Welcome back for a shiny new episode of Once Every Two Weeks. This week, Mark & Thom start off with a catchup, Mark talking about his nephew named after Billy Corgan, seeing MC Hammer live, and Mark's brother John rubbing in that he saw the Counting Crows with Dashboard Confessional and how great DC was, before diving into the enigmatic and often misunderstood sixth studio Smashing Pumpkins album, Adore.

Show note

00:01:18 - Catchup

00:01:40 - Happy Birthday, Billy Ricks!

00:02:16 - Mark sees MC Hammer

00:04:57 - Mark tells Thom how much cooler his brother John is than Thom because when he saw the Counting Crows, Dashboard Confessional played and it was awesome.

00:05:31 - Mark & Thom's Smashing Pumpkins history

00:07:28 - Adore drops

00:09:46 - Jim Kraszinski and Paul Thomas Anderson influence how we talk about albums

00:10:55 - Where Billy Corgan's background and where he was during the Adore years

00:13:59 - Forming of the Smashing Pumpkins and introducing James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Jimmy Chamberlin, and Jonathan Melvoin.

00:18:57 - Jonathan Melvoin's death and Jimmy Chamberlin's exit lead to a the Pumpkins going full-circle 

00:35:29 - To Sheila

00:41:15 - Ava Adore

00:43:45 - Perfect

00:46:54 - Daphne Descends

00:48:07 - Once Upon a Time

00:49:52 - Tear

00:50:54 - Crestfallen

00:52:10 - Apples + Oranjes

00:53:28 - Pug 

00:54:52 - The Tale of Dusty and Pistol Pete

00:55:21 - Annie-Dog

00:56:05 - Shame

00:57:35 - Behold! The Night Mare

00:59:27 - For Martha 

01:00:24 - Blank Page

01:02:06 - 17

01:04:46 - Reflections & final thoughts

01:05:45 - Thom's top 3

01:06:07 - Mark's top 3

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