It’s not often that we at Resonator agree with the Peefork. However, I present you with one not-so-subtle piece of information:
if you’re trying to make it on your own as a record store, Billy Corgan fucking hates you. Also, he hopes you have to eat babies to survive.
Billy and company would like you to know that they fully support the extinction of the American independent record store at the hand of large, faceless, little-guy-crushing big boxes. They also support bleeding their fans dry. How? By releasing FOUR different versions of Zeitgeist.
Best Buy and Target each get a version with an exclusive bonus track. So does iTunes. Like, a different one for each. Everybody else gets the regular version with no bonus tracks. So if you want all of the bonus tracks, you have to buy an album at Best Buy, an album at Target, and an album at iTunes.
(yes, quoted from our arch-nemesis)
Now, I’ve been musing over this for several days, for many reasons. First and foremost, we at Resonator, being lil’ guys (and gals) operating on a budget that basically consists of Hacks’ checking account and the occasional chipping-in the rest of us do, support the independents. If you’re in the south, we recommend Criminal Records and Wordsmiths Books.
Secondly, I have a weird hate/hate relationship with Corgan (ok, not that weird), and a stranger relationship with his Billy Pumpkins. I fell in love with them during Adore, followed the bloated mess that was the Machina shit mostly because my college roomate would stay up stone-cold-sober every night frantically scouring the net for a good rip of Machina II The Machines Of Billy, and have always found the music to be something…if not original, but highly inspired. An art project, basically, that somehow managed to reach Fat Frat Frank.
And now that they’ve, ya know, reformed into…something….that’s kinda pumpkins-y…I mean, it has Billy…and that drummer guy…and a chick bassist! That’s pretty much the same thing, right?
Oh, screw you, Billy, and your innate desire to get a Mossimo album cover design.
So, half-drunk on mimosas early in the morning, let’s celebrate some damn freedom. Corgan wants you to pony up at your local big box retailer to get a version of him crooning “White Christmas” while wrapped in a shower curtain? Why don’t you make the call if it’ll be worth it?
Yeah, there you go. Happy Freedom.
Speaking of great new music coming out, the Lovemakers new album is about to drop soon. I’ve heard some of the songs and they are fantastic, its going to be a great album! Everyone keep on the look out for it.
Hahahahaha! That is fucking incredible, thanks