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By all accounts, the Recovery Audit Contractor review process is not a fair process. Given a big enough haystack, you are bound to find some needles. Records are requested and, thereafter, dissected and recalibrated in ways that rattle the best of documenters. Of late, the results we have seen presented by our clients is that the RACs are looking to establish that the majority of chiropractic medically necessary visits submitted for reimbursement are, in fact, maintenance visits and, therefore, not reimbursable by Medicare.
You may be reading this and thinking that, if you are not the target of this type of audit as of yet, there is still time to take "preventative measures."
True. However, the RAC is authorized to look back at your records for 3 years. And, as attorneys, we must inform you that any intentional alterations to medical records after the fact may be construed as fraudulent behavior. We're serious. (Of course, this reference is not meant to stop you from amending a record appropriately, which would include adding a new entry that is signed and dated contemporaneously in an old visit.)
The RAC is authorized to look back at your records for 3 years.
The RAC is authorized to look back at your records for 3 years.
What to do if you are contacted by a Medicare RAC:
First things first; if you are targeted by Medicare, do not panic. There are a number of defenses available to substantiate documentation practices; for instance, as the treating doctor you are, of course, in the best position to diagnose and treat the patient, which warrants a certain amount of deference from the get-go that is typically not acknowledged in an initial RAC review.
Secondly, be advised that the Medicare system has in place a number of appeals processes, of which we highly recommend availing yourself. It has been our experience that, in the majority of instances more favorable determinations have been levied during the appeals process than as a result of an initial review.
Finally, you should not go through this process alone. Experienced healthcare counsel should be retained at the start of the audit process to ensure your rights are protected and potential damages are mitigated. Typically, malpractice carriers cover the cost of legal defense work in RAC audits and the doctor does not incur additional expenses.
While the audit process may seem daunting, it is important to keep in perspective what the process is about. Every claim you send to Medicare is a bill to the federal government that every tax payor, yourself included, is responsible for. Not one of us has an expectation of going to a store and not being able to inspect what we are purchasing. So, it's not unfathomable to understand Medicare's perspective with the RAC audits—Medicare wants to know that the services for its beneficiaries that it is paying for are quality goods. However, Medicare has apparently adopted the mantra that the customer is always right and similar to Winona at Barney's, Medicare no longer wants to pay for its goods. Bottom line, if no one calls security and the store detectors are turned off, Medicare is walking away with an arm load of goodies, which is why, if you are audited, it's important to question any negative results and stand up for your right to be reimbursed for medically necessary services rendered. This may be easy to forget in the midst of an audit, but you, as the treating doctor, are the only person in charge of care, and you are entitled to reimbursement for all appropriately rendered and substantiated care.
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Trends in malpractice continue to keep all health professions under serious pressure and, despite state efforts at limiting attorney's fees, caps on damage awards, placing tighter limits on the timeframe for filing malpractice claims and other "tort reform" provisions, malpractice exposure is still the doctor of chiropractic's greatest liability risk. This pressure is only going to expand with greater consumer access to health care and legal information through the Internet, growing consumer activism and a hungry legal profession willing to take on any claim, no matter how flimsy.
The chiropractic profession has the advantage of being one of the safest and most effective forms of health care, but we continue to be caught up in the greater malpractice environment in which the medical profession is very much on the defensive. This environment is stimulating a new wave of legal and consumer initiatives, with a "right to safety" becoming a new topic in public policy discussions on health care.
Activist consumer groups and attorneys are seeking to establish "judicial recognition" of a patient's right to safety as a new element in the litigation mix. The aim of these activists is to seek to use this new "right" to stimulate greater caution and more effective injury prevention in hospitals and, ultimately, on the part of individual doctors. Because this sounds like a worthy cause, many politicians will likely be mobilized to promote it, and we will certainly hear more about these issues in the coming months. This is an environment in which you must have solid liability coverage that extends specifically to cover the new range of exposures the DC potentially may face. That range includes, but is not limited to, the following types of claims and charges:
I am not being the least bit alarmist or over-sensationalizing the new risks and exposures doctors are facing these days.
I am not being the least bit alarmist or over-sensationalizing the new risks and exposures doctors are facing these days.
I am not being the least bit alarmist or over-sensationalizing the new risks and exposures doctors are facing these days. HIPAA is real. Insurance audits and billing errors and omissions issues are a fact of modern day practice. Above all, in recent years, a new activism has emerged on the part of some state chiropractic boards in which actions against practitioners are being taken on the basis of questions of utilization and procedure that have never been a part of board scrutiny.
Today, perhaps in response to pressure from third-party payment agencies, or some misplaced desire to re-define the norms of chiropractic practice, some boards have acted against practitioners for "over utilization," X-ray policies and very general communications with the public. These types of board actions clearly push the envelope into new territory and have many believing that such boards have grossly exceeded their authority. Still, unchecked by the courts or the state legislatures, such boards can lay de facto claim to new authority, and this means that you will need to be on your guard even more than in the past.
Real cases highlight the list of strange and completely unforeseen situations in which DC's are finding themselves. In one state, a doctor was cited for misleading the public on the basis of the content of articles published in recognized journals posted or linked on his practice website. In another case, a DC was cited for overutilization for seeing a patient 12 times following a high-speed rear-end auto collision. Still another doctor was cited for failure to repay an insurance company for the care of a small child because no "series" of X-rays was taken, in spite of the fact that every safety and utilization guideline states that X-rays of children are to be avoided except in very specific situations, of which this was not one.
The source of this new wave of complaints is also of curious interest because almost none of these complaints dealing with practice norms come from consumers. Boards are taking the initiative themselves, responding to third-party payers and, sadly, other chiropractors, as the basis for their aggressive actions. The shaky ground that they are moving onto, however, has also prompted a number of lawsuits by the DC's who are on the receiving end of such complaints, and those DC's almost always win in the courts. The financial cost and distraction of such a suit is a very high price to pay, especially when in the eyes of most chiropractors and chiropractic organizations, the behavior cited as inappropriate is seen as well within the established norms of care.
As we consider the forces behind the new dynamic of professional liability, it is also important to look at the greater economic and regulatory, and even the political environment, since those factors are having a direct impact on professional liability challenges. The rules and regulations covering the delivery of and payment for health care services are becoming increasingly stringent and detailed and are being enforced by a highly driven bureaucracy with greater authority than ever before. The current economic crises in state and federal government programs is a strong motivator for more and more stringent enforcement, since managers of those programs have discovered that fines and re-payment of benefits is a major source of new revenue. Because the states and even the federal government are desperate for money, the pace and volume of enforcement and claims and charges against health care professionals are likely to greatly expand in the coming months. They are doing this because they see the potential for big money in fines and recoveries.
