The story of the return of Billy Corgan’s Gish guitar
Rewind to June 1992. The Smashing Pumpkins had recently issued their debut album, Gish, and were on tour in Detroit.
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Billy Corgan
Random music news for Saturday, April 6, 2019
“Shorter of breath/One day closer to death.” And in other news for April 6, 2019… Ticketmaster has been sued over
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Random music news for Friday, February 8, 2019
The first weekend without football since June. Time for NASCAR. And did you know that the UN has declared today
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Random music news for Friday, October 5, 2018
Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space on this day in 1984. And in music news for October 5,
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Random music news for Thursday, September 13, 2018
That’s enough Asia for now. The next 24 hours will be spent flying home and posting stuff using in-flight WiFi–which,
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Billy Corgan, cat lover
For the second time in the last few years, Billy Corgan is on the cover of Chicago-s pre-eminent cat lover’s
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Random music news for Wednesday, April 25, 2018
If you use any piece of electronics today, remember that 57 years ago today, Robert Noyce patented the integrated circuit.
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It’s official: D’Arcy Wretzky will never be part of the Smashing Pumpkins again
There’s been much controversy over the exclusion of D’Arcy Wretzky from the Smashing Pumpkins reunion, much of it fueled by
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Random music news for Monday, March 19, 2018
This is the last official full day of winter. Good riddance, really. Let’s talk about music news for March 19,
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Random Music News for Friday, February 23, 2018
I’m going to miss the Winter Olympics when they’re over. I have a feeling, though, that I’ll be watching a
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Billy Corgan Laments the Death of the Old-School Record Producer
A couple of weeks back, I went to see Billy Corgan perform a two-part solo acoustic concert. The first half
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