couple of hd videos from 6/27
http://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?t=145216


the entire 6/29 concert in hd (torrents)
http://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?t=145318

7/9/2007 6:14:29 PM

I got to go to 3 shows:

6/27, 7/2, and I waited in the "no ticket" line on the 3rd and got in as #2.

3 times. It was probably the best experience of my life. And oh yea.



DRUMROLL PLEASE.....





WHAT SON!

7/9/2007 10:20:29 PM

how did THAT happen?

awesome

7/9/2007 10:55:33 PM

damn you got to take a pic with ginger?

nice work

7/9/2007 11:00:51 PM

Anyone going to the show in DC tomorrow?

7/9/2007 11:16:33 PM

I wish I was.


And Ginger is tiny.

7/9/2007 11:18:32 PM

you lose for giving that lame ass hand signal

7/10/2007 12:17:15 AM

^^^^^^ BC looks REALLY friggin happy to be talking that picture. hes not a big fan of the fans is he?

7/10/2007 12:26:22 AM

poor jeff gets no camera time

wonder what theyll play on friday

7/10/2007 12:38:39 AM

^^ As a fan, the key to having Billy be happy to meet you is to be an attractive female 18-25. Seriously.

7/10/2007 12:40:52 AM

http://spinner.aol.com/artists/new-releases-full-cds?defaultTab=1

IT'S OUT TODAY

7/10/2007 12:41:35 AM

ITS BEEN OUT FOR A WEEK NOW

7/10/2007 12:46:10 AM

well shit, where did i read it was tommorrow?

7/10/2007 12:48:25 AM

he means it leaked a week ago...

7/10/2007 12:51:18 AM

I'd rather buy a cd.

7/10/2007 12:54:02 AM

And now you can. Congratulations.

7/10/2007 12:58:57 AM

This would have been my first CD purchase in awhile if not for the retarded bonus track distribution.

7/10/2007 1:00:49 AM

honestly, i was expecting this to be a lot worse than it is. even still, i agree with NumbWall the dream pop songs like '1979' and 'Tonight Tonight' would have been nice to have. i'd give it a 6.0 because it still encompasses a lot of the pumpkins catalogue. probably won't listen to this more than a handful of times.

7/10/2007 1:05:54 AM

I'm trying to decide if SP v2 of Zwan is better.

7/10/2007 1:16:24 AM

zwan had some great songs....but again, corgan never lived up to his potential. i see the same thing with this album. it's depressing.

7/10/2007 1:23:02 AM

I enjoyed the concert but I just know that when I finally listen to the CD it'll be nothing but disappointment.

I also wonder why Stellar isn't on the regular CD. Sounds like a decent track to me to not have to be regulated as a Bonus Track.

[Edited on July 10, 2007 at 2:04 AM. Reason : grrr]

7/10/2007 2:01:52 AM

it's a dissapointment overall i'd say....but it has its moments.

7/10/2007 2:12:49 AM

all 3 of the bonus tracks are good

and i decided i'm gonna buy the cd, but only gonna buy one version of it. i may go with the standard and buy it at schoolkids or something, or i'm also thinking about getting the special edition with the 70-some page booklet that comes with it. anyone know what's supposed to be in that?

7/10/2007 3:14:07 AM

^someone scanned it, its a waste i hear, i think the booklet "leaked" as well if you check

7/10/2007 7:51:07 AM

Quote :

"I'm trying to decide if SP v2 of Zwan is better. "

SP v2 by far imo. i really was not impressed with this record when i first heard it but its growing on me. it definitely has its moments.

7/10/2007 9:55:06 AM

The July 3rd show was Ok imo....not great, but Ok.

7/10/2007 10:11:59 AM

geez, given everything that they've been playing in all their shows, last night's setlist at the 9:30 club is the best i've seen since they've reunited imo...lots of rockin n rollin...

2007/07/10 - Nightclub 9:30; Washington, DC, US
The Smashing Pumpkins


Set:
* United States
* Bleeding the Orchid
* Today
* Bullet with Butterfly Wings
* Starla
* Shame
* The Aeroplane Flies High
* Hummer
* That's the Way (My Love Is)
* Doomsday Clock
* Blue Skies Bring Tears
* For God and Country
* The Crying Tree of Mercury
* Thirty-three
* Rocket
* (new song: "I Don't Mind"/"If All Goes Wrong")
* Tonight, Tonight
* Tarantula
* Starz
* Zero
* Neverlost
* (Come On) Let's Go!
* Heavy Metal Machine
* Disarm
* 1979
* Untitled

Encore 1:
* Cherub Rock

Encore 2:
* Gossamer

Encore 3:
* Fuck You

7/11/2007 11:13:01 AM

well. i'd say this thread was a success.

7/11/2007 11:48:54 AM

damn 3 encores they must have been a better crowd than even on the 30th

7/11/2007 12:21:47 PM

holy shit, what a setlist

7/11/2007 12:33:40 PM

only thing i really saw missing was stand inside your love that theyd been playing alot but its definitely one heck of a setlist

7/11/2007 2:09:48 PM

HA

[Edited on July 11, 2007 at 2:12 PM. Reason : HAHA]

7/11/2007 2:11:42 PM

^ hahahahaha, that last one is very

7/11/2007 2:15:07 PM

lol

7/11/2007 2:15:36 PM

that shirt is ballin

7/11/2007 2:21:30 PM

that car is ballin'

7/11/2007 2:29:35 PM

that bass player is ballin'

7/11/2007 2:30:33 PM

actually, now that i look at it, the guy in the straw hat and candystripes is really ballin'

7/11/2007 2:32:55 PM

man im tired. i lold at work once i found that guy in the pic

7/11/2007 2:35:04 PM

7/11/2007 3:48:57 PM

hahahaha



[Edited on July 11, 2007 at 4:45 PM. Reason : it's like he doesn't believe he's giving a thumbs up]

7/11/2007 4:33:28 PM

the washington post pretty much ripped them a new one...

