Stereogum's Lolzeitgeist Photo Contest
For those of you who haven't heard the story yet, last week some overzealous fans broke into the studio where the Smashing Pumpkins were recording and stole some of what is believed to be the album art for Zeitgeist. The photos were then leaked to Netphoria, a Pumpkins fansite, but Corgan and Co. were not happy, management got involved, and the perps soon found themselves in jail. The photos were also deleted, but not before some intrepid fans were able to describe them for posterity (via P4K):
Talk about zeitgeist! No confirmation that this is the actual album art (could be Jimmy Chamberlain's vacation photos, for all we know), but really, is this the most biting social critique they could come up with? Musicians hate the President? Nothing new there. Corporate America is the devil? We get it. Paris Hilton is overexposed? Way to shine a light, Pumpkins! Next thing you know they're going to tell us that Billy Corgan likes tits and hoodies. The only thing missing here is a picture of two parents dressed as Dick Cheney, one pointing at a mountain labeled "homework" and the other tearing up a piece of paper that says "PARTY!!"
- Paris Hilton posing in front of a backdrop of a bomb exploding
- The Grim Reaper standing at a podium emblazoned with the Seal of the President of the United States, in front of a black and white Smashing Pumpkins flag
- A person in a business suit wearing a devil mask and being crucified
- Five blonde children saluting
- Close-up of Billy Corgan in a hoodie
- Billy Corgan in a hoodie, standing next to a woman with no shirt on
And so, as industrious Pumpkins fans, we decided to come up with our own Zeitgeist artwork...
Why mess around with tired liberal fantasies when you can have Lolpumpkins! So cute, so funny, so much less pretentious! (Update: sarah g says her friend started doing i can has corgan? a bit back, but they had nothing to do with lyrics. this one is great. good stuff, sarah g's friend drew.)
Here's the contest: grab your best Billy pic, and add your favorite lolpumpkin-ed lyric. Bonus points if you can use elements of the "stolen" photos, or the photos themselves. Mega bonus if you use all the elements of the stolen photos (a choir of boys with devil horns salutes the grim reaper while topless Paris Hilton clubs a baby seal wearing a hoodie. Caption: "Me's killer in me is you's killer in you"). No size requirements, no prizes- just send 'em to tips at stereogum dot com. Just the respect of your fellow readers, and our undying love. We're gonna post the best submissions on Friday, so get 'em going.
Posted at 6:00 PM in Photoshop This!
Tags: The Smashing Pumpkins
Does somebody want to rapidshare link those photos on here or what? They sound so lame I want to see them
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http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/12313547.html
the pictures can be seen here, do not know how long they will stay there
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If those same pics were Arcade Fire related, this site would be proclaiming them to be art on a grand scale.
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uh dudes...my buddy drew started doing this a couple months ago. i feel a little bit burned on his behalf. but he relies on emotions, not lyrics.
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gotta go back 2 pages to see the cogan lolz.
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sarah g has a point: http://bp2.blogger.com/_9oio0Uh5uqQ/RgtLsIi5uaI/AAAAAAAAAC8/v6QaJjTw-Ns/s1600-h/rane.jpg
http://bp1.blogger.com/_9oio0Uh5uqQ/RgoHpIi5uRI/AAAAAAAAAB0/uJsK9lrqw6k/s1600-h/space.jpg
http://bp0.blogger.com/_9oio0Uh5uqQ/RgtJ4oi5uUI/AAAAAAAAACM/hskOF_6R39M/s1600-h/uflavur.jpg
http://bp3.blogger.com/_9oio0Uh5uqQ/Rgn4j4i5uII/AAAAAAAAAAs/DVEiySHj8QU/s1600-h/handsjobs.jpg
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thanks, dudes.
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What's he supposed to be on that fourth link in Jim's post... Neo? Or Morpheus? Or something totally unrelated.
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it's an old pic from before you were born, rochelle. pre-zwan.
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Oh well. Maybe they were trying to look like him. HA! Not likely.
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I think it's so..odd...that the two new Smashing Pumpkins are both originally from old, pseudo-christian rock bands that I use to listen to. The world keeps turning.
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I didn't think lolcats/cat macros were that big of a thing, and yet... I keep seeing 'em!
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haha at bp. They DO slurp Arcade Fire here.
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So let me get this straight...Interpol decides to do a photo shoot at the national history museum and the Arcade Fire takes pics with a synchronized swim team, and both of these are considered brilliance? Give me a break Gum. Don't succumb to that indie snob culture we all hate so much.
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Yeah, I get sick of reading about how the same old people are always so great. There's more out there than that; Stereogum just picks their favorites. Not that they don't have the right, since it's their site, but I wish they would pick someone different for a change.
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Yeah good point. Why don't you write about shit you don't like Gum? You should be an Equal Opportunity liker - quit liking shit that's good and start liking stuff that sucks. Quit using your own website to post about stuff that is good/cool. Let us, the reader, tell you what to write about. That way everyone is happy.
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rochelle, you have some nerve to criticize, considering that you comment incessantly on every single post. i could only hope that you get sick of it enough that you find another forum for your pointless and grating commentary.
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spot on
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Arcade Fire wouldn't do something as lame as this. Yawn.
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TK, you found me out, you glorious bastard!
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What did we do to deserve those photos? Like, I honestly want to know. If high school Liam could see those photos, he'd be crying.
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The Arcade Fire suck my balls.
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Shit, there will always be pretentious indie snobs. There will always be blogs that pick favorites and ignore other fantastic artists.
You say this is bullshit? You're absolutely right. Go start a blog and do better.
No sarcasm intended here. I'm serious- good music blogs make the world a better place.
Just don't be a douche in post comments. This doesn't make you witty or cool, contrary to what you may have thought.
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