Really digging Smashing Pumpkins new album. For some context, I really believe that "Gish" and "Siamese Dream" were the highlights for SP. Never liked the later stuff, just didn't have the edge I wanted. "Gish" rocked so hard. Still love that album.
So I heard an interview with Billy Corgan talking about the new album I listened. He still comes off as a bit of a dick sometimes, and a bit pompous, but he's dealt with a lot of crap over the years, so I'll let some of that go. Anyway, after the interview I noticed that Spotify had the album so I gave it a listen and I really liked what heard. Especially the first two songs.
Those two songs reminded me of "Gish" so I had to buy it, so off to Amazon I went and bought the CD. Yes, the actual CD.
Since I received it it's been in my car CD player non-stop. Now, I don't listen to it all the time, but I"ve probably listened to it 10 times and I like it even more. The first 5 songs are excellent. As I mentioned the first two have a early Pumpkins rock quality. And at times the drumming reminds me of Jimmy Chamberlin's. Love those first to songs. Tracks 3 and 4 are a bit more mellow, but I like those a lot too. Around track 6 it loses me some, but I'm going to give this one 4+ stars and I'd put it alongside Siamese Dream in terms of a SP album that I really enjoy.
Well done Billy.
Friday, September 14, 2012
When Bushed Apologized to Muslims
When Bush Apologized to Muslims...Actually Apologized, used those words..HIMSELF. Not some tortured bullshit about how "Obama" apologized for "American Values" when a embassy official condemned hate speech (apparently the only American Value that the right-wing actually values, especially when it's aimed toward Muslims, Gay, Unions, women, dark-skinned peoples, etc)
In 2008, a U.S. sniper shot a Quran in Iraq, causing an uproar. President Bush expressly apologized. “He apologized for that in the sense that he said that we take it very seriously,” White House press secretary Dana Perino said. “We are concerned about the reaction. We wanted them to know that the president knew that this was wrong.” The sniper was disciplined and the upper echelons of the military put out numerous statements trying to soothe tensions. Nobody accused Bush of “apologizing to al-Qaida.”
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