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The Order of the Verdant Grove

The Order of the Verdant Grove is a loose organization of about one hundred seventy druids and verdant lords who share certain interests and are committed to gaining and disseminating information about nature. The organization doesn't have much of a hierarchy, and the typical member also owes allegiance to some other druid circle in his or her local area. Many druids have heard of the Order of the Verdant Grove, but they often assume it is the name of some regional druid circle.

What makes the order different from other organizations is that its members intentionally spread themselves out over the world. A few are just as tied to a single sacred grove or woodland as any other druid or verdant lord would be, but most are travelers. They may be active adventurers out to address wrongs in the world or scholars in search of information that they can share with fellow members.

In this sense, the Order of the Verdant Grove is the closest thing druids have to a ring of spies. Of course, most of the information that its members acquire and disseminate within the organization would bore a typical spy to tears. They share information about their explorations of distant lands, discoveries of new creatures (animals and beasts), and of previously unknown wonders of the natural world. They also share knowledge of new spells and magic items that have come into use. Members of the Order of the Verdant Grove are encouraged to share whatever information they discover, but they are required to report on new druid communities, standing stones, or druid circles that they find. The Order of the Verdant Grove must occasionally act as a messenger service between independent druid circles in times of regional or greater crisis, so it's important for its members to know where the druids of the world can be found.

## How to join

An applicant for membership must be invited and sponsored by a current member, and all available members periodically vote on whether to admit the current applicants. Once accepted, the new member (called an initiate) undergoes a rite of acceptance during which he or she receives a hoop earring bearing a green orb. Not only does this allow members to identify one another, but it is also a pearl of power (1st-level). The initiate is expected to make a donation that covers the cost of creating this talisman.

## Origins

The origins of the order hearken back to a day when a druid circle broke apart following a war against a wizard cabal and its demonic servants. Many members of the original group became verdant lords - perhaps from a desire to form a deeper and more personal bond with nature after being dragged into a fight against outsiders. Thus, they tended to be somewhat reclusive. Now verdant lords have become rare, and they are found only among the older members of the organization. The druids and the verdant lords in the order do not compete - they share too much to become embroiled in petty rivalries.
Zaizel Saika

## The Renegade Rebel

"Hey, pretty lady! You have already captured my heart. Now, you can hold the rest of me, huh?"

A ladies man through and through, Zaizel never misses a chance to flirt with the fairer sex.

The only thing Zaizel loves more then women is his own freedom.

He was a Mercenary's son, and as such grew up learning how to fight for a living. No battle was too big for the proud upstart, so long as the coin matched up. The Saika renegades were famed for there stylish and risky strategies, baiting enemies into ambushes often. They became even more dangerous with the advent of the first "Date Thunder Throwers" and finally settled as a golden company at the beck and call of Date industries. It was during this time that Zaizel grew very close to the Date clan, becoming sort of like adoptive family. He and his father's mercenary band were apart of the business as much as the founder's were.

However this success would not last, as no competition ever survived a confrontation with the East Iron Trading company.

The Patented Saika Bait and switch failed against the superior tacticians of the east ironborn, and Zaizel was forced to watch as his father's ship and many brothers in arms went up in a blaze of cannon fire.

Not long after the 3 eldest Date's agreed to a surrender to large buyout of Date industries to John Sparrow of the East iron trading company, However a trap had been laid.

Again, Zaizel failed in his mission to protect the young lords, and John Sparrow personally destroyed their vessel approaching the meeting point.

Date industries was left to the only remaining member of the clan, the 14 year old Masmune Date. The East ironborn left with a last warning.

 "Right, so now that your heads are dead it should only take a bit before we can buy out your little upstart for wood nickels on the dollar. Savy?"

Zaizel Vowed revenge against the scoundrel John Sparrow, but knew he was ill equipped to face him alone without the help of his renegade family. He set out to new lands to build his arsenal and a new band of rebels ready to smite the corporate Pirates of the East iron.
Ekimara

## Vampiric creatures

Ekimara are a humanoid beast that has taken a partial bat like form. These creatures wields an unusual blood siphoning magic unique to their kind. This species seems to differ from traditional Vampires (which are not a common sight in Orthos) and dont apparently share a recent ancestry, however distantly are likely connected somewhere.
Dragonborn

The DragonBorn are a proud race, that faced a lot of prosecution following the events that happened in Heior around 2000 years ago. In recent years, the phobias against them have diminished. Unfortunately, so have their numbers.

You can mainly find them on WuthGaard, Island of Dragons. Occasionally you'll see them elsewhere however. While not uncommon to see them, it certainly catches everyone's attention.
Beholder

# Notable Beholders In History

## Fred

Fred is the Librarian of an odd little library hidden in the sandy desert of Viet. He has collected books and tomes for as long as humanoids have scrawled on stone an paper. Fred is a generous and kind beholder, claiming to be the first beholder born from the mind of an aspect of chaos. Fred says he has bore many children over the centuries however they have not inherited his affinity for books, save one, Jeff. Jeff started his own collection, though he dreamt up a pocket dimension to hide away his collection.
Spellbook of al-Wasat

The spellbook of al-Wasat was created by Kuiril al-Wasat, the elf who disjuncted the Horseman of Death and took his place. It is missing several pages, including, it can be presumed, the page that contains the formula to perform *al-Wasat's targeted disjunction*.

