Smashing Pumpkins File Mysterious Missive From The Road
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July 5, 2000, 3:55 pm PT
Their future may be black, but it's not all doom and gloom on
the Smashing Pumpkins' current world tour. The members found
enough time to scratch out the following somewhat cryptic
missive (proper capitalization, paragraph breaks, and
punctuation courtesy of allstar) to their fans on the
message board on the band's official Web site
(smashingpumpkins.com) on Tuesday (July 4).
Here's what it says:
Hello children, starseekers, mystics, clowns,
predators, and nymphs,
Howareyouiamfinethanks!
First, let me amble to you that I am sorry I have
not communicated more as of late. After the deeply
emotional sendoff of what was possibly our last
ever show in America (not!), I retreated my person
into Andalusia to find tango and flamenco and
Spanish beauty much sought after in the Midwest.
After tripping through our new video shoot in
London, I zipped to Tokyo brightly and did not
have a computer the whole time. Even now as I
write this on someone's faded powerbook (who I
believe used to chair a kiddie porn startup), I
regret the omission of my oh so important cloying
barbarianisms to the fitful faithful and the frail
faithless.
Our tour of Japan was a huge success, the biggest
we have ever had, so we send our heartfelt thanks
out to all the fans who came to the shows, many
traveling by bullet train to see multiple dates.
We are humbled by the grace of you. We hoped to
repay a little back last night by playing a two-
set show, the first acoustic and the second a full
electric set -- arigato gazimas, Nippon!
What else can I tell you? Jonas Akerlund directs
the new video ("Try Try Try") with filming having
been done in London and Stockholm. We aren't very
bright. All prophecies thus far have come true.
We are going to Korea for the first and last time
and are looking forward to play a place that as
recently as 1995 banned our records. It should be
interesting as it is always an honor to meet fans
in a country none of us have ever been to.
The demotion of evil continues to move forward on
this humble planet, and it is a good thing. The
children of this new world, their DNA unscrambled
to be explained, will hopefully never tolerate
the stupidity of generation present and past. May
the joy and innocence of youth transform this
place holy, and let no tear be shed for we are
all responsible, to take credit and blame.
Traveling this Earth as we do, we are lucky to
play part and witness how the western conception
of the world, with its McDonald's materialism,
doesn't mean so much as family, life, and
tradition ... may the truth echo in your ears
like it does mine ... yes, only love will win ...
it always does.
XO.
(C) 2000 smashingpumpkins.com.
Meanwhile, a small group of devout fans are pushing to make
Friday (July 7) the official Smashing Pumpkins Appreciation
Day. Lydia Wilkes, one of the organizers, explains: "We're
trying to get fans to wear their SP T-shirts, donate to
charities, call their local radio stations to get SP songs
played, eat Pop Tarts, and drink cherry cola, and generally
appreciate SP. We're also hoping that some people who have
never been too impressed by SP will stop and listen."
-- Aidin Vaziri
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