That guy tried to tell me to get in the back of the line! :rofl:

you were number 1!

i wish.

indiana university.


i had quit playing football in highschool, and when i got accepted into the IU music program i said 'fuck it' and worked out with a couple other players on the team and walked on in the fall. i made it, and had a hell of a time.



but now im fat :(


Hey, IU is not UT, but its still big time football conference. Good for you

so we both drove with people named josh, but clearly my josh was nicer. even if he did get cockblocked.


i didn't even notice that. CREEPY.

http://www.myspace.com/camehly

whoa.
cam.
you used to be an aol SP chat roomer, eh?

whoa.
cam.
you used to be an aol SP chat roomer, eh?



wayyyyyyy back in the day. JmyChmbrln, i think was my screen name

before i hit puberty, even

www.myspace/com/ashli182

It's private so add me (gotta keep the parents and weirdos out), and I've got a pic of Billy and me on there!

i keep getting a "cannot find server" when i go to yours. stupid myspace.

What position did you play Sling?

What position did you play Sling?


fullback

fullback


Thats awesome. You do all the dirty work, but get none of the glory.

How many DBs/LBs did you blow up in your day?

Thats awesome. You do all the dirty work, but get none of the glory.

How many DBs/LBs did you blow up in your day?


fullback is fun as hell for that reason alone! run out on a sweep and find the smallest dude you can and ram your head up his ass.

wayyyyyyy back in the day.

before i hit puberty, even

yeah ... i was a regular when i got aol 2.0 and on through the rest of the years ...

leslie's pumpkin weekly ezine was the highlight of my 9th and 10th grade years, lol.

i was SP1007 on aol.
Apathy2007 on the oboards.

i was telling stumpycat how i was such a jerk to some people on the oboard [hence me getting banned eventually], but that it's funny how it's just naturally easy to play an @$$hole on the internet. my friends off the net all thought i was the nicest guy ever... little did they know that i funneled my teen angst into volatile tirades aimed at the faceless names of strangers across the world.... ; p
i wasn't a jerk to everyone, though. i still have close, dear friends that i met on the oboards and that i still talk to. i know some people who met on there and are now married.

the pumpkins community runs thick and deep...

wayyyyyyy back in the day. JmyChmbrln, i think was my screen name

before i hit puberty, even

yeh. totally remember you. we talked here and there. were in the room a lot together.

you remember yay cobain or rawk1979?

http://www.myspace.com/skipgoshannon

i am appalled at your age. i do not believe you are that age at all.

yeh. totally remember you. we talked here and there. were in the room a lot together.

you remember yay cobain or rawk1979?



i dont remember a lot of people, but i do remember matt. i still talk to ben (dahalfbeed...a couple other names it seems) quite a bit, but nobody else.


netphoria has nothing on that old chat room.

i dont remember a lot of people, but i do remember matt. i still talk to ben (dahalfbeed...a couple other names it seems) quite a bit, but nobody else.

netphoria has nothing on that old chat room.

don't remember ben. i remember recognizing a few people from the room at the billy corgan solo show and they were acting like total self-entitled snobs. i ended up with a good crowd after the show at denny's [including shawncollectspumpkins].

Thanks for the food Davin!

It was good to meet all you guys that I ended up running into at the show.

lapis, jroiordan, and all the other "good people", you guys were great, it made the show that much more fun to be surrounded by you guys. It was cool to meet slingeroguitaro, 1100ww (even though I didn't talk to you as long as I would have liked), rumoredtothesandn, daniel, davin (thanks for the burger!!), and everyone else (non-netphorian-types)


no problem! it was cool meeting all of you too! and Andrew, Laura, Jesse, etc. !!!

like i said, no one ever did that for us in the 90's so i could relate to how starving you guys must have been.

davin good to see ya, thanks a lot for the food! I think it definitely gave us an energy burst for the show.

no worries! and no flat tires this time!

