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Re: List of albums which do not contain their title track

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Hi - I'm a little curious about your additions to List of albums which do not contain their title track. I can't find any evidence that Smashing Pumpkins ever sang songs called "Adore", "Gish", "Machina/The Machines of God", or "Machina II/The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music". The page makes it clear that it is for albums with titles that are the same as tracks which have been performed by artists, but which don't appear on the albums. If I'm wrong about those three tracks, fine, but if they don't exist, the albums shouldn't be there. Grutness...wha? 00:50, 1 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, I misunderstood what the page was about and removed the entries accordingly. --Aljohnston 02:18, 1 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Trivia sections

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Hello. Please try to avoid adding Trivia sections to music articles (see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music/MUSTARD#Trivia). The material you add can always be better integrated into the mainline of the text, as I have done for example on Landslide (song), Today (song), and 1979 (song). Wasted Time R 11:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC)Reply

Smashing Pumpkins song articles

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The Smashing Pumpkins Wikiproject

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Hey there! I noticed that you had a high amount of Smashing Pumpkins-related contributions, and was wondering if you'd consider joining the The Smashing Pumpkins Wikiproject, which is basically a Wikiproject centered around Smashing Pumpkins-related articles. Thanks! --Brandt Luke Zorn 04:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Rock music invitation

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Hello WikiProject Alternative music member.
WikiProject Alternative music, in my eyes, has proved to be successful "improving the encyclopaedic coverage of articles relating to alternative rock", and improving their quality as well. One specific example I have witnessed is The Smashing Pumpkins article. The page has gone from a mediocre work, to GA status, to FA nomination. Only appropriate, as the Pumpkins are undeniably one of the most influential alternative rock bands on the 1990's and beyond.
This is the stuff I wish to achieve with the somewhat recently ressurected WikiProject Rock music. I hope to also attract attention to rock music articles of all sorts, and hopefully change some to GA or FA status. I invite you to come join us, and not only be a member of alternative Wikipedians, but the rockin' ones as well.
Rock on.
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WikiProject Alternative music and sources

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As part of the Alternative music WikiProject, we're gathering a list of sources on this page. Could you take a look and perhaps add any written references you have access to? Thanks! CloudNine 10:02, 8 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Redesign

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I'm informing all of the members of The Smashing Pumpkins WikiProject that I recently redesigned and streamlined the WikiProject page (see here) based on Wikipedia:WikiProject Slayer and partially inspired by Wikipedia:WikiProject Alternative music. If anyone sees anything that needs tweaking, or if you think that the whole thing should be scrapped, say so here (btw, there's also an almost exact replica of what I'm telling you here at that location). Thanks, --Brandt Luke Zorn 00:59, 16 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Alternative music WikiProject newsletter

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 1 - April 2007
"There are shitloads of meaning in the songs. I don't know what they mean, but there's still meaning there." - Liam Gallagher
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Swidden, CattleGirl, UncleMontezuma, Dark Devil, RedHotRageSlave, Kudasai, Sjones23, Triviumchick1990 and Mr Richardson joined the alternative music ranks during April.

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Alternative music WikiProject newsletter

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 2 - May 2007
"I will most certainly not be wearing black and lipstick in 2011. That’s a guarantee." - Robert Smith
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Burnedthru, TommyStardust, Grovermj, KamrynMatika, Merzbow and Cbing01 all joined the alternative music fold during May.

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WikiProject Alternative music June 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 3 - June 2007
"I had a pair of cotton black pants, and I wore them every day for months. And Bill hung them outside the van 'cos they smelled so bad. And they flapped off on the highway. They were the only ones I had." - Michael Stipe
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Riana, Kyjb70 and Scarps joined the alternative music fold during June.

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WikiProject Alternative music July 2007 Newsletter

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Issue 4 - July 2007
"Thurston Moore? Is that your real name? I mean, give me a break. You made that up. That's a good one. Did you have a mom and shit like that?" - Gibby Haynes
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Killereditors, Xihix, M2Ys4U and Lostvalley joined the alternative music fold during July.

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WikiProject Alternative music August 2007 Newsletter

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 5 - August 2007
"The amount of time it took to get Morrissey onstage was getting longer and longer. There was this great game he'd play of wanting to be asked 15 times if it had been 14 the night before. Johnny was like, 'Let's rock!' and Mozzer would be 'Well, somebody's gotta ask me another seven times.'" - Andy Rourke
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Freaky4jesus32, Razorblade666, and Grim-Gym joined the alternative music fold during August.

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WikiProject Alternative music September 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 6 - September 2007
"It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child. I'm a big fucking spaz."- Dave Grohl
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User:Dihydrogen Monoxide and User:Connorhalsell joined the alternative music fold during September.

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WikiProject Alternative music October 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 7 - October 2007
"It's weird when you play a show somewhere and there's a disproportionate number of people backstage talking about how they're witches."- Trent Reznor
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Sorchah and Tarc joined the alternative music fold during October.

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WikiProject Alternative music November 2007 Newsletter

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Issue 8 - November 2007
"Personality. Personality. Personality. Personality>Personlaity>peporisnaitiu.Pelsonlaity>personality> PSoDURYW'OB>peojuiuauA>PRFIVGU-JSNN.;YN~CPJHOQA" ALFIHI-WUSAZ;/P ioy iqNLKH GZW IGDB." - Thom Yorke
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Cambrant, Chickpeaface, Atlantik and Thelastfetusdying joined the alternative music fold during November.

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WikiProject Alternative music December 2007 Newsletter

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 9 - December 2007
"He didn't really talk until he got his girlfriend, and somehow that jump-started his ego, and he went from 'I am Lou, I am nothing' to 'I am the greatest.' He just went ffffft, just flipped the scales. And then he started talking a lot. And then I was realizing from a lot of the things he was saying, 'Hmmm, maybe I don't like Lou.'"- J Mascis
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Pjoef, WeBuriedOurSecretsInTheGarden, Argezas, Pbroks13 and Paper Back Writer 23 joined the alternative music fold during December.

