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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Feb 14, 2023 ^^
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I grew up in Chicago, and in the 90's I owned a valet parking company. I had several accounts at night clubs and billy showed up one night, I believe he had a Ferrari, we talked outside for about 10-15 minutes, he was genuinely very nice to me, I play synthesizers and I asked him about his gear, what he likes, etc... He was super chill about all of it and it was something I will always remember.
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There are tons of reasons to give Corgan crap. Him supporting hometown/local businesses and organizations isn’t one of there. That’s probably one of the few redeeming stories I’ve heard about him.
One of my favorite Love quotes is when she said that the song was about a guy she hexed and his hair fell out then kicked into Violet.
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I live just outside Chicago, and I've visited his tea shop, Madame Zuzu's plenty of times.
I've never spoken to him, but I've seen him there on plenty of occasions. Despite Smashing Pumpkins playing a pretty important role in my life, he's always seemed incredibly busy or with his family, so it just never felt right. It was enough for me just to be hanging out in the area. Most of the time I see him ordering from his own place, chatting up locals, being a very nice person.
After the tragedy that struck Highland Park, the town where Madame Zuzu's is at, he went right to work with charity work to help the town.
He could have chosen to build some cash-in franchise style restaurant in the heart of the city like Michael Jordan, Mike Ditka, Jimmy Buffet, etc, etc. He could have cashed in on HIS name for himself. But he chose to build a small little shop that helped build up a community. I'm sure he could easily do both and it wouldn't be an issue- but the point is he could have just chosen to NOT do any of that.
But he supports local artists by USING his name to get people to check out bands/singers/artists that others might just walk right on past.
I don't doubt that Billy Corgan has probably ruffled some feathers in the past, but to me he seems like quite the class act.
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@rnrtruestories
1 year ago
Fan of The Smashing Pumpkins? Also, tomorrow is truly going to b a WTF kind of video...
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