It was protected by an passcoded *arcane lock* (which could not be supressed by *knock*) and a binding of behir leather which imparted a galvanizing spell targeted at any who touched it.
Father Mozgus

### Backstory:

A relative mystery this Man rose to a following only recently. Wretches and common folk alike flock to him and

his Six disciples.

They teach the gospel of the Hawk of Light, and the One true God. All others are heathens in the eyes of the one god. Through Penance his believers are made to be worthy, although few survive his trials long. He preaches peace and virtue, but gives pain, and punishment. Only the pious make it to the kingdom promised, but the road is laden with strife.

"Though he walked through the valley of sin, he cast a great light upon the darkness. As the black seared away, a purer form was revealed raw unto him. That which was truth was only found through trail and fire."

-Book of the hawk, Hymn 66, verse 6

He and his cult took over The holy kingdom of Mirabar after the mysterious death of the King. He and his Ilk began the Divine Crusade against the Sinful Empire to bring the world back to the one true god.

The Scourge of Yatar "Darth Verron" joined Mozgus's Inquisitor ranks shortly after the war began and has led the charge against the empire's Forces ever since.

Non-Believers and sinners alike should be weary. Although patience be a virtue, Father Mozgus's wears thin.
Snow-Storm

## Snow-Storm - The Snow of storms - Nii-nimkii

Born in the stormlands after the slaughter of frankenstien "Snow of Storms" grew up in what used to be a paradigm of heior.

A hollow vestige of its glory, the stormlands were made an empty and lonley place for the remaining giants living there.

Furthermore, He was of strangebirth. The chiefs knew he was supposed to be half-born, but instead of becoming a typical half-giant, He was birthed half something else. This other blood made the child glow with radiance and bring sunny days when he was happy, make storms rain when he was sad, and cause drought when he was angry.

The elders did their best to mentor the child, but had not much time to deal with such a trouble. They ultimately cast him and his mother out in defense of their homeland.

This led to The snow of storms taking up residence in oakenspatch, where his mother told him his father was from.

Peter Snow, he had been told all about him. The saint of saints, and purest of heart. He helped the other legendary heroes cast out frankenstien, and established the idea of unity amongst hieor again after so long of being Divided.

Snow of storms was in awe of the story, but never understood why if his father was such a beacon he left him and his mother alone.

As Snow of storms grew he would find another mentor in ancev oaksram. This elder took a keen interest in Snow's special abilities, and helped the young man hone them into a powerful boon.

When the time came for ancev to reveal his true nature he took great care in disposing of Snow's mother. Never to raise suspicion in the boy, as even Veccna morco knew Snow's could be a great ally, but a worse enemy.

Without his mother Snow was lost, and turned to ancev, now openly veccna for answers. Veccna told the boy of his lineage putting his fathers before him on a pedestal next to the gods. He told the boy that he was destined to surpass them.

Veccna taught the child of his "Inheritor Spark" something Veccna himself being one of the first men once had. Though he had cast his out in the quest for greater power in lichdom, Snow had what others may call "Demi-Godhood" which gave him the birthright to inherit any God's portfolio if he so wished.

Veccna trained the boy harder then ever, and when his name day came "Snow-Storm" was ready to lead the army Veccna charged with him.

"Go, my son. Embrace your blood, and take your birthright from the first father of storms. Show him why he should Know YOUR NAME!"
MidHeld

Midheld, like most cities in Heior was Re-Found after the defeat of Hoffnung. It is one of the better cities in the land as far as its economy is concerned compared to most other villages and cites. In year 203 their mayor fell ill to an odd disease, and died but not before the city discovered he was murdering people in his madness, and it took several travelers to defeat him. Most of which also were killed by the mayor as he took a beastly form.
William Oaksram

## Overview

William, tales tell, is from the Primeval era. The era that stone dragons come from. Its said he is brother to the evil Vecna Morco, and was betrayed and killed by his brother along with the other members of their group so that he could use their souls to swell his power.

## Appearance

He is said to have looked relatively human. Clean shaven face, simple robes, and a golden flute.
Special Items

## Ash Of Blazing Fire

Some say you can find an ash that can create uncontrollable fire. Strong enough to change a person and swell them with power. Some say it comes from an abyss of fire itself.

## Heart Of Gold

A legend has it that when Clavicus Brightfire left the mortal coill, his heart was left behind. A golden dragons heart covered in scales. He was blessed by one of the old stone dragons, and his heart remains to help others.

## The Tome Of Safe Travels

Legend tells of a book written by and old magic users whos name is long since lost to time. Tales tell the book is used to teleport from area to area. Lore tells a great old band of heroes used it to great effect.

## Necronomicon

Tales tell that Deamon Snow once had the book in his possession. To what end exactly is unknown. The book itself little is know for certain. Only that it is necrromantic in nature and that it has been whispered about many times through history.

## Cobbled Stones

The cobbled stones are a piece left over from creation of a different world. They represent the corners of a universe as it was created. They all individually represent a piece of personality or body. When found they tend to accentuate the attribute that its related to.

## Spear Of Choice

A strange item that some say they have possessed in recent times. Saying the device can heal ailments with its blade...

