View Full Version : Re: Jimmy
Osceana
10-31-2007, 01:23 AM
I was at the hospital the other day (i had pink eye) and a guy told me that the easiest way to get seen right away, no questions asked, was to tell them you were experiencing chest pains. Apparently they don't fuck around with that stuff....
I really, really, really hope Jimmy is okay. I'm hoping this is just more serious than it sounds. Even if they have to stop doing SP, i just hope he's okay. Fuck the Pumpkins, his life is more important.
Rotting Apples
10-31-2007, 01:29 AM
Shit, I think we all hope he's ok as well. This isn't something to fuck around about.
Cool As Ice Cream
10-31-2007, 03:38 AM
wtf is this about?
Steven
10-31-2007, 03:49 AM
Pumpkins canceled the two Atlanta shows (Oct. 30 and 31) because Jimmy is apparently in the hospital with chest pains.
Cool As Ice Cream
10-31-2007, 03:51 AM
david bowie had pain in his shoulder and kept touring and then he had to be rushed to the hospital for a bypass. a couple of days before i was going to see him.
will you be ok, rose?
Drevpile
10-31-2007, 04:54 AM
any more news...
Osceana
10-31-2007, 04:58 AM
david bowie had pain in his shoulder and kept touring and then he had to be rushed to the hospital for a bypass. a couple of days before i was going to see him.
will you be ok, rose?
If Jimmy is okay, i'll be fine. This really kind of took the wind out of my sails.
As far as my pink eye is concerned, it's gone (FINALLY). I was worried it was going to stay that way forever and i was going to go blind, but i'm not. Thanks for asking.
Cool As Ice Cream
10-31-2007, 06:08 AM
about the pink eye: is this a red eye (where it's supposed to be white) or an infected eyelid?
blackeyedAngel
10-31-2007, 07:26 AM
I'm hoping this is just more serious than it sounds.
you might want to rephrase that. (sorry, blame it on my editing class.) :)
hmmm...hopefully, it's just that jimmy knew that was the way to get in faster? i doubt it. damn, this really sucks. i really hope he's okay.
I am not sure if I believe this or not, but some guy is claiming that Jimmy overdosed (I was sent this by a friend on facebook):
http://jonathanjaxson.blogspot.com/2007/10/exclusive-smashing-pumpkins-cancel-due.html
Osceana
10-31-2007, 03:16 PM
you might want to rephrase that. (sorry, blame it on my editing class.) :)
Yeah, i know. :\ I was caught up in the moment.
Osceana
10-31-2007, 03:18 PM
I am not sure if I believe this or not, but some guy is claiming that Jimmy overdosed (I was sent this by a friend on facebook):
http://jonathanjaxson.blogspot.com/2007/10/exclusive-smashing-pumpkins-cancel-due.html
SIGH
You never get over heroin. I just hope this isn't true.
I hope so too. It seemed like Jimmy had really put his life back together over the past 7 years or so, I hope this is just some overzealous guy looking for 'dirt' and just assuming this to be true.
juicechaser
10-31-2007, 03:37 PM
Uh, wasn't Atlanta where he managed to get a shit ton of drug connects and go missing for weeks at a time while they were recording Siamese Dream?
Drevpile
10-31-2007, 04:07 PM
...Jimmy overdosed
not a chance
Asher
11-01-2007, 01:18 AM
Might as well skip past this post because this is more for myself and jimmydrevpile.
I looked up to him when I was 16, especially when he first cleaned up. Glad to see him trying to get his life back in order.
:cry:
Listening to "Stellar" is making me depressed.
I don't have any official sources, but my friend who directed me to that article in the first place said that apparently Jimmy's clean, and some guy at the venue apparently said that they called him into the hospital when we wouldn't wake up. I am not sure what source they have, perhaps people they know or other message boards, not really sure. But they speculated that Jimmy was probably stressed out as a result of Billy the past few days. My friend had went to some of the Philadelphia shows, and Billy was almost falling off the stage at one of the shows, forgetting words to 1979, and he told people that the show the next night would be better. Can anyone confirm this? Sounds like Billy might have been drunk if that was the case.
CrestfallenAlex
11-01-2007, 05:56 AM
Yeah, I bet.
SlingeroGuitaro
11-01-2007, 06:30 AM
he has sleep apnoea
The Sellout
11-01-2007, 07:28 AM
he has sleep apnoea
i'd call this the more likely answer.
