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Showing posts with label Smashing Pumpkins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smashing Pumpkins. Show all posts

October 27, 2010

Shuffled: No Theme Edition

Every other Wednesday I hit the shuffle button on my 90 gigabytes of music and post the results. I might have to justify some of the stuff in my library, but hopefully it will help inform you of new music -- Or at least be entertaining.

Every time I do this feature I think about deleting a majority of my music library. So many albums I never listen to. You ever get worried that you're missing out on really great music that you would love? I mean, there's billions of bands out there, so I feel the urge to check out any and every one that I hear about. Do I have a problem? Is there a support group for this?

September 24, 2010

Insufficient Funds: The Smashing Pumpkins

Insufficient Funds is a weekly post in which we feature a free, or very close to it, piece of media that you can enjoy without overdrafting your bank account. So if you're low on funds, stay tuned to Cerebral Pop every Friday morning.

You might not think so highly of Billy Corgan and his musical whims, or the constantly evolving Smashing Pumpkins line-up. To a lot of people, the reforming of his most well-known project seemed a vain attempt at recapturing the spotlight, especially since not all the former band members were on board. And their first new release, Zeitgeist, was criticized as being a little shallow. But if you didn't like Zeitgeist for it's dependence on straight-forward rock, your answer may be on the way.