"*Most records on the topic were collected from 'witness' testimony in sporadic areas across the elvenlands, hammersforge, and specifically the city of Gwenclan.*

*The Spear is sometimes said to be made of radiant Glass, or a dark ebony steel and is more a bi-dent then a spear. Shaped much like an over sized tuning fork. It is reported to have qualities either similar to cleric magics or that of necromancy. Either 'Bolts of shining force' or 'terrible tendrils of shadow' shoot forth from it. The more outrageous stories tell tale of it being able to 'reflect' ones being into two separate extremes, a 'light' and a 'dark'. Most research into the location, or more concrete knowledge of its abilities has been unfounded. Though it is clearly similar to the angel Orchestriel's own Legendary Spear of Twilight"*

-*Grand Archivist's logs: Spear of Choice*
Melf's Words of Power

*Melf's Words of Power* describes in detail the various collections of phones, phonemes, and morphemes that resonate with magic and help to shape it to the speaker's will. It has drawn criticism for the phonotactical complexities in arrives at. Many scholars and mages have found seemingly obvious means to shorten the proferred phrases to something more managable without sacrificing efficacy. He is also criticised for plugging his own spellcraft, particularly his *Minute Meteors*, when it had little to do with the subject of his text.

### Examples

spell - Melf's incantation > shortened variants

*magic missile* - "greba nire etsaia zehaztasun" > "grebasun"

*shield* - "xurgatzeko indarrean" > "xurgrean" or "gatzekindar"

*comprehend languages* - "hizkunta guztiak nireak dira" > "hazguz"

*counterspell* - "rebukeh" (in an uncharacteristic laconic act, Melf cited Rary's Redactions to Kazimar's Tome of Protection to include this word here)

### Citations and References

*Rary's Redactions to Kazimar's Tome of Protection*

*New Spells for a New Age* by Ysmari Ylld
World events

**World events include:**

**Airdrop -** A PvP event which crates that fall from the sky containing good loot. It is usually sought after by strong players, so use high caution.

**Invasion -** A PvE event that spawns a mass of Elite mobs, increasing in tier as the time goes. Killing or assisting in mob kills earns you points, with more points earned from higher tiered mobs. All players are given rewards at the end depending on their score, and the top 3 players are given gems. Dying will cause you to lose some points, and will respawn you nearby.
Izar's Compendium of Motions

*Izar's Compendium of Motions* details the relationship between somatic motions and magic.

### Selected Spells Covered in the Tome

*Magic missile*, extending three fingers and wriggling them at the target

*Shield*, hand held outward in a rebuing motion witht he thumb tucked into the hand

### Flowing River Elf Dance

This meditative series of motions is brought up many times in this tome, as it has a rejuvenative nature to it and can be supposed to utilize gestures that alter the flow of magic around the practitioners. The various poses of the Flowing River Elf Dance have been adapted to many spells by mages outside of Izar himself.
Ein Soph

"*First there was nothing but the endless tendrils of the inky black void. Then there stood a light both brilliant and terrible. Radiant and reverent it waved the thoughtless abyss away, and from it formed itself into a magnificent star. Beneath the star what was rooted itself into what became, and forever after grew further into the Ein Soph"*

## Individuals Of Interest

Magister Varron

Ivory Chariot

Father Mozgus
Belegar Ironbeard

Belegar Ironbeard's clan was originally from HammersForge and had a mine on the border of the Gnome and Dwarf territory. At the end of the Gnomish Dwarvish conflicts the Gnomes took control of the Ironbeard's mine. With the suppression of Dwarven traditions and the loss of their ancestral home the clan moved to Wallachia to work as traveling merchants and craftsmen.

Belegar had spent his life with his clan traveling town to town to find work. He grew up hearing stories passed down from the longbeards about their ancestral home, and the way of the gnomes. The stories sparked a hatred of the gnomes and a desire to never see his culture suppressed. While traveling the route from Blach Wallachia to Traders Hub the clan's caravan was ambushed by a large band of bandits. The dwarves were caught unaware of the ambush but were saved when a priest from the Way of the White and his body guards intervened. The clan felt a kinship with the church and swore they would repay the church by sending members of the clan to assist the order.

Belegar was only a beardling at the time so he was one of the dwarves that joined the church. While in the church Belegar wanted to keep his people's traditions alive and studied smithing and Dwarven traditions along side his work in the church. When Belegar finally reached the rank of cleric he had a special holy symbol forged that combined the WoW holy symbol with a silhouette of a bearded on it to symbolize the bond his clan shares with the Wow.
White Brigade

**White Brigade** 「白い の団 *Shiroi Burigēdo*」is an extremely powerful organization, founded and led by an unknown individual. They are the only force in the continent that directly opposes the structural system of four kingdoms and seek to dismantle it and build it into a haven for the citizens from all across the four kingdoms. They are particularly against the monarch family of kingdoms who control and benefit from the corruption of the kingdoms they rule over.

## Overview

The White Brigade appears to be very influential who's primary objective is to fight against the ruling monarch of the four kingdoms and the system they envelop. Their main purpose is to defy political oppression and corruption and dismantle it in order to establish a new nation and unite the people of the kingdoms together.

Its members consists of former citizens of each of the four kingdoms that have had their lives ruined because of the system the kingdoms uphold.

They are also powerful enough to clash with each of the four Kingdoms and possess many mages loved by mana. They all despise the Kingdoms.

