Bankrolling Billy's new house

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
   

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   if you were my age (for Today) would hold fond memories for you.  

Apparently I am your age.
 
 Perhaps you could counter with some good Smashing Pumpkins lyrics? Well you could if there were some  

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Billy seems to agree with Markie, not Sonick.
 
 And later this month, he'll hit the road for "Blinking with Fists," a book of poetry. Is there a difference between writing songs and writing poetry? "Totally different," Corgan told Armour & Co. "Let's just say you can sing dumb stuff in a song. It doesn't work like that with poetry."

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Billy seems to agree with Markie, not Sonick.
 
 And later this month, he'll hit the road for "Blinking with Fists," a book of poetry. Is there a difference between writing songs and writing poetry? "Totally different," Corgan told Armour & Co. "Let's just say you can sing dumb stuff in a song. It doesn't work like that with poetry."

how is that not agreeing with me?  i never said one thing about the talent or lack thereof, of Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins, or anyone else!
 
   in fact, if anything he DOES agree with me, i am the one who was stating that a good song does not need intense meaningful lyrics.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I'm sorry, it was only 6.8 million. Added it to his 3 million dollar condo.
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 Corgan pays $6.8 million for mansion on the lake
 Posted by admin on January 22, 2004
 Former Smashing Pumpkins and Zwan founder and solo rock star Billy Corgan has paid $6.8 million for an 18-room lakefront mansion in the northern suburbs that was designed by celebrated architect David Adler.
 
 Built in 1926, the seven-bedroom Normandy chateau-style mansion sits on more than 6 acres and first was listed in 2000 for $11.9 million. It later was reduced to $9.5 million, then to $8.5 million and finally to $7.5 million before its sale.
 
 The house has a music room, garden room, gallery, great hall, seven fireplaces and 6½ baths, French parquet flooring and Chinese wallpaper, according to listing information. The property has 354 feet of private beach.
 
 The sellers had owned the mansion since 1946 and Corgan is only the home's third owner, according to listing agent Honore Frumentino of Koenig & Strey.
 
 Corgan is no stranger to Adler's work, having paid $2.95 million in 2002 for a renovated, 3,500- square-foot, six-room, full-floor condo in an Adler-designed building on the North Side that once was a mansion. At that time, Corgan's tour manager and spokesman, Tim "Gooch" Lougee, confirmed that the singer-songwriter was staying at the condo but had intended to lease out the unit. It's not clear whether Corgan plans to reside in both homes.
 
 The rocker previously lived in a Victorian painted lady on the North Side that he bought in 1993 for $455,000 and sold in 2000 for $1 million.
 
 Corgan could not be reached for comment, and Lougee did not return a telephone call.
 
 Frumentino, who would not confirm the buyer's identity, said, "The sellers are very, very thankful that they sold it to a passionate preservationist. They're pleased that the house will remain in all its glory and will remain intact."
 
 Corgan's purchase price is the 10th highest for a home here, surpassed by:
 
 â?¢ The $12 million sale of a lakefront house on the North Shore in 2000
 â?¢ The $11.45 million sale of that same property in 2001
 â?¢ Two $10 million-plus condo sales on the Gold Coast in 2002
 â?¢ The $9.9 million purchase last year by Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. CEO Bill Wrigley of a north suburban lakefront mansion
 â?¢ The $9.5 million sale of former MarchFirst CEO Robert Bernard's North Side mansion in 2002
 â?¢ An investment banker's $9.5 million purchase of a mansion in Winnetka in 2002
 â?¢ The $8.5 million sale of a lakefront house in Wilmette in 2002
 â?¢ The $7.95 million sale last summer of White Sox slugger Frank Thomas' west suburban mansion.
 
 In addition, Corgan's purchase is the highest price on record that a celebrity has paid for a Chicago-area house, surpassing the $4.79 million author Scott Turow paid in 2001for a north suburban lakefront house.
 
 However

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I'm sorry, it was only 6.8 million.

now dont you feel stupid!!!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Yes, it looks like he made a good deal. Have to admire someone who diligently saves up for their down payment, and waits from the right deal. Way to go Billy!
 
 

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I'm sorry, it was only 6.8 million.

now dont you feel stupid!!! [/b]

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Billy seems to agree with Markie, not Sonick.
 
 And later this month, he'll hit the road for "Blinking with Fists," a book of poetry. Is there a difference between writing songs and writing poetry? "Totally different," Corgan told Armour & Co. "Let's just say you can sing dumb stuff in a song. It doesn't work like that with poetry."

how is that not agreeing with me?  i never said one thing about the talent or lack thereof, of Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins, or anyone else!
 
   in fact, if anything he DOES agree with me, i am the one who was stating that a good song does not need intense meaningful lyrics. [/b]

yeah it also needs good music to go along with it...

[thirsty moore]

Perhaps you should take a cue from Corgan and purchase his financial planning book along with his poetry.  You can then buy the manse in Great Falls that you've been drooling over.
 
 

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Yes, it looks like he made a good deal. Have to admire someone who diligently saves up for their down payment, and waits from the right deal. Way to go Billy!

[ggw]

What modern day Chicago poet wrote this rune?
 
 
 arrive slow keep driving
 turn off your lights even
 if it's well before sundown
 keep the windows up locked
 look at the outlines of wise men
 two dimensional and flat
 see the shepherds and of course
 Jesus would be beautiful
 this is the way of light
 and we are here mid-day
 we see the wires and plastic bulbs
 the guts of light
 and where the light would be shining
 if it could be shining
 if there was darkness
 instead we idle almost
 towards thousands of candles
 a shrine unlit no flames
 and a grotto of poured painted cement
 where I assume people pray
 so we can speed away then

[ratioci nation]

tweedy?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

The owner of a much more modest house in the Chicago burbs.
 
 

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  What modern day Chicago poet wrote this rune?
 
 
 arrive slow keep driving
 turn off your lights even
 if it's well before sundown
 keep the windows up locked
 look at the outlines of wise men
 two dimensional and flat
 see the shepherds and of course
 Jesus would be beautiful
 this is the way of light
 and we are here mid-day
 we see the wires and plastic bulbs
 the guts of light
 and where the light would be shining
 if it could be shining
 if there was darkness
 instead we idle almost
 towards thousands of candles
 a shrine unlit no flames
 and a grotto of poured painted cement
 where I assume people pray
 so we can speed away then

[ggw]

Originally posted by pollard:
  tweedy?

ding Ding DING!!!

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  The owner of a much more modest house in the Chicago burbs.
 

the smaller the house, the better the song.

[ggw]

Sometimes the jokes write themselves.
 
 

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I have a habit of uttering stupid phrases over and over.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Ricky Rudd
 
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Sometimes the jokes write themselves.
 
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I have a habit of uttering stupid phrases over and over.

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