I wanted to make a point of attending a live rock show at some point during the semester (a pithy attempt at fieldwork, perhaps). I’m not really the concert-goer-type, so I had to select my first real rock experience carefully. I chose the Smashing Pumpkin’s Zeitgeist tour (Normal, IL 10/04/07) and hoped for the best. [...]
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Who are you? Person vs. Persona at a Live Rock Show
Posted in Zeitgeist, performance persona on October 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Zeitgeist: Rock’s Comeback-Kid
Posted in Zeitgeist on September 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
People v. Billy Corgan
People magazine certainly has its place in popular culture, perhaps best as a representative of general “mainstream” opinion. In the issue published on July 16, 2007, Chuck Arnold writes a review of the Smashing Pumpkins’ new album Zeitgeist. In his review, he makes three main points: “it’s not a real reunion” (the [...]