According to an October 10, 2011, US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) press release, "In 2009 alone, more than a billion dollars in health care fraud monies have been recovered under the False Claims Act." States are following suit and looking for every possible means to delay payments for covered services in their Medicaid programs, reduce payments or demand repayment sometimes on the flimsiest of premises. Private insurance is perhaps embracing the repayment or denial wave with the greatest gusto. Most DC's have gotten the letters demanding repayment based on some new policy or finding. These are all situations where the doctors of chiropractic will be obliged to defend themselves and their care decisions against a whole new range of charges.
The federal government is massively beefing up its fraud and enforcement efforts. In May of 2009, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and HHS announced the creation of the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) and the Obama Administration has announced that fraud prevention and enforcement is a "cabinet level" concern. In a similar vein, HHS has also established what they call their Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Program through tens of thousands of senior citizen volunteers who are being mobilized to supplement anti-fraud efforts. In these new efforts, money, its recovery or denying payments, is a top priority of policymakers. No one has said much about injured patients here.
All organizations and individuals in the chiropractic profession absolutely detest fraud and genuine abuse. I encourage any patient or provider who observes genuine fraud to report it immediately. What is alarming, however, is that, now, disputes over "medical necessity" are being thrown into the same category as billing for a service that was never delivered or some other outright criminal act. Here is how the CMS website defines "fraud & abuse":
What Is Fraud & Abuse?
Fraud occurs when someone intentionally falsifies information or deceives Medicare. Abuse occurs when doctors or suppliers don't follow good medical practices, resulting in unnecessarycosts to Medicare, improper payment, or services that aren't medically necessary.
What this means is that someone's opinion about "necessity," if it happens to disagree with yours, places you in jeopardy like never before. This means that your clinical records will not only need to document your findings and the rationale for care for case management and reimbursement, but to defend yourself against a new wave of financially driven "necessity" claims. Here, as has always been the case, your patient records are your first and best line of defense. As well, sound chiropractic clinical guidelines are invaluable.
Doctors of chiropractic must be ever aware of the rapidly changing nature of the challenges they will be obliged to deal with in the months and years ahead. If they are smart, they will seek out the most comprehensive, proven and effective malpractice coverage they can find. Remember, it is not about "malpractice" in the old sense of an injured patient seeking redress for their pain and suffering anymore. Professional liability coverage must work to defend against charges that range from lapses in documentation, which some clever program manager might enhance into allegations of fraud, to complaints about your advertising to a state board. You need help and your malpractice company should be your most reliable ally in dealing with today's new and unforeseen challenges.
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- Ginger Powder (made at home or from market)
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- When you are shredding the ginger block at home, you would find a lot of juice also comes out. Do not throw it away.
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promotion content? Here's how Mosaic Marketing does it.
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comprehensive black book of contacts in the leisure, lifestyle and
promotions industry over several years - the longer the better.
These relationships will be your lifeblood, some you might one day
call friends. When timing is tight (when isn't it?), you want to be
sure that they'll always take your call and trust that you're
calling about something worthwhile.
Ideally you'll have a state of the art integrated relationship
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for your benefit but your colleagues as well.
Once you've decided on a theme for your
content, you'll need to do a feasibility study. (It's worth a
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your proposition before you get it signed off by the CEO. It saves
red faces later). If it's a single partner you're after you'll
hopefully have them in your black book. If not Google can sometimes
give up the name or you could even try and connect on LinkedIn.
Most big companies operate
a 'no names policy' so trying to get past a gate-keeper or
receptionist can be a thankless task. It's here that a good black
book is invaluable.
If you're going for something more unusual, or with a number of
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an inflexible generic solution. The alternative is to sign up
partners yourself. So, how many do you think you will need? It's
statistically proven that people travel less far for personal
services (like hair cuts and beauty treatments) than general
experiences like a family day out.
As a rule of thumb we would suggest that you need at least 300
venues to give good national coverage across the UK - plenty of
chains claim good coverage with fewer.
If you haven't put
together such campaigns before you'll need to go about sourcing a
database of partners. You can buy them from list brokers, trawl
public directories online (which won't normally reveal names) or
approach an industry body (if there is one). Industry bodies can be
invaluable but you can never second guess matters of policy which
might preclude them from working with you.
However you get your data, it's worth bearing in mind that not
everyone will say yes to your opportunity. (Yes, unbelievable we
know!) Sign up rates vary but you should make allowance for as few
as 1 in 10 saying yes.
For feasibility
purposes a simple topline expression of interest can often suffice
but we'd feel safer with a firm yes in writing; after all it's your
neck on the line if they end up saying no. If you're actually
building the promotion for real, then you absolutely MUST get every
venue to sign a contract. If you can't produce a contract for every
single location then you have no course for re-dress if something
goes wrong.
The contract needs to be legally binding and enforceable. It
should spell out the nature of the offer / prize being provided by
the partner and document an example of the promotion's Terms and
Conditions. ALL terms and conditions should comply with the
prevailing Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Code which
governs our industry. This can be conducted by the IPM Legal Advice
Service, PromoVeritas or a reputable promotional lawyer for a
When you're approaching a prospective partner it is imperative
that you command their attention - chances are it won't be the only
opportunity in your prospect's in-tray. If they recognise your name
(or your company) and worked with you before, their trust in you
will move you up the pecking order.
The resource you
devote to telesales depends on the scale and nature of your
promotion. For dining promotions you may need to work restaurant
hours to get hold of the right person. In our experience, it's
always better to hit the recruitment as hard as possible from the
outset to generate maximum momentum. Your confidence in the
promotion will grow and so will the confidence of your team, which
is highly infectious. Partners are going to be far more interested
in joining a promotion where there is an air of demand and
desirability, rather than utter desperation.
When you approach 80% of
your target, you should plot a coverage map using robust
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your participating venues by category, by region or perhaps in
relation to stores where your products are sold. Use measurement
tools to quickly assess lighter areas and allow you to focus your
final recruitment effort.
Your promotion will inevitably benefit from a supporting
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parent site (and potentially your partners too), provide a mechanic
for participating in the promotion and the all important venue
Bear in mind that higher
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daily limit of your mapping service so have contingencies in place
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critical path of your project so it's important to get your
specifications clearly defined from the outset.
Before a campaign can go live you need to source and compile
logos, artwork and copy from all venues - a time consuming
exercise. You may even need to improvise generic artwork or draft
copy yourself to ease the process and facilitate the smaller
If you plan on running this activity again or you need to
measure campaign performance you will need to implement some means
of redemption tracking from the start. Every partner or brand owner
must sign off and approve all artwork that features their brand.
