Smashing Pumpkins' Adore

Welcome back for a shiny new episode of Once Every Two Weeks. This week, Mark & Thom start off with a catchup, Mark talking about his nephew named after Billy Corgan, seeing MC Hammer live, and Mark's brother John rubbing in that he saw the Counting Crows with Dashboard Confessional and how great DC was, before diving into the enigmatic and often misunderstood sixth studio Smashing Pumpkins album, Adore.Show note00:01:18 - Catchup00:01:40 - Happy Birthday, Billy Ricks!00:02:16 - Mark sees MC Hammer00:04:57 - Mark tells Thom how much cooler his brother John is than Thom because when he saw the Counting Crows, Dashboard Confessional played and it was awesome.00:05:31 - Mark & Thom's Smashing Pumpkins history00:07:28 - Adore drops00:09:46 - Jim Kraszinski and Paul Thomas Anderson influence how we talk about albums00:10:55 - Where Billy Corgan's background and where he was during the Adore years00:13:59 - Forming of the Smashing Pumpkins and introducing James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Jonathan Melvoin.00:18:57 - Jonathan Melvoin's death and Jimmy Chamberlin's exit lead to a the Pumpkins going full-circle 00:35:29 - To Sheila00:41:15 - Ava Adore00:43:45 - Perfect00:46:54 - Daphne Descends00:48:07 - Once Upon a Time00:49:52 - Tear00:50:54 - Crestfallen00:52:10 - Apples + Oranjes00:53:28 - Pug 00:54:52 - The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete00:55:21 - Annie-Dog00:56:05 - Shame00:57:35 - Behold! The Night Mare00:59:27 - For Martha 01:00:24 - Blank Page01:02:06 - 1701:04:46 - Reflections & final thoughts01:05:45 - Thom's top 301:06:07 - Mark's top 3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.