i was in the aol private chat from like 11-13, the only name I remember is CagedRat33 but I had a bunch of others. this is circa 1997. anyone remember the 'chat' for the anniversary of Melovin's death? moments of silence etc. times have changed eh

i got to say hi to skipgo, lapis, and JRiordan afterwards. good times.

damn, tcm was there and i missed out on meeting him. :cry:

Band came out to the circus music. Jeff waved to me -- (he saw me a lot at the Fillmore and then in Las Vegas). Nice guy ;)

he gave you some props at the Noblesville show too, if memory serves...

i thought he was jokingly referring to Jimmy's tambourine part in Perfect as "the best gig of his life", but i could have been misinterpreting.

this is how i interpreted it as well.


i also thought billy's comments about "you know we've released albums after MCIS" were funny too. and i also was pleased that machina1/2 got more applaus and cheering than adore.

jcc got a decent amount of cheers too....and then billy said "and i went on tour with kelly clarkson". lol.

i am appalled at your age. i do not believe you are that age at all.

'tis true. i am an old, old lady.
one of the reasons i picked that guitar for my tattoo; it's a 74 strat, I'm a 74 girl :)

'tis true. i am an old, old lady.
one of the reasons i picked that guitar for my tattoo; it's a 74 strat, I'm a 74 girl :)


hehe, youre vintage! :)


oh the dirty ways i could spin billy fingering a '74 relic....

'tis true. i am an old, old lady.
one of the reasons i picked that guitar for my tattoo; it's a 74 strat, I'm a 74 girl :)


your not old! :)

this was the first time that i had really ever met josh. he saw that i wanted to come to the show and said he would pay for gas if i wanted to drive, so i did.


i would have hung out with you guys more, but he was a bit intimidated by the netphorians, seeing as he loves his siva and all. :)



my spot was okay. there was absolutely no engergy from my side of the stage. everybody was trying to get closer to billy. ive spent so many shows eating out of billys hand that i wanted to spend this show rockin to jeff. he seemed kind of shy that i was staring and smiling at him so much. i couldnt hear billys guitar at all, so it was a little bit different to hear jeff and lisa in great detail (not to mention i'm not deaf!). it was kind of strange.

i would have rather been in the center with you guys, but i think it was a good change.

i actually left the show kind of sad knowing that the tour is over and i don't have much to look forward to for a few months. back to normal life again.


i hope to see you all soon.

thanks for picking the food up, davin!

hey, no worries. i was happy to do it.

i hear what you are saying about the pit. it was like there was pockets of energy here and there....but the whole thing wasn't crazy. of course me and my friends were at the center of our little pocket.

we were like 12-13 people back from the rail, in the center between billy and jeff (but closer to billy). i've really found this to be the best positioning because you can hear both billy and jeff's amps very well. (JRiordan -- basically the same positioning we had at Noblesville...just a little further back). and ginger's bass fills out very well so that doesn't really matter...other than the view. ;)

i was pretty lit at the show. :D many beers in the parking lot, many at the show (i remember spending at least $32 for 4 large ones)...plus some whacky tobaccy in the smoking section...and more in the pit. :smoke: and that only fueled my craziness in the crowd even more. people around us we're looking at me like i was nuts. and my voice was totally gone the next day. i really think i should be a personal cheerleader or mascot for the band. they could hire a bunch of us to tour with them and just be placed in different areas to help get the crowd going. i know my antics definitely helped people around me get into the show as well (i was practically leading a chorus or REVOLUTION during US). A blast was had by all.

'tis true. i am an old, old lady.
one of the reasons i picked that guitar for my tattoo; it's a 74 strat, I'm a 74 girl :)

yea, that tattoo was hot. :eek:

they could hire a bunch of us to tour with them and just be placed in different areas to help get the crowd going. i know my antics definitely helped people around me get into the show as well (i was practically leading a chorus or REVOLUTION during US. A blast was had by all.
Yeah!! I want to ask BC for season's passes for the next tour... maybe it can save me a little money! :smoke:

Well fuck. I didn't leave dallas til tonight. I just got a flat in waco, so I have to go 55 on a donut the whole way home to austin. I'm pretty sure everyone on i35 is gonna get pissed at me going so slow.
It could have been wose. The tire went flat because its literally splitting open... I'm not sure why. I'm just fucking glad it just went flat and didn't blow out..


