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We had such a magical time talking to Katelan Foisy, and our musician Viktor Pachas took over for Paulina in a pinch! We hope you enjoy this chat on art, magic, and spooky stories!Katelan V. Foisy is a visual artist, and writer who specializes in vintage style mixed media art and photography. Her art is featured on The Smashing Pumpkins Tours such as Shiny & Oh So Bright, Spirits on Fire, and The World is a Vampire as well as William Patrick Corgan's solo album Ogilala, as well and merchandise for the tour, backdrops, and the “Neath the Darkest Eves” video. She designed the starburst and stage, logo, archive series records, tea cans, cups etc for Madame Zuzus 2.0 and consulted on the interior design. She also created the logo for William Patrick Corgan's Thirty-Three podcast and recently designed the Inaugural Women's Television Belt for the National Wrestling Alliance. Her illustrations are featured in the Sibyls Oraculum and Hoodoo Tarot with Tayannah McQuillar, Inner Traditions/Simon & Schuster 2018 and 2020. Chaos of the Third Mind with Dr. Vanessa Sinclair will be published by Trapart Books 2024.Romani crushes this episode are Luludi by Meghan Ores, Loly by Zita Moldovan, Oksana Marafioti, Lucy Doe Designs, Morena Pedriali Errani, Klaudia Farkas, & Elijah Vardo. You can find us on Instagram @romanistanpodcast, and on Facebook under the same name, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. Join our Patreon for extra content. We started a Ko-fi fundraiser to help us grow. Our goal is to release more episodes more often, and we would eventually like to expand so we can produce content by other Romani & Sinti creators. We are hoping to cover production costs, like paying for our hosting site, website, editing and producing, and all the rest. We would love it if you could contribute and spread the word. The link, Ko-fi.com/romanistan, is in our bio on Instagram, and will be in the show notesPlease rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. If you would like to advertise with us, email us at romanistanpodcast@gmail.com. We offer sliding-scale for Romani, Sinti & related businesses, so reach out!You can find Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele, and on Twitter, TikTok, and Patreon, and you can find Jez's vintage and curiosities shop Evil Eye Edit on Instagram @evileyeedit & Etsy.You can find Paulina Verminski on Instagram @_paulina_v_ and at https://romaniholistic.com/. Follow Paulina's store, Romani Holistic, in Newport Beach, CA, on Instagram A Randumb Trio PodcastHello there listeners. Join our weekly podcast where our lively discussions on...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
In 2017, Billy Corgan released his 2nd solo album, "Ogilala", but this time under the name William Patrick Corgan and with a much more organic and stripped-down sound. It's an album containing some of Corgan's best work and illustrates the power of his songwriting and ability to bend and shape the core of a song into the sound he envisions. Joining Frank as guest co-host is a long-time friend and Pumpkinhead, Dr. Thomas Whitfield. Thomas digs deep and uses his Ph.D. to help break down the lyrics with surgical detail. If getting super in-depth and nerdy diving into WPC lyrics is your bag, then this episode is for you! Frank and Thomas discuss being wary of people who aren't passionate about something/anything, hiding Mellon Collie and the Goosebumps books from religious parents, seeds of CYR and ATUM found in Ogilala and Thomas' “Special K” experience with the album. Plus a quick chat about the gorgeous short film, Pillbox, co-directed by Linda Strawberry. How to support the 'kast: NEW ! MERCH Our PATREON buymeacoffee.com/Pumpkast Please rate and review us! Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @PumpkinsPodcast Instagram: @smashingpumpkast TikTok: @smashingpumpkast
We continue our festive zelebration of Zwan Zeason with the listening of the DJALI ZWAN, the Zwan incarnation that was meant to be the "acoustic" version of the band. We discuss the difference between The True Poets of Zwan and Djali Zwan, then cover their two shows at The Intersection in Grand Rapids, MI on 12/13/2001 and two more at The Emerson Theater in Indianapolis, IN on 12/14/2001, which featured even MORE incredible music that didn't make the Mary Star of the Sea album. In addition to sharing our personal highlights (including comparing the early and late shows from each night), we end up defining "Cormac-core" music, discussing the intersection of Iron Maiden and Robert Johnson, and tracing the "Happy Birthday" song's history in and out of the public domain (and Billy's history of singing it to fans at shows). All that plus the benefits of having an improv “Yes And” mindset when in a creative partnership, how Djali Zwan hints at Ogilala and Cotillions to come and – you guessed it – we talk more about The Beatles “Get Back” documentary. How great would a “Get Back”-style doc on the Pumpkins be? (Call us, Billy!) We've got a LOT to say about this subject, and even though the holidays are wrapping up, we're gonna be riding our black swan right into 2022 with much more Zwan Zeason, including our big Mary Star of the Sea episode which is on deck next! "That's the old shit!" HAVE A HOLLY DJALI XMAS, PUMPKINHEADS! You can listen to the shows in the links below: The Intersection in Grand Rapids, MI 12/13/2001: Early Show / Late Show The Emerson Theatre Indianapolis, IN 12/14/2001: Early Show / Late Show And as always HUGE, HUGE thanks to SPCODEX.WIKI and SPFC.ORG How to support the 'kast: Buy our NEW SHIRTS HERE Our PATREON buymeacoffee.com/Pumpkast Please rate and review us! Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @PumpkinsPodcast Instagram: @smashingpumpkast TikTok: @smashingpumpkast e-mail: thesmashingpumpkast@gmail.com
Jason and Jon discuss a batch of "sh" songs, including one each from Adore and Ogilala, a pre-Siamese Dream demo, and a couple of firsts: a song played at Jimmy's first show with SP and a song played at Zwan's first live show.
