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I believe this will be considered one of the most important videos in US history from this time.
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Most consider 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' the anthem of Gen X. I could argue it's this.
Released in 1996 as the second single from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, “1979” became the Smashing Pumpkins' biggest American hit, reaching No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on both the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The album was eventually certified 10× Platinum in the United States. “1979” was almost left off the album: producer Flood gave Corgan a final deadline to complete the unfinished song or remove it from the record. Corgan went home, finished the lyrics that night, and returned the next day with a new demo that convinced Flood to keep it.
Billy Corgan wrote the track as a nostalgic reflection on adolescence and the transition into adulthood. Although the title refers specifically to the year Corgan was 12, the song is less a literal autobiography than an idealised reflection on what it felt like to be young.
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Released in 1996 as the second single from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, “1979” became the Smashing Pumpkins' biggest American hit, reaching No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on both the Modern Rock Tracks and Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The album was eventually certified 10× Platinum in the United States. “1979” was almost left off the album: producer Flood gave Corgan a final deadline to complete the unfinished song or remove it from the record. Corgan went home, finished the lyrics that night, and returned the next day with a new demo that convinced Flood to keep it.
Billy Corgan wrote the track as a nostalgic reflection on adolescence and the transition into adulthood. Although the title refers specifically to the year Corgan was 12, the song is less a literal autobiography than an idealised reflection on what it felt like to be young.
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Not getting married and not having children feels like a great decision when you are 30.
But you learn that it was a poor decision when you are 50.
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On this date in MLB history (Oct 23, 1993) Joe Carter hits the only come from behind walk-off to clinch a #WorldSeries title. Carter had been 0-4 lifetime against Mitch Willams before his historic HR led the @BlueJays to the Game 6 win over the @Phillies at the Skydome in Toronto
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October 24, 2026 (10² + 24² = 26²) – This is the final Pythagorean Theorem Day of the 21st century.
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China's🇨🇳 "Eye of Sauron" at Sea:
Liaowang-1
30,000-ton steel beast
Tracks 1,200 targets at once
Hypersonic missiles. Space surveillance.
6,000 km range — nothing hides
3x the size of US🇺🇸 counterparts
The ocean just got transparent.
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Trump's new Canada tariffs (announced by Maine Senator Susan Collins with just over a week until election day)
Image 1: Stuff no longer tariffed. Images 2, 3, 4: New stuff tariffed.
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This is a great deal of fun. Highly recommended.
Forget 15 minute cities, here is everything that is on Wikipedia located within a 30 minute walk of where you are:
neil-scott.com/localwiki/
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BREAKING: U.S. authorizes emergency release of up to 400,000 barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as stockpiles sit at their lowest level since 1982.
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The Terry Fox Foundation announced this morning the largest donation in its history. Larry and Judy Tanenbaum have today donated $25 million to cancer research.