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Yesterday, a meeting was scheduled between representitives of Starla/SPLRA (Milan, NL), SPFC (Davin, US) and SPfreaks (Shannen & undersigned, NL). Also Brian, a good friend of Davin, joined in.
Davin & Arthur exchanging cellphone#sAfter a smoke @ Bull Dog, a beer somewhere else, another smoke, and another beer on another location, and another smoke again… making plans to overtake netphoria, blamo, hipstersunited and thepumpkins.net, deciding if we should just delete them or sell them to SP.com, exchanging the hottest gossips about THE band, making a research trip to the Melkweg venue (where the Smashing Pumpkins played a secret gig in December 1995, as the kickoff of their successful Mellon Collie world tour), we finally managed to talk like mature people also. So we talked a little about married life, work and the likes. Not too long though.
All in all, we had good times!
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where does Davin live?[/quote:1k14tcpn]
Chicago. He’s on a pre-marriage holiday, enjoying his last moments being unmarried… He spoke very good words about his future wife Emily, which he knows for many years now. Davin is an impressive guy (in many ways
), he knows the Pumpkins at least since early 1992, as he still remembers the first cassette of Gish he listened to in 1992, and the very first SP concert he wanted to attend (in April 1992 if I remember well), but he missed it because the other band (Guns ‘n’ Roses) chickened out on the second night… And man, all the details he knows about the band, all the funny anecdotes he shared, he’s like a passionate, talking, waterfall! It was awesome to hang out with him for a few hours, and I felt sorry to say goodbye. But we had to travel back far, and the next day, duty called again… But we exchanged phonenumbers, and promised to stay in touch. And we are, every free minute we have, we send a short email to each other. Pretty cool. Also I’m trying to arrange an appointment with Melkweg, to check their archives for December 1995, how they managed to have the Pumpkins playing a secret gig there as the start of their almost 2 year long Mellon Collie world tour. We went there and we managed to get the email address of the responsible person for the Melkweg Archives, so hopefully something comes out of that… Keep you posted! -
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yea, i had an amazing time. amsterdam and brussels are both beautiful cities with rich culture and great sights to see. i enjoyed the trip very much. and yes….the waffles, mussels, chocolate, bier and cannibis added to the positive experience even more!
having been to las vegas so many times with my male friends, it was nice to visit a different \"sin city\" for a change. 
it was really nice meeting/seeing everyone. i’ve often mentioned how the best parts of all the 2007 and 2008 shows was the opportunity to meet online fans face to face. its amazing how 1 common bond like the love of a band can help open doors and create friendships that may have not otherwise been started because of cultural or geographic divides.
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… it was nice to visit a different "sin city" for a change.
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Davin, I’ve arranged an interview with John van Luyn, the guy that managed to hire the Pumpkins in 1995! Also, he is diving in the Melkweg Archives today to check what is left of contracts, posters, etc. (but he warned already that he is afraid that most will be destroyed already…) -
… it was nice to visit a different "sin city" for a change.
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Davin, I’ve arranged an interview with John van Luyn, the guy that managed to hire the Pumpkins in 1995! Also, he is diving in the Melkweg Archives today to check what is left of contracts, posters, etc. (but he warned already that he is afraid that most will be destroyed already…)[/quote:1my3x8l4]
I want to go to a sin city again
So Arthur let’s hope there are some really good things to see
and hopefully not as destroyed as mentioned. I’m excited to see what you get to upload
good luck
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are you trying to derail this thread too?
you know where talk like that can lead
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Davin, I’ve arranged an interview with John van Luyn, the guy that managed to hire the Pumpkins in 1995! Also, he is diving in the Melkweg Archives today to check what is left of contracts, posters, etc. (but he
warned already that he is afraid that most will be destroyed already…)[/quote:35ufgcg6]
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that pic is funny, but i know someone who would not like it at all. and i am not talking about arthur.[/quote:1pfqqt20]
"Puh! I can do things between the sheets that has no category in the industry she works in. You really think I’m even bothered for a second by that chickie? What’s her name again?"[/quote:1pfqqt20]
Well, at least someone with a healthy dose of self-esteem here!
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that pic is funny, but i know someone who would not like it at all. and i am not talking about arthur.[/quote:2scxvjf8]
"Puh! I can do things between the sheets that has no category in the industry she works in. You really think I’m even bothered for a second by that chickie? What’s her name again?"[/quote:2scxvjf8]
Well, at least someone with a healthy dose of self-esteem here!
[/quote:2scxvjf8]well i am glad.
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… it was nice to visit a different "sin city" for a change.
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Davin, I’ve arranged an interview with John van Luyn, the guy that managed to hire the Pumpkins in 1995! Also, he is diving in the Melkweg Archives today to check what is left of contracts, posters, etc. (but he warned already that he is afraid that most will be destroyed already…)[/quote:1iflrv7v]sound really cool!!!
i do know John a bit…
he’s a guy with quite a "user’s manual" normally-
this is kinda surprising in a way to me
however- good luck!
if you need input or whatever on John or anything-
hit me up on MSN this week or gimme a call…John’s totally OK~ he’s awesome; just some do’s and don’t
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sound really cool!!!
i do know John a bit…
he’s a guy with quite a "user’s manual" normally-
this is kinda surprising in a way to me
however- good luck!
if you need input or whatever on John or anything-
hit me up on MSN this week or gimme a call…John’s totally OK~ he’s awesome; just some do’s and don’t
That’s all![/quote:3ik3hzur]
I’m expecting his responses somewhere today or tomorrow, as he emailed me this weekend and said he would be at Melkweg again these days. Meanwhile I have been working on it a bit already, and… This interview is going to be awesome, mark my words! -
sound really cool!!!
i do know John a bit…
he’s a guy with quite a "user’s manual" normally-
this is kinda surprising in a way to me
however- good luck!
if you need input or whatever on John or anything-
hit me up on MSN this week or gimme a call…John’s totally OK~ he’s awesome; just some do’s and don’t
That’s all![/quote:1bueenzh]
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I’m expecting his responses somewhere today or tomorrow, as he emailed me this weekend and said he would be at Melkweg again these days. Meanwhile I have been working on it a bit already, and… This interview is going to be awesome, mark my words!
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sound really cool!!!
i do know John a bit…
he’s a guy with quite a "user’s manual" normally-
this is kinda surprising in a way to me
however- good luck!
if you need input or whatever on John or anything-
hit me up on MSN this week or gimme a call…John’s totally OK~ he’s awesome; just some do’s and don’t
That’s all![/quote:29spd6ld]
I’m expecting his responses somewhere today or tomorrow, as he emailed me this weekend and said he would be at Melkweg again these days. Meanwhile I have been working on it a bit already, and… This interview is going to be awesome, mark my words![/quote:29spd6ld]
I’m curious… Are there any answers for the Interview?
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John is a bit slow in returning answers, although he promised to return them around Tuesday…
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so Tuesday we want news Arthur [/quote:22f4uesl]
yepp And thanks for the . And the videos are nice.
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And thanks for the
Thanks mr.benway, it was a hell-of-a-job… And still I’m correcting typos, re-arranging the vids and adding a new pic… Now let’s hope John returns some anwers soon, I can’t wait to read them also!
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Answers finally came in last night, article is updated and open for commenting! My advice, read this cool piece of music history, there are quite a few unknown details about the Pumpkins being uncovered!
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