Due to being an independent militia, another effort the Brigade is focusing on stockpiling powerful magic and magic items in order to build up their military strength as their ultimate goal is to overthrow the Kingdoms monarch family, who each possess tremendous magic power and are protected by their kingdoms military power of mages with just as much magic power. They scour and monitor activity of effective magics and items for the purposes of obtaining that power for themselves, going so far as to launch wide scale attacks on the kingdoms in order to acquire them.
Captain M0r94n

One Day Morgan awoke, rusting in a ditch being looked over by a strange fiend.

At first he was frightened, uncertain of who, or where he was faced with this eerie stranger.

"Ah you're alive. I was beginning to worry. Please excuse my unsettling appearance, but I do believe you are in distress. I live only a short distance from here, and can offer you shelter from this horrid storm."

Morgan, alone and afraid, accepted the stranger's offer. He would stay and work for this stranger and come to be his pupil.

Master Oridan would often scold Morgan. There were many times Morgan felt the strong urge to stand up for himself, but something within, some strange intense feeling held him back. It panged at the back of his head lots. When he tried to think about his past, when he tried to think about master Oridan.

Thats why when Morgan was told to join the Ironborne, he was overjoyed that he would be free and among people that seemed to treat him with something resembling respect.

Morgan made up his mind to prove his worth to his new family and practiced his magics every chance he got.

Once the rebellion broke out, Morgan jumped at the chance to impress Baron. He was aboard the flagship standing aside the kraken king, as Baron spoke a strange phrase that sent morgan into a flurry, unleashing the full force of his magical power upon an incoming flank.

Morgan managed to destroy the flank with one spell, proving his worth and taking his right to become a captain.

His oath was thus:

"Baron said I am captain now"
Summer 1996 – Soundworks

## Summer 1996 – Soundworks, Chicago

Produced by Billy
Corgan; Engineered by Jeff Moleski

* Eye
* Eye (piano demo)
* *Tear*

Sessions
for the Lost Highway Soundtrack.   Billy
actually recorded two songs for the film. The second was an early version of
Tear, which was rejected.  Overdubs to
the March Charing Cross sessions in Australia were probably done around this
time.  This may or may not be a part of
the previous Adore demo session.

Most people know “Eye” as the electro-rock crossover from the popular
David Lynch film, but the track began as an instrumental for Shaquille
O’Neal. The two were linked up by a longtime friend of Corgan’s. Being a
 big sports fan, Corgan was up for the challenge. He concocted the
instrumental before speaking with Shaq, but the two weren’t able to meet
 up to seal the deal. Lynch, on the other hand, thought it was perfect
for Lost Highway. The track relied heavily on a Kurzweil K2500 for its
808-styled percussion, a Waldorf VST for the synth line, and a 12-string
 acoustic lined in direct.

Bowie’s and Reed’s contributions to *Lost Highway* were recorded
for other projects, but “Eye,” the hypnotic, drum-machine-driven
Smashing Pumpkins song, was a commission—and a last-minute one, at that.
 After failing to obtain the rights to The Pixies’ “Ana,” Lynch charged
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan with writing an original song
for the film; Corgan presented him with an early version of “Tear” from the group’s electronica-driven album *Adore*, only to be told, as Corgan puts it in a 2009 video interview
 for the David Lynch Foundation, “It’s not going to work, Billy.” So
Corgan, scrambling to come up with another song in a hurry, dug up a
repetitive, Dr. Dre-inspired drum-machine track he had recorded for
Shaquille O’Neal and reworked it into “Eye.” So next time you watch *Lost Highway* andPete and Sheila are slow dancing, remember that in a Lynchian alternate reality, Shaq is rapping over that beat.

Return to Adore

1. ↑ Richard Thomas, "Signal To Noise: The Sonic Diary Of The Smashing Pumpkins", Electronic Musician, October 1st, 2008
2. ↑ Katie Rife, "Lost Highway put David Lynch Onto America's Car Stereos", AV Club, May 23rd, 2017
Leaders of the Soviet Union

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First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and Chairmen of the Council of Ministers through the years.

## First Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Joseph Stalin

Lavrentiy Beria

Yuri Andropov

Evgeniy Primakov

Vladimir Putin

Leonid Chizhikov

Nikolay Malinovskiy

Georgiy Sokolov

Ivan Tihorenkov
Tele7ABC

Tele7abc's known logo, between 1994-2002.

Tele7abc's last logo, between 2002-2004.

**Tele7abc** was a television channel in Romania, which became popular in the 1990s and stopped airing in 2005. It was known for airing such series as *The Addams Family*, *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air*, *Knight Rider*, *The A-Team*, *MacGyver*, *Kung Fu*, and *The Incredible Hulk*. Tele7ABC was the broadcaster of Michael Jackson's HIStory Tour concert in 1996 in Bucharest.

It was the beginning of stars like Mircea Badea, Teo Trandafir, Dan Diaconescu and Radu Coşarcă.[1]

It died after getting in the control of Florin Călinescu. Soon after, most of its movies were transferred to other stations, Tele7 remaining only with religious B rated movies and similar shows.

In 2003, the station temporarily closed its gates with the message that the workers were not paid in months, and they had neither any adequate sanitary facilities. Soon after, the station closed down for good.
December 2010-February 2011 - Pumpkinland II, Northbrook, IL

## December 2010-February 2011 - Pumpkinland II, Northbrook and Coldwater Studios, Los Angeles

Produced by Billy Corgan and Kerry Brown; engineered by Bjorn Thorsrud

* Lightning Strikes
* Owata

The third set of recording sessions for the Teargarden by Kaleidyscope project. The band's line-up now included Corgan, Jeff Schroeder on guitar, Nicole Fiorentino on bass and Mike Byrne on drums.

