I have a lot to say about the final genre, "Indie Rock", but I am saving it for another day. I do want to post about another music-related item though. Former Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan recently released the entire archive of released Pumpkins material (well, majorly-released material) to online music downloads sites earlier this month.

More interestingly, he has also started posting lengthy bloglike entries on Billycorgan.com and a myspace account about his pre-Pumpkins days playing in The Marked (some of the most hilarious music ever) and the recording sessions for the album Adore. They are fascinating, engrossing, and incredibly long.

I'm happy to report that the recording sessions for Just Because it Doesn't Kill You... were not nearly as traumatic as the Adore sessions. I was not doing drugs, on bad terms with any of my fellow bandmates, or purchasing Ferraris in cash and having any members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers over to Apartment 12 Studios. Maybe that's what was missing...