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Heavens to Betsy, we’ve never been to Kathmandu! IT’S The Smashing Pumpkast and we're FINALLY covering the 2024 SP album, Aghori Mhori Mei. Justin of the Deep Dive joins me once again to discuss this "return to rock" album.
In this episode, we discuss: Billy's puzzle for "fans to figure out", the Pumpkins ’ 90s Aerosmith moment, the "boogie metal" of the politically vague "War Dreams of Itself", "Chug Chug" guitar fatigue, a lot of folks thinking about the tooth fairy, Gish callbacks, and KEY changes, NOT chord changes!
Hey, now, Murnau! Is this the END of the "Shiny" era or the beginning of a new one? What do YOU think?
Kino, you'll be in love with this episode!
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Lost your head, now you sleep on the floor. It's The Smashing Pumpkast! And we’re back with another edition of the series, Radio Play My Favorite Song, where I talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your favorite WPC & SP-related tracks.
Today on the show, we have Eoin Wilson from Northern Ireland. He’s on to discuss the Pisces Iscariot fan favorite “Obscured”.
This was recorded back in July, so some of the stuff we talk about might have been addressed or come to fruition since the recording.
In this episode, we discuss: the music equivalent of coming down from psychedelic haziness and bliss, bathroom breaks during the singles at concerts, Pisces in the Oceania era and giving Mike his flowers and wearing your Adore shirt out in the wild to see who’s cool and recognizes it.
Also, the importance of having older family members introducing you to music that changes your life, the hypothetical fear of Pavement ripping you a new one and Eoin’s Top 10.
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Glitter burned by restless thoughts, IT’S THE SMASHING PUMPKAST and we’re back with another edition of the series, Radio Play My Favorite Song, where I talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your favorite WPC & SP-related tracks.
Today on the show, we have Dean Schaffer on to discuss the underrated gem from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, “Here is No Why”.
We discuss the beauty of the Pumpkin headphone listen, shouting out "Rubber Man!" at a Pumpkins show, a lil' music theory, “a big sonic lush oil painting”, lyrics connecting with a "deathrock boy", Sonic Seasoning and “No, money down!”
Also, we manifest "Here Is No Why" back into the live set. You're welcome!
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"All of those yesterdays, coming around", IT’S THE SMASHING PUMPKAST and we’re back with another edition of the series, Radio Play My Favorite song, where I talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your favorite WPC & SP-related tracks.
Today on the show, I talk to Bobby Anand about the track "Drown" from the Singles soundtrack.
We also talk about the power of Pumpkin b-sides/rarities, the unfortunate edit for Rotten Apples, meeting Stef Carpenter of Deftones at Panda Express and even recommendations for podcasts covering The Cure.
Speaking of The Cure, you can see Bobby’s band The Reminiscence cover The Cure’s Cold here.
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Today on The Smashing Pumpkast, Asherella returns to discuss her experience at the Riviera and Lollapalooza shows and Frank finally gives his recap of attending the "Farewell to Zero" show in Los Angeles back in May.
We have a lil' Jack Bates love fest, discuss some Pumpkin/Brady Bunch synchronicity woo, the return of "Here is No Why" and "Dorian", the debut of "War Dreams of Itself", the wrestling promo approach to the "Farewell to Zero" service and Melissa returns to kick some major a$$!
All that and more. Do YOU plan to attend the tour this fall? Let us know which shows and what you're looking forward to most.
Rawk🤘
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Hey there, freaks & ghouls. Dropping this episode to announce that our disc-by-disc coverage of the Machina: Aranea Alba Editio box set is now complete on our Patreon.
Since the CD and digital release still isn't available, we have held off on releasing the episodes on the main feed. After asking listeners on social media what they would prefer, we reached a happy medium and have unlocked the first 5 episodes covering the 5 main discs in the box set. The bonus disc coverage (Discs 6-8) will remain Patreon exclusives. Justin of The Deep Dive joined me on these episodes and we're very proud of the work we did. It was a LOT to cover, but we know fellow Pumpkinheads will enjoy the geeky (USA) details we dive into. So head on over to our Patreon to listen to the coverage.
I had some hardware and software issues that set the release schedule back, but thanks to Patreon supporters, I was able to replace and repair and we'll be back on track for episode releases.
Thanks for all your continued support. Rawk.
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"I hear music from another time." IT’S THE SMASHING PUMPKAST and we’re back with another edition of the series, Radio Play My Favorite song, where I talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your favorite WPC & SP-related tracks.
Today on the show, I talk to Scott Collins from Madison, Wisconsin. We’ll be discussing the James Iha track “Gemini” from James’ critically underrated album “Look to the Sky”.
Scott and I discuss his work in community radio (WVMO), the supernatural element of meeting your heroes, “music for introverts”, love for Jeff Schroeder, the “second screen” dilemma, running into James in the pasta aisle at Trader Joe's and people treating art as a commodity rather than enjoying and following an artist’s expression.
It’s an all-out Iha love fest for you Iheads. Enjoy!
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"On the riverbanks and catacombs," it’s the smashing Pumpkast! And we’re back with another edition of the series, "Radio Play My Favorite song", where I talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your favorite WPC & SP-related tracks.
Today, we have Jeroen from the Netherlands on to talk about the Machina II track, “Home”.
We discuss what "Home" means to us, the loss of a father and having faith in finding your own faith, how Machina summed up the Pumpkins' career and sound of the 1.0 era of the band, Machina Box set blues, some love for minidiscs and Virgin Mary Billy.
"Let the words spill from my mouth" and into your ears! We hope this episode makes you feel at Home.
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"I'm destitute, despised, forsaken", it's the Smashing Pumpkast! We’re back with another edition of “Radio, Play My Favorite Song,” where I talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your favorite WPC & SP-related tracks.
Today, Kyle (aka Smiling Strange) and his brother, Evan, join the 'kast to chat about the Zwan centerpiece, "Jesus, I / Mary Star of the Sea"!
We chat about the epic brilliance of this track, The Adventures of Pete and Pete (Krebstar 3000 Eviscerator, anyone?!) , the "20 years until appreciation" curse of Corgan and so much more.
You can see and hear more of Kyle at https://www.buzzsprout.com/2573404
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"Built a mere kingdom of self abuse", it's the Smashing Pumpkast! We’re back with another edition of “Radio, Play My Favorite Song,” where I talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your favorite WPC & SP-related tracks.
Evangelina joins the 'kast to discuss the Zeitgeist era track, "Stellar".
We talk about the superior Best Buy version of Zeitgeist, the "sorrow hot tub", music involving faith vs Christian music, Pumpkin tattoos and more!
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