She was mind-numbingly honest. She talked about Billy Corgan (”He sh–s gold.”) and her daughter, Frances Bean (”She’ll kill me if I talk about her on TV”) — we’ll have more from the conversation in the coming days.
After the interview was over, she asked me, “What was your name again?” I responded with, “Matt Elias,” and reached out for a handshake — only to be pulled in for a hug and a kiss on the cheek. I couldn’t believe it…
Perhaps taking a cue from her stream-of-consciousness ways, I got completely sidetracked by her mention of Smashing Pumpkins’ “La Dolly Vita” (above), which I first heard on the fantastic Sub Pop compilation Afternoon Delight. (”Vita” was a b-side to the Pumpkins’ 1990 Sub Pop single, which featured the blistering “Tristessa” on the front.)
Here is the track listing for Afternoon Delight. It’s kind of great. No, scratch “kind of,” it’s great—even the spoken-word bit, althogh I will admit that it was tough for the teenaged me to stomach at first.
Yes, there’s a random video of “La Dolly Vita” included on the entry in case you haven’t heard it at some point in the last twelve years. I agree with her assessment: I love that compilation - a lot.-
Also, Maura writes that veteran Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur may soon be collaborating with Love, according to the aforementioned blog, which you may read at your own risk. Quel surprise!
There was lots to talk about this week despite the short time since the last podcast, so we went a bit long, and for the first time since episode 5 we had all four original members of the podcast on to give their opinions on what was a bizarre half-week of news.
Jill responds to our ticket price comments from last week and discusses her new gig at smashingpumpkins.com. Plus we get a sneak peek at some of her future articles. (10:02)
News
-We go Access Hollywood and discuss Courtney Love and her alleged blogging skills. (5:32)
-The August tour gets some new dates, and we discuss the slow rate of ticket sales. Plus, Jason hatches a plan to get my grandparents to the Boca Raton show, and Jill is unaware of the musical genius of Lifehouse. (6:09)
-The Beginning is the End is the Beginning shoots to the middle of the iTunes sales charts, was there ever a more unlikely “hit”? Plus, Jason, who runs a Smashing Pumpkins fan blog, calls Watchmen fans ”dorky”, and Andrew humbly recalls predicting the whole thing. (13:55)
In Depth Discussion: Where do the Pumpkins rank amongst their 1990’s peers?
-VH1 considered the Pumpkins worthy as a promotional tool for their top 100 songs of the 1990’s list, but not as musicians to be included. What was the most likely Smashing Pumpkins song to be included on the list and where would we place it? We have a few laughs and ponder the Pumpkins’ place in the 90’s. Plus, we once again groove to Third Eye Blind, Jill warms up her vocal chords, and Andrew reveals himself as the only hair metal fan on the panel. (26:16)
This Week in Pumpkins History
-The band plays an extended stay at the Fillmore. (1:17)
Song of the Week
-The End is the Beginning is the End, June 28th, 1997
Stay tuned after the credits for some outtakes from our discussion of 1990’s music.
Courtney Love has posted a new MySpace blog entry, apologizing to Billy Corgan and her daughter before waxing poetic about “this wicked amazing etheral [sic] glow” that is emitted by her friend Gwyneth Paltrow.
I would like to start off with the whole Billy thing that was posted on Perez by apologizing to Billy Corgan, I had a shared computer that has been comprised, my AOL account and my daughter’s account, i had to get rid of all my computers in the house, and the AOL accounts.
someone broke into my AOL account, and sent that letter to Perez although some of the writing was writing that I had wrote but never posted, However as the KR weasels people know that there is a :live site: that has a own ring tone that lets people know when I am online and when I am writing a email before i hit the send button. EVEN IF I DON”T SEND IT these people can steal it and then it twist my words around, I never write in all CAPS, you can read most my blogs on myspace, yes I have typos but it’s because I type very fast, it does not make me a “TARD” Anyways,I did not send, half of it and I am apologize to Billy Corgan and to my daughter, this is a personal matter between Billy and my family. My Daughter’s privacy is very important so I wanted to clear that up so I can tell you about this lovely adventure about my two good friends. Billy please give me a call, We love you and I am sorry, Marie can give you the number.
Will someone please take the internets away from Courtney Love? Pretty Please?
The latest drama in LoveLand dropped in a PerezHilton.com post yesterday in which the Queen of All Media exposed a MySpace blog Courtney posted on her site. The post has now been taken down by what is probably a very underpaid-and-overworked MySpace administrator, but its screenshot is preserved in infamy here.
Now, I do not speak fluent Courtneyese, so this translation is a shot in the dark. But from what I can tell, Courtney was pre-emptively begging Billy Corgan to drop everything he was doing and come back for Frances Bean’s upcoming Sweet Sixteen party. Apparently, poor Frances Bean was sobbing just thinking about the absence of Uncle Billy and it was too much for a mother to bear.
No, really. Pssssst, Courtney! He is kicking off a “fun” tour when Frances Bean hits the big 1-6 on August 18th. Are you really asking him to drop everything he’s doing in a public forum when he’s obviously (and publicly) involved with other pressing commitments?
I propose a compromise: Come to Hammond, Indiana, Courtney and Frances, and party it up right at the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins gig. Then you can go and check out the beautiful sights of Northwest Indiana and perhaps go dune-buggying in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. TAKE THAT, HOLLYWOOD!