Again, this should categorically be in writing as printed mistakes
can be costly. You will need to develop a comprehensive briefing
pack for every element of the customer journey: staff at partner
venues, customer services and staff at the retail outlets carrying
the promotion. Verify that the briefing packs have been received and
staff have been briefed or all your hard work will be for
Once the campaign is live
be prepared for customer service enquiries. The volume of calls
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If you've laid the foundations right you should receive very few
calls about the content itself. More often than not you will have
people struggling to use their computer to access a website or
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Therefore ensure that your customer service function is
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If you handle a problem call well you not only diffuse a
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Photo by Eric RodriguezThink of the Fling as the last fading bit of old Vegas-style glory in Orange County. The 30-year-old Santa Ana lounge looks like an exclusive, smoke-filled VIP room where Frank, Dino and Sammy might have held court back in '65. But these days, it's standing-room-only for young, Urban Outfitters-clad hipsters in search of this season's kitschiest trend. These recent maximum-capacity crowds can be traced to one person: Phil Shane.
Shane is in rare form tonight. He's in the middle of his Neil Diamond set, and the closing bars of "Sweet Caroline" are fading out. As the crowd roars in appreciation—as it always does after this particular sing-along tune—a fan hands Shane one of his own glossy 8-by-10 headshots along with a Sharpie marker. In one fluid move, Shane scribbles his autograph and a personal inscription, raises a shot glass handed to him by another fan, introduces the next song as "one of [his] favorites off The Jazz Singer," and then inhales the drink all while the twangy opening bass line of "America" kicks in.
Shane has experienced something of a revitalization these days. Lately, his audience has been made up mostly of skinny white kids who look like they either want to be or date one of the guys in Weezer. They're so young most of them were probably still in diapers when The Jazz Singer was released. If you're familiar with this crowd, you know that their cynicism isn't an attitude: it's a lifestyle.
The tongue-in-cheek scene makes you wonder how genuine Shane's reception really is tonight. Sure, the appreciation from the gray-haired regulars has always been sincere, but what about the rookie drinkers? The ones who smirk, nudge one another and giggle when Shane slips on his rhinestone-studded Elvis jacket and grinds his crotch around like a lap dancer, all as a tribute to the King? Is it sideshow-esque mockery or legit fan appreciation?
"I think I know what you're trying to ask," Shane finally says after I dance around the question of his new following's sincerity. "But I think the younger kids that come to the shows know that I'm honest about what I do up there, and they appreciate it. I'd really be in trouble if I wasn't sincere."
Still, it's easy to see why some might mistake Shane for a novelty act. He goes through about as many wardrobe changes as Cher. He also encourages friendly, open dialogue with his audience (a quality unheard of in a county where musicians are given high marks for animosity or indifference). And on top of it all, he sings along, karaoke-style, to a digital Mini Disc deck sequenced with prerecorded instrumentals (except when he strums along to the tracks on his black-lacquer acoustic guitar).
"The [prerecorded music] just makes the show go smoother," Shane admits in a raspy voice during one of his rare afternoons off. "I've been playing in bands since I was 13 back in Mississippi; I've played in traditional bands all my life. But when I perform my set, I don't want to stop the momentum. And three hours of playing six, sometimes seven nights a week is a lot to ask of [a backing band]. It's just easier to sing to the prerecorded music."
Shane wasn't always playing to full rooms. When he first secured his gig at the Fling (after playing rooms in and around SoCal since 1972), the bar was usually just a place for the neighborhood career drinkers to spend their Social Security check.
"When I started out at the Fling three years ago, the crowd was old," Shane chuckles. "For the first few months, it was kind of slow. But Big Sandy and his group [the Fly-Rite Boys] would drop by every now and then."
According to legend, when Big Sandy reserved the Fling for a Christmas party, he made a point to include Shane as the evening's entertainment. "He invited all of his friends, and the place was packed with young kids. I just did my regular set, and there was so much energy," Shane recalls. "It just snowballed from there—word of mouth. I really have [Big Sandy] to thank."
Shane has the Fling to thank for his first full-length release, aptly titled A Fling Thing. His growing notoriety at the lounge made an album viable.
"My wife always told me I should release a CD, but I couldn't find the time. I was performing just about every night of the week," Shane recalls. "I just didn't have the time to write songs. Then one night, I came back from a gig and she says, 'Here, I wrote you a song.'"
That song was "Love On the Internet." He claims the tune has actually garnered quite a bit of attention in Europe, even cracking the Top 10 charts in France, which isn't too hard to believe from a country that worships Jerry Lewis and Mickey Rourke.
Although the album never captures the verve of his live performances, Shane's debut is still a solid effort. Besides the cover of "Breathless," the CD is a showcase of original material performed with the backing band he calls on when he plays large venues.
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When Interplex Industries showed interest in acquiring a small French competitor, some at the tool-and-die manufacturer in New York City were apprehensive. "There was a real barrier because of language and financial terminology," explains treasurer Irving Klein. "When a French person speaks of sales leases, he or she may mean very different things from an American."
Interplex hired Stanley Nasberg, a managing partner with New York City-based accounting firm M. R. Weiser, to supervise an international due-diligence investigation. According to Nasberg, U.S. companies need to conduct a three-part investigation on any overseas deal:
Financial review. This is the equivalent of a financial audit, performed in Interplex's case by a French accounting firm affiliated with M. R. Weiser. The firm analyzed the target company's financial statements and translated them into the United States' Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. "Since the purchase price was heavily tied to asset value, we needed to focus on the accuracy of balance-sheet items such as inventory and accounts receivable," Nasberg says. "It's important to remember that U.S. accounting and auditing rules are much more conservative than those of almost all other countries."
Business review. "U.S. companies need someone to appraise the market value and reliability of machinery and equipment," says Nasberg. That information should be passed along quickly, generally by phone rather than by a written report, so it can have an impact on negotiations over purchase price.
Employee review. The foreign accounting consultant should evaluate the quality of the work force at the company being considered for acquisition. "It will save you time and possibly money," says Nasberg, "if you know in advance whether you will want to retain already-trained employees."
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Yet another contradiction 12:19 pm // Wednesday, December 14, 2011Posted by jjb in critic vs. critic, gish, siamese dream, zeitgeist.
