Adieu, for now

I’m taking a little vacation, so my posting here will be pretty much nonexistent for the next two weeks.  Salana, however, has promised to do some posts in my absence.  So enjoy whatever goodies she brings you until I get back!

Song Of The Day: Smashing Pumpkins “Siva” (plus some news)

I’ve been a bad music blogger!  How could I forget to mention the huge news that the Smashing Pumpkins are reissuing all of their earlier work?

I’m a big fan of the Pumpkins, at least the incarnation of the band before the breakup in 2000, so this is a big deal to me.  Will I buy these reissued albums?  I think I’ll probably shell out for at least the first three.  After that, I’m not sure.  I definitely want to get The Aeroplane Flies High, as it’s one of the few Pumpkins items I don’t own.  I think Gish  and Siamese Dream definitely deserve some remastering love. 

In honor of this awesome news, here’s today’s song of the day – Siva:

 

Reason # 3,078 why Henry Rollins is the coolest guy in the world

Henry Rollins recently gave his audience money because they were overcharged for their tickets.

How awesome is that? !  How awesome is Henry?!

Thanks to Crawdaddy for the story.

News and Links: 3/28/11

• Mashable has a list of 20 Essential Online Resources for Finding New Music.  Don’t we all need to do that?  I know I do.  Getting stuck in an artist rut is OK once in a while, but don’t let it linger too long.  I just wish Mashable had made more of a straightforward list of the resources.
• I’m currently listening to an online stream of Radiohead’s new album King Of Limbs and I really like it so far!  As always, it’s very intriguing and peaceful.  You can find the stream via A.V. Club.