If you’d like to experience what it feels like to kill off your brain cells, check out her open letter to BC below:
corgan
im at work and too tired to find you or geta number you havent sent me out of whatever misguided shame thing your going through thats a private comnversation however YOU DO NOT MAKE CHILDREN CRY.
GEARRD WAY WHO WOULD DO IT IN FIVE SECONDS AND HAS EVEN ASKED AND BEGGED EVEN FOR HIS BANDMATE TO NOT HAVE HIS HONEY MOON THAT TIME MADE SURE TO PROMISE TO BE THERE A SWEET SIXTEEN IS A BIG EVENT I THINK SHE L;OOKED UPON YOU AS FAMILY , I KNOW SHE DID AS TRUSTWORTHY AND WISE AND YOU CANT LAY THAT BIG MAN SHIT ON A CHIDL OF 9 AND OF FORTY -MY CHLILD SOBBING DUE TO YOU IS UNACCEPTABLE, I HATE STATIBNG THIS ON SOME RANDOM PUBLIC FORUM BUT THE LINE IS THE KID MAN, THE LINE IS THE KID, AND SHE DOESNT GET TO SHED TEARS OVER YOU, HER FAMILY ALREADY HAS DONE THAT DO FROPM NOW ON AND TRUST ME SHE WONT EVER CALL YOU AGAIN, YOU CAN SPEAK TO ME IF SPEAKMING TO MY FAMILY AND ILL PASS IT ON. WICH WONT HAPPEN EITHER DUE TO THIS ABSURD SHAME YOUR HAVING I WAS AND WONT EVER SAY ANYTHING OF NEGETAIVE CONTENT PUBLIICALLY ABOUT YOU - BUT YOU MAKE MY 14 YEAR OLD CHILD SOB ON PURPOSE, THATS ENOUGH OF YOU,.
YOUYR THE LAST MAN ON THE ISLAND YET YOU DOBNT UNDERSTAND HOW COME THEYRE ALL SO ALIENATING.
HUBRIS MY DEAR HUBRIS ON A LEVEL IVE NEVER KNOWN THE FRENZY OF RENOWN YOU MISS SO TERRIBLY JUST ADMIT IT ACCEPT IT AND LET IT GO IN THEMEANTIME DONT MAKE MY KID OR ANYONES KID CRY AGAIN I THINK MY CHEM ARE DOI NG IT ANYWAY FRANCES BEANS SWEET SISXTEENS IS BLOODY IMPORTANT TO HER AND TO ME.
COURT
The Hole leader is looking for an “excellent” bassist who can “play brilliantly”. But by what standard?
GO LISTEN to ZEPPELIN 2 and 3 and Verve “Urban Hymms” and Blood On The Tracks and dare i say it Nevermind, and the Sp early early Gish nineties song “Rhinocerus” wich has the most pinpointed perfect dynamics EVER and if you can compete with THAT bunch get back to us asap!
I have a tip for you, Love — follow the bouncing ball:
On May 14, this sketchy report from Soundgenerator.com headlined: “Courtney Love scraps solo album. She’s now working with a British guitarist, according to reports.” When I first saw this shortly after it hit my RSS feed, I became interested; Love collaborated on the album in question, ‘Nobody’s Daughter’ with Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan.
However, none of these “reports” were ever cited, so I decided to ditch posting the news to HU and wait to see official confirmation from Love herself since she regularly updates her online blog. Plus, how much sense does it make to scrap an already-finished album?!
Over the next few days, several major music press picked up the thread and began reporting as fact. [Idolator. NME. Gigwise. VH1.] However, Love has finally denied the rumors, posting the following to her MySpace:
so no”:scrapping” is going on, simply a few retakes- especially since all those recordings were leaked to the net and i knew if we played some of those songs live that woudl happen
Great. So there will be material released in mid-July. But, is this what the “news industry” is really boiling down to? Gawker.com calls it “journalismism.” Oh, and by the way, we have it from a reliable source that Courtney Love Will Lead Reunited Nirvana. Stay tuned for the headlines at 10.
Seems the British press isn’t quite ready to drop the “controversy” surrounding the Smashing Pumpkins Reading headlining set.
The Daily Star reports that the Bollster was sulking in the VIP tent after a text-message tongue lashing from Courtney Love regarding his commentary on the chastity of American and British ladies.
While it’s hard to believe there’s not much more than rampant speculation, the story did provide a small fit of laughter at HU concerning whether C.Lo was offended for the gender or that many would consider her a prime example of said behavior.
But considering the band headlined the last night and I’d imagine spent little time hanging post-show, I’m not sure how Ms. Love could have had the time to even hear the comment.
Plus, we really love the use of the word “slaphead.” Those wacky Brits!
She was mind-numbingly honest. She talked about Billy Corgan (”He sh–s gold.”) and her daughter, Frances Bean (”She’ll kill me if I talk about her on TV”) — we’ll have more from the conversation in the coming days.
Losing her way on a journey into the annals of alternative rock history, Maura Johnston (of Idolator.. infamy?!, at right) 
There was lots to talk about this week despite the short time since the last podcast, so we went a bit long, and for the first time since episode 5 we had all four original members of the podcast on to give their opinions on what was a bizarre half-week of news.
Will someone please take the internets away from Courtney Love? Pretty Please?
