Have you seen that trend on TikTok dubbed “How Much I Paid for Vinyl But it Progressively Gets Worse?” People are sharing how much they dropped on records with escalating prices paired with a cheesy jingle. In this video, I’m sharing what I paid for various records in my collection, […]
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So I’ve watched Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World more than pretty much any other film. I’ve now quoted it so much it has become part of my day to day vocabulary. So yeah…Its something of a masterpiece in my eyes. Watching it recently with commentary there is the following conversation […]
Believe in me as I believe in you. Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. This week we celebrate Smashing Pumpkins’s defining moment, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, released 30 […]
It’s time to peel back the layers of The Smashing Pumpkins’ iconic 1995 masterpiece “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” to expose the secret art history hidden in the haunting cover art. Art that shaped the emotional world created within the album. We jump into Billy Corgan and John Craig’s […]
Nostalgia is a weird concept. We have an idea of it as this vague longing for the past that marketing teams are continually attempting to mine for profit. But from its Greek origin, the word comes from nóstos meaning homecoming and álgos meaning pain or ache. In its original form […]
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness is the 1995 double (or even triple) album by The Smashing Pumpkins. I’ll dig into a brief history of the album in this mini documentary and share elements of some of the top songs within. From top singles “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” “Thirty Three,” […]
The best hit songs often have fascinating stories. This one is about “1979,” The Smashing Pumpkins hit song that was almost dropped from Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness. Mellon Collie was the band’s rock opera, a massive double album with over two dozen tracks. Dig into a little of […]
