Selling out: Pumpkins style

Selling out. It’s understandable but still cringe-worthy, and sometimes downright inexcusable. Recently, John Mayer took his song “Say” to undreamt heights of sappiness by licensing it to Hallmark, and now Billy Corgan has pimped out the Smashing Pumpkin’s song “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” to promote pay-per-view wrestling. This one doesn’t past the cereal test…

-Julie McCollum

Listening to: “I Just Wanted To Be Your Friend” by My Morning Jacket

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