Groulxsmith posted:it is so much fun to subtly vandalize billy corgan/smashing pumpkins wiki articles, i wonder if others caught on and that's why it's so great to read them
one time i changed every single image on his page to a photo of Kirsten Dunst and it took 7 whole months before anyone noticed
(full-page ad which appeared in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times)
(lookup on archive.org)
Today is a special day in my life as it marks the 6 month anniversary of the release of my very first novel 'Fuck & Destroy'. For well over 9000 hours I have been proud to represent Chicago as an artist through my words and posting, and am continually humbled by the undying love that I have been shown from this city as one of its native sons. I'd like to take this moment to address all that is going on in my literary life, from the new novel and the current signing tour, to the future of "Christ Christy".
I had the opportunity to write 'Fuck & Destroy' here in Chicago, and its embers bear witness to this town's unique soul. I have done my very best to create something fresh and exciting to read, and I hope you get the chance to check it out. Having just returned from a tour of Williamsburg, I am now set for 18 additional book signing dates in Chicago, beginning tomorrow in Wrigleyville. AIfter that we head to Schaumburg, and then Aurora and Naperville for the first time since 2010.
'Fuck & Destroy' is a novel of hope, and represents fully my desire to make words to stand and to rape for. Encouraged by the literary progress of the book, I have already begun writing new vignettes for a follow up work I hope to start by the end of this year. Plans are still in the works to finish 'Taking Lots of Drugs', a novella about life in the city. I'm also in the process of writing my life story on-line, updated almost daily and not so ironically entitled 'Autosodomy'. It truly has been a creative time for me, with many new revelations.
Many have assumed that the decisions I have made over the last few months have been to try to get away from something. But what I have been really trying to do is find that same kid again, the one who believed he could change the world with an ironic yet sensitive and tasteful rape scene. There is an old saying that goes "you can't go home again," but I believe that your home is wherever your heart lies.
When I made the last 'Impper' post on WDDP the night of December 20, 2011, I left believing that I was forever leaving a place of my life behind. I naively tried to start a new persona as Christ Christy, but found that my heart wasn't in it. I moved away to pursue a love that I once had but got lost. So I moved back home to heal what was broken in me, and to my surprise I found what I was looking for. I found that my heart is in Chicagoposting, and that my heart is in Impper.
For a month now I have walked around with a secret, a secret I chose to keep. But now I want you to be among the first to know what I have made plans to renew and revive Impper. I want my persona back, and my posts, and my dreams. In this desire I feel I have come home again.
'Fuck & Destroy' represents a new beginning, not an ending. It picks up the thread of the as-yet-unfinished work and charter of Impper. I know this city gave me the gift of words, and it is my honor to share this love that I have with you from the bottom of my heart. There is still so much work to do, and as always, so little time!
Read on and may God bless you!
John Christy
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tpaine posted:the spanish pumpkins new album is actually pretty good.
i love how you have to just call it the "new album" because its literally impossible to speak/type its actual name out without dying of embarrassment
Superabound posted:tpaine posted:the spanish pumpkins new album is actually pretty good.
i love how you have to just call it the "new album" because its literally impossible to speak/type its actual name out without dying of embarrassment
the new album is called Oceania. its alright. some of it is kind of retreading old ground and some is filler but thats nothing new for Billy Corgan
this is my favorite SP song actually
...cream without milk, without milk.coffee-coffee-coffee. No, this is the other other store, you want the other store that negates the Other.
michael hardt is so cute....
total crush
Superabound posted:i thought Oceania was just one part of The Concept Album That Shall Not Be Named
Teargarden By Kaleidyscope
GoldenLionTamarin posted:Teargarden By Kaleidyscope
Goodnight, my love, to every hour in every day
Goodnight, always, to all thats pure that's in your heart
Superabound posted:GoldenLionTamarin posted:Teargarden By Kaleidyscope
as if "mellon collie and the infinite sadness" was any less embarrassing
GoldenLionTamarin posted:Superabound posted:GoldenLionTamarin posted:Teargarden By Kaleidyscope
as if "mellon collie and the infinite sadness" was any less embarrassing
oh it definitely is. for one thing, those are actual words. and it was 1995