Today on The Smashing Pumpkast, we talk to event co-coordinator Josh and members of The Sad Machines: A Tribute To The Smashing Pumpkins about the upcoming “Mellon Collie and The Orchestral Shows Meet-up: Featuring The Sad Machines - A Tribute To The Smashing Pumpkins” event that will take place on Sunday, November 23rd, starting at 12:30 pm at The Cubby Bear in Chicago.
This event will be a chance for fans attending the Mellon Collie Lyric Opera shows to meet up, mingle, listen to The Sad Machines: A Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins perform Mellon Collie in its entirety and to win some cool Pumpkin-related door prizes.
It will take place on Sunday, November 23rd, at the Cubby Bear in Chicago
It is an ALL AGES event!
Doors open at: 12:30
Performance from Sad Machines is: 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
And Door prizes will be: 4:30 pm - 5pm.
You can buy tickets ahead of time at:
Check out The Sad Machines: A Tribute to The Smashing Pumpkins Facebook page and ticket portal at:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2980532025438733/?http_ref=eyJ0cyI6MTc2MDQ1MDEzOTAwMCwiciI6IiJ9
And be sure to check out NerdGroveStudio’s Etsy shop. NerdGroveStudio has made special MCIS light boxes just for this event.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/nerdgrovestudio
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“What if what is isn’t true?” We’re back with another edition of the new series for The Smashing Pumpkast entitled, “Radio, Play My Favorite Song,” where I talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your favorite WPC & SP related tracks.
Today, we have two separate Pumpkinheads, Matt Munro + Eve, talking about the Adore track “Appels + Oranjes”. Even though we chat about the same track, the conversations are quite different.
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"Who wouldn't be the one you love?" It's another edition of the new series for The Smashing Pumpkast entitled “Radio, Play My Favorite Song,” where we talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your favorite WPC/SP-related tracks.
Today we have Geri aka Breezy Surreptitious on to talk about "Stand Inside Your Love" (as well as a post-recording update to talk about the 25th Anniversary Remaster of "Stand Inside Your Love" and Machina).
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"All your prayers, in my ears." It's another edition of the new series for The Smashing Pumpkast entitled “Radio, Play My Favorite Song,” where we talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your WPC/SP-related tracks.
Today, we have Matt Legard of The Colourflies on to discuss "Whir" and Harold drops in to talk "1979".
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Today on the Pumpkast, Frank is joined by Asherella to discuss the recent Billy Corgan and the Machines of God tour. They also discuss the late great Ozzy, the Pumpkins' place in "classic rock" for younger generations, Night of Mellon Collie plans and Frank's 6-year-old daughter makes a brief appearance to give her review of The Smashing Pumpkins' music.
We also hear BCatMOG stories from listeners Judy June, Don Dobos, Eve, Dean Schaffer and Josef Luciano.
Special thanks to splra.org and YouTube users pumpkinhead1977, polkadotpam, Greg Fasolino, PAbLO HONEY, deadhoarse, Norman Weichel, Smshn🎃Pmpkn, MistaCabbage, Bop, 20YearsInTheDakota, Kutt Live, Live Music Alternative. Please support, like their videos and subscribe to their channels. Rawk. 🤘
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"In the slipstream of thoughtless thoughts," it's another edition of the new series for The Smashing Pumpkast entitled, “Radio, Play My Favorite Song,” where we talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your WPC/SP-related tracks.
Today, we have Daniel, aka danimal_j on to discuss Porcelina of the Vast Oceans.
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“Stretch my skin, restless gods!”
We’re kicking off a new series for The Smashing Pumpkast entitled, “Radio, Play My Favorite Song” where we talk to YOU, the Pumpkinhead, about one of your WPC/SP related tracks.
To kick off this new series and to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of TheFutureEmbrace, Frank welcomes Diana Dagaz (Mystic, Astrologer and Tarot Reader) to talk about “The CameraEye”!
Keep an eye out on Diana’s social media for new Mystic Mixtape podcast episodes soon, and check out Diana’s Substack at Dianadagaz.substack.com.
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No April Foolin' here! From behind the Patreon paywall - Pumpkast Patreon member Zlong Azayasam cashes in his Patreon pick by discussing the pastiche and novel songs of The Smashing Pumpkins.
It's a lengthy chat about the diverse and fun dimensions of the Pumpkins' catalog! Add your favorites and why in the comments!
Songs discussed in this episode:
Fat Man Blues
Bullet Train to Osaka
French Movie Theme
Jazzin’ (Starchildren)
German’s in Leather Pants
Special Winner’s Song
The Boy
We Only Come Out At Night
Annie-Dog
Pomp and Circumstance
Lizard Blues
Cottonwood Symphony
Owata
Minerva
Hooray!
Before We Were Lonely
Ishla Ba Dreb (James Iha)
Indecision
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Happy 25, MACHINA (6 in leap years)!
Today on the Pumpkast, we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Machina/The Machines of God. Joining Frank to discuss Machina (and other related Pumpkin topics) are fellow ghost children, Asherella, Chris Dragan and Spose.
We also hear from friends of the ‘kast Justin of the Deep Dive, Don Dobos, Jeff aka grungingpumpkins, John Riccio and Nin van Acht about their Machina memories, thoughts and even a poem inspired by Machina!
Who wouldn't be the one you love, Machina?!
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As 2024 comes to a close in Pumpkinland, we here at The Smashing Pumpkast wanted to hear from YOU about your experiences seeing the Pumpkins live in ’24. In this episode, we hear from fans all around the globe about what they enjoyed from the Pumpkins this past year and what they look forward to from the band in 2025. We even have our first email read entirely in español (thanks to friend of the pod Shaun Cruz)!