**Kerry Brown**: Wow, It has
been an insane week at Coldwater Studio and it's only Wednesday night! On
Monday and Tuesday The Smashing Pumpkins came in to finish recording the next two
Teargarden by Kaleidyscope songs. Billy, Nicole and Mike recorded backing
vocals that sound amazing. I have never heard big backing vocals on a Smashing
Pumpkins song, it is a really cool new direction for the band. I would like to
tell you what songs we recorded but then Billy would have to kill me and I am
not yet ready to meet my maker.

Side Note: I
have been in the recording studio for almost every SP record and never have I
seen such positive band chemistry. It is very refreshing.

**Jeff Schroeder**: "The last two songs on Teargarden, Lightning Strikes and Owata, were the
 first times the four of us recorded together. Oddly enough, it took
what seemed to be a crazy-long time to do two songs. When you're working
 piecemeal, you can lose focus on the big picture. So doing Oceania was
more in line from what I grew up with. I'm an album guy." Billy told me
that a couple of the new songs happened spontaneously in the studio.

 Return to Teargarden by Kaleidyscope/Oceania

1. ↑ Kerry Brown, glittercop blog, December 15, 2010
2. ↑ Joe Bosso, "Jeff Schroeder on guitars, amps, effects and the new Smashing Pumpkins sound", Music Radar, October 23, 2012
EuroSport

## EuroSport Europe

EuroSport's well-known logo, used between 1994 and 2015.

EuroSport's actual logo, without the "1".

**EuroSport** is a European sports channel, first of his gen in Europe, launched on **5th February 1989** (as a part of the Sky channels). Eurosport was closed down in May 1991 after the competing Screensport channel had filed a complaint to the European Commission over the corporate structure.[12] The channel was however saved when the TF1 Group (formed after the French government privatized TF1 5 years prior to the acquisition) stepped in to replace BSkyB as joint-owners. A new Eurosport channel was able to start its broadcasts the same month.

On 1 March 1993, the cable and satellite channel Screensport merged with Eurosport. Eurosport eventually came under a French consortium comprising the TF1 Group, Canal+ Group and Havas Images. In January 2001, TF1 took full ownership of Eurosport.

Eurosport, having been one of the first channels to broadcast on the Astra 1 group of satellites, was the last satellite channel in Europe to broadcast in an analogue format. On 30 April 2012, shortly after 03:00 CET, the rest of the remaining analogue channels at 19.2 East ceased transmission. Eurosport's analogue channel finally ceased transmission on 1 May 2012 at 01:30 CET, marking the end of an era in European satellite broadcasting.

Known for it's sports show and eveniments, and for transmitting the Olympic Games and Football World Cups, EuroSport was, and is watched by every Romanian sports fan.

EuroSport Romania, the feed for this country, was launched in 1998.
ANTENA 1

Antena 1's first logo, between 1993-1998.

Antena 1's actual logo.

Antena1 (cosmetically ANTENA1 and simplificed A1) is the first Romanian private TV channel, launched on 29th December 1993, by Intact (Dan Voiculescu's company).

In the first year, Antena1 used to transmit only news and movies. In the 90's, it's rivals were the now-closed Tele7ABC and the well-known PRO TV. Now, it's rivals are PRO TV and KanalD (local version of the Turkish channel).

Known for it's monden and comedy shows, but also for movies, Antena1 is one of the most watched channel in Romania.

Between 1993 and '94, Antena 1 was shared in Bucharest with the now-closed rebel channel SOTI.
TNT Europe

## TNT Classic Movies Europe

TNT Europe's logo, with "Classic Movies" slogan.

Actual logo of TCM Europe, spiritual succesor of TNT.

**Turner Network Television Europe - Classic Movies** (known as **TNT Classic Movies**, **TNT Europe** or simply **TNT**) was a classic movie channel, launched with Cartoon Network Europe on 17th September 1993, for the whole Europe as the first cartoons and classic movies channel.

Known for the actors tributes, it's quality movies and for it's friday WCW wrestling nights, TNT was one of the watched channels in Romania after Cartoon Network's closedown at 11pm Romania hour.

The **TNT to TCM rebranding** date is not well-known, but the European version was replaced by TCM Poland on 1st September 1998, by TCM Europe and TNT UK on 15th October 1999 and by TCM Poland with Romanian subtitles in Romania on 1st July 2000. On cable, TNT lasts until 1st September 2002.
TVR1

## Televiziunea Română 1

TVR1 logo, between 31th December 1993 and c. 1998.

TVR1's actual logo. (2004)

**Televiziunea Română 1** (**TVR1**) is the first public Romanian TV channel, launched on **1957 New Year's Eve**. Before TVR2 launch on May 1968, TVR1 was called simply TVR.

Known for being last analogue channel in Romania and the single channel in RSR (Socialist Republic of Romania) between April 1985 and February 1990, but also for it's shows and movies, TVR1 is still one of the most watched TV channels in Romania.

Between 22th December 1989 and June 1990, TVR was called TVRL or Televiziunea Română Liberă, on Romanian Revolution period.

Speaking of Revolution, TVR is well-known for being the first television in the world airing a revolution live.