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Since the mid-'90s, declares AJ Ramirez of PopMatters in his almost 2,000-word review today of the Gish and Siamese Dream reissues, the Smashing Pumpkins' "stock has plummeted drastically," and the band has "hastened down the path toward irrelevancy," this largely because anyone with sense can tell that the band's newer music sucks:
The extremely devoted among the Pumpkins faithful will argue until they are blue in their faces in favor of the 2007 comeback LP Zeitgeist and the currently-ongoing Teargarden by Kaleidyscope song cycle, but everyone else sees Corgan carrying on without any of his original bandmates as he and his latest roll call run through the songwriter's dodgy new material. It's hard not to feel that the Pumpkins are a shadow of their former glory.
Calling Siamese Dream "my favorite album ever," Ramirez gives its reissue a perfect score of 10 while rating the Gish package a 7.
In 2007, PopMatters critic Mike Schiller bestowed an 8 of 10 rating upon Zeitgeist, describing the album as "one more beautiful, beautiful contradiction" from Pumpkins chief Billy Corgan (Corgan himself being "a walking, living, breathing, contradiction" in Schiller's judgment).
HU Podcast #85: Gish and Siamese Dream Reissues 8:12 pm // Wednesday, December 7, 2011Posted by chris in gish, podcast, siamese dream.
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Some of the HU staff members held off on obtaining the reissues in anticipation of receiving them as Christmas presents, but luckily three of us couldn't wait and bought them on release day. Join us as we discuss our highlights and lowlights as well as jump the gun and look forward to what's coming next.
Listen to the whole show (53:15)
-Chris, Jason, and Susan
-Did the Gish reissue change our opinion of the album? We discussed the DVD as well as some of my perceived shortcomings in the bonus disc (the biggest one being comparative in that it did not contain Moleasskiss). (21:22)
-Siamese Dream was also reissued, and we discussed how the band grew from the August 25th, 1990 show on the Gish DVD to the one included with this disc. Plus, I confuse Where's Vince with Jazzin', the future of the SPRC, and the reissues yet to come. (27:58)
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Can reissue booklets reveal, or must they conceal, 'the real lyrics'? 1:14 am // Thursday, December 1, 2011Posted by jjb in amusing, analysis, gish, lyrics.
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Open your eyes to these mustard lies
She knows and she knows and she knows
—from lyrics to "Rhinoceros" printed in booklet for the reissued Gish
For the sake of argument, assume with me for a moment that the first time Billy Corgan had the thoughts that were to manifest themselves again every time he would sing or otherwise proffer the words to "Rhinoceros" over the subsequent 20-plus years, what would become the line quoted above instead surfaced initially into his consciousness as:
Open your eyes; to these, must I lie?
This line 'makes more sense' in that it does not seem to invoke a dishonest condiment. But it is also maybe a bit too intense, precious, or 'embarrassing' for Corgan the Braincrusher to have rolled with and felt comfortable about every night on stage in front of detached crowds. So maybe he changed what he had to something dodgy that sounded similar, and even that preserved some of the meaning, but would pass as 'arty' or whimsical or flip.
Perhaps, though, that all still does not mean the more sensible line deserves to be tagged as the 'original' (or 'real,' etc.) lyric—for when does a surfaced thought become a lyric? Is it as soon as the thought hits? Or is it when it is sung aloud or jotted down in private, when it is shared with another person or collaborator, when it is performed in public, when a recording is given to the Library of Congress or sold in stores, or when it appears in a booklet from a publisher? Or…well.
And whether one decides to say the line in question was already a lyric or still only a thought at the time it changed, there's also the question of when that was. Maybe it wasn't in 1989 in Corgan's bedroom, but at some later point. Possibly the line is one of a few ketchup gags created exclusively for and packaged inside every copy of the reissue of Gish. Maybe the opening line of "Rhinoceros" was actually "planned a show" through every single studio take and live performance before Corgan read a tweet sent by Lauren Bethany Hawkins of Norwich, England on August 19, 2011. Who knows? He knows, and we don't.
Stores everywhere put 'Gish', 'Siamese Dream' reissues on sale 10:06 am // Tuesday, November 29, 2011Posted by jjb in gish, news, siamese dream.
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Or at least, stores that still sell music do…or will, once they open for business today.
Tell us where you got them (and which format), what you paid (or what you were asked to pay but wouldn't), and what you think!
Corgan: Reissues provide "an insight into our process" 11:06 pm // Tuesday, November 22, 2011Posted by alex in billy corgan, gish, interview, siamese dream.
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Billy Corgan recently sat down with music personality Matt Pinfield to discuss, among other topics, the upcoming reissues of Gish and Siamese Dream.
On the reissues themselves: "I want to create … an addendum to the album itself. And even where the quality level may not be great or the demo wasn't meant to ever be heard by the public, it gives you an insight into our process going in, and … maybe even how we viewed ourselves coming out of the album."
On James and D'Arcy's involvement: "The relationships are really fractured. … I can't work with them on a business level. I have no personal relationship with them. I think it's unfortunate for them because they've cut themselves off from their own fans through the Pumpkins. And this should be a celebration of what we got right. … Siamese Dream now is considered a classic, and we're all proud of that, I'm sure. The fact that we can't celebrate that together is a shame."
On the Siamese Dream recording sessions: "As the album wore on, and James and D'Arcy in particular realized they were not going to participate on the album as much as they'd hoped going in, it got very sour. Dark's probably an appropriate world. There were many days where I worked 12-13 hour days … and they would never once come in to check on the progress of the recording. … They would just sit in the other room and just basically be unhappy. … The end of the band was sowed during the making of that record."
On the advice he would give his younger self: "'Calm the fuck down.'"
On the band's legacy: "The thing I'm most proud of is we got the music for the most part fairly right. Somehow, in the midst of all this chaos, we did a fairly good job of the music. And the good thing is, that's the thing that, pretty much, you get judged on. … At the end of the day, it's pretty much gonna come down to, who's got the better music. And I feel very confident about where we stand in our generation."
On "Siva": "Probably the first Smashing Pumpkins song where I felt, 'Okay, I'm onto something.'"
On his public image: "I've been accused of being way too serious, and there's some merit to that. But as I've often said to journalists, I'm in a band called the Smashing Pumpkins. I mean, I'm in a band with a joke name. So let's start there: I'm not that serious."
On his position as the leader of the Smashing Pumpkins: "Leader is too strong. [I'm the] ringmaster of an ever-evolving circus."
Listen to the full interview here.
Stream four of the 'Gish' and 'Siamese Dream' reissue bonus tracks 10:18 am // Thursday, November 17, 2011Posted by susan in audio, gish, news, siamese dream.
