As for the customs that have grown up around Halloween, it would seem that carving pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns is an American innovation. The Scots and Irish used turnips. Pumpkins, which are native to North America, turned out to be larger and easier to carve. Trick or treating seems ...
Ashoka Weerakkody’s haiku summarized a local rumor about the tree of lies, “a pacha tree which stood for decades in front of the central employment exchange office by the Colombo Fort Railway Station in Ceylon.” The haikuist explained that politicians stood there on wooden soap boxes shouti...
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Upon hearing of Presley's death,Smashing PumpkinsfrontmanBilly Corgantweeted, "There is heartbreak and then there is sorrow. This would be sorrow and on more levels than I can count. Please send your prayers out for her family and children at this difficult time. I truly cannot find the ...
Smashing Pumpkinswill embark on an extensive North American tour this summer with support on various dates from Stone Temple Pilots, Rival Sons and Interpol. The World Is a Vampire tour kicks off with a pair of shows in Las Vegas on July 28 and 30, followed by amphitheater concerts across ...
Pearl Jam, Nirvana, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins. "And in Britain, Tricky is wonderful, PJ Harvey is extraordinary. The context and atmosphere of it all is tremendous. I think rock music's got strong legs at the moment. It's really bloody exciting."...
In an interview with Howard Stern, the Smashing Pumpkins singer said "sort of kind of went out" with Simpson. Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson Danny E. Martindale/Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson ...
In an interview with Howard Stern, the Smashing Pumpkins singer said "sort of kind of went out" with Simpson. Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson Danny E. Martindale/Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson ...