Lost in all of the "Smashing Pumpkins are reuniting!" stories all over the internet news last week is what a horrible job the music media has done of covering this. I don't expect much from the major news outlets, which just run the story they get over the AP wire since it's such small potatoes news-wise, but I do expect a bit of actual reporting by the smaller sites.

If anyone did even the most minimal of research, they would find out that Billy Corgan has been posting a sometimes-scathing commentary of his past on his website. A few months back he ripped guitarist James Iha for breaking up the Pumpkins in the first place, and more recently has posted about recording sessions during which James and D'Arcy would sit bored in the corner, if they bothered to show up at all.

Sure, the only reason I know most of this is my latent fanboy-ness, but the reports immediately after last week's announcement sounded straight from a fan website: "Corgan Reuniting Pumpkins!," they exclaimed, although if you actually read the announcement that Billy put in the Chicago paper he said nothing about actually reuniting the old band.

Would it be exciting if it were true? Possibly, although it's hard for people to realize that the success of Siamese Dream was not only due to the quality of the songs but also the era and musical climate during which they appeared, a climate that has changed considerably. But at this point it would be more exciting if there were actually well-researched articles about it.