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Seattle's 107.7 KNDD-FM is streaming four of the bonus tracks from the Smashing Pumpkins' upcoming Gish and Siamese Dream reissues. From the Gish bonus disc, they have posted "I Am One (Reel Time Demo/2011 Mix)" and from the Siamese Dream bonus disc, "Today (Broadway Rehearsal Demo)," "Rocket (Rehearsal Demo)," and "Disarm (Acoustic Mix)."
Previews of 'Gish', 'Siamese Dream' reissue tracks appear online 10:36 am // Friday, November 11, 2011Posted by jjb in gish, news, releases, siamese dream.
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Track times and audio clips for each track included on the deluxe editions of Gish and Siamese Dream, the two Smashing Pumpkins albums being reissued this month, are now available for examination, at least through the German retail site Amazon.de.
Among the unreleased material in the packages, the longest track is a new mix of "Starla," which covers the first 11 minutes of the Gish bonus disc. The shortest cut is "U.S.S.R.," a previously unheard song taking up 95 seconds on the second Siamese Dream disc.
Corgan dishes on 'Gish' 12:41 pm // Thursday, October 20, 2011Posted by susan in billy corgan, gish, interview.
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The Boston Phoenix has released a new interview with Billy Corgan today in anticipation of the Smashing Pumpkins' concert tomorrow night in Boston. In it, Corgan delves deep into the subject of his band's first album, Gish, set for reissue next month. Corgan discusses how Gish was perceived by the elite coastal music community at the time and how the band's relative isolation in Chicago contributed to the album's against-the-grain sound.
He discounts the idea of a Gish-themed tour, first floated back in 2008, due to the current fad for "album-at-a-time" shows:
"We had discussed [playing Gish] about four years ago, sort of before it became a trend. I had actually talked about it online a few times with the fans that it might be kinda cool to do that. Suddenly, having nothing to do with me, it became this thing where everybody started doing it and I got really grossed out by it and just thought, 'This is wrong.' It went past the point of, 'Hey — let's celebrate this' to 'Oh, it's the new business model.' Once I saw that, then I came out and said, 'I want nothing to do with this, it ain't gonna happen, so don't even ask.'"
His current opinion of Gish?:
"If you'd asked me 20 years ago [for] my opinion, it was a lot higher than it is now. I certainly think it's really good, and what really strikes me now in hindsight is the incredible amount of passion in it, which in a weird way you're not used to hearing in music anymore. There's a beauty in that raw passion. There are points worth celebrating, and we've talked about different things where we could celebrate Gish properly. I just don't want any part of that sentimental, mawkish, maudlin 'Wasn't the past so great?' I'm hopeful that Gish will get a second look, because it is valuable in that way. I'm not saying it's the same, but when I listen to early Who, there's a certain vibrancy there that obviously gets lost later in exchange for sophistication. I think that's sort of how it is for us; there's a vibrancy that can only be from that time, and I think that's what's beautiful about it."
Reissue formats, tracklistings, prices on SmashingPumpkins.com 11:28 pm // Monday, October 17, 2011Posted by susan in gish, news, releases, siamese dream.
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The Smashing Pumpkins' official website now sports a page devoted to the band's reissue project. The band is offering multiple formats for the Gish and Siamese Dream reissues, including digital downloads, vinyl, CD, and a 2CD/DVD box set, all of which can be pre-ordered now. The release date is confirmed as November 29.
Basic information on the "deluxe edition" boxes matches up with that listed and then delisted on Amazon over the weekend. To recap, each set is priced at $30 and contains the remastered album on one CD, a second CD of bonus tracks, and one DVD, plus extensive liner notes and postcards. Each DVD features the band performing live at Chicago's Metro: the band's August 25, 1990 show figures on the Gish disc while the Siamese Dream DVD has the August 14, 1993 show.
The Gish bonus CD contains these 18 tracks (* = previously released):
Starla (2011 mix) | Siva (Peel session) * | Honeyspider (Reel Time demos / 2011 mix) | Hippy Trippy (Crush Music Box demo) | Snail (live radio performance) | Plume (2011 mix) | Bury Me (Reel Time demos / 2011 mix) | Daydream (Old House demo) | Tristessa (Sub Pop single / 2011 mix) | Girl Named Sandoz (Peel session) * | Jesus Is The Sun (Apartment demo) | Blue (Gish sessions demo) | Smiley (Gish sessions demo) | I Am One (Reel Time demos / 2011 mix) | Seam (Suffer / Apartment demo) | La Dolly Vita (2011 mix) | Pulseczar (Gish sessions demo) * | Drown (alternate guitar solo)
Eighteen tracks also make up the Siamese Dream bonus disc:
Pissant (siamese sessions rough mix) | Siamese Dream (broadway rehearsal demo) | STP (rehearsal demo) | Frail and Bedazzled (soundworks demo) | Luna (apartment demo) | Quiet (bbc session/bc mix) | Moleasskiss (soundworks demo) | Hello Kitty Kat (soundworks demo) | Today (broadway rehearsal demo) | Never Let Me Down Again (bbc session) * | Apathy's Last Kiss (siamese sessions rough mix) | Ache (silverfuck rehearsal demo) | U.S.A. (soundworks demo) | U.S.S.R (soundworks demo) | Spaceboy (acoustic mix) | Rocket (rehearsal demo) | Disarm (acoustic mix) | Soma (instrumental mix)
For $15, fans can purchase the remastered albums alone, with no bonus tracks, on CD. The remastered albums will also be available on 180-gram vinyl, again with no bonus tracks; Gish vinyl is priced at $23 while the 2LP Siamese Dream is $28.
Also on offer are digital download packages for each album and its accompanying bonus tracks. Downloaders must choose between "premium digital" and "high-fidelity digital" options:
Premium digital gives you a choice of Apple Lossless, FLAC or 320 kbps MP3. High-Fidelity digital offers source files in 24-bit/96kHz WAV format.
Fans also must choose to download either the album plus bonus tracks or the album alone. (Our previous reporting indicates there will be no download option for the DVD contents.) Pricing for the downloads ranges from $12 for the remastered album alone in premium digital up to $28 for the album and bonus tracks in high-fidelity digital.
Those who eschew other retailers and purchase any of the reissues through the Pumpkins' website will receive one extra downloadable track, an instrumental take on "Frail and Bedazzled."
Two items offered for free on the site are these poetic musings from Billy Corgan:
Recorded in 1990 and 1991, 'Gish' represents our first foray into the deep waters of rock and roll. In the music within, I still hear our naivete and fresh spirits asking to be heard, and I miss the times that helped make this music so earnest.
