#smashing pumpkins

[faireladypenumbra]

Found the cat magazine from Chicago, and I think I was able to crack this one

Page 77 contains a lengthy reference to "operant conditioning," which is a behavioral modification based on the addition or removal of reward or punishment (you can and should read more here). B.F. Skinner was the father of operant condition and invented "The Skinner Box," an experiment where animals (rats and pigeons mainly) were isolated and reconditioned through reward or punishment, enforcing simple, repeatable responses from test subjects.

The implication alone that each show is a Skinner Box has me frothing at the mouth

But

also

That's a rat in a cage.

[c3meteryddr1ve]

oh I am sickkkkk

[pro-rev-frankie]

“I had a religious experience with this song” gerard is so real for that

[idontknowwhyimhere102]

WAIT IS THE OTHER SON GERARD?????

HE SAID BOTH

[kitschydoll]

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Do you like this song? #592

Yes I like it, I already know it

Yes I like it, first time listening

No I don't like it, I already know it

No I don't like it, first time listening

Voting ended onMay 8, 2025

Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings 1995

"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" is a song by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins. It was released as the lead single from their 1995 double album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. This song was the band's first top-40 US hit, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also spent six weeks at number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number four on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 18 on the RPM Top Singles chart and spent four weeks at number one on the RPM Alternative 30 chart, becoming Canada's most successful rock song of 1995. It also reached number one in Iceland.

The song won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 1997. It was named the 91st best hard rock song of all time by VH1 in 2009 and ranked number 70 on the 2008 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time" of Rolling Stone. The song came second in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1995, was later voted number 51 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009 and placed at number 25 in the Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years, 2013. The song was featured in the video game Guitar Hero 5. "Weird Al" Yankovic performed the chorus in "The Alternative Polka" from his Bad Hair Day album.

"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" received a total of 77,1% yes votes! Previous Smashing Pumpkins polls: #327 "Zero".

[stargirllaurenn]

ME COREEEE

[marinaviewhotel]

shiny buttons of some of my favorite bands lol