Quote :

"At 9:30 Club, Smashing Pumpkins Both Overcooked and Underdone By David Malitz Special to The Washington Post Thursday, July 12, 2007; Page C01 Billy Corgan and His Enormous Ego, er, Smashing Pumpkins, visited the 9:30 club on Tuesday, and well before a single note was played, the evening was already quite the spectacle. Corgan threw himself a party on the release day of the new album, "Zeitgeist," although it really was more of a retro, faux-political campaign. The band rolled up late afternoon in classic cars with a fake Secret Service detail. Nominating convention-style posters and buttons were handed out to fans lined up outside. The interior of the club was festooned with Smashing Pumpkins flags and red, white and blue bunting. President Corgan? Nah, far too democratic. Dictator Corgan? A little closer. Grand Exalted Leader Corgan? There we go. It was a silly if slightly entertaining commotion, but "Gilligan's Island" would have been a more appropriate theme. The actual show was nothing but a three-hour bore. Yes, three hours. At one point early in the evening Corgan actually muttered, "I'm having one of those I-don't-wanna-play-music moments." Rest assured, that moment passed. Boy, did it ever. The sold-out crowd got treated to bloated, directionless rockers like "United States" and "Heavy Metal Machine," lackluster versions of '90s hits such as "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" and "Zero" and a truly excruciating 20-minute unreleased jam called "Gossamer," which for some reason was saved for the second encore and sent a good third of the audience scurrying for the exits. It's hard to know how they lasted even that long. There were just a few songs when everything clicked and you were reminded why for a few years back in the '90s the Pumpkins could legitimately be viewed as one of the best and biggest rock bands in the world. "Hummer" found that happy middle ground between the group's early shoegaze tendencies and arena rock ambitions. "Cherub Rock" was a full-on sonic assault, sounding even more vital than it did nearly 15 years ago. "The Aeroplane Flies High" was the one meandering epic that actually felt epic and not totally pointless. As far as highlights go, that was it. The very tall, very bald Corgan is an imposing figure on stage and an electric guitar seems like a natural extension of his body. He's a technically proficient player who can make single notes scream and power chords rumble like few others. It was his songwriting ability that was mostly exposed on Tuesday. The best of the new tunes, "Doomsday Clock" and "Tarantula," simply chugged along at a brisk pace. The worst, like "Starz" and "Bleeding the Orchid," would be forgettable if they weren't so annoying. Even when the band broke out mega-hits "Tonight, Tonight" and "1979" it was hard to hear what made them modern-rock radio staples in the first place. The inclusion of a six-song mini-set of acoustic material was as inevitable as it was intolerable. Corgan's nasal wail is tough enough to take when it's accompanied by massive guitars and thundering drums -- and that's on record, with the assistance of studio trickery. In a live setting, with nothing but an acoustic guitar to accompany his voice and embarrassing lyrics ("This is the song I've been singing my whole life / I've been waiting like a knife / To cut open your heart / And bleed my soul to you" -- there are so, so many more where that came from), it was borderline torturous. Ten more minutes and I would have confessed to war crimes. After the massive buzzkill of "Gossamer," Corgan and Co. -- that would be original drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, who has been playing with Corgan for the past several years, and, um, some other people on bass, guitar and keyboards -- actually came back for one final song: "[Expletive] You." Yep, that's pretty much how I felt all night. "

7/12/2007 10:06:14 AM

meh

7/12/2007 10:42:47 AM

what a bullshit review

i havent heard the show specifically being reviewed in the article, but it certainly isn't a fair account of either of the 2 shows i caught at the orange peel. so unless they just sucked horribly in Washington, this guy is full of shit.

7/12/2007 6:58:53 PM

yea i mean like i said i saw what was probably their worst asheville show and i still had a great time.

7/12/2007 7:28:11 PM

Sounds like someone didn't like the new album and took it out during his show review.

You really have to differentiate between the two, imo. You can think an album is shit and a band is shit and still realize that the crowd is into it and enjoying it. That was a personal rip based on a reaction to album... or at least that's how it read to me.

7/13/2007 8:11:18 PM

People love to criticize. When you (the critics) can churn out albums with the diversity and for as long as Corgan has, then you have room to talk. Otherwise, stfu. This coming from someone who is not even that great of a SP fan.

7/14/2007 12:04:33 AM

^


...


DON'T CRITICIZE LEE FOWLER OR HERB SENDEK OR CHUCK AMATO, DO YOU HAVE COLLEGE HEAD COACHING/ ATHLETIC DIRECTOR EXPERIENCE???

I think the review is shit, but come now.

7/14/2007 12:17:10 AM

i genuinely like the album. not the best thing i've ever heard, but i enjoy it.

7/14/2007 3:42:39 AM

These are from the July 3rd show. Sorry it took so long to post them

7/15/2007 7:16:06 PM