In 1992, with the weight of a perceived world on our shoulders, we disappeared into a parking garage to write the songs that would change the course of our lives forever. 'Siamese Dream' represents all of our dreams coming true, while the dreams of a happy band fell apart.
UPDATE (10/18): A press release from EMI Music today supplies some additional information, for instance the involvement of Butch Vig in mixing two of the Gish bonus tracks.
Images and further details on 'Gish' and 'Siamese Dream' reissues 4:33 pm // Saturday, October 15, 2011Posted by susan in gish, news, releases, siamese dream.
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The Amazon listings for deluxe editions of Gish and Siamese Dream posted earlier this week have been updated with additional information and photos. Both are listed at $28.99 and are due out on November 29. Both sets include two CDs (one containing the remastered album and the other bonus tracks) and a DVD. The DVDs are to contain complete videos of concerts at Metro in Chicago from 1990 (for Gish) and 1993 (for Siamese Dream). Both sets are also to include postcards; Gish's postcards feature six "never-before-seen" band photos, while Siamese Dream's feature the original 13 album collages. Finally, both sets feature "reimagined" cover artwork and a 24-page booklet with lyrics and commentary from Billy Corgan and music critic David Wild.
Tentative tracklistings for the bonus CDs were given to fans attending a meetup in Los Angeles on October 5. The tracklistings shown to fans in LA reflected 18 tracks for both Gish and Siamese Dream, but according to Amazon, Gish is to have 15 bonus tracks and Siamese Dream 17.
UPDATE (10/17): It seems Amazon has pulled both listings for the moment. According to fans who attended a meetup preceding Saturday's concert in Detroit, the listings were not supposed to appear until later, to coincide with their appearance on band's official site.
Topspin Media preps for your questions on Pumpkins' reissues 10:01 pm // Tuesday, October 11, 2011Posted by jjb in amusing, customer service, gish, news, siamese dream.
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The most powerful direct-to-fan platform on the planet is working on its "Smashing Pumpkins FAQs" document in anticipation of the re-releases of that band's Gish and Siamese Dream albums. Here are their answers to some questions they believe you will be asking frequently:
Will I get a digital version of the DVD if I purchase the deluxe edition digital package?
No, the DVD is only included the physical 2 CD/DVD deluxe edition.
When will I receive the my digital purchase?
All digital downloads will be delivered to you on midnight on 11/28.
When is my order shipping out?
All physical products will ship out and arrive on or around 11/29. If you have any specific questions regarding the shipping details of your order, please reference your live receipt for the most up to date tracking information.
When will I receive my autographed deluxe package?
All autographed deluxe packages will arrive on or around 12/22.
Butch Vig, how did you come to work with the Smashing Pumpkins? 9:06 pm // Wednesday, September 21, 2011Posted by jjb in butch vig, confusing, gish, history, interview, nirvana, vieuphoria.
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Billboard's Mitchell Peters has a new interview with Butch Vig regarding Nevermind, the famed Nirvana album that Vig produced and that was released twenty years ago this month. An excerpt:
[Peters:] How did working on "Nevermind" raise your profile as a producer?
[Vig:] The record completely changed my life. It opened up so many doors. I had been doing a lot of underground work with independent labels. And all of a sudden, all of the major labels were calling and I was able to pick and choose the projects I wanted to do. It's safe to say that the record changed the lives of those who were closely involved. Early on it sort of freaked me out, because I realized that I'd never have a record as big and commercially successful. You have to sort of put it over on one side and say, "I still want to make music and move forward."
If I hadn't done that record I don't know if I would've been able to work with Sonic Youth or Smashing Pumpkins. And I wouldn't have been able to start Garbage and do that, because it opened so many doors and allowed me to have an interesting career that I'm still luckily having — knock on wood.
While Vig's first work for Sonic Youth was on the post-Nevermind album Dirty, he had produced the Smashing Pumpkins both on the 1990 seven-inch "Tristessa" and on the 1991 album Gish, issued on Caroline Records in May that year. On the Pumpkins' 1994 video release Vieuphoria, Vig explained how he got together with the group:
The first thing I worked with [Smashing Pumpkins] on was a Sub Pop single. Jonathan [Poneman] from Sub Pop called me up and said, "There's this band from Chicago that is awesome and you've gotta work with them."
Vig also told the hookup story when he appeared in 2008 on "Sound Opinions," the syndicated radio program hosted by Chicago rock critics Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis:
Vig: I think even those records [done at Smart Studios in the late 1980s and early 1990s] were fast and kind of down and dirty, I think they sort of did have a vibe, and you could hear the hooks when there were hooks. I think that's why I got a lot of work, really. And that's why, I mean, it just sort of snowballed…that whole indie scene led to me, you know, working with…Billy Corgan heard those records, and that's why he called me from the Pumpkins.
DeRogatis: Corgan comes out there to do that Pumpkins record, and I guess that's the real superstar…first act that put you on…first time you had a record on the Billboard charts.
Vig: Yeah, and I mean, I loved working with Billy, because he's very intense and very driven, but when we made Gish, that was the first album where we actually had time…I was like, "oh my God, we have like 30 days to make a record," and we worked like 14 or 15 hours every day for those 30 days to, you know, just to try to make it sonically…take it to another level.
'Drown' demo coming first from Smashing Pumpkins' "Record Club" 11:51 pm // Saturday, August 20, 2011Posted by susan in gish, news, oceania, record club, siamese dream, video.
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In a YouTube video released tonight, Billy Corgan describes his vision for the recently announced Smashing Pumpkins Record Club, including potential "audio documentaries" of the band's recording process; waxes rhapsodic about the Siamese Dream reissue audio; and provides an update on the progress of Oceania. A full transcript of his remarks:
Hello everyone, it's Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins. Currently in the studio, finishing Oceania, I hope. Also getting ready for our tour of the US and Europe, so it's a very busy time. I've got a few details to update you on what's going on with the archival reissues and the debut of the Smashing Pumpkins Record Club, what we're calling the SPRC. We're going to offer a free track to start with, in exchange for your email address, because we all know that's so valuable. So you have to sign up for the Record Club, it's free to sign up, but you'll get a free song. And the first song we're going to release for free is a demo recording of "Drown," which we found in going through the archives. It was recorded roughly around the end of '91, early '92, (more…)
Smashing Pumpkins crafting 'Gish,' 'Siamese Dream' reissues 9:49 pm // Friday, August 19, 2011Posted by susan in gish, lyrics, news, pisces iscariot, releases, siamese dream.
