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2:09pm CT: Hosts and callers are making so-hilarious jokes about a proposal for a gays-only high school in Chicago. (The Pumpkins have yet to appear or be mentioned.)

2:30pm: The hosts are now bantering about an upcoming Chicago performance to be given by…Richard Marx. Somehow this leads into the first mention that the Smashing Pumpkins will be joining them a little later in the show. (Probably around 3:30pm CT.)

3:13pm: So far, fans of “Soul Train” host Don Cornelius have been given more to chew on than we have been.

3:27pm: TV newsman Ron Magers is exiting, with the rockers about to claim their seats in the studio. If you’ve been waiting to tune in, do so now!

3:40pm: An unspecified “mistake” has been made, and as a result the band members are in the “green room” and are “refusing” to enter? The hosts are making light of whatever the situation is…

3:43pm: Roe Conn says, “I’m going to go talk to the Smashing Pumpkins and see if I can convince them…” and then trails off and returns to filling time with a discussion of some unrelated t-shirt deal and, then, the stock market.

3:47pm: “We’ll come right back with your Pumpkins after this.” Cue commercials.

3:52pm: “The Smashing Pumpkins are hiding. They stormed out of the green room…and are refusing to go on before [other guest] Ben Vereen. There was an argument that broke out between the Pumpkins and Ben Vereen. I don’t know what to do about this.” Haha… (Conn is saying this all in good humor, so it’s hard to know what parts or how much of it to take seriously.)

4:01pm: “Billy Corgan in the building! Jimmy Chamberlin also…” but first the news.

4:08pm: They at last kick off the interview with the classic clip of Corgan talking to Homer Simpson, and then the sounds of “Tarantula”. The hosts joke with Jimmy about his playing air-drums to the song.

4:10pm: Billy says his first concert was Asia at the Auditorium Theatre, at age 14, in the “crazy top tier” of seats.

4:13pm: Billy recounts a recent stunt in Tampa, where the band pretended to end the show before an “unwelcome” Billy Sr. came on stage to plug in and blues-rock out.

4:17pm: The hosts lurch from grilling Jimmy about women to asking Billy about his appearance on “Bozo: 40 Years of Fun!”. That’s some local flavor. Billy recounts a story about seeing his favorite Bozo (Bob Bell) on his 11th birthday. Apparently, during the Grand March exit, his tender pre-pubescent ears heard curse words out of the famous clown’s mouth. Jimmy cackles.

4:22pm: Roe Conn pimps the new DVD, asking if it’s available on the website (uh, yes) and promoting the shows this week in Chicago. Presumably, it’s time for the Pumpkins to head to soundcheck for their show tonight.

4:24pm: The clip of Homer Simpson plays: “I’llll miss you Pumpkins.” Show’s over, folks.

4:29pm: …though the hosts did come back after the commercial still talking about the band, spinning “Tribute to Johnny” (!) as transition music and with Conn saying that those who miss James and D’Arcy should “get over it”. Now I will close the streaming-audio player. Blog’s over, folks!

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