April 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1525

Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream (1993) [Reissue: 2011] I played in a band at high school that attempted just about every single song on this album. At university I played in a band that performed a couple of these songs. I’ve listened to this album a lot. I always wanted to get the LP – and […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Billy Corgan, Blog On The Tracks, Jimmy Chamberlin, LP, Reissue, Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins, Soma, Vinyl ·

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