Maybe the're exhausted, maybe the schedule and playing 3 hours a night is too much for 70+ shows, sort of in a row.
Exterior Muffinz
11-01-2007, 08:29 AM
He's played Superchrist too many times.
SlingeroGuitaro
11-01-2007, 08:38 AM
Maybe the're exhausted, maybe the schedule and playing 3 hours a night is too much for 70+ shows, sort of in a row.
hardly 3 hours any more.
but still.
Cheryl K
11-01-2007, 08:46 AM
My friend had went to some of the Philadelphia shows, and Billy was almost falling off the stage at one of the shows, forgetting words to 1979, and he told people that the show the next night would be better. Can anyone confirm this? Sounds like Billy might have been drunk if that was the case.
I didn't think he was a drinker.
Drevpile
11-01-2007, 03:39 PM
nor did i...
although there's been no official announcement yet - most/all of the shows seem to have been or are being rescheduled. So at least Jimmy is ok, yay! :)
Dreamdanze
11-01-2007, 03:59 PM
Jimmy we hope that you feel better :)You're the heartbeat to SP after all.
What's this Bullshit about drugs and alcohol? Give us a break guys. I don't care who the hell you are the human body can only take so much, before you land on your ass. These guys have been playing real hard. I saw them both in Asheville and Philly, they rocked. Yes, everyone seemed slightly more mellow/tired in Philly but they put on one heck of a show. As for the other nonsense group. There has to be something better going on in your lives than to sit around gossiping like a bunch of old hags.
Don't you remember how excited you were when you heard that SP was getting back together, and putting out a new album?
I hope that Jimmy feels better soon. There isn't a better drummer out there:) I'd like to imagine that SP will slow down a little and enjoy the ride for along time to come.
Cool As Ice Cream
11-01-2007, 04:17 PM
But they speculated that Jimmy was probably stressed out as a result of Billy the past few days. My friend had went to some of the Philadelphia shows, and Billy was almost falling off the stage at one of the shows, forgetting words to 1979, and he told people that the show the next night would be better. Can anyone confirm this? Sounds like Billy might have been drunk if that was the case.
maybe they invented the jimmy story. and billy is the one that is not able to play.
Osceana
11-01-2007, 04:58 PM
"THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced the rescheduling of five shows after drummer JIMMY CHAMBERLIN was admitted to a hospital after experiencing some chest discomfort.
Chamberlin was taken to an Atlanta hospital Tuesday (10/30) and was given an angiogram which revealed a partially blocked artery. He rested at the hospital overnight and was released Wednesday (10/31).
Says Chamberlin: "The good news is that my heart checked out. No damage. Basically a small build up of plaque on one of my arteries. This combined with stress, fatigue and all of the other good things that go along with being on tour was the cause of my pain. So obviously we had to postpone the end of the tour while I recover. It should only be a week or so until JC is ready to rock again." See below for all of Jimmy's thoughts that he expressed to fans at www.smashingpumpkins.com."
Good....i guess?
jack-o-lantern
11-01-2007, 05:07 PM
So obviously we had to postpone the end of the tour while I recover.
The END of tour?????!!!!!!!!! Explain! :smash:
CrestfallenAlex
11-01-2007, 05:34 PM
all of the other good things that go along with being on tour
:smug:
This must be a reference to McDonald's.
nachos31
11-01-2007, 05:41 PM
well the current tour was originally slated to end on nov. 9th in sc i think, so they were near the end of it. now they postposed 5 of their last 8 tours which they rescheduled through nov 18 (last show in dallas).
they'll probably take a few weeks off and then be up to their typical mischievousness -- maybe some more residencies? probably too soon for them to go back to recording unless they start working on one song per week and releasing it like they had talked about a while ago. or maybe they'll hit up some new continents they haven't visited in a while? i'm kinda glad they're taking a break here because it means i can take a break. trying to be a pumpkins groupie while in med school has proven quite a challenge...
Cheryl K
11-01-2007, 06:53 PM
maybe some more residencies?
A residency in Baltimore... Oh God please.... :drool:
Cheryl K
11-01-2007, 06:54 PM
"THE SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced the rescheduling of five shows after drummer JIMMY CHAMBERLIN was admitted to a hospital after experiencing some chest discomfort.
