Episode 6

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27th Jan 2026

The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (Pt. 3)

Who is ready to misspell some common household condiments? We're back with three very different songs, starting with one of the Pumpkins' most raucous songs, "Geek U.S.A." For "Mayonaise," Austin geeks out on pinch harmonics, before digging into Beef. Both pick out their favorite David Bowie albums, before once again splitting on the merits of Pink Floyd.

1:40 - "Geek U.S.A."

18:00 - "Mayonaise"

34:50 - "Spaceboy"

Radiohead - Just music video

Smashing Pumpkins - Geek USA live (clowns)

Beef (TV series)

Burning (2018 film)

Pinch Harmonics Tutorial: Super Easy And In Less Than 2 Minutes! (Guitar Lesson)

60 Songs that Explain the 90s

The Summer I Turned Pretty

The 20 greatest Smashing Pumpkins songs – ranked by Kerrang

Rolling Stone Readers' Poll of the Best Smashing Pumpkins Songs

Every Smashing Pumpkins Song, Ranked by Spin

Days of the New

Pink Floyd Animals

David Bowie - Space Oddity (Official Video)

David Bowie's Berlin Trilogy

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About the Podcast

Anyone Can Play Guitar

Learning every Radiohead song on guitar in order

Listen along as writers in Chicago and Switzerland learn to play songs from The Smashing Pumpkins on guitar. To prove they've put the time in, they're forcing themselves to record versions of each track to play for all to judge. Armed with this knowledge, they'll discuss each song, while simultaneously admitting to potentially embarrassing personal stories from more than 20 years of fandom.

In the first season, Nick and Austin learned every officially released Radiohead song. For season two, they are making their way through The Smashing Pumpkins from 1991 to 2000. While we'd love to learn every one of the band's songs on guitar, Billy Corgan is simply too prolific. We apologize.

About your hosts

Austin Diaz

I've trained for this music podcast by teaching Latin and English in German in Switzerland for the past nine years. I ride my bike a lot, but not for fun. I live in the same apartment as my wife and two sons.

Nick Kindelsperger

Like all good music podcast hosts, I have been a food and dining reporter for the Chicago Tribune since 2016. Most days I can be found eating a questionable number of meals for research purposes.