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Mar 11Happy Birthday, Billy Corgan!
I’ve been a Smashing Pumpkins fan for 15 years. Billy & I go way back. No, really, you don’t understand the extent of my obsession. I am one of those crazy, hardcore fans that has (three!) Smashing Pumpkins tattoos. I’m not exaggerating when I say – their music has been an amazing, life-changing addition to my entire being. So I must make mention that today is William Patrick Corgan’s 44th birthday & I wish him a most-splendid day.
Now, as for that ridiculous picture above. That was something that I made with Photoshop in 2007 or so, for my own amusement. It was a photo that I took of Billy when I went to see The Smashing Pumpkins in concert that year. Then, I coloured Billy’s outfit green, gave him a leprechaun hat, and shamrocks. (Since his birthday is also St. Patrick’s day.) To my amazement, on Billy’s birthday in 2007, that silly picture that I made was on the front page of The Smashing Pumpkins official website. It was truly one of the highlights of my life, to see an image that I created (with my name credited along with it) on the front page of my most favourite band’s website! .. I am so mad that I totally didn’t even think to take a screen capture of it to document the occasion. (That version of their website doesn’t appear to exist on the internet anymore.)
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An acoustic performance of “The Crying Tree of Mercury” .. One of my most favourite, but highly underrated SP songs. This acoustic version of it is amazing.
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March 21st, 2011 at 10:53 am
I like all Smashing Pumpkin radio-songs I’ve ever heard but I’ve never actually heard their albums. I bet I would like them a lot. You should post photos of your tattoos.
March 21st, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Yes! You should check out their albums. “Mellon Collie” is my favourite, by far.