Now, TVR1 isn't watched as most like in early 90's, but is still in the rating.
July 1996 – Chicago studio

* *Ava Adore*
* *Daphne Descends*
* *To Sheila*
* *[about 7 more songs]*

The first
session for Adore, held shortly after Jimmy's release.  The Pumpkins functioned as a trio during this
session. With about 10 songs hastily recorded in a week, the session was
scrapped as    the finished product seemed
more like demos.  This may or may not be
a part of the following Soundworks session.

**Billy Corgan**: The first sessions for the album were held shortly after we fired Jimmy
[Chamberlin, drummer] from the band. We went right in the studio and
worked for about a week as a trio. Initially, we were very excited and
pleased with the results. The whole point was to kind of be very
spontaneous. It was literally a case of me writing songs in the morning
and us recording them that day. I wanted to get away from the cerebral
part of it.
During those initial sessions we wrote and recorded "To Sheila," "Ava
Adore" and "Daphne Descends." It was like two or three days, boom, it's
done-overdubs, everything. That sat well for a little while. But then,
the initial euphoria of working so quickly started to wear off. James
took some time off to finish his solo album, so I had a moment to give
myself a reality check. And I started to realize that the quality level
of those first sessions was not what I wanted it to be. My worst
suspicions were confirmed when my friends reacted by saying things like
"nice direction, interesting song, da, da, da." But I could tell that
they weren't being blown away. And that's when the album officially
started to take shape. I started to think about the things that the
Pumpkins had accomplished, and the high standards that we've held
ourselves to throughout our whole career. That led me to decide against
working so quickly. I just couldn't put out an album of "demos." The
Pumpkins have never been about that. You know, I think our fans would've
 known the difference. There wouldn't be the depth that existed in the
earlier recordings. So when that was all settled, it became really
apparent to me that I needed to just roll up my sleeves and get down to
business. At the same time, I think I was just starting to really come
to grips with the fact that Jimmy wasn't coming back and we needed to
find a new way to work.

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1. ↑ Billy Corgan, Guitar World, June 1998
September 12, 1993 – BBC Radio One Studios

## September 12, 1993 - BBC Radio One Studios, London

Produced by Ted de Bono; Remixed by Billy Corgan and Jeff Moleski

* Landslide
* Never Let Me Down
* Quiet
* **Disarm**

Recording sessions for BBC radio. While both "Landslide" and "Never Let Me Down" were released as b-sides, "Quiet" was included on the Siamese Dream Remaster. "Disarm" remains unreleased but available on bootlegs.

**Billy Corgan on "Landslide"**: is a stevie nicks song. i fell in love with this song and forced myself
 to learn it XXX because i'm very bad at figuring out songs by other
people. of course i learned it totally the wrong way and after it was
recorded jimmy from the frogs showed me the easier way to play it. this
song is very relevant to my life at the moment still, and that is why i
love to sing it. Landslide was recorded at the bbc, not my most most
favorite place to record. they are still in 1971 but todd the producer
man was very nice. the recording is way too hissy and we're sorry but it
 is the fault of the bbc, whose financial raping of us to use this song
and sandoz almost didn't make putting these songs out possible. but it
is here,

**Billy Corgan on "Landslide"**: Needing a song for a bbc session, i sought out one that was familiar to me yet unknown, falling in love with the original fleetwood mac version as written by stevie nicks. bbc sessions were booked then as 4 hour ordeals where you would be expected to crank out your 4 numbers lickety split; and not for heavens sake go a minute over. heavy pressures and vibes were placed on the session always to hurry, hurry, so by the time i got around to recording this i had only 20 min left. i had learned the guitar part from the record, having no idea that the original was capo'd up, and so accommodate i tuned the guitar all funny. i did the rhythm in one take, playing a solo without knowing what key the song is to the track barren with vocal. i sang two takes, listening back in the control room and summarily declaring 'use the front half of take one, and the second half of take two' before walking out the door on the hour. i was shocked when this song became a hit, a success not supported by a video, and further amazed when it landed me an audience with stevie; who sang next to me in her home as we sat at the piano.

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1. ↑ Billy Corgan, Pisces Iscariot liner notes, October 1994
2. ↑ Billy Corgan, Pisces Iscariot Remaster liner notes, July 2012
Spring 1993 – Soundworks

## Spring 1993 – Soundworks, Chicago

Produced by Billy
Corgan/James Iha and Kerry Brown

* Blew Away
* Glynis

Post-Siamese
Dream b-sides sessions.

Though it’s rarely played live, “Glynis” is one of the Pumpkins’ finest
non-album tracks, and can only (officially) be found on the 1993 No
Alternative compilation. An old Speak & Spell “hello” starts the song, and the soupy solo in the middle is the result of double-tracked guitars fed through a vintage Electro- Harmonix Bassballs pedal. The song is a dedication to former Red Red Meat bassist Glynis Johnson, who passed away from AIDS-related complications in 1992.

**Billy Corgan on "Glynis"**: The song "Glynis" is about this girl Glynis who was in a band called Red Red Meat in Chicago, and they're still a band now. She was very sick for a long time and no one knew what was wrong with her and then she found it she had AIDS and she died two months later. And it's not that I knew her very well; we'd played with them, and I've known of her for a very long time. There were things written about her and theres a lot of people who know her better than I. But it really effected me because, not so much--and I don't mean to undermine one person's passing--but it effected me more the way people talked about her dying, and the way people moralized about it, than it did the fact that a human being's life had passed.

