Less than a week after doing a radio interview with Matt Pinfield on WXRP in New York, Billy and Jimmy entered another radio studio for another extended interview. This time, they paid an “hour plus” visit to Elliot in the Morning show in between the Black Sunshine and White Crosses shows in Washington. No doubt proud of the efforts of their booking staff, the EITM website boasts that their interview is “rare”. Even though I’m not hipstersunited.com’s resident economist, I don’t believe the Pumpkins’ media availability meets the generally accepted definition of a scarce good.

The interview can be heard here in three parts.

• Part 1 Download
• Part 2 Download
• Part 3 Download

This article from Tiny Mix Tapes made to do a double-take at my desk this morning.  Author “Kenny Bloggins” hits us hard with his hook right off the bat:  Okay, I got a joke. What does Billy Corgan and Charlie from Flowers for Algernon have in common? They both went from brilliant to phenomenally stupid in a short period of time.

Oh, Kenny. You’re so witty! The article fawns on for two uncompromisingly long paragraphs to berate the Smashing Pumpkins — including the following line which made me nearly spit out my coffee: Someone should seriously shoot a documentary about Corgan and title it “Lolocaust.”

Okay, so we get it.  You don’t like the Pumpkins, Kenny.  And you’re pretty much telling your entire audience they’re laughable morons if they do.  So why finish up the article with full coverage of the DVD, its screening news, and the entire upcoming tour schedule?  Referral revenue?

I got one for you too: What do you call a blog that thinks they’re explosively hilarious? T-M-T, Dynomite.

Above: Sorry, I had to…you know they’re never going to play this again (YouTube)

“Piece of Me” hasn’t been the only new partial cover that the Smashing Pumpkins have trotted out of late. Here (as performed in West Melbourne on Friday night) is a tag of AC/DC’s “Let There Be Rock” that the band has been using over the last week or so to shut down the “Cash Car Star” medley.