FIX-A-FLAT. It saved us in Noblesville. :cool: srsly though, i drove home 3 hrs with a fix-a-flat tire...and then the next day drove 5 hours each way to detroit. well worth the risk for the first STRTJ this year and a last minute ticket upgrade. but anyway, if your tire was splitting it was probably too messed up.

anyway, point is i feel your pain. without knowing if it would hold we drove slow and stopped every 50miles just to make sure the tire was ok. so i'm glad you made it home safe...and i promise next time i'm in texas we will hopefully get a chance to grab a drink or something.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2276/2049387064_b5fa7bd277_o.jpg
i really wish i could've gotten some of sp that looked this good. Oh well, maybe next time :)



no offense, but this guy was the most flamboyantly gay drummer i have ever seen.

i think the look he was going for was "redneck george michael".

no offense, but this guy was the most flamboyantly gay drummer i have ever seen.

i think the look he was going for was "redneck george michael".


for as gay as the drummer was, the bass player was way gayer. at the austin show he had on polyester pants and some tight fitting shirt tucked in. he was straight out of miami vice.

strangely they were the two most talented people in that band.



beck wasnt bad though

yea, i would have definitely preferred EITS.

the drummer is like halfway between rory cochrane and scott foley... i think he's delicious :)...

yea, i would have definitely preferred EITS.
I couldn't agree more. I've seen ETIS a couple times and they always put on a great show.

I saw What Made Milwaukee Famous's setlist. The 2nd to last song "Decide" was awesome (mainly drum and bass). The last song was also pretty good. I was not into the beginning of their set, but I thought they ended very well. They got some good applause from up front too.

WMMF was hit or miss for me. Some songs (including "decide") I was really into, but a lot of their songs were decidely "meh". I enjoyed them more than some other openers I've seen though...

i really think i should be a personal cheerleader or mascot for the band. they could hire a bunch of us to tour with them and just be placed in different areas to help get the crowd going. i know my antics definitely helped people around me get into the show as well (i was practically leading a chorus or REVOLUTION during US). A blast was had by all.

Sign me up for the official cheering section ;)

I thought the REVOLUTION chant up front was pretty damn good, among the best I'd seen all year. I looked back once or twice and it seemed OK overall, but I can't say for sure. Though I picked WBFTT to open the show (I woulda gladly taken it at any point), United States is such a killer opener. Gets the blood boiling right away

Though I picked WBFTT to open the show (I woulda gladly taken it at any point), United States is such a killer opener. Gets the blood boiling right away
I win! :D

the drummer is like halfway between rory cochrane and scott foley... i think he's delicious :)...
yes! i thought the whole time, "who does that drummer remind me of?" and finally i figured it out, rory cochrane! isn't he from austin too?

WMMF was hit or miss for me. Some songs (including "decide") I was really into, but a lot of their songs were decidely "meh". I enjoyed them more than some other openers I've seen though...
i agree with you guys, hit or miss. There were at least two songs that i REALLY enjoyed. I actually got more video of them than of SP, mostly because I wasn't as concerned with rawkin' while they were on.

yea, that tattoo was hot. :eek:
thank you davin :)
it's just getting into the itchy stage... It's way bigger than I'd intended for it to be, it's taking some getting used to.

hehe, youre vintage! :)


oh the dirty ways i could spin billy fingering a '74 relic....


i think you just did ;)

Though I picked WBFTT to open the show (I woulda gladly taken it at any point), United States is such a killer opener. Gets the blood boiling right away

speaking of the setlist... before the pumpkins came out, when the setlist was taped to the floor by jeff's mic stand, my boyfriend was able to zoom in with the video camera, and we could read the first 5 or 6 songs! we started to read the first 2 or 3 outloud, and some people around us were saying "keep going!" and some people were saying "no! i don't wanna know!!" haha... so we stopped reading so as not to ruin the surprise.

good times.

hey fieldofdasies7, did you get that video footage upped? I'd love to see video shot from close up :)
thanks for doing that for everyone, by the way!

