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Old 12-15-2013, 02:15 PM   #1
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Old 12-15-2013, 02:15 PM   #2
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It was at Robert Pollard's house in Dayton OH (GBV and locals vs Beasties and Corgan) and I came across some excerpts about it.

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Pollard has stated that he and the other members of GBV beat Beastie Boys and Billy Corgan in a basketball game. He also stated that Kim Deal and Kelley Deal were cheering for them during the game and that Steve Drozd was riding on a bicycle during the game.[1]
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Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins once stopped by when Lollapalooza was passing through town. Bob says he appeared perplexed that no on seemed to know who he was; but Corgan's tall, and his basketball skills, while ungainly, were not entirely lacking. He may have been taken aback, however, when one of the neighborhood kids, whom Bob often allowed to join in, commented on one of Corgan's jumpers: "That's an ugly shot!"
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Indie fame was a weird thing for Pollard, because no else on his block cared. He’d bring Billy Corgan over for basketball and the kids next door would throw rocks at him (true story).
This is pretty funny to me

 
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Old 12-15-2013, 02:24 PM   #3
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I feel like Nancy fucking Drew.

 
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Old 12-15-2013, 02:29 PM   #4
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We fucking smoked them – it was unfair. We claim we can beat any rock band in basketball, but we have to be able to use my brother. When we played the Beasties, it was make-it-take-it. So I’d dribble down the court, pass to my brother and he’d make it. Then we’d do it again. The Beasties had Billy Corgan on their team, too.

Oh, god. I just lost some respect for the Beasties.
He’s actually not that bad a player. He’s not good, but he’s tall and he can jump. We had been just watching those guys play, and we finally got drunk enough to have the balls to say, “We’ve got next game.” We were hanging around with the Flaming Lips and Kim and Kelley (Deal) – that was our group. And Kim and Kelley were like our cheerleaders, and Steve Drozd was riding his bike around the whole time. We were like a circus. When we first started playing, I had the ball, and Ad-Rock was guarding me. I kind of lost the ball, but I smacked it back to myself. But when I did that, the ball bounced up and hit him in the face. And he was like, “What the fuck, man? This is supposed to be a friendly game.” It started off on the wrong foot, but we ended up being friends with them. They’re good guys.

But are they good players?
Yeah, they’re good. They’re hustlers, but they shoot kind of funky. My brother and I come from the school of form, so we can tell who the real players are. But they know the game.

 
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Old 12-15-2013, 02:45 PM   #5
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Old 12-15-2013, 03:01 PM   #6
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Old 12-15-2013, 04:13 PM   #7
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Also learned that "Freedom Cruising" is a phrase used for drinking and driving. Not driving while drunk, mind you, but drinking while driving.

 
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Old 12-15-2013, 05:54 PM   #8
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wasn't there also an excerpt about how the deal sisters were being bratty and mocking corgan and it was throwing off his game - resulting in personal vendetta on congrans behalf

 
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Old 12-15-2013, 06:02 PM   #9
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that sounds familiar and very likely

 
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Old 12-15-2013, 06:32 PM   #10
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Belly's looking fine. College sports scholarship?







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Also learned that "Freedom Cruising" is a phrase used for drinking** and driving. Not driving while drunk, mind you, but drinking while driving.

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Old 12-15-2013, 07:35 PM   #11
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i went freedom cruisng on friday listening to trust. it was raining so i figured nobody would pull me over

 
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Old 12-15-2013, 07:39 PM   #12
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I just like the idea of neighborhood kids to throwing rocks at Billy for no real reason other than his vibe.

 
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Old 12-15-2013, 07:39 PM   #13
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This song's about smoking dope...

 
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Old 12-15-2013, 07:49 PM   #14
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Old 12-15-2013, 08:02 PM   #15
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hahaha

 
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Old 12-15-2013, 10:52 PM   #16
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i went freedom cruisng on friday listening to trust. it was raining so i figured nobody would pull me over
I like the idea of driving around listening to trust. I can't wait for their new album to drop.

 
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Old 12-16-2013, 12:45 AM   #17
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We fucking smoked them.

 
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Old 12-16-2013, 12:47 AM   #18
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was he balling the one on the left or the one on the right?

 
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Old 12-16-2013, 03:27 AM   #19
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Old 12-16-2013, 05:28 AM   #21
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Old 12-16-2013, 05:31 PM   #22
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I hate looking at that guy's face (the beastie boy)

 
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Old 12-16-2013, 07:03 PM   #23
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The look on his face makes me think Billy forgot to wear deodorant

 
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Old 12-16-2013, 08:19 PM   #24
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Adrock is so good at basketball that he wears flip flops when he plays.

 
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Old 12-25-2013, 01:13 AM   #25
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Old 12-25-2013, 01:40 AM   #26
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Too little too late

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 10:13 PM   #27
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that's a pretty impressive amount of songs on one stage, as it ended up.

 
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Old 12-30-2013, 10:20 PM   #28
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That video is the BuzzClip of our time I fucking hate it.

 
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