Corgan and Company Release Documentary, But I’d Rather Have Another Book of Poetry

Okay, I got a joke. What does Billy Corgan and Charlie from Flowers for Algernon have in common? They both went from brilliant to phenomenally stupid in a short period of time.

Tracing the trajectory of Billy Corgan would be like trying to find Bin Laden -- all over the place. Here you have a man who went from sporting groovy polyester shirts, rockin' out balls to the wall, and writing masterpieces like Siamese Dream, to coming back from outer space with a shiny head, ghoulish veneer, black tunic, and moon boots; his ability to write music unfortunately decimated upon entering the chrono-synclastic infundibulum. Then, dude breaks up his band, buddies up with Dave Pajo, decides he hates Dave Pajo, sues whoever comes into the cross hairs, blogs his entire life with with Jim Jones-worthy quotes ("I am happy to be a warrior of light and universal logic if I am fighting for the good in us"), and more recently toured with a band called Smashing Pumpkins that is not actually Smashing Pumpkins, which included residency shows that took place very far from their home base of Chicago, despite Billy's full page "omg I love you Chicago" letter he purchased in the Sun Times. Someone should seriously shoot a documentary about Corgan and title it "Lolocaust."

Alas, that's not in the works. However, you can catch a new documentary called If All Goes Wrong. Go on and insert your own punch line on the name. If All Goes Wrong chronicles the aforementioned San Francisco and Asheville residency shows that took place in the summer of 2007, as well as fun-for-the-whole-family backstage antics with Pete Townsend, who is evidently one of three people actually stoked on Zeitgeist. The 105-minute limited release doc arrives on the big screen for one day, November 6, in 40 cities across the U.S. You can locate the closest screening to you at the film's official site. All show times are 8 PM local time.

Can't make it on that date? No worries, as the 2-disc DVD subsequently drops the following week on November 11. In the meantime, instead of seeing what Iha and D'arcy are up to and how much money they want, like he should be doing, Billy and the boys will be celebrating the group's 20th anniversary with this fall's extensive tour (TMT News). For your consideration, I've taken the time to include the black hole sun white thunder horse voodoo glow skulls shoop-da-woop set lists of each concert

10.26.08 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre (Bridge School Benefit)
11.01.08 - Cleveland, OH - Palace Theatre
11.03.08 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall ("Black Sunshine")
11.04.08 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall ("White Crosses")
11.06.08 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre ("Black Sunshine")
11.07.08 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre ("White Crosses")
11.08.08 - Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata
11.11.08 - Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall ("Black Sunshine")
11.12.08 - Washington, DC - DAR Constitution Hall ("White Crosses")
11.14.08 - Boston, MA - Wang Center ("Black Sunshine")
11.15.08 - Boston, MA - Wang Center ("White Crosses")
11.16.08 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
11.18.08 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre ("Black Sunshine")
11.19.08 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre ("White Crosses")
11.21.08 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre ("Black Sunshine")
11.22.08 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre ("White Crosses")
11.26.08 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
11.30.08 - San Diego, CA - RIMAC Arena
12.02.08 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre ("Black Sunshine")
12.03.08 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre ("White Crosses")

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