That's a great idea, man, and actually it's exactly what I was hoping would happen. The more different sources for different views of the show, the more interesting.

For example, I shot some video of the big screens (I think I got the entire performance of Perfect). It would be cool to occasionally switch to that, just to get a feel of different audience views.

Here are some screen caps of what I've got. No way are these high resolution, but they still look cool and would be good to use as filler on a DVD....

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:)
Awesome Pics...Were you in section 205?

Awesome Pics...Were you in section 205?
^yeah those are good pics, looks close 2 where i wuz sittin

we were like 12-13 people back from the rail, in the center between billy and jeff (but closer to billy). i've really found this to be the best positioning because you can hear both billy and jeff's amps very well.
It was definitely a cool thing for me to be *right* up front, hugging the rail for the first time (especially since I have a chronic case of "short" working against me)...but I have a feeling that this explains why all the guitars sounded much less defined amidst all the ambient hiss and noise than even they do in the Youtube video recordings (where they actually sound spot-on.) Same thing for the light show...it definitely looks waaay more mind-blowing when you're actually a bit back from the stage itself.

...plus some whacky tobaccy in the smoking section...and more in the pit. and that only fueled my craziness in the crowd even more. people around us we're looking at me like i was nuts.
I thought I smelled a hint of funky sweet at one point...
Also on several different occasions I saw something that looked a bit like mist cloud hovering about mid-right further back in the pit, but couldn't figure what in the hell it was because I didn't smell anything in the air at all. Was that you by any chance? ;)


WMMF was hit or miss for me. Some songs (including "decide") I was really into, but a lot of their songs were decidely "meh". I enjoyed them more than some other openers I've seen though...
Exactly. Perhaps it was just mounting excitement for the Pumpkins, but as their set progressed the songs seemed to get more interesting.

I thought the REVOLUTION chant up front was pretty damn good, among the best I'd seen all year.
DUR-DUR-DUR-DURN. HAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!
That part's so fun. I'm glad everyone seemed to catch on.

Oh so those security guys that had come to get me and bring me back..weird. One was like "you ARE very pretty, I can see why Billy likes you" and then told me something like "it's about showing some skin"..and I was like "uh..something like that?" haha, oh creepy men. Gotta love them.
Was it that smallish, young blonde dude with a pony tail? Before the show he was conversing with the two guys beside me in the pit, telling them about how women are able to get that ever-illusive "backstage privilege" while men are out of luck. LOL

I thought I smelled a hint of funky sweet at one point...
Also on several different occasions I saw something that looked a bit like mist cloud hovering about mid-right further back in the pit, but couldn't figure what in the hell it was because I didn't smell anything in the air at all. Was that you by any chance? ;)

lol, probably.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/TheJackyl/SP%202007%20Dallas/17134b08.jpg

Awesome photos! And u got one of me, I'm flattered :blush:

Was it that smallish, young blonde dude with a pony tail? Before the show he was conversing with the two guys beside me in the pit, telling them about how women are able to get that ever-illusive "backstage privilege" while men are out of luck. LOL

haha No but I know who you're talking about.
I believe that as far as security goes..the security guys are assigned certain positions for the night..some get in front of stage..some get backstage and so on. they are useless for the "backstage privilege" even though they like people to think they have some power. They would get fired in a heart beat if they let an "outsider" in back. When I was back there..the second I entered..some random security dude was like "who is this?!" in a rude tone, and then the security guy I was with said "this is Ashley" and then the rude one goes "oh ok." hahaa that was the coolest part to me. They were all proper to me with the "business" tone. Everyone working back there seemed completely superficial, fake, and like yes men. That must be what Hollywood's like???

happy thanksgiving everyone

anyone in dallas want to go to polyphonic spree? tickets go on sale tomorrow and i need to know if buying an extra ticket is worthwhile.

