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Netphoria
Old News - Archives
Wednesday,
June 23rd
Album News
Taken from smashingpumpkins.com:
we've been pestering the band ceaselessly for an update, and we finally have one for
you. the good news is the new record is now more than 60% completed, with
approximately 21 songs still being considered along with a few select instrumentals. 11
of the songs you might recognize from the arising! tour, and 10 more additional songs
that have yet to be played live by the band. the pumpkins hope to be finished in the
first couple weeks of august, and are still planning a late fall release. and contrary to
published rumours that the record is a return to the band's older styles, we ask and
gently remind, when have the smashing pumpkins ever repeated themselves?
A&E Biography of Brian Wilson
Charles Errington e-mailed me telling me there was a recent A&E Biography of Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. Billy Corgan was interviewed,
he just said that Brian Wilson was a good musician/singer and said that all the songs about California that he wrote brought in a lot of tourism and he should get some money from the state for that (sarcastically).
Billy also said that considers himself to be "the brian wilson" of his generation. Also thanks to Androphora@aol.com for providing some info.
More chat stuff....
I should have posted this stuff earlier but i've been plauged with problems.
Anyways the chat that didn't really happen was
supposed to be GMVnetwork however TerraX was also involved with the chat but all the technical problems were on GMVnetworks side not TerraX. BRTB from TerraX wanted me to clear that up, he also
thanked me for helping during all the chaos then, at the time there was over 600 people in that chat channel.
Updated Message Board
And last but not least, there is a new version of the message board running. It is basicly the same just updated with more features will allow me to control it easier. Check it out.
Wednesday,
June 16th
Pumpkins recording new album with Flood
Taken from Jam! Music:
Pumpkins recording new album with Flood
With a reunited line-up and all squabblings aside, Chicago alt/rock faves the Smashing Pumpkins are
back on track and recording a new album with producer Flood (U2/Nick Cave/PJ Harvey). The album is slated for an October release.
The yet-to-be named album, the band's fifth since forming in 1988, once again teams the band with
producer Flood, who worked with them on their multi-platinum double CD Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
The original line-up of Billy Corgan, James Iha, D'Arcy and Jimmy Chamberlin (who had been
kicked out of the band for a severe drug addiction) is hard at work on their follow-up to the popular disc
"Adore," a record which spawned numerous hits and went on to sell more than three million copies worldwide.
Jimmy Chamberlin, who has officially rejoined the band, performed recently with the band on the recent leg of their Arising! tour.
The Chat that was not
Lots of chaos tonight and yet another disaster for a Smashing Pumpkins Online event.
Right now I am going to address a few issues, but keep in mind it's late right now for me, a full report will be posted tomorrow early in the morning.
Ok first off, the chat was a distaster, large technical problems plauged the chat delaying it and ultimately causing it's cancellation. Nobody knows
exactly what happened but all will be known probably soon. I helped during the chat to calm the Chaos going on, i feel really bad because this was all
a big waste of time. I spoke with Karl Daher (from Listessa + SPIFC) and he said that Billy called him to say the chat was off. According to Karl Daher,
Billy said there were problems at GMV, he apologies for them and said it was just "pumpkin luck".
Now as for the message posted on the Message Board by "Corgan", I have no way to confirm that this was billy posting it. It may or may not have been him but
could also be fake. Karl Daher says it looks legit but again there is no way to know.
Lastly there is no information on rescheduling of the chat, on the Offical Smashing Pumpkins website there is an image that says: "what happened?". Anyways
more on this whole event tomorrow. Stay Tuned!
Tuesday,
June 15th
Snail Wins
taken from smashingpumpkins.com--
The winner of the "Song you'd most like to know about" was Snail, by a total of 29% of your votes. Running a close second place was Rhinoceros with a total of 28% of your votes, just losing by 1%. An explanation of Snail, from Billy of course, will be posted on the Official site at the end of this month. Smashingpumpkins.com thanks
everyone who participated.
Just a Reminder
Just a reminder to log on and chat with Billy & James later on tonight, 9:00 p Eastern/8:00 p Central. If you don't get a chance to chat with the Pumpkins, a full transcript of the session will be available on smashingpumpkins.com
Monday,
June 14th
Live Chat Overcrowding
Taken from smashingpumpkins.com--
Fans, don't fear another Pumpkins webcast disaster!.....the official site ensures that there will be a 40,000 fan capacity for the upcoming live chat with Billy & James, plus fans that might not be able to catch the event or aren't
able to log in can submit their gish-era question in advance. Fans will receive a free gish t-shirt if their question is used in the webcast. No word yet on what the t-shirt will look like. Don't forget to tune in, June 15th, 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central.
Fans, you'll need to have a chat program to participate...if you don't already have one...you can download one here:
www.mirc.com(win)
www.ircle.com(mac)
Sunday,
June 13th
New Sub-Webmaster
In case you didn't notice at the top....allow me to introduce myself as the new sub-webmaster of Netphoria, Gram Gibson. It's gonna be awesome working on this page, and hopefully you'll enjoy my work. (especially the Shockwave stuff!)
Noteworthy First Contest Winner
taken from www.smashingpumpkins.com:
"congratulations to issac gadsby from tasmania, who was the lucky winner of an autographed gish platinum record...and with gish month coming right around the corner, we'd like to thank issac, and all of our fans from around the
world and of course you for being part of our website...." - congrats again to issac gadsby!
Saturday,
June 12th
STIGMATA NEWS
Taken from www.smashingpumpkins.com:
it appears as though we are all going to have to wait a little longer for the STIGMATA soundtrack...it
seems as though the movie has been pushed back to a september release, which means the soundtrack
will now be coming out in mid to late august....
Shockwave Stuff
You've probably noticed that we've added an intro Shockwave thing, we're still testing it out and playing around with it. Tell us what you think about it.
Happy Birthday Jimmy
Happy Birthday Jimmy, it was his birthday the other day. He turns 35 years old.
Wednesday,
June 9th
D'arcy smashes way to big screen
From Sunday's newspaper San Diego Union-Tribune:
D'arcy smashes way to big screen
Crossover star? Following the foosteps of fellow hard rocker Courtnet Love,
bassist D'arcy is hoping to make the leap into feature film. The outspoken
alternative musician has signed with Jason Weinberg's Untitled
Entertainment for management representation in the acting arena. D'arcy, a
founding member of the multplatinum rock group Smashing Pumpkins recently
finished a club tour with the group and is putting the final touches on the
next Pumpkins' release.
Site News
Not many updates recently due to extreme lack of any worthy news and secondly I am still having problems with my internet server.
The web space problem should be worked out hopefully soon. I will also be looking for a new sub-webmaster, look at the topic below.
