Rug Dancing, vol. 2

I heard once that Americans consume more calories in the months between Thanksgiving and New Years than the rest of the year combined. This makes sense for alot of reasons, the least of which being (for us hearty Northeasterners) that it is really, REALLY cold outside. It's definitely not the season for leisurely strolls. When you go outside, it is equipped and with purpose. When you walk, you move. Now, I just recently got an ipod (I hear they are all the rage with "the kids" these days), and this most recent album by the Smashing Pumpkins (aka, Billy Corgan & Jimmy Chamberlain) has gotten me through both the shopping season and other the winter walking that I have had to do. It actually makes me want to go out in the cold and walk around for an hour. This is the kind of album that you haven't heard from Corgan since "Siamese Dream." The melodies are catchy and unexpected, the guitars are huge and shredding, and the drums, my god, the drums. Jimmy Chamberlain is the rock upon which Zeitgeist is built. The lyrics aren't profound or mind-blowing- they sound alot like the way I remember they did in junior high, only then they were both profound AND mind-blowing, so I guess it's 5 o'clock somehwere. If you still need convincing, check out the track "Bleeding the Orchid," my favorite track. You may have already heard "Doomsday Clock" on the Transformers soundtrack, and you know Optimus Prime can't be wrong.