Jeff,
That is phenomenal, kudos to you and your staff. I really enjoy the music review bias direction you are taking.
And speaking of music...I have to chime in and agree with Zero regarding the latest 'pumkins. Zeitgiest certainly didn't 'bring the light' for me either. Imho, the pumkins damn near peaked on
Gish. Siamese Dream was ok. The song that blew my mind was hearing
"Drown" from the
Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. That made the hair on the back on my neck stand up.
I think that is still my fav. movie soundtrack.
If you want to hear a really good contemporary Smashing Pumpkins album, get a copy of the
Silversun Pickups - Carnavas. I heard them open this spring for Wolfmother and they blew the doors off. It was like watching an (early) pumkins tribute band. They even have a cool hot chick on bass, Nikki, that is kind of a D'arcy knock off.
Ciao,
Kenreau