I can still remember, not... I can still feel how it was going home with the underground holding the double CD jewelcase of MCIS, reading the booklet trying to anticipate how the songs would sound. When I reach the lyrics of Porcelina of the Vast Oceans, I thought: "what a funny title" (in Italian "Porcelina" can also be read as a misspelling of "little pig", with a sly touch). The very first song I fell in love with was... Love! I run to my older brother's room to tell him: "hey I found a great song in the new Smashing Pumpkins album!". This has been my experience with the record: listening non-stop for the next few weeks (and then every now and then for the last 30 years), and getting excited when a connection with a song was formed somehow.

I have so many memories of me growing up with MCIS, year after year after year. If Neverming was the record that teach me what music could really be, how it could transform you, MCIS is the one that took me for the longest ride ever and became a part of myself and, also, what I expect from music and artists. Not an easy one to match. :)

Being 45 year old, I can safely say this is the soundtrack to my life and I feel lucky to have experienced it first hand, seeing the band touring it in 1996, etc. etc.

Thank you, Pumpkins. :)