ThePumpkins.net

Surprised it has yet to be posted on here. Anyway, the link:

Mashable Article

And Monte's post on Crestfallen:

Crestfallen.com

Seems intriguing. Either way, we still get a physical release, so I'm game. This could work out very well for him & the band...if they play it right.

Do we have an announcement date for the Oceania Release date?

Ah, March 12

I'll make sure I pack my lunch.

The drama queen strikes back... Another announcement of an announcement.
He must be very doubtful about the album's quality, this whole dragging takes way too long.
Billy's plans sound more confusing than useful to me.
Why not just shipping the album to my records store (in ONE version on vinyl and CD) and launching an online stream maybe one week before?

It seems pretty funny how he wants to be the king of online music, like he's so cool being down with modern technology. But seriously I still have high hopes for this album, given how good the new songs were performed live.

frankB wrote: I bet Billy's so cool, he's using an Ubuntu partition on his iMac to distribute his music online

DON wrote:
Nah that would be too simple.

I can see why no one rushed to link to this "news" Yet another announcement that in the future there will be an announcement...

Overthinking it much?

Christ.....just make the songs, put them on a record, and sell it. That's all I want from you, Billy. I don't need a "full online experience" here.

ghostchild wrote: Yeah, seriously. I could not understand a word of his ramblings. "social media gatekeepers"? "transcending the single and single mentality"? WTF is he talking about? And what the hell is SXSW??

The only thing I can think of is an initial live upload tube to Oceania, where all fans are in the chat box talking about it. Sounds awesome in concept but ONLY


If it's hosted on thepumpkins.net

venison wrote:
South by Southwest. A huge music festival in Austin, TX every spring that tends to kick off the spring/summer concert season...

sxsw.com/

Lots of uses of the word "single." Unless he means it in the context of "one person."

ghostchild wrote:
GC you're my hero.

Also, wasn't Oceania the airline that crashed in the show Lost? Sooo maybe it's symbolic about how well this album will do.

PersianBellyDancer wrote: See that's what is happening when Billy continues shitting his pants instead of just releasing the goddamned album:
Sooner or later everyone is pissed and bitching about the album before it even hits our ears because everyone is so fed up with the drama.

Kerry Brown says "LOL" to this.
[url=http://]https://twitter.com/#!/studiodog/status/174642607270535168?tw_p=twt[/url]

HA!

Link is dead Pete...

Why are you guys and gals so upset, it's just an album that is late (granted very late), there's a lot more thing to be upset at than that. All of you are going to give yourselves heart attacks by the age thirty-five.

He's just doing what Radiohead did with Radiohead : In Rainbows, oh right I forgot Smashing Pumpkins have to try, Radiohead can release an album made entirely of Underarm Farts, Ass Slapping Noise, and Belching and everyone would be in awe of how artistic it is.

i'm pretty sure i will be 35 long before i see the album. i've actually kind of ceased to care to be honest. it will come when it comes if it comes.

^^ I think our grandkids will see this and call it "the lost tapes"

DON wrote:
On the contrary, I get the impression of corporate bidders and external influence in the whole deal.