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Corgan Breaks Down Barriers With Solo Set
By Josh Love
Staff Writer
No matter how close we feel to them
through song, we nonetheless always
assume that there will be a certain
amount of distance, both physical and
emotional, between ourselves and our
larger-than-life musical heroes.
Videos, radio and arena tours only
reinforce this sense that rock stars exist
on some other
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erated that wall Saturday at the Cat’s
Cradle, and in the hearts and minds of
the roughly 700 diehard fans in atten
dance, such a wall w ill never exist again.
To promote the upcoming album
Machina/The Machines of God, the
Pumpkins recently embarked upon a
mini-tour of small venues, including a
last-minute Carrboro appearance.
On Friday, however, rumors began
circulating that neither drummerjimmv
Chamberlain nor bassist Melissa Auf
der Maur w ould appear for the perfor
mance. Saturday afternoon, the Cradle
announced that Corgan would perform
a solo acoustic concert that evening.
Sure enough, Corgan alone appeared
when the concert began, amid a chorus
of screams and adamant professions of
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love that would rival any arena-sized
assembly of teenvboppers. Eager to dis
pense the new material, Corgan deliv
ered lovely, stripped-down versions of
“I of the Mourning” and “Speed Kills.”
But the performance truly coalesced
when Corgan delved into the Pumpkins’
catalogue of hits for 1995’s “Bullet with
Butterfly Wings” - albeit a radically
altered acoustic rendition - in which he
mocked the song’s transformation with
a whispered “scream” at its climax.
The initial portion of the perfor
mance concluded with perhaps the
emotional high point of the evening, a
three-song medley that spanned a half
dozen years of songwriting genius.
Corgan began with the delicate “To
Sheila,” from 1998’s Adore, moved to the
haunting “Shame” from the same album
and then reached back to the classic
Siamese Dream-era outtake “Drown.”
Following a 20-minute break, Corgan
returned and introduced guitarist James
Iha to the adoring masses.
The pair then commenced with a
spirited mini-set that included a rousing
“Cherub Rock” and the instantly mem
orable “The Glass and Ghost Children.”
The purportedly tyrannical Corgan
even deigned to accompany Iha on “Be
Strong Now,” from Iha's solo album.
In fact, Corgan exhibited a frankness
and humanity throughout the evening
that substantially contradicted his per
ceived persona, even betraying a little
sheepishness when he flubbed the occa
sional lyric or guitar chord.
To culminate his image makeover,
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Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan performed an acoustic,
solo set at the last-minute concert at Cat's Cradle on Saturday night.
Corgan composed and performed a
song onstage with the assistance of three
audience members, a gimmick that
allowed Corgan to joke and converse
comfortably with his audience.
Fittingly, Corgan closed the show
with “1979,” his transcendent anthem of
youthful rebellion delivered with his
audience-member band in tow. As the
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all those years of worship from afar had
been repaid beyond anyone’s imagina
tion. “You and I should meet,” Corgan
implored to the crowd in the last song.
That night, we finally did.
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MUSIC
Cat’s Cradle. 300 E Main St, Carrboro. 9679053.
Go! Rehearsals Room 4.100 Brewer Lane,
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Local 506. 506 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill.
942-5506.
Skylight Exchange. 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St,
Chapel Hill. 933-5550.
Thursday, Feb. 24
■ Lambchop w/North Mississippi All-
Stars at Cat’s Cradle.
■ Outhouse Poets w/Eclectic Bastards at
Go! Rehearsals.
■ Bottom w/Leadfoot at Local 506.
■ Steve Logan at Skylight Exchange.
Friday, Feb. 25
■ 20 Miles w/Bandway and Bob Log 111
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■ Lud at Go! Rehearsals.
■ llonky-Tonka Rama featuring The
Chicken Wire Gang, the Carbines and
TWo Dollar Pistols at Local 506.
■ Joe Lithgo at Skylight Exchange.
Saturday, Feb. 26
■ The Connells at Cat’s Cradle.
■ All Scars at Go! Rehearsals.
■ Honkv-Tonka Rama featuring Trailer
Bride, Biliygoats, Drive-By Truckers and
Backsliders at Local 506.
■ N.C. Songwriters Co-op Writers Night
at Skylight Exchange.
Sunday, Feb. 27
■ Fear w/The Louts at Cat’s Cradle.
■ Seely w/Kingsbury Manx at Go!
Rehearsals.
■ Junk in the Dunk at Local 506.
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Swain Hail Studio 6, UNC campus. 960-4299.
FILM
■ “Sleepless in Seattle.” 9 p.m. today.
Carolina Union Auditorium.
■ “Die Mummy.” 7:30 p.m. Friday, 10 p.m.
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