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Over the last week, new details about the Smashing Pumpkins' back-catalog rereleases have emerged. Billy Corgan said yesterday that "we're working hard right now" to ensure that the Gish and Siamese Dream reissues, due out on November 15, will each have special packaging and contain two CDs and a DVD. Other formats, such as the high-grade vinyl mentioned in the initial announcement of the reissues, could also be pending. Corgan hopes to provide his Gish lyrics, which were not previously available, and he has tweeted that he has an extensive collection of his original Siamese Dream lyrics as well.
The band now projects that the Pisces Iscariot reissue (originally slated for this year) will come out in 2012 alongside Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, The Aeroplane Flies High, and Adore. Work for the Pisces reissue has apparently already commenced. Regarding formats for next year's releases, Corgan still intends to release Aeroplane on vinyl for the first time. 2013 should see Machina I and II combined into one package, and the band's most recent press release raises the possibility of a "best-of compilation" in that same year.
When will we hear 'Oceania'? 11:51 pm // Thursday, August 18, 2011Posted by jjb in gish, oceania, radio, siamese dream, websites.
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Last Friday morning's press release announcing the Smashing Pumpkins' fall tour of America said their next album Oceania is "now due out in early 2012." That afternoon, however, this exchange between frontman Billy Corgan and Chicago broadcaster Roe Conn aired on WLS-AM:
Conn: Billy, first of all, let's talk about the new album. When is that actually going to hit?
Corgan: [clears throat] Sorry, I've been singing like a mad dog. Um, I think we'll probably put it out where people can hear it towards the end of the year, and then it'll be for sale at the beginning of the year.
His interlocutors offered the hopeful interpretation that, by "where people can hear it," Corgan meant terrestial radio, but I daresay he meant the damned Internet.
So when exactly will Oceania's 13 tracks drop in amidst the tide of Smashing Pumpkins-related events? If you want to guess at a date, keep the following information in mind:
- The Pumpkins intend to debut some songs from Oceania on their October tour of the United States, tickets for which are going on sale this week. Corgan has said the band expects Oceania to be available prior to a subsequent European tour. The dates for that tour have yet to be announced.
- EMI's reissues of the Pumpkins' early 1990s albums Gish and Siamese Dream are expected in stores on November 15.
- The first event of Resistance Pro, the wrestling organization that Corgan helps direct, takes place November 25.
- The press release touts 2012 as "a big year of touring" for the Pumpkins. Via Twitter, Corgan has suggested several potential locales he'd like to visit.
Bob Ludwig remasters 'Gish' 12:57 am // Friday, August 5, 2011Posted by susan in gish, news.
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Acclaimed mastering engineer Bob Ludwig of Gateway Mastering has finished work on an impending reissue of the Smashing Pumpkins album Gish, part of that band's archives project. Ludwig has previously worked with, well, uh, everyone.
Here's a bit of an interview from 2003 in which Ludwig talks shop:
MusicTAP: What is the usual process from when Gateway is contacted for a project to the final release?
Bob Ludwig: Someone calls us and schedules a day I can work on their record. Either I do it alone, or the producer and sometimes, artists attend. The day arrives, I listen to their raw tape and hear in my head how I think it could sound. I turn the knobs on the right gear to make it sound like I hear it in my head. I master it, discuss if any remixing needs to be done and do any further editing that needs to be done. When the artist, producer, A&R person and the manager all agree I have gotten as much musicality out of their original master tape as possible, the approved master is copied to the appropriate medium desired by the plant (PCM 1630, exabyte DDP tape, Pre-master CD-R, or Yellow Book CD-ROM). The actual parts going to the plant are quality controlled from top to bottom by one of my engineers, usually with headphones to catch problems one can't hear in speakers, and notes are made of any abnormal sounds that are in fact approved.
Corgan provides details on album reissues, archives 12:51 pm // Tuesday, June 7, 2011Posted by chris in b-sides, gish, pisces iscariot, siamese dream.
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As promised in a tweet last night, Billy Corgan provided a status update on the both the progress of and ideas behind the Archive Project. While he gave a brief mention to the current work being done, which he described as taking "any materials from 1985-1994 that are relevant to the Gish, Siamese Dream, or Pisces Iscariot albums and get them into a stable, 96k format," Billy also spent quite a bit of time describing a new potential method for releasing work that isn't worthy of mainstream commercial treatment.
If I had to make a choice today, it would probably be something along the lines of outline the project, and see who might want to buy in with a guarantee that they are assured a limited edition pressing. We all know the songs will be bootlegged, there is no mystery in that anymore, but I feel that because of what these ideas are, in essence a real peek under the covers of how these albums came together, that there will be enough fans who would want to own a physical copy. Putting them together for digital consumption is easy, but probably not going to excite enough people. I know I get motivated when I think about a 20 album vinyl set of my demos from 1985-1994, even if only 500 fans wanted every one, because it means together we get to make something permanent that requires love, and a cover photo, and some liner notes, etc. In essence it is motivating to share more than just a digital file; to make art.
Corgan also offered some possibilities for reissue bonus material beyond the obvious b-sides:
So for example, for 'Drown', we may release an alternate version with has a completely different take of the long end guitar solo, mixed by Butch Vig in 1992. With 'Starla', we've talked about a completely new Kerry Brown mix 2011 style, with the original mix still being available on the 'Pisces Iscariot' record.
Finally, Billy offered another alternative for material that never even saw proper demo treatment:
But I also found on that same tape 2 unknown songs which are half-written, with me kind of faking lyrics as I often do when I'm writing a song. I never had any intention for anyone to ever hear these versions, and in their raw form are probably not release worthy, at least not commercially. But what I might do is 'finish' the songs now; record a final version after all these years with me on guitar and voice alone, and provide those half-baked versions on the SP facebook page for everyone to enjoy a lost moment in time.
For those wondering about a timetable, as previously announced the plan is still Christmas of this year for Gish, Siamese Dream, and Pisces Iscariot.
HU Podcast #78: Gish Retrospective 7:24 pm // Thursday, June 2, 2011Posted by chris in gish, podcast.
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In honor of the 20th anniversary of the release of Gish last Saturday, we devoted an entire podcast to the Pumpkins' debut album. Jill relayed to us some interesting tales told to her by a couple of guys who were around the band during their formative years, and the three of us looked back and tried to assess Gish both on its own and in the context of the band's career.
Listen to the whole show (49:33)
-Chris, Jason, and Jill
-Jill had a chance to meet a few years back with a couple of roadies from the band's early days as part of an abandoned project for the official website, so she goes back to her notes to give us some highlights. (20:40)
-We attempt to take a look at Gish as a standalone work, but are soon drawn into both discussing it as a stepping stone from pre-Gish to Siamese Dream and despairing at how difficult it is to assess a 20-year-old album with fresh ears. (24:15)
Song of the Week
-Bury Me, Chicago, IL (June 23, 1991)
Keep an eye on this space sometime this weekend, as I'm hoping to get a chance to talk with a fan who attended the Owata music video taping last week.
