From Mr. Corgan himself
Posted: Wed Oct 09, 2002 3:44 pm
I'm pleased to hear that Vieuphoria will be re-released. I have always liked the Pumpkins.. now it's confirmed.
Note from Billy Corgan that was posted on the Pumpkins site....
>
>Ah, it's been such a long time...you know, relatively speaking, not too long I
>
>suppose, but fortunately long enough...that's for you escher fans...in the
>
>past, my posts have probably seemed a bit too obscure for most...so I will
>
>keep this happily simple so no one can complain (yeah, right!...this being a
>
>positive age, or at least one that begs for positivity, I will stay on the
>
>'sunny side of street' and be the bearer of only good news...the zwan album is
>
>just about done and we are all very excited and proud that we were able to
>
>come together to make this possible...we've been having a lot of fun, working
>
>like wizards under red lights here in the studio... and once a week we foray
>
>into reality for jack sweeney's open mic nights at the hideout/chicago, who
>
>were gracious enough to let us have their stage once a week to do as we wish,
>
>and we've been lucky enough to be able to share the night with some of the
>
>best artists chicago has to offer...everyone in zwan has worked very !
>
>hard so we could make the first zwan record a reality by the end of this
>
>year...and it looks like we will probably be playing some shows after
>
>thanksgiving, so please come and check us out if you can...and now for some
>
>really exciting news regarding the vieuphoria dvd that's coming out for
>
>christmas...when we decided to finally put out vieuphoria on dvd, the idea to
>
>put out some additional footage came up...unfortunately, a lot of the tapes
>
>that made up the original version are missing...but we managed to find some of
>
>them, and look for extra songs from the same concerts in the honest hope of
>
>uncovering something fresh...unfortunately, a lot of what I saw really wasn't
>
>that goose pimple worthy, and as only a few weeks ago the only extra on the
>
>dvd was going to some in-studio footage on the making of siamese dream...to be
>
>fair, the siamese studio footage is actually quite entertaining, but it didn't
>
>really feel like we were adding that much to the original vieuphoria.......
>
>Which brings me to the point of all this explaining...I had asked a friend who
>
>works for us to look thru some of our stuff to see if we had our own copies of
>
>the footage that was missing...he couldn't find what I had asked for, and in
>
>frustration started digging around in some old cases seeing if anything had
>
>been overlooked...these are old cases from the siamese dreams tours that we
>
>keep in a storage locker...also in there is stuff from when bandmembers have
>
>moved, you know, old lamps and couches and james' blacklight
>
>paintings...anyhow, underneath some old tires he found a small cardboard box
>
>with some unlabled videotapes...he brought these tapes here to the studio and
>
>said I should look at them because it could be what I was looking for...so
>
>when I put the tapes in, I really wasn't expecting much at all, certainly not
>
>what he had found...I watched the tapes, and couldn't believe what I was
>
>seeing...I had jimmy watch them with me, and we were so excited we asked
>
>anyone aro!
>
>und us, including matt, david, and paz to tell us what they thought...everyone
>
>agreed that it was the most exciting and dramatic footage of the pumpkins that
>
>we had ever seen from around the vieuphoria time period of 88-94...the tapes
>
>are from 1994, and prior to finding them we didn't even know these tapes
>
>existed...they are a little raw, but really do capture the spirit and
>
>aggresion of the band back in the good old days...on a personal note, jimmy's
>
>wife lori is about to have a baby, and all of the zwan family is waiting as we
>
>speak to get the call to go up to the hospital to be with both of them, so
>
>please send them your prayers...we really appreciate all the good energy,
>
>support, and love that everyone has shown us over the past year and a
>
>half...thanks a lot, and we look forward to seeing you all very soon, wherever
>
>you are (this means you australia, and south america too)...all the best bc.
>
Note from Billy Corgan that was posted on the Pumpkins site....
>
>Ah, it's been such a long time...you know, relatively speaking, not too long I
>
>suppose, but fortunately long enough...that's for you escher fans...in the
>
>past, my posts have probably seemed a bit too obscure for most...so I will
>
>keep this happily simple so no one can complain (yeah, right!...this being a
>
>positive age, or at least one that begs for positivity, I will stay on the
>
>'sunny side of street' and be the bearer of only good news...the zwan album is
>
>just about done and we are all very excited and proud that we were able to
>
>come together to make this possible...we've been having a lot of fun, working
>
>like wizards under red lights here in the studio... and once a week we foray
>
>into reality for jack sweeney's open mic nights at the hideout/chicago, who
>
>were gracious enough to let us have their stage once a week to do as we wish,
>
>and we've been lucky enough to be able to share the night with some of the
>
>best artists chicago has to offer...everyone in zwan has worked very !
>
>hard so we could make the first zwan record a reality by the end of this
>
>year...and it looks like we will probably be playing some shows after
>
>thanksgiving, so please come and check us out if you can...and now for some
>
>really exciting news regarding the vieuphoria dvd that's coming out for
>
>christmas...when we decided to finally put out vieuphoria on dvd, the idea to
>
>put out some additional footage came up...unfortunately, a lot of the tapes
>
>that made up the original version are missing...but we managed to find some of
>
>them, and look for extra songs from the same concerts in the honest hope of
>
>uncovering something fresh...unfortunately, a lot of what I saw really wasn't
>
>that goose pimple worthy, and as only a few weeks ago the only extra on the
>
>dvd was going to some in-studio footage on the making of siamese dream...to be
>
>fair, the siamese studio footage is actually quite entertaining, but it didn't
>
>really feel like we were adding that much to the original vieuphoria.......
>
>Which brings me to the point of all this explaining...I had asked a friend who
>
>works for us to look thru some of our stuff to see if we had our own copies of
>
>the footage that was missing...he couldn't find what I had asked for, and in
>
>frustration started digging around in some old cases seeing if anything had
>
>been overlooked...these are old cases from the siamese dreams tours that we
>
>keep in a storage locker...also in there is stuff from when bandmembers have
>
>moved, you know, old lamps and couches and james' blacklight
>
>paintings...anyhow, underneath some old tires he found a small cardboard box
>
>with some unlabled videotapes...he brought these tapes here to the studio and
>
>said I should look at them because it could be what I was looking for...so
>
>when I put the tapes in, I really wasn't expecting much at all, certainly not
>
>what he had found...I watched the tapes, and couldn't believe what I was
>
>seeing...I had jimmy watch them with me, and we were so excited we asked
>
>anyone aro!
>
>und us, including matt, david, and paz to tell us what they thought...everyone
>
>agreed that it was the most exciting and dramatic footage of the pumpkins that
>
>we had ever seen from around the vieuphoria time period of 88-94...the tapes
>
>are from 1994, and prior to finding them we didn't even know these tapes
>
>existed...they are a little raw, but really do capture the spirit and
>
>aggresion of the band back in the good old days...on a personal note, jimmy's
>
>wife lori is about to have a baby, and all of the zwan family is waiting as we
>
>speak to get the call to go up to the hospital to be with both of them, so
>
>please send them your prayers...we really appreciate all the good energy,
>
>support, and love that everyone has shown us over the past year and a
>
>half...thanks a lot, and we look forward to seeing you all very soon, wherever
>
>you are (this means you australia, and south america too)...all the best bc.
>