"Despite all my rage, I'm still vastly over-paid"

Fucking hell! Haven't see you posting here in aaaages. How the shitting crikey are you?

Hola, Glice. Como estas, mi amigo?

Clearly it was Billy (The Sun Goddess) that brought me back.

Billy unites us all. All glory to Billy.

Yes, I'm good. If that's what you're saying in your moonspeak.

I have a feeling phrases like that are common on a Smashing Pumpkins board.

Who knew he was Sun Ra reincarnated?

In fairness, that's the sort of outfit that is the right side of ridiculous. He's no Lady Gaga though.

if you look like billy corgan any outfit is on the wrong side of ridiculous. i.e. can you find a picture of him from the last 15 years where he doesn't look like a total cunt?

I tried really hard to be fair and find an acceptable picture of Corgan.












I couldn't find one.

i echo this with the added sentiment of 15 year old boring riff rock sure gets you rich.

I'd even try date-rape, if that's what it takes.

if you rape billy corgan i'll high five you

dont touch his right hand, its been places.

who cares about billy corgan....

seriously, im a fan of the smashing pumpkins. not a huge fan but whatever. but i dont understand what the big deal is with you guys and corgan..

Haha, when I saw the title, I thought this was a Broken Social Scene thread.

BSS don't generate much controversy, most people just don't listen to em, or simply find em average.

Mongolia, Peru etc.

all these pictures force to realization the reality that Billy Corgan wishes he was the kind of spontaneously visual artist like Kurt Cobain, or was at least as genuine a character as Marilyn Manson in 1996 but unfortunately all he can ever muster is some superficial, commercially antiseptic, hopelessly contrived attempt at art. its a shame really, he tries so hard decade after decade and yet WHAM, the reality that he is hardly an artist worth mentioning puts him in the likes with Hitler rather than the Caravaggio he was aiming at..





I just adore Caravaggio.. look at the sheer, overwhelming beauty of this painting. The bewilderment, even psychedelic confusion on the face of Abraham, the way the light emanates from the darkness as if the figures themselves were bursting with a light infused from the darkness, created not by outside sources of light, but seemingly coming from the light of life and living itself! The serenity of the Angel, notice who is not grabbing Abraham's hand to stop the knife, but is caressing the lamb in the thicket who is next in line for the slaughter... you can even see the moment when Isaac's fear is replaced with awe from the presence of the Divine.

I would say that Caravaggio perfectly captured the essence of what this moment symbolizes, the junction when a person's desires and a persons obligations hopelessly collide, when a man feels the crushing weight of daily reality and yet sees the glimmer of hope and purpose in the midst of even terrifying circumstances. Look at the joy in Isaac's eyes, as hope replaces loss, after he had willing bound himself to the duties of his life and fate, and yet in the last moment, relief, joy, redemption, success..

This is not a portrait of Abraham slaying Isaac, this is a portrait of a man losing his job and getting evicted from his house and in the moment of despair suddenly getting a phone call from a new, better job and catching an add in the paper for a new pad in a better neighborhood.. I love the Bible because it is true symbolism for our daily, human dramas, but as visual art it takes on such a more powerful significance..

You're not looking hard enough.





I'm certainly not defending him, but comparing him to Hitler as far as being an artist goes is just out of line. And I'm sure we could find some embarassing photos of Sonic Youth if we tried...

other mens parts.