
The Smashing Pumpkins’ official Facebook page offered a sneak peek into the band’s archives tonight by posting a picture of an “about to be transferred” 4-track casette tape from the “Gish/Siamese era.” According to the post, over 60 such tapes have already been transferred, presumably for the purpose of identifying material to be released over the next couple of years.
The tracklist on the tape, written in Billy Corgan’s distinctive handwriting, consists of:
Taken from Hipsters United: Pumpkins offer glimpse into the archives
Billy Corgan uses his Facebook account to solicit acoustic requests for tonight’s show in New Mexico, reveal that The Sacred and Profane and Jennifer Ever have been recently rehearsed, good-naturedly joke about never again playing songs written (Mayonaise) or performed (Zeitgeist) by former bandmates.
via Hipsters United
Simon (sunky) was invited to be on the recent Hipsters United podcast to talk about everything that happened on the recent Australian Smashing Pumpkins tour. So head over to our friends at Hipsters United to have a listen.
Keep up to date with the Twitter updates from tonights show with this list of attendees from @HipstersUnited