Chamberlin was taken to an Atlanta hospital Tuesday (10/30) and was given an angiogram which revealed a partially blocked artery. He rested at the hospital overnight and was released Wednesday (10/31).
Says Chamberlin: "The good news is that my heart checked out. No damage. Basically a small build up of plaque on one of my arteries. This combined with stress, fatigue and all of the other good things that go along with being on tour was the cause of my pain. So obviously we had to postpone the end of the tour while I recover. It should only be a week or so until JC is ready to rock again." See below for all of Jimmy's thoughts that he expressed to fans at www.smashingpumpkins.com."
Good....i guess?
That's good news. Well, I mean, it's never good news when you find out you have a partially blocked artery, but at least it was caught before something more serious happened.
Steven
11-01-2007, 06:57 PM
I'm still waiting for that Metro residency... :D
blackeyedAngel
11-01-2007, 08:54 PM
so the atlanta dates on the 30th and 31st are rescheduled for nov. 15th and 16th. i'm guessing 30th=15th and 31st=16th, right? nov. 16th is really good for me. it's a friday, and it's the friday before thanksgiving break, so i'm free as a bird! i hope explosions will still be opening. i don't think they'll be in europe yet.
Osceana
11-01-2007, 08:59 PM
about the pink eye: is this a red eye (where it's supposed to be white) or an infected eyelid?
It's a little of both, actually. I actually thought only white people get it, but i guess it somehow realized that i am part white, so....
Basically your eye becomes really irritated, there's discharge (i didn't have any though, thankfully), your eyelids swell, and your cornea (the outer layer of your eye) swells. Your eyeball becomes really veiny too. It sucks. Don't ever get it.
Osceana
11-01-2007, 09:00 PM
I'm still waiting for that Metro residency... :D
Fucking 'A. If they don't do a residency there will be a Chicago riot, and someone will die (probably Billy). :yar:
I am glad that moron who claimed Jimmy had overdosed was wrong. The fact that guy's blog is called JJ's Dirt was a red flag right away.
I imagine that they will take a few weeks off too. I am glad Jimmy will be ok.
As for a Chicago residency, a friend had sent me a link to some thread on Netphoria that there was a rumor of either a residency around American Thanksgiving or around New Years. But that back in August, and we haven't heard anything. I hope there is a new years residency though. I am going back to Winnipeg for three weeks in December, and won't be back in Chicago until December 29th but school doesn't start back up for me for until close to mid-January I think ,so anytime between those dates would be perfect for me ;).
Steven
11-02-2007, 02:50 AM
I'll be home near Chicago from mid-December to mid-January, so a residency anywhere in there would be great with me :D
Daysleeper
11-02-2007, 05:40 AM
I didn't think he was a drinker.
No. I think he is allergic to alcohol. Probably just exhausted. It can't be fun singing 1979 every night when you would rather be doing 20 minute space rock jams.
Anyway, its good to hear that Jimmy is on the road to recovery.
CrestfallenAlex
11-02-2007, 06:42 AM
I'm happy Jimmy's okay. Who was it who posted that he is the heart of the Pumpkins? Right on to that.
sotherbee
11-02-2007, 08:41 AM
:smug:
This must be a reference to McDonald's.
Fuck the touring, that's one of the good things that goes along with living in America :rolleyes:
According to the Chicago SP fan myspace page, there has been a rumor circulating on XRT that SP will be playing Chicago at the Aragon between December 15 and 23. If that's true, I am going to go crazy.
I finally get to Chicago, the same year SP regroups, and they may do shows during a time when I am not even there!
Similar things have happened to me before. With Zwan, I had unchangeable airline tickets to go back to Winnipeg for December 17th, 2002, and then I find out that there was a Zwan show happening on December 18, 2002 in Toronto. Then in March 2003, I had a group presentation in a night class on that night Zwan returned to Toronto (again, pre-planned before they announced those tour dates).
Then in 2005, my brother had to end up taking a road trip to Philly see Billy solo a week before the Toronto show. Why? Well, my brother and I had planned out a vacation to go see a Cubs game when tickets went on sale in February of that year for a July 1 date. Then months later they announced the solo tour dates, and Billy ended up playing Toronto while we would be in Chicago on vacation, and ended up playing shows in Chicago after we had returned to Toronto.
I know people have had worst luck in terms of not being able to see SP period and things like that, but its pretty frustrating when you just miss seeing the band or related artists because of scheduling that is no longer under your control.
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