MUSIC NEWS YOU CAN USE FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 23

"DISILLUSIONMENT" IS THE WORD FOR THE DAY...
FIRST UP...THE SMASHING PUMPKINS...
NOW, AS YOU KNOW, BILLY CORGAN HAS REASSEMBLED MOST OF THE PUMPKINS AND HAS THEM IN THE STUDIO RECORDING A NEW ALBUM. AND NOW DRUMMER JIMMY CHAMBERLIN IS TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS...
HE SAYS IT'S...(AND PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR AN AVALANCHE OF HYPERBOLE)"MUSIC THAT COMES FROM A PLACE SO PURE, IT WILL BURN THE LIES OFF THE VERY SOULS OF THOSE WHO TRY TO DISCOUNT IT."
AND YES...CHAMBERLIN DOESN'T STOP THERE..."WE HAVE ARRIVED AT A PLACE IN OUR LIVES WHERE TRUTH AND HONESTY PREVAIL."
HERE'S THE DEAL JIMMY, WE DON'T REALLY CARE WHERE YOU'RE CREATING FROM. JUST AS LONG AS THE NEW ALBUM ISN'T AS BAD AS "MACHINA/THE MACHINES OF GOD"...

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OH, AND SPEAKING OF DISILLUSIONMENT, FAMED SONGSMITH LINDA PERRY (YEAH...YOU KNOW THE LADY WHO WROTE "WHAT'S GOING ON?")IS HELPING COURTNEY LOVE PRODUCE HER NEXT ALBUM. AND IF YOU WANNA KNOW JUST HOW OUT OF TOUCH SHE IS, WELL, GET THIS. SAYS PERRY..."Courtney Love's name should be right next to Bob Dylan when they say best lyricist of all time."
I'VE GOT TOO MUCH BILE IN MY MOUTH TO COME UP WITH A PROPER PUNCHLINE.

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ONE ARTISTS WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY "DESERVE" AN INFLATED SENSE OF SELF IS BRITT DANIEL. THE SPOON FRONTMAN IS NOT ONLY FEATURED PROMIENENTLY ON THE SOUNDTRACK TO THE UPCOMING WILL FARRELL MOVIE, "STRANGER THAN FICTION," BUT HE SAYS HIS BAND IS HALFWAY FINISHED WITH THEIR NEXT ALBUM. THE RECENT PORTLAND TRANSPLANT SAYS SPOON IS EYEING AN APRIL OR MAY RELEASE FOR THE FOLLOW-UP TO "GIMME FICTION"...

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AND FINALLY...
DID YOU REMEMBER WHO'S BIRTHDAY IT IS TODAY? WELL, HERE'S A HINT: HE'S TINY, HE'S BLACK, AND IF YOU TOUCH HIS BUTTONS JUST THE RIGHT WAY...HE'LL MAKE YOU SMILE...
NOPE. NOT GARY COLEMAN. NOT LITTLE WEBSTER.
I'M TALKING, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, ABOUT YOUR IPOD.
THE TINY GADGET TURNS FIVE TODAY, AND IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, THE JOY THIS TINY LITTLE OBJECT HAS BROUGHT TO YOUR LIFE IS IMMEASURABLE. FROM MAKING WORKOUTS MORE SUFFERABLE, TO DROWNING OUT OBNOXIOUS PEOPLE ON CELL PHONES DURING YOUR COMMUTE,
MY IPOD IS MY FRIEND, MY PARTNER IN CRIME...AND MY SECRET CONFIDANATE...
I MEAN, WHO ELSE KNOWS I REALLY REALLY LIKE "CAPTAIN AND TENILLE"...