Teagarden by Kaleidyscope

 Well, I think it's time to get that damn picture of Train off the top of the page.  Blogging time has been limited lately, but I'm hoping that I'll have some consistent posts for all of you a few times a week going forward.

First up, Smashing Pumpkins news.  I'm sure most of you are scratching your heads at this - after all, Zeitgeist pretty much sucked.  And by pretty much sucked, I mean it was quite possibly the worst musical disappointment I'd had in the past 5 years.  The Pumpkins were always one of my favorites - always a bit more "out there" then the other 90's acts that I got first heard in my early "enlightenment era".  Things have certainly gone south since Melon Collie, but I'd still been holding out until I listened to Zeitgeist.  That was the straw that broke the camel's back.

I'd heard some rumors about Jimmy quitting and Billy hiring a 19 year old drummer to keep on keepin' on.  This news didn't do much to encourage me to follow Billy anymore.

After shutting ignoring the Pumpkins for a few months I started hearing that not only was there new material, but it was actually good.  Shocking, I know.

It seems that Billy is starting up a new project - the 44 track Teagarden by Kaleidyscope.  When will it be done?  No one knows.  But Billy is releasing it for free, one track at a time.  Two tracks are up so far over at smashingpumpkins.com, freely available to download as many times as you'd like.  I've put a stream up of "Song for a Son", may favorite of the two here so you can take a gander before clicking away.  I'll do my best to keep you updated as more tracks become available.

[MP3]  A Song for a Son (via smashingpumpkins.com)

[MP3] Widow Wake My Mind (via smashingpumpkins.com)

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