Here's some of the pics I got. After reading through alot of the comments I remember seeing alot of you there, especially after the show. I didn't know who anyone was or I would of said hello.

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Great photos. Looks like you were to the right and behind me a bit.

i keep looking for my head in these close-up photos, but i guess i'm too short.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/onerok/DSC03112.jpg


yikes! newly facelifted billy!

i'm sorry it's taking so long to get all my videos up! i got most of the show up, but there's still more. this is what i got up so far...

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=149ADF4E51A67CE6

i'll get the rest up asap. enjoy!! <3

those are great, thanks so much!!! :D

now i've gotta look over them and see if i can see billy tossing the pick that i caught, lol.

i'm sorry it's taking so long to get all my videos up! i got most of the show up, but there's still more. this is what i got up so far...

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=149ADF4E51A67CE6

i'll get the rest up asap. enjoy!! <3

awesome. video literally from my perspective. i hope you cant hear our conversations too much throughout.

you guys are the best!

Thank you for this!

Lucky 13... I'm speechless!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nELrBrNCX94&feature=PlayList&p=149ADF4E51A67CE6&index=10

glad you're all enjoying them! i also have a bunch of videos from the 10/21 show in philadelphia on youtube if anyone is interested in those. :)

youtube.com/fieldofdaisies77

i'm already craving another show!! i've gotta check over my finances and see if i can afford a trip to europe. haha!

no offense, but this guy was the most flamboyantly gay drummer i have ever seen.

i think the look he was going for was "redneck george michael".

lol.

he looks like a more rugged (?) brandon flowers, albeit with a rapidly retreating hairline, from that pic anyways.

fieldofdaisies7 and skipgo!
send me your video files!!!
:)
if anyone else out there has any video, even if it's a bunch of really short, crappy looking clips, please pm me!!!

if anyone else out there has any video, even if it's a bunch of really short, crappy looking clips, please pm me!!!

See also this:
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/membernews_2721

I was gonna contact the guy because he commented on his Google Video page that he would be happy to share the video with anyone, but I haven't done so yet.

thanks for the link!

sorry i haven't sent my clips to you yet; i'll send them tonight after work :)

thanks!
:)

Lucky 13... I'm speechless!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nELrBrNCX94&feature=PlayList&p=149ADF4E51A67CE6&index=10

woah... this is fucking great!

Dude .. do you ever want to gush about something really cool but you don't want to pry open the lid and say anything?

I feel like that. I've felt like that for a few weeks.
And I can't speak to anyone here about it, but you'd all be the ones who [I believe] would care the most.

GYARGH!!!!

well now that's really uncool to come here and say something like that. you know.

well now that's really uncool to come here and say something like that. you know.

i just don't want to jinx it.
almost seems too good to be true.

i just don't want to jinx it.
almost seems too good to be true.
oh?

tell mystery pumpkin shannon say's hi.

tell mystery pumpkin shannon say's hi.

so you saw before i edited?

oh?

oh, indeed.

i see all.

tell me tell me tell me

i hear the secrets that you keep







when youre talking in your sleep

mystery pumpkin?

anything to do with the new songs/release?

mystery pumpkin?

anything to do with the new songs/release?

Not at all. This is much more of a personal thing involving one of the current Pumpkins.

Great pictures and reviews, thanks.

Not at all. This is much more of a personal thing involving one of the current Pumpkins.

Is it something that Pumpkin fans would generally care about or is it as personal as something like ‘mystery pumpkin getting married/having a vasectomy/fill in the blank/etc’ type thing? Could you at least tell us who the mystery pumpkin is without giving away information?

Hmm...will we ever get to find out, at some point in the future? (And by your language, I assume this "event" hasn't happened yet...thus, why you are concerned you might "jinx" its future occurence or your taking part in it.) As long as we get to know at some point, that's all I care!