**Billy Corgan on "Blew Away"**: written by and produced by the man himself, welcome to james. quiet and
cool and whispered. this is a beautiful song. the only song we have ever
 done that i was not 9did not stick my nose into)and i am glad i didn't. not to be confused with blue. and if you
love her… blew away has kerry playing drums cause jimmy was on vacation.

**Billy Corgan on "Blew Away"**: a tune that perfectly captures the james iha i met in 1987, long before he too was swallowed under the great big wave of an assumed success. i will say had little to do with this song beyond arranging it, being gratefully left out of the recording process for once. starry-eyed and countrified, this is a strong effort for a lazy eye.

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1. ↑ Richard Thomas, "Signal To Noise: The Sonic Diary Of The Smashing Pumpkins", Electronic Musician, October 1st, 2008
2. ↑ Billy Corgan, interview, No Alternative video, 1994
3. ↑ Billy Corgan, Pisces Iscariot liner notes, October 1994
4. ↑ Billy Corgan, Pisces Iscariot Remaster liner notes, July 2012
June 1996 – Bugg Studios

## June 1996 - Bugg Studios, Chicago

Produced by James Iha and
Kerry Brown

* A Night Like This
* The Bells

Various James Iha b-side sessions. While "A Night Like This" was recorded in June along with the other The Aeroplane Flies High covers, "The Bells" seems to have been a Mellon Collie outtake which James slowly completed on over time.

**James Iha on "A Night Like This"**: This is one of my favorite Cure songs, but in doing a cover
we always tryed to change something about it. I decided to make it a
slow, acoustic dirge with different drum feels for each part instead of
a straight beat through the whole song. There's also a cello, which
gives it a gothic feel. At the end it sorta rocks out with some Big Muff
and Neil Young & Crazy Horse kind of rhythm guitars.

**James Iha on "The Bells"**: I wrote "The Bells" two or three years ago, and each
instrument was seemingly recorded about six or seven months apart-not
really on purpose, but just as a demo that kept growing. I recorded the
acoustic guitars at my old apartment, and then after I moved, I recorded
Eric Remschneider's cello part in my basement. Then, for this single, I
had another friend, Adam Schlesinger (of Fountains of Wayne and Ivy),
play piano, and then D'Arcy and I did the vocals. I like the song
because it is very simple but has a twist in the time signatures-sort of
in the Nick Drake style.

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1. ↑ Billy Corgan, "King Bs", Guitar World, January 1997
Siamese Dream

## 1992

* Spring 1992 – Billy's apartment, Chicago
* Spring 1992 – Soundworks, Chicago
* Fall 1992 – Broadway Rehearsal Studios, Chicago
* November 1992 – Broadway Rehearsal Studios, Chicago
* Winter 1992 – Sadlands, Chicago

## 1993

* Dec 1992-Mar 1993 – Triclops Sound Studios, Georgia
* Spring 1993 – Soundworks, Chicago
* June 30, 1993 – VPRO Radio for Villa '65, Netherlands
* September 12, 1993 – BBC Radio One Studios, London
November 2000 – Chicago Recording Company

Produced by Billy
Corgan; Engineered by Howard Willing

* Untitled
* *The Imploding Voice (acoustic)*
* *Vanity (acoustic)*

Final recording session of the
original Smashing Pumpkins, a final goodbye to fans.

The final track recorded by the original Smashing Pumpkins line-up in
2000, “Untitled” was semiacoustic home cooking that rekindled the vibes
of Gish and Siamese Dream. The chain for Corgan’s solo, one of his
favorites, features a DOD FX84 Milk Box compressor and a Shin-Ei
Companion Fuzz Wah. “The song was our way of saying ‘f\*\*k you’ to all
those people who thought we’d somehow lost our minds and weren’t able to
 return home,” says Corgan. “We were in the studio for what appeared to
be the last time, so it was very emotional, and we had only three days.”

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1. ↑ Richard Thomas, "Signal To Noise: The Sonic Diary Of The Smashing Pumpkins", Electronic Musician, October 1st, 2008
Spring 1992 – Billy's apartment

## Spring 1992 - Billy's apartment, Chicago

* Soothe
* Frail & Bedazzled

Billy
Corgan home demos.  While Soothe is the
acoustic track included on Pisces Iscariot, this electric Frail & Bedazzled
demo most likely dates from this time, as the structure resembles the band
version recorded at Soundworks, which would later be revised in November.

**Billy Corgan**: recorded in me bedroom at my old apartement. you can hear te 7am buses slithering by. i used to go to sleep in the flanging car noises. the hiss that we had missed. i really only wanted this to be for me. but my friend said "i don't think you can improve on that. so i left it be.
a song for my babies. children of the earth and such. i wanted to put this on siamese dream but i wimped out. shoulda coulda kinda didn't but i love it anyhow, makes me cry.

**Billy Corgan**: i woke up on this one and headed straight for my guitar, writing and recording it down the moment it was done. part of the reason this snapshot works for me is it is the rare song captured at the moment of conception, and not in its far later, intellectually altered simulacra. i was sharing an apartment at this time with an unrepentant hippie, who liked his krautrock in the mornings after we'd tripped the night. perhaps this is a reaction to the way he liked to come back down?

