1.8 Things NOT to ask or bring up/threads which go nowhere (alt.music.smash-pumpkins)
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This article is from the Smashing Pumpkins FAQ, by Mike Hamilton michaelh@ualberta.ca with numerous contributions by others.
1.8 Things NOT to ask or bring up/threads which go nowhere (alt.music.smash-pumpkins)
The following questions should not be asked:
-What's that Depeche Mode cover? Where can I get it?
-How do I get on/off the mailing list?
-When are they touring in my city?
-When's the new album/single?
-What is a true fan?
Above questions have been asked to the point of extreme annoyance, and as
the answers are all in well-known locations, they shouldn't need to be
asked. Release dates are on most well-updated web sites, as well as
easily found by reading through the newsgroup before asking it yet again.
The Smashing Pumpkins Collection can tell you about the DM cover. The
Listessa FAQ clearly states how to get on/off the list. And all tour info
can be found via Josh Provost's SPLRA site.
And there is no definition for a true fan. Billy hit it right on the
money when he said (and I'm paraphrasing here), "A true fan is someone
that will give the band's next record a chance. Not just one listen, but
a few, just to make sure they really don't like it". (For the true quote,
track down the 1998 Rockline interview with the band).
Those URLS are:
Smashing Pumpkins Collection: http://www.smashing-pumpkins.net/
Listessa: http://www.spifc.org/spifc/
Tour: http://www.starla.org/splra/
The following information has also been brought up countless times,
and should be regarded as common knowledge:
-"Tristessa" means "sadness" in Spanish, French, Italian, Latin, etc.
(actual spellings may vary slightly), and was the title of a book by
Jack Kerouac.
-"Soma" was a drug in the book _Brave New World_, greek for "body", a
legendary place where people sleep for a billion years, various religious
entities, and about a million other things. We've heard it before. Many
many many times before... :P"
-If you hold up the back of the PI CD to the light, you can see Billy
through the white thingy on the back. According to someone who worked
with the band, BC said this was a complete accident.
-The same trick works for the liner with the fish pan & the necklace-
looking at both sides through the light looks like an eyeball. Ooooh.
Wow.
-Any thread relating a song's meaning to drugs, Kurt Cobain, Marylin
Manson... etc. Usually those threads just start flame wars, so they're
best avoided.
-Threads bashing other bands. Two words: counter-productive. Such
threads accomplish nothing but flame wars.
-Threads about moshing. Opinions will vary, but are unlikely to change
as a result of an argument.
-"Selling Out". People have their own definitions thereof, ranging
anywhere from simply signing a record contract to changing their own art
or image purely to make money. Sure, Billy said they sold out. Who
cares? Has the integrity of their music changed? No. Check out the
text from the back of the SP Heart shirt (section 4.7, #3), or see Tool's
song "Hooker with a Penis" on the Toolshed at
http://toolshed.down.net/lyrics/hooker.html
-Silly rumors. See 3.8.
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