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WikiProject Alternative music January 2008 Newsletter

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 10 - January 2008
"I still have people come up to me like, 'I really, really liked your last record.' 'Oh, thanks!' 'Are you going to do "Loser" tonight?' I'm like, 'Look, I'm six foot six. Beck is five foot sex, all right?'"- Thurston Moore
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Skeeker, Dethzone, Sceptre, IN THE EFFIGY, Crislee 88, Grrrlriot and Indopug joined the alternative music fold during January.

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WikiProject Alternative music Newsletters

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 12 - March 2008
"Expressions of irony through clothing are very important.'"- Carlos Dengler
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New members

NewMarqueeDayMoonRising, Thundermaster, and SuperNeek joined the alternative music fold during March.

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 13 - April 2008
"God is in your scrotum!'"- Perry Farrell
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Arleach, Panic!out, N0tverycreative, and Gallagher2x2 joined the alternative music fold during April.

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 14 - May 2008
"I go to a fucking office and I write. I'm not one of these dickheads who opens a beer, high fives his mates and opens his mouth and shit pours out, which he then writes on a beer mat. It doesn't come easy."- Nick Cave
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Seraphim Whipp, Guitardude3600, Lunar Jesters, Kristmace, Freedom (song), TwentiethApril1986, JD554, Thom, and Sethward joined the alternative music fold during May.

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 15 - June 2008
"I've gotten into communication states with cats where I know I heard their voices in my head and we'd sit around and have conversations with each other. Like me and one cat there, one cat there and one cat there and I would sit there for like three hours talking to them before I realized 'I can't believe I've been talking to cats for three hours.'" - John Frusciante
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Fvasconcellos and Alternative_Idiot joined the alternative music fold during June.

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for July 2008

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 16 - July 2008
"We are the best band in the world....modestly the best band in the world." - Darren Middleton
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New members

Arbocalaviv, Samushi101, Carbonrodney, Red157, and dmodlin71 joined the alternative music fold during July.

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for August 2008

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 17 - August 2008
"Oh, we've been called an alternative band before. But we eat meat, so I think we're disqualified: chili dogs, corn dogs, Jimmy Dean Sausage Breakfast."- Kurt Cobain
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Corythepaperboy, Hiram111, Yozzer66, and Lugnuts joined the alternative music fold during August.

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for September 2008

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 18 - September 2008
"And suddenly the plane dropped to the right, then to the left, and the ground was right there. And all I could think was, Fuck, I didn’t finish "Fix You." That would have been my last thought: I didn’t get that chorus right."- Chris Martin
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ThinkBlue joined the alternative music fold during September.

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for October 2008

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 19 - October 2008
"When we were trying to sell 'This Corrosion' to Steinman, we said it was like the high point of a Borgia disco evening and he went for it. Nobody makes gloriously stupid records anymore."- Andrew Eldritch
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SanePsychotic joined the alternative music fold during October.

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for November 2008

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 20 - November 2008
"I had access to the most quality fanny available." - Jarvis Cocker
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A Stop at Willoughby and Trap The Drum Wonder joined the alternative music fold during November.

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for December 2008

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 21 - December 2008
"Anthony's a sex symbol. You see the thing is for the girls they're like 'oh Anthony he's so beautiful! And his muscles and his hair and oh golly he's so sexy!' but with me its like [with men] 'DUDE YOU'RE SO AWESOME...WOW DUDE. WOW!" - Flea
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Papa November and S. Dean Jameson joined the alternative music fold during December.

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for February 2009

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 23 - February 2009
"I want to find the guy that invented compression and tear his liver out. I hate it. It makes everything sound like a beer commercial." - Steve Albini
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New members

MikeGruz and Blackadam2 joined the alternative music fold during February.

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for March 2009

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 24 - March 2009
"I got a lot of shit for the Rolling Stone review of Reckoning because the guy really likes my guitar style and he wrote, 'on this record, Pete Buck does everything.' We'd stop for gas and it would be, 'Pete Buck does everything. Why don't you go pump the gas, Pete?'" - Peter Buck
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LizParker and Cavie78 joined the alternative music fold during March.

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for April 2009

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 25 - April 2009
"The other day I had these Jehovah's Witnesses come round to my house, and they tried to convince me that the Pope was the Devil's representative on Earth. So I told them that Jesus was the world's first communist. So they left. They were genuinely enraged.'" - Ian Brown
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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for May 2009

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 26 - May 2009
"Well, I remember hearing girls behind me in English class talking about turning 18 and being old enough to strip. It wasn't that weird at the time.'" - Brandon Flowers
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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for June 2009

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 27 - June 2009
"The only confusion was, I think we all thought they were women. Kim was obviously a woman, but they all had this shaved-headed, pretty, soft look. And there were lots of lesbian bands at the time, and we always got booked with them, so we just thought the Pixies were another, like maybe they were like angry divorcees or somthing that formed a band.'" - Kristin Hersh
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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for July 2009

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 28 - July 2009
"I rip off more fuckin' people than anyone in the world. I rip off my own rip-offs." - Jared Followill
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New members

Guitarherochristopher and Andrzejbanas joined the alternative music fold during July.

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WikiProject Alternative Music Newsletter for August 2009

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The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter
Issue 29 - August 2009
"We've been having lots of sex, and we're pregnant with the new baby already. It's vicious! It will have claws, like Freddy Kruger's lovechild.'" - Tom Meighan
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Dylan620, SteelersFan UK06, Guitarherochristopher and Thatguykalem joined the alternative music fold during August.

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