

'AEGEA' UPDATE
'AEGEA' 2nd PRESSING SHIPMENTS ARE GOING OUT!


AEGEA-RAVINIA-ADORE VINYL UPDATE
© KRISTIN BURNS For the casual observer, here are some facts to report. First, all 1st pressings of AEGEA have been shipped, with assembly and shipping of pressing 2 to begin tomorrow. Also, MadameZuzus.com reports that in less than 24 hours, all the copies of ADORE on vinyl they’d ordered have indeed sold out. But if you’re looking for a standard copy of the original, yet remastered cd, never fret, as pre-order copies are now up and available for purchase. Supplies though ar
A POST-AWARD INTERVIEW WITH BC FROM THE AP AWARDS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnPfdSZk0sM#t=73


MEMORABILIA MONDAYS / RARE ZWAN PRE-RELEASE COPY
From BC: "Yes, there are those things that I don't even have, and this is one of them. But what tops that is that I've never even seen one of these, and whatever that press release is that it came with was certainly not approved by yours truly. Oh, and don't forget this nugget: "And How can we be sure that the album won't be leaked before hand?" I asked. Warner's Rep: "Oh, it will be watermarked. That means if someone does leak the album, we'll know exactly who!" Fast forward


SONGS AND MORE SONGS/BC UPDATE
photo credit: Drew Reynolds www.drewreynolds.com Began RAVINIA solo show practice today in earnest, The Shredder and I having taken a few days off post-MTAE madness. And I must admit, pulling up to work today I felt that particular shudder one gets when returning to the scene of ‘something:’ be it trauma, dramas, or rot and roll. Writing that, a word for the wordly: a like my job, and my health is good; as is life. So please don’t read between the lines too much on the jokes


ABC NEWS: TOMMY LEE TALKS BILLY CORGAN + DRUMMING ON NEW ALBUM 'MONUMENTS TO AN ELEGY'
LINK TO ARTICLE HERE: http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2014/7/28/billy-corgan-loves-tommy-lee-and-the-feeling-is-mutual.html


AEGEA UPDATE
'The coloured AEGEA, 1st press has finally arrived!


‘HELLO, IT’S ME’/AN ADORE-AEGEA-RAVINIA-RESISTANCE PRO-AP AWARDS-MONUMENTS TO AN ELEGY-DAY FOR NIGHT
Hello, everyone! Yes, it’s me again, blustering away…. I’ll start first with last night’s AEGEA event, which though sparsely attended was quite affable and featured a short, one hour ‘impressions’ on AEGEA set on The Music Machine Modular. Now, for posterity’s sake, let me say that if I’d announced there’d be live music I think (as before) we would have been inundated with requests and the like for reserved seating, advanced info, and so on. But it’s not always easy to strike


RESCUE FRIDAYS! HENRY!
One of the resident cats at Whisker Woods Sanctuary (an animal sanctuary in Australia) ‘Henry’ was found living in a drain at a local KFC drive-through, he was skinny, sick and wild when I found him but after some care and meds he turned into a total smooch pot. -- Please submit photos and a little bio of your rescue animals to mrthomandsammi@gmail.com and we will select one special rescued animal to post on 'THE PANOPTICON' every Friday! Meow. Oh and follow us on twitter. me


RAVINIA TICKET GIVEAWAY ADDED TO ZUZU’S AEGEA RELEASE PARTY
Two pairs of tickets have been added to tonight’s raffle, as additional prizes to the planned giveaway of the lone copy of WPC’s ‘MUSIQUE CONCRETE’ installation, as well as AEGEA #501; the first press from edition 3; signed and personalized. The tickets have been offered in the buildup to Billy’s much-anticipated RAVINIA solo show, as of this writing his only scheduled concert for 2014. The unique set, which will feature a ‘MELLON COLLIE SUITE’ to honor the 20-year anniversar