I received this e-mail from the Smashing Pumpkins Internet fan club and I would like to share it with you:

The following is a transcript of the live chat with Billy Corgan and James Iha on the 15th of June, 1999 at 9:00 pm EDT. Please note that the chat only lasted for approximately five minutes due to technical difficulties.
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*Bil1yCor* we'll be starting up soon folks
*Bil1yCor* hello everyone...we're here and ready to start...if you have a question...message moderator
*Bil1yCor* thanks for being here for the start of "gish" month...we're doing this as a chance to look back on the album and that time...and to have fans of gish participate as much as possible...
*Bil1yCor* (Grumio) james, what was the one song you now wish was on gish
*Bil1yCor* the one song i wish was on gish was a song we played on the arising tour, la dolly vita
*Bil1yCor* How do you feel about Gish in comparison with your other albums?
*Bil1yCor* b: people often look at albums without thinking about the continuity of the time or the context in which the album was made...so when i answer a question like this i like to remind people that this was our first album and very special to us but every album is special because it marks a time in your life
*Bil1yCor* ok, when and why did you start incorporated that long rant into the song "I Am One"?
*Bil1yCor* b: the rant grew out of boredom with the song...we had been playing the song since 1989 and it just started to go off
*Bil1yCor* a step by step instruction on how to message is posted on the website
*Bil1yCor* B: the remastered version version of gish is off analog tape and sounds much closer to how it sounded in the studio, the original was off digital and sounded too harsh
*Bil1yCor* we want to tell you we are having a few problems, but we're sorting them out so please be patient, thanks..love billy


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