The first years of high school we used to exchange gifts between school mates on the occasion of our birthdays. On Marco’s birthday, the money raised was used to buy Mellon. At that time I didn’t know the Pumpkins but, once I unwrapped the gift, scrolling through the titles, I noticed a track called 1979:  my year of birth. So, a few days later, I curiously borrowed the CDs from my friend and, boom, I was literally thunderstruck.