Hmm...will we ever get to find out, at some point in the future? (And by your language, I assume this "event" hasn't happened yet...thus, why you are concerned you might "jinx" its future occurence or your taking part in it.) As long as we get to know at some point, that's all I care!

lol ... i should have never said anything in the first place.

but yeah ... if something goes down i'll probably share.

i'll say this ... one of the pumpkins and i have found something in common and i might get to show them around austin in the near future. we'll see.

the drummer is like halfway between rory cochrane and scott foley... i think he's delicious :)...


he cooks, too:

http://cookingwithrockstars.com/artist/what-made-milwaukee-famous-jeremy-bruch


that video includes a couple of clips from then opening for the pumpkins


this one is actually from dallas. this the song where the singer broke a string and had the cluster fuck of cable tangling/mic dropping. oh, there we are netphorians...there we are. good shot of all of you at the end. im the oddly huge looking dude at the beginning and end in front of the bass player.

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i picked their record up for $3 if any of you want it. its fun

Not as embarassing as it could have been, LOL! I'd check out their album if you want to share it with me :)

oh dear. captured on film :erm:
i saw almost all of the early morning line folks there. That really tall guy near the middle (wasn't his name seth??) helped make sure I got in before all of the line breakers. Thanks, where ever you are!

oh and i wouldn't mind hearing their album. :)

Uh... this album is very enjoyable. :love:

i don't see me. very strange.

you were never there. it was all in your head.

i know it's been a while and some people might not be as interested anymore, but i'd still like to make a complete video for this show.
PLEASE send me your video if you have any. seriously. even if you think it's crappy. i've only gotten one source other than myself. i know there's a lot more out there.

hey i'm sorry i never sent you anything. I had a couple of really good close up short clips of drown and united states, but both were lost when my computer died soon after the show :( I didn't have a backup of them anywhere. I'm still pretty bummed about it.

but both were lost when my computer died soon after the show :( I didn't have a backup of them anywhere.

dang, i dont think i ever heard the final verdict on that :( that sucks, im sorry

i know it's been a while and some people might not be as interested anymore, but i'd still like to make a complete video for this show.
PLEASE send me your video if you have any. seriously. even if you think it's crappy. i've only gotten one source other than myself. i know there's a lot more out there.

did you try contacting TrustTheHex? he did a cam (maybe two?)

I listened to Zeitgeist the other day and thought back to what Billy said after the Dallas show:

If Bleeding the Orchid were on Siamese Dream, people would think it was a classic.

Well, there is more truth to that statement than I originally thought.

man i wanna see the band again :(

man i wanna see the band again :(

patience. just start saving your money or plan on going more into debt for the supposed era shows.

r plan on going more into debt for the supposed era shows.

that's my plan.

hope you've considered your kids before making such a plan...

of course not. why would i ever do something responsible like that? i was thinking maybe i could sell her on the black market in order to secure the funds.

I won't let you do that Skippy.

hey everyone... it's been a while! i don't check netphoria often enough. i just now saw the video that SlingeroGuitaro posted where you can see us all. it brought back memories. that was a fun time. (i was the girl in the "couple from new jersey" standing next to Slingero)

I just went to both NYC shows and the Atlantic City show. They were really great. But I've been to 6 pumpkins shows now, and I think the Dallas show was my favorite overall. I don't know if it was necessarily the best show.. or just being right up front... or just being with all of you fine people... but that was a damn good time.

Ok, now I also have to brag a little bit. I got to talk to Billy face to face after the 2nd show in NYC on 11/7. I waited outside with some other people, and usually I wouldn't even try to say anything to him because everyone tries to say something to him and why would he wanna talk to me, right??

well i had gone to the midnight screening of If All Goes Wrong the night before, so i jokingly said "hey, we were hoping you'd show up at the movie theater last night" and he laughed and said "yeah, that wasn't gonna happen"...

and then he walks over to me and said "did you go??" and i told him that a few of us went, and he asked me if i liked it, and of course i told him i loved it. but i was kinda at a loss for words. totally didn't expect him to look me in the eyes and talk directly to me.

for all the gals out there... he looked so damn cute. he was wearing a monkey hat with little ears.

ok, that's all for now. just had to share my story with people who care. :)

hope you're all doing fine and having fun!

<3 Sam