Posts Tagged ‘smashing pumpkins’

News for Monday: Loud Plastic Drumkit Edition

Monday, July 13th, 2009

* The Arctic Monkeys are going on tooouuuuur! Wooooo! I mean, Humbug.

* Queen guitarist Brian May was nearly killed okay fine run over last week-ish — by Roger Taylor’s drum kit. Goes to show you never know who your friends are…

* Can you believe that a whole bunch of European copies of the latest Dinosaur Jr. album have been recalled because they’re too LOUD? What kind of a cruel world is this?

* If this is a joke, it’s way too soon: Michael Jackson’s dad, Joe Jackson, wants MJ’s three kids, who are 7, 11, and 12 years old, to become the new Jackson 3. Seriously?

* In other news, or maybe not so much, Billy Corgan gets pretentious about keeping the Smashing Pumpkins name on his new music.

* Wouldn’t you just love to have a jacket made of 15 old plastic bottles? Radiohead thinks you would…

News for Thursday: Want Ads Edition

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

* Perez Hilton is now suing the Black Eyed Peas tour manager for threatening his right to the freedom of speech. Them’s fighting words…

* Want to buy Elliot Smith’s old car? Only $4000. Yeah, and you thought I was joking about the price, too, but I’m not.

* If you have a bit of cash left over after that fine purchase, maybe you want to pay for Billy Corgan’s (aka Mr. Smashing Pumpkins) lunch.

* How’s this for the big leagues: Joel Plaskett has been picked to open for Paul McCartney’s Halifax show on July 11th. Wowzers!

News for Monday: Fans, Feuds, and Fill-ins?

Monday, April 20th, 2009

* So Ashton beat CNN to a million Twitter followers on Friday… but now Spencer Pratt from The Hills has stepped up as challenger for Round Two: most new followers in 30 days. Right. I wish they would just pull out Lightsabers and settle this thing Old School already.

* SPEAKING OF Spencer Pratt… turns out he and Heidi Montag are getting married again. Oh happiness! Oh joy! Oh… well-timed publicity?

* Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo is preggers! Nothing to worry about, though: I hear she’s a great doctor…

* Jane’s Addiction’s first tour in 18 years hasn’t even started and they’re fighting amongst themselves. What do you do when not even Trent Reznor can help patch things up?

* Steal This Drummer!? System of a Down’s drummer John Dolmayan has auditioned to fill Jimmy Chamberlin’s spot in the Smashing Pumpkins. The jury is still out on whether the world needs another pseudo-supergroup. Didn’t Velvet Revolver not go so well?