Happy 'Gish' day 7:44 am // Saturday, May 28, 2011Posted by jjb in amusing, gish, history.
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Twenty years ago today, Caroline Records released the first Smashing Pumpkins album, a happening of which neither I nor most Pumpkins fans have any personal recollection.
Above: Silent film actress Nicole Fiorentino.
Landmark 1971 albums such as Blue, Led Zeppelin IV, and Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs were released closer in time to Gish than was the landmark 2011 album Born This Way.
HU Podcast #76: The Big Announcement 1:43 pm // Saturday, April 30, 2011Posted by chris in gish, pisces iscariot, podcast, siamese dream, teargarden by kaleidyscope.
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Billy's recent announcement on the future of Teargarden and the exciting news about the reissues and opening of the archives spurred us to record a rare mid-week podcast. Eric joins us again from Japan to sift through the possibilities for Gish, Siamese Dream, and Pisces Iscariot bonus material, as we save discussion of the other reissues for future shows.
Listen to the whole show (52:06)
-Chris, Susan, and Eric
-Owata is tabbed as the final single-release Teargarden song, at least for the foreseeable future. Is this a good choice? (4:01)
-The next Teargarden release after Owata will be an approximately 10-song album within an album called Oceania, surprisingly slated for a September 1st date. Is 4 months long enough to create and release an album? How will it be distributed? Is there a chance we'll never go back to the one-song-at-a-time format? (10:24)
-All of the old album are being reissued with bonus material, so we take a look at Gish, Siamese Dream, and Pisces Iscariot, which are slated for a 2011 release. What will the bonus tracks be? So many b-sides from these eras are already on Pisces Iscariot, will they be pushed back into their respective eras? Would fans have the right to be upset if the bonus material is already available in the trading community? Will Billy include songs sung by other band members? (32:17)
Song of the Week
-Try to Try, Madison, WI (July 16th, 1990)


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Jan. 29, 2010
AUBURN, Ala. - The Auburn volleyball team came together on Sunday evening to celebrate its 2009 season and to honor the team award winners.
The Tigers finished the 2009 season with a 16-15 overall mark and were 8-12 in the Southeastern Conference. Auburn concluded the year second in the SEC West and tied for fifth overall in the league. The 16 overall wins and eight SEC victories were the most the team has had since 1999.
Junior libero Liz Crouch was given the highest honor, being named the team's Most Valuable Player. The New Orleans native reached a pair of milestones during the season. On Oct. 4, Crouch became the eighth Tiger to record 1,000 career digs and now has a total of 1,234 career digs, which places her third all-time at Auburn. Crouch's 453 digs this season also put her in the records books, as that mark is the most-ever reached by a Tiger in a single season.
The Freshman of the Year award went to outside hitter Sarah Bullock. The Allen, Texas product led the team in total kills (296), kills per set (2.62) and total attempts (889), while also owning a team-best 11 solo blocks. Bullock also finished with a team-high eight double-doubles and was named SEC Freshman of the Week on two occasions. She was named to the All-SEC Freshmen team for her efforts.
The Most Improved honor went the sophomore setter Christina Solverson, who appeared in 111 of the 113 sets for Auburn. Solverson led the Auburn setting core with a 5.48 assists per set average and 608 total assists. She was also fourth on the squad with 215 total digs on the season.
The Tiger Award was given to junior Lauren Mellor, while junior Morgan Johns was named the "Unsung Hero." Mellor, who was honored for being the team's hardest worker, led the squad in blocking and finished with a career-high 97 blocks on the season. She also set a career-high in total kills (125) and attempts (317). Johns was Auburn's primary hitter on the right-side and finished second on the squad in total kills (266) and third in blocks (54).
Culwell was fourth on the squad in total kills with 224 and had a team-best 24 service aces. She earned two SEC Freshman of the Week honors during her first season with Auburn.


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|The contribution of a frequency-compression hearing aid to contralateral cochlear implant performance.
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|Background: Frequency-lowering signal processing in hearing aids has re-emerged as an option to improve audibility of the high frequencies by expanding the input bandwidth. Few studies have investigated the usefulness of the scheme as an option for bimodal users (i.e., combined use of a cochlear implant and a contralateral hearing aid). In this study, that question was posed. Purpose: The purposes of this study were (1) to determine if frequency compression was a better bimodal option than conventional amplification and (2) to determine the impact of a frequency-compression hearing aid on speech recognition abilities. Research Design: There were two separate experiments in this study. The first experiment investigated the contribution of a frequency-compression hearing aid to contralateral cochlear implant (CI) performance for localization and speech perception in noise. The second experiment assessed monaural consonant and vowel perception in quiet using the frequency-compression and conventional hearing aid without the use of a contralateral CI or hearing aid. Study Sample: Ten subjects fitted with a cochlear implant and hearing aid participated in the first experiment. Seventeen adult subjects with a cochlear implant and hearing aid or two hearing aids participated in the second experiment. To be included, subjects had to have a history of postlingual deafness, a moderate or moderate-to-severe hearing loss, and have not worn this type of frequency-lowering hearing aid previously. Data Collection and Analysis: In the first experiment, performance using the frequency-compression and conventional hearing aids was assessed on tests of sound localization, speech perception in a background of noise, and two self-report questionnaires. In the second experiment, consonant and vowel perception in quiet was assessed monaurally for the two conditions. In both experiments, subjects alternated daily between a frequency-compression and conventional hearing aid for 2 mo. The parameters of frequency compression were set individually for each subject, and audibility was measured for the frequency compression and conventional hearing aid programs by comparing estimations of the Speech Intelligibility Index (SII) using a modified algorithm (Bentler et al, 2011). In both experiments, the outcome measures were administered following the hearing aid fitting to assess performance at baseline and after 2 mo of use. Results: For this group of subjects, the results revealed no significant difference between the frequency-compression and conventional hearing aid on tests of localization and consonant recognition. Spondee-in-noise and vowel perception scores were significantly higher with the conventional hearing aid compared to the frequency-compression hearing aid after 2 mo of use. Conclusions: These results suggest that, for the subjects in this study, frequency compression is not a better bimodal option than conventional amplification. In addition, speech perception may be negatively influenced by frequency compression because formant frequencies are too severely compressed and can no longer be distinguished.
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