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Monday, December 27th
Everlasting Gaze #9 on Billboard.com's Modern Rock Tracks
The Everlasting shot forward from #40 to #9 on Billboard.com's Modern Rock Tracks for the issue date of January 1, 2000. Highlighted as "Airpower", check out the full list here: http://www.billboard.com/charts/airplay/modern.asp
Saturday, December 25th
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!
The Everlasting Gaze at NME.com
An official version of "The Everlasting Gaze" is available for download at NME.com. It isn't pulled from the radio; it's a clean track. Just a note, though, that it's in Windows Media audio format (at 96 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo), and not an MP3. You'll need Windows Media Player to play the file.
You can find "The Everlasting Gaze" at NME.com by clicking here.
You can also download the Liquid Audio version at VH1 or MTV. You will need a Liquid Audio Player available for dowload here.
Thursday, December 23rd
Pumpkins Return to Stage with New Bassist
Pumpkins Return to Stage with New Bassist
SHOWCASE NEW ROCK SONGS FROM MACHINA/THE MACHINES OF GOD IN MELISSA AUF DER MAUR'S DEBUT.
From SonicNet
Staff Writer Chris Nelson reports:
CHICAGO - The Smashing Pumpkins debuted their newest member - ex-Hole bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur - Monday at a club show that also found them reacquainting themselves with a massive, aggressive rock sound.
"We enjoy rocking for you," guitarist James Iha deadpanned early in the gig, the first of a two-night stand at the Metro club. Though his mannered enunciation was joking, the band made good on the sentiment throughout the 20-song, hour-and-50-minute show . . .
Click here to read the rest of this story at SonicNet News.
Saturday, December 18th
Bestreetwise.com - EXCLUSIVE
Bestreetwise.com has exclusive Video and Pictures from the filming of the Stand Inside Your Love music video as well as a photo shoot they did. They all look gothic, kind of like the Ava Adore video(look at the picture of the day), Melissa Auf Der Maur is in video and photo shoot. Look forward for more promotions and contest from this site, check it out!
94.5 the Edge Premiers Rain Drops and Sun Showers
94.5 the Edge premiered Rain Drops and Sun Showers. They claim to have the full album and will play more new songs over the weekend, check out their website and listen to their live broadcast.
Friday, December 17th
Promo Smashing Pumpkins 1991-1998 CD
Virgin Records has seemed to have released a Promo CD featuring the Smashing Pumpkins from 1991-1998. It is an 18 song compilation with the track list: 1. Disarm, 2. Bullet With Butterfly Wings, 3. Ava Adore, 4. 1979, 5. Landslide, 6. Cherub Rock, 7. I Am One, 8. Perfect, 9. Today, 10. Tonight, Tonight, 11. Mayonaise (acoustic - previously unreleased), 12. Siva, 13. Eye, 14. Zero, 15. Pug, 16. Drown, 17. Thirty-Three, 18. Rhinoceros
Click here to view the CD's artwork.
Everlasting Gaze Promo Picture
A number of people have been asking about what the Everlasting Gaze Promo looks like, click here to view a picture.
Official Site Online Again
The Official Smashing Pumpkins Site is now online again and features a new Flash Design but still looks like it's under construction. Netphoria isn't listed under the fan sites section, I guess they don't like this site :(
Vote for the Pumpkins on Rollingstone.com
Vote for the Smashing Pumpkins in the Last Poll of the Century on Rollingstone.com's website. You can vote for them as "Band of the Century" and for Siamese Dream as "Album of the Century.
December 20th Webcast on www.tunes.com
Tunes.com is reporting there will be a webcast of the Smashing Pumpkins December 20th show with Cheap Trick at 8:00pm EST.
Netphoria Site Note
The Real Audio and Video pages are offline temporarly because the server on which we had them hosted is offline. Hoser and I hope to get them back online as soon as possible.
Sunday, December 12th
RollingStone.com quotes Netphoria
Taken from RollingStone.com:
"Everlasting Gaze," the first track off the new SMASHING PUMPKINS album MACHINA/the Machines of God, was aired prematurely on Chicago's alternative music radio station Q101 on
Thursday. The track has quickly been making the rounds on stations across the country and can be downloaded from the meticulously maintained fan-site www.netphoria.org. MACHINA, expected out
on Feb. 15, marks the return of Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness producer Flood and is said to have a much harder edge than 1998's commercially disappointing Adore. The album is also the finale of
bassist D'ARCY WRETZKY. Despite reports to the contrary, representatives from Virgin Records say that Wretzky did play the bass parts ...
Love's OK with Pumpkin Move
Here's an article from the Toronto Sun about Courtney Love's opinion on Melissa Auf Der Maur's move to the Pumpkins. Thanks to Ally for sending me the article. Click here to read the article.
Thursday, December 9rd
Chicago Q101 broadcasts The Everlasting Gaze
Local Chicago Radio station Q101 broadcasted the new song The Everlasting Gaze from the Upcoming ablum Machina/the machines of God.
*** RIAA please note that this song is NOT on my server nor did I upload this song to the server it resides on, thanks goes out to John Mcguire that e-mailed me about the song file. If you wish me to remove the link to the song please simply e-mail me and I will remove the link promptly. ***
Here is a link to the song played on Q101, please note this for promotional purposes only.
The Smashing Pumpkins - The Everlasting Gaze (MP3 format, promo cd)
Chicago Tour Dates
Two new tour dates have been announced for Chicago. On December 20th and 21st 1999 playing at the Metro. Tickets go on sale December 10th for both dates, tickets are $20, all-ages show. Check Ticketmaster for more details.
Friday, December 3rd
Former Pumpkin D'Arcy Goes Hollywood
Taken from www.nme.com:
Former Pumpkin D'Arcy Goes Hollywood
Ex-SMASHING PUMPKINS bassist D'Arcy Wretky is set to star in a new film alongside Mickey Rourke.
According to American magazine reports, D'Arcy will play "a comedic mafia hit women" in 'Peaces Of Ronnie', a film that has previously been reported to feature appearances by Debbie Harry, actor Vincent Gallo and Kylie Minogue.
The first reports on the film stated that it starred Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez, but a spokesman recently denied this.