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1. ↑ Billy Corgan, Pisces Iscariot liner notes, October 1994
2. ↑ Billy Corgan, Pisces Iscariot Remaster liner notes, July 2012
1988 – River North

## Spring 1988 – River North, Billy's father's home studio, Chicago

* **It Suites Me Well (The Vigil)**
* **Nothing and Everything**
* **Heart**
* **Cross**

An early demo called Nothing Ever Changes.  The lineup included: Billy, James, and Ron Roesing (formerly of The Marked) on drums; this could be viewed as the very first recording that ceased to be The Marked and became The Smashing Pumpkins. "Heart" and "Cross" were originally two separate songs, but were joined together into one.  "It Suits Me Well" is actually "The Vigil".  Although a tape exists as the aforementioned four-song configuration, the original Nothing Ever Changes was about 60 minutes in length and was Billy's first attempt at a
full-length album; it contained a combination of songs, spoken word selections
(recalled as "bad poetry"), and instrumentals.

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Spring 1992 – Waterfront Studios

## Spring 1992 - Waterfront Studios, New Jersey

* **Drown**

The band's
first of three attempts to record Drown.
This one, recorded at Lenny Kravitz's studio, was scrapped as the output
sounded more like a Kravitz recording!
Curiously, a mix of the Waterfront version of Drown was included as a
bonus track on a Hut promo tape of a 1992 performance for French radio.

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June 30, 1993 – VPRO Radio

## June 30, 1993 - VPRO Radio for Villa '65,Netherlands

Engineered by Hans Bunt

* Dancing in the Moonlight
* Spaceboy
* **Cherub Rock**
* **Disarm**
* **Rocket**
* **Today**
* **Soma (take 1)**
* **Soma (take 2)**

Acoustic VPRO Radio Sessions. While "Dancing IN The Moonlight" was released as a b-side to Disarm and "Spaceboy" on a NME Brat pack cassette compilation, the remainder of the session can be found on bootlegs.

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March 15-16 1994 – Gravity Studios

## March 15-16 1994 - Gravity Studios, Chicago

Produced by Billy Corgan; Engineered by Doug
McBride

* A/Ab/E/B/F#
* Blaster Caster
* Germans In Leather Pants
* Jackboot [clip appears in Pastichio Medley]
* Little Ditty
* Millieu (Pretty Drop A) [clip appears in Pastichio Medley]
* Movers and Shakers
* New Waver [clip appears in Pastichio Medley]
* On The Loose
* Ravi Revi Roo
* Rings [clip appears in Pastichio Medley]
* Slurry
* The Groover [clip appears in Pastichio Medley]
* Ugly
* Verily I Say
* **A/B/G Drop A**
* **Blast** [clip appears in Pastichio Medley]
* **Bullet With Butterfly Wings**
* **Dizzle**
* **E Drone E/C#/A**
* **Galapogos (The Innocents)**
* **Jellybelly**
* **Love (Straight Ab)**
* **Lucky Lad (Busy Downtune A/D)** [clip appears in Pastichio Medley]
* **Marquis in Spades (Glamey Glamey)**
* **Mouths of Babes (Decsendo)**
* **New Wave A to G**
* **Pennies (And I Stumbled)**
* **Set The Ray To Jerry**
* **So So Pretty** [clip appears in Pastichio Medley]
* **Speed (A Drone)**
* **Disconnected (The Aeroplane Flies High)** [clip appears in Pastichio Medley]
* **To Forgive**
* **Tonight, Tonight (in C)**
* **Walking Country**
* **Weeping Willowly (No Escape)** [clip appears in Pastichio Medley]
* **With Longing**

The band
booked time at Gravity Studios mid-way through the Siamese Dream Tour to record
demos for their upcoming double album. All tracks were instrumentals with the
exception of "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", which included a half-hearted scratch
vocal. This session was the source for a number of the Pastichio Medley tracks:
"Blast", "Jackboot", "Lucky Lad", "So So Pretty", "Disconnected", "Weeping Willowly" and "With
Longing".  Most of the tracks also feature
extremely early working titles, some simply titled as their chord
progression.  While a number of the
Gravity Session recordings were featured on 2013 The Aeroplane Flies High box
set, an even greater number remain unreleased and can be found on
bootlegs.

When we were still in the middle of the Siamese Dream touring, I booked
us into a local Chicago studio to just put all of our ideas down on
tape, without censorship of opinions, etc. "Tonight" was one of those
ideas, but it was originally in the key of C instead of G. The only
problem was I couldn't sing it in C, so I figured out the version on
Mellon Collie to suit my limited range.

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1. ↑ Billy Corgan, "King Bs", Guitar World, January 1997
Teargarden by Kaleidyscope/Oceania

## 2009

* Spring 2009 - Coldwater Studios, Los Angeles, CA
* September-December 2009 - Pumpkinland II, Northbrook, IL

## 2010

* January-June 2010 - Pumpkinland II, Northbrook, IL
* December 2010-February 2011 - Pumpkinland II, Northbrook, IL

## 2011

* February 2011 - Sweet 16 Studio, Sedona, AZ
* May-September 2011- Pumpkinland II, Northbrook, IL
March 1992 – Smart Studios

## March 1992 - Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin

Produced by Butch Vig and Billy Corgan

* Drown
* Drown (alternate solo)
* *Drown (unfinished version)*

The second
attempt to record Drown proved useless, as Jimmy began drinking as Billy &
Butch set up and adjusted the sound; by the time the band was ready to record,
Jimmy was literally falling of his stool drunk!

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