Jason and Jon welcome special guest Joe Bourdet (www.joebourdet.com)to discuss songs covering nearly 30 years of Pumpkins history, all the way from a 1989 demo to a track off WPC's 2017 solo record Ogilala. They also discuss Joe's newly released debut single, "Seamist and El Capitan," available at https://joebourdet.bandcamp.com.
On the heels of one of the craziest Smashing Pumpkins news cycles in decades, Jon and Jason spend the first half of the episode going over the recent big announcement, some exciting smaller announcements, and the unfortunate drama that shadowed it all. Then they turn their attention back to the music: discussing one of the best songs from Ogilala, demos from Mellon Collie and Adore, a spacey Zwan song, and an iconic track from Machina.
After a long holiday break, “SP: A to Z” is back, with a lot to talk about: Jon and Jason recap the shows they went to on the Ogilala tour (including a brief celebrity encounter), go over the recent news about Billy’s next acoustic album and his mysterious new project with Jimmy Chamberlin, and discuss songs from MACHINA, Oceania, the classic “No Alternative” compilation, and more.
I'm joined by iconic rock frontman/alternative rock figurehead Billy Corgan and musician/composer/returning guest Sheri Shaw (sstaria) for this week's episode (sponsored by Boost Mobile). The episode started with Sheri and me recording outside Madame Zuzu's Tea Shop and Art Studio, the cool, vibey North Shore teahouse owned by Corgan (582 Roger Williams Ave, Highland Park, IL 60035). Sheri's worked with Corgan for years (and continues to in the NWA), so it seemed like a natural place to chat. And it was a total "right place, right time" situation, as Corgan jumped into the car halfway through the recording. Before Corgan jumped on the podcast, Sheri and I talked about: The doesn't-taste-vegan-at-all vegan food at Zuzu's I tried the Corgan-created pickle sandwich Why Zuzu's is kinda like Ditka's I failed Sheri's spelling bee Sheri's role in Corgan's "wrestling empire" The power of the NWA brand Sheri's musical project, sstaria DEBUT MUSIC! Be the first to hear a sample from the new sstaria song "Cry Wolf," right here on this episode The video for sstaria's song "Sober" Billy Corgan-as-a-boss When might we see a live NWA event? Will Sheri be doing *all* the themes for NWA? "I go to a lot of small kids' parties" Did the Boost Mobile-branded Mazda 3 creep Corgan out? The first thing he said when he got into the car: "This looks so sketch." We talked about: Feeling old in the face of millennials The slow-out-of-the-gate viewer count on our Boost Mobile Facebook Live stream. Viewer Bill Denker got a shout-out from Corgan. It's good to be first one in. I'm a "micro-influencer" Corgan's ongoing concern about the podcasting-in-a-car concept: "There's something really creepy about this whole setup." The last time I interviewed Corgan, before the last Pumpkins show at United Center Corgan's "just a meme now" Was performing the new solo album "Ogilala" a risk? Is "Ogilala" Corgan's Americana album? Corgan's love of the old Bob Luce wrestling shows Corgan's recent Chicago performances at the hard-to-spell Athenaeum Theatre Is work on the NWA similar to running a start-up? How does NWA differentiate itself from the WWE? Has Corgan learned to "tune out" web chatter and clickbait? Corgan tells a funny story about making the Smashing Pumpkins' "Today" video Why Corgan isn't a "heritage act" This was a fantastically fun episode to record, and I encourage you to listen in full (no skipping ahead)! And please... tell a friend!
Billy Corgan is a musician, songwriter, producer, poet, and entrepreneur. His new album "Ogilala" produced by Rick Rubin, is available now.
Billy Corgan is a musician, songwriter, producer, poet, and entrepreneur. His new album "Ogilala" produced by Rick Rubin, is available now.
Now that William Patrick Corgan’s new album, Ogilala, is here, Jon and Jason go back to the A’s this week to welcome four new songs into the fold: “Aeronaut,” “Amarinthe,” “Antietam,” and “Archer.” They also pay their respects to another musician who made a stripped-down album with Rick Rubin.
No sé si a vosotros os pasa también pero William Patrick Corgan ha sido más importante en mi vida que muchos familiares lejanos que apenas ves en tu vida. Mi vida hubiera sido muy diferente sin Corgan, con su arte me sacó el cancer de una ruptura imposible de superar... Pero también me ha regalado momentos llenos de luz y algunos guiños que parecían destinados únicamente a mi... Hoy le dedicamos un programa especial con motivo de la salida de su disco "Ogilala", que escucharemos entero y compartiremos junto con datos y anécdotas.
No sé si a vosotros os pasa también pero William Patrick Corgan ha sido más importante en mi vida que muchos familiares lejanos que apenas ves en tu vida. Mi vida hubiera sido muy diferente sin Corgan, con su arte me sacó el cancer de una ruptura imposible de superar... Pero también me ha regalado momentos llenos de luz y algunos guiños que parecían destinados únicamente a mi... Hoy le dedicamos un programa especial con motivo de la salida de su disco "Ogilala", que escucharemos entero y compartiremos junto con datos y anécdotas.
Jon and Jason return from a short break, and finally get to discuss the big news about Billy/WPC’s upcoming solo album, Ogilala. They also kick off the E’s this week, with two 1989 demos (one of which has a mysterious chorus), a “sunny” Zwan song, and the iconic Pumpkins classic “E drone / E / c# / A.” Also: Jon reads an old blog entry from Billy that sheds some major light on his unreleased folk projects.
This episode covers one of the biggest hits in the Pumpkins catalog. But first, Jon and Jason discuss a pair of hard to find shoegaze songs, a FutureEmbrace track with Jimmy Chamberlin on drums, two Zwan songs, Selena, Frank Black, #OGILALA, and more.