As you may be well aware, I am skipping out on the Pearl Jam tour taking place this year because it is just too dang expensive for me to justify it. However, Smashing Pumpkins just announced another leg of their tour, and they’re actually coming to Reno! So not only do I not have to travel for a concert, the tickets are also cheaper.
Now, Pearl Jam ticket prices are over double the base price of Pumpkins tickets, but The Smashing Pumpkins are playing more than double the amount of shows, don’t have the fees added into the listed ticket price, and are also offering several VIP tiers for sale. It may also be worth mentioning, that the venue they’re playing in Reno has at least two-thirds fewer seats for sale than the Sacramento venue.
So, I had a Pearl Jam podcast, and that means I have them pumping in my blood. The Pumpkins, however, are a band that I also would like to give the same track-by-track pod treatment to, but I would have to put in a little bit more research. Not only do they have a larger catalogue than Pearl Jam, but I haven’t spent as much time with their post-reunion material as I have their classic stuff. The knee-jerk response to that would probably be because it’s not as good, but that’s only if you want your musical favorites to never change and mature.
And if there’s one thing The Pumpkins are good at, is changing1.
So, in order to give myself a little writing assignment to keep up with generating content, and to make sure I’m not standing there in the pit like a goober when they bust out a song that’s not old enough to drink yet, I’m going to listen to those albums and try to give them a fair shot.
They will probably stick to the hits when they’re playing their shows with Green Day, but who knows what they’ll do when they’re the singular draw?
Well, they do it a lot — I shouldn’t go so far as saying that they’re good at it.