Beggars Banquet, Blind Melon, L.A.Love/Social Distortion, Liquid Soul, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonicnet Chats, Stone Roses

NEWS: > Beggars Banquet, the label which has at one time or another had artists such as The Cult, Charlatans, Bauhaus, Go-Betweens, Love and Rockets and Gary Numan on their label, has established a Web Site which not only includes the general news and reviews on the label's releases, but also an area where people can post their "Records Wanted" (as a free forum) of any Beggars artist that is no longer available. The site is located at http://www.beggars.com

> The release of Blind Melon's forthcoming documentary home video, Letters From A Porcupine will be celebrated with a free, all-ages screening of the video at Wetlands in New York City at 8 pm on Wednesday, November 13. The video will be released on November 19.

> L.A. Live is broadcasting the Social Distortion concert from the Hollywood Palladium on November 15 at their Web site, http://www.lalive.com

> Liquid Soul, the ten piece acid jazz group from Chicago, recently reissued their self-titled debut on Miles Copeland's newly formed Ark 21 Records. Liquid Soul, originally released on the band's own Soul What Records, was reviewed in Issue #81 (July 11) of Consumable Online, and can be located on our website at http://www.westnet.com/consumable/1996/07.11/revliqui

> A new unofficial Smashing Pumpkins web site has opened up online - interested surfers can find it at http://www.ping.be/~ping1977/page/index.htm

> Sonicnet chats coming up include They Might Be Giants on Nov. 7 (7 pm EST) and Blind Melon on Nov. 8 (7 pm EST); all chats are located at http://www.sonicnet.com/sonicore/chat/

> The Stone Roses have officially broken up, former lead singer Ian Brown announced. Former bassist Mani has recently hooked up with Primal Scream.