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On my radar: Billy Corgan’s cultural highlights
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman on bonding with his son over Miyazaki, the genius of Mozart’s Requiem, and the world’s biggest Bozo the Clown collection
Because it was such a merchandising cash cow, you can imagine what they could sell to kids: toys, dolls, soap, toothbrushes – anything a child would want, they put Bozo’s name on it. His style is very laconic: he talks about these harrowing details where he almost loses his life multiple times, and speaks about it in such a calm German way that it’s almost shocking. There’s a story where he’s in a helicopter, shooting a movie on one of the most dangerous mountains in the world, and within minutes they’re in a full-blown whiteout snowstorm where you can’t even see your hand in front of your face.
Or read this on The Guardian
