Rumor: Smashing Pumpkins at 9:30 Club July 10th

[vansmack]

Originally posted by callat703:
  Still doesn't excuse lazy journalism though.  All you've got to do is type "Jimmy Chamberlain" into Google to get the correct spelling.

Given the amount of effort this writer put into the satire in researching the pumpkins, I'm not entirely sure it was a mistake.  The author is fairly thorough throughout to make a simple mistake like that.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by miss pretentious:
  it's ok. as a result you ended up in nearly every photostream i found on flickr. plus, i'm still laughing at nkotb's time cop comparison to your shirt-on-shirt action.

Haha.

[Vas Deferens]

San Francisco show review (it ain't pretty)
 
 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/16/DDG2SR1AM014.DTL&hw=smashing+pumpkins&sn=001&sc=1000

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by wanderlust featuring j. marshmallow:
  San Francisco show review (it ain't pretty)
 
  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/16/DDG2SR1AM014.DTL&hw=smashing+pumpkins&sn=001&sc=1000

Yeah, but dude, they TOO misspelled the drummer's name, so their review is discredited.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
   

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
    They occasionally rock, but mostly it's some whiny-ass shit they crank out.

You pretty much just described 95% of all indie-rock. [/b]

which is one reason why the remaining 5% is worth finding.  

[miss pretentious]

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
   

Originally posted by wanderlust featuring j. marshmallow:
  San Francisco show review (it ain't pretty)
 
   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/16/DDG2SR1AM014.DTL&hw=smashing+pumpkins&sn=001&sc=1000  

Yeah, but dude, they TOO misspelled the drummer's name, so their review is discredited. [/b]

ha! that comment has made my evening.

[sweetcell]

alternate review of first SF show, minus chip-on-shoulder: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-pumpkins17jul17,0,6355060.story

[Darth Ed]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  alternate review of first SF show, minus chip-on-shoulder:  http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-pumpkins17jul17,0,6355060.story

I really enjoyed this line from that article:
 

Strikingly tall, head shaved, dressed in white with dark bands on his long sleeves, Corgan looked like a Dr. Seuss version of Nosferatu....

[sweetcell]

good one indeed - although i liked even better the comparison made by someone on this board between billy and beetlejuice        
 
      <img src="http://www.geocities.com/zooropalovechild/beetlejuice4-2.gif" alt=" - " />
 
 (i'm hoping the person wasn't referencing howard stern's beetlejuice...)

[Sage 703]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  alternate review of first SF show, minus chip-on-shoulder:  http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-pumpkins17jul17,0,6355060.story

I think this is the most accurate review that I've read yet, having seen three of the shows with the new band.  It seems the most measured.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Washington, D.C.: re the Smashing Pumpkins' review: It was completely biased and not objective. Obviously the writer went to the show with the intention of trashing it. Why would The Post send somebody who hates the band instead of a fan? The Smashing Pumpkins and their fans deserved better.
 
 
 J. Freedom du Lac: You are absolutely correct -- the review wasn't objective. How dare we send a critic to a show to be subjective! This just in, but CRITICISM IS NOT HARD NEWS. We don't send critics to shows simply to report on what happened. They're supposed to opine. Objectivity? Whatevs!
 
 The key questions are not who?/what?/where? and when? (you know, the stuff from Intro to Journalism), but rather: Was the performance a success or failure, or something in between? And why? Our critic answered those questions, and he did so in no uncertain terms. There was no question whatsoever what he thought about the performance. And the writing was great. I thought it was a great review of a not-so-great performance.
 
 As an aside: It's funny that so much of the chatter in the comments section of the review and on the 9:30 club forum and elsewhere has honed in on the writer's supposed hatred of the Smashing Pumpkins. Not that we're obligated to send a fan of a particular act to review that act's show. But in this particular instance, the writer admitted before the concert that he'd pretty much lived with "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" when it was released -- even spending endless hours in the basement singing the songs with some of his friends. It was a deeply meaningful album to him at the time (that time being 12 years ago, when he was, like, what -- 9 years old?). So there you have it, fanboys and girls: One of your own hated the show.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
 As an aside: It's funny that so much of the chatter in the comments section of the review and on the 9:30 club forum and elsewhere has honed in on the writer's supposed hatred of the Smashing Pumpkins.

Nice....

[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
 
 J. Freedom du Lac: You are absolutely correct -- the review wasn't objective. How dare we send a critic to a show to be subjective! This just in, but CRITICISM IS NOT HARD NEWS. We don't send critics to shows simply to report on what happened. They're supposed to opine. Objectivity? Whatevs!
 
 The key questions are not who?/what?/where? and when? (you know, the stuff from Intro to Journalism), but rather: Was the performance a success or failure, or something in between? And why?So there you have it, fanboys and girls: One of your own hated the show.

Aight, then.  It's one thing to be sub-par or devoid of talent.  There's nothing wrong with that.  People make livings off it everyday.  i.e. Paris Hilton, J. Freedom, etc.  But to be indignant about it, it's just like   :eek:  .  To break it down Jerk-off Freedom is simply a meaningless voice with a pen for a mighty paper.  (And before y'all fly off the handle, I like the Pumpkins quite a bit but I'm not a DIEHARD/bnyced fan.)

[Chulahoma]

explosions in the sky is touring with the pumpkins for a few dates...nice, but i'd rather have eits do another headlining tour.
 
 10-11 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion #
 10-13 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre #
 10-15 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre #
 10-16 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre #
 10-19 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre #
 10-21 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre #
 10-22 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre #
 10-25 Memphis, TN - Mud Island Amphitheatre #
 10-30 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre #
 10-31 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre #
 11-05 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium #

[miss pretentious]

there are still singles available for the friday philly show... which i am now considering.
 
 esp with explosions in the sky as the opener.