We also get a special message from the always generous and amazing Jack Bates to the fans.
Thanks to Andrés Perretti, Asherella, Cameron Narimanian, Charlie Cullen, Chris dela Torre, Don Dobos Jr. Gianluca Sanfrances, James Prest, Jamie Spahni, Joey Musca, John Vincent Riccio, Justin Corwin, Logan Cooper, Matthew Robinson, Newton Dixon Jr., Spiderflush, Stephanie Conway and Jack Bates for submitting their stories and thoughts.
Happy New Year! See ya in 2025, Freaks and Ghouls!
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Our capsule has returned from space exile and our AI carnival robot infused with our pure essence is up and running! That’s right, the ‘kast is back with an album deep dive!
On May 5th, 2023, The Smashing Pumpkins released a sprawling 33-song rock opera entitled “ATUM”; The third concept album in the trilogy of Zero (Mellon Collie) / Glass (Machina) and Shiny (current). Songs debuted weekly for 7 months leading up to the album’s release on Billy Corgan’s “Thirty-three Podcast” along with commentary explaining the epic rock opera story.
Justin from The Deep Dive Channel (from our CYR episode) returns to guest-host and to talk ATUM track by track in glorious nerdy Pumpkin detail.
In this almost 5 hour episode (we had a lot to say), we discuss the deep layers and easter eggs in the production, supposed “cancel culture”, the ethics of AI, ATUM’s connection to Corgan’s solo albums, Neil Young and Metallica nods, glorious chorus soaked guitars and bass and making a genuine and enthusiastic case for “Hooray!”
Like many Pumpkins albums, it’s an audio treat that deserves a proper listen front to back with a good pair of headphones.
“It ain’t right” if you skip this episode of The Smashing Pumkast!
(and yes- we will cover Zodeon at Crystal Hall once it gets a proper release)
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On this special Bonus Episode of The Smashing Pumpkast, Frank chats with Don and Jay of the Flint, Michigan Smashing Pumpkins Tribute Band, Failing Stars, who have a show on Friday, November 1st at The Machine Shop!
They discuss how they got into the Pumpkins, their goals as a tribute act and eliminating the stigma associated with tribute bands. They also perform a special acoustic rendition of "Mayonaise" for us.
Check them out if they ever come to your area!
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In today's Bonus episode, Frank reports on the three shows he attended in September (SiriusXM, SoFi Stadium/Saviors Tour and Jimmy Kimmel Live). We also hear from Trev of the SP subreddit who talks about his experience at the Jimmy Kimmel Live performance.
And ATTN: Pumpkinheads! We want to hear from YOU about the SP shows you saw this year! Submit your voice memos or e-mails to thesmashingpumpkast@gmail.com
Please submit by the end of October. Rawk.
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One month later and fashionably late, the Pumpkast is back to discuss first impressions of the excellent new Pumpkins album "Aghori Mhori Mei". Joining Frank to discuss overall thoughts on AMM is Pumpkast listener and Pop-Abstract-Bricolage artist Chris Dragan!
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In celebration of the 4th, we're freeing this episode from the tyranny of Patreon! But for real, we thought it would be fitting since the performance we discuss is from July 4th, 1997. Originally released on our Patreon in January 2023. Enjoy!
"Patreon member Rob Tedesco cashes in his Adore reward and chose to talk about the incredible Smashing Pumpkins performance at the 1997 Eurockéennes Festival! You can watch the performance HERE!
This show finds the band in prime form after the setbacks and tragedy of the previous year. Matt Walker executes with precision and the band decimates the other top acts of the festival (with some smiles and laughs thrown in for good measure)!
Also...we recorded this episode before the Zwan revelations on the 33 pod, so the Zwan talk towards the end was before we knew about the reissue being worked on."
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Kyle's gonna Kyle, and the Smashing Pumpkast is gonna 'kast! Frank puts his distaste of reality shows aside and enters the funhouse that is- "Billy Corgan's Adventures in Carnyland"!
Joining Frank in the 'kast ring is Pumpkinhead and wrestling enthusiast Matthew Nanes!
Frank and Matthew discuss WPC's business side, the difference between "fake" and "scripted", the benefits of having talent from a variety of backgrounds and experiences, recognizing wrestlers in comedy sketches, blue skying a Pumpkins dating app and so much more.
Frank even makes a small cameo in the series (unfortunately not as the flower girl at Billy and Chloe's wedding).
"Return the faith" and get on the mat with the 'kast!
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On this special Bonus episode of The Smashing Pumpkast, we talk to L.A. musician Taleen Kali and her band's latest single - a cover of SP's "Ava Adore"!
We also discuss the upcoming Dum Dum Fest, her connection to former Pumpkins guitarist Jeff Schroeder, a West Coast Tour with Ringo Deathstarr and more.
We know you'll *adore* this chat.
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We got a super special one today, Pumpkinheads! We finally did it...we had the immense pleasure of interviewing the one, the only - JIMMY CHAMBERLIN!!!
We discuss Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, parenting, cars, life philosophies, why something does or doesn't make the cut for an album, why failure is essential, practicing your craft, facing fears and going for it and why Machina is one of his favorite Pumpkins albums.
We hope this interview will “make your palms sweat”.
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Short and sweet announcement to let you know about our new Patreon-only series, "Deluxe PODition", a new series that will be exploring the bonus tracks found on the SP Reissues from Gish to Adore.
We also give some overdue shout-outs to some of our new Patreon members!
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We keep the SP cover/tribute band discussion with an old comedy pal of Frank's, Adam Newman! Adam discusses his Pumpkins fandom, his SP cover band in college, Squishing Squashes, and a rather bawdy connection to SP that he mentions in his new comedy special, "Jew Versus The Volcano", out on March 22nd.
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