"Today" is a song by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, written by lead vocalist and guitarist Billy Corgan (pictured in 2010). "Today" was released in September 1993 as the second single from the band's second album and major label debut, Siamese Dream. The song, seemingly upbeat, contains dark lyrics. Corgan wrote it about a day when he had suicidal thoughts, exemplified by the reference to self- mutilation in the chorus. The contrast between the grim subject matter of the song and the soft instrumental part during the verses, coupled with use of irony in the lyrics, left many listeners unaware of the song's tale of depression and desperation. Although Corgan opted for "Cherub Rock", the lead single from the album, to be the opening track, "Today" and its follow-up "Disarm" are credited in AllMusic for popularizing the band and "sen[ding] [Siamese Dream] into the stratosphere". "Today" has been generally well received by critics, and in an article about the song in Blender it was described as having "achieved a remarkable status as one of the defining songs of its generation, perfectly mirroring the fractured alienation of American youth in the 1990s." (Full article...).
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1389:
France and England agreed to the Truce of Leulinghem, establishing a 13-year peace during the Hundred Years' War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truce_of_Leulinghem
1870:
The First Vatican Council declared that the Pope is infallible when he solemnly declares a dogmatic teaching on faith as being contained in divine revelation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_infallibility
1976:
At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Com%C4%83neci
1984:
A gunman massacred 21 people and injured 15 others at a McDonald's restaurant in the San Ysidro section of San Diego, California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Ysidro_McDonald%27s_massacre
2012:
A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, which later led the European Union to list the military branch of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Burgas_bus_bombing
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
disinter: 1. To take out of the grave or tomb; to unbury; to exhume; to dig up. 2. To bring out, as from a grave or hiding place; to bring from obscurity into view. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disinter
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
 The law changes and I don't. How I stand vis-à-vis the law at any given moment depends on the law. The law can change from state to state, from nation to nation, from city to city. I guess I have to go by a higher law. How's that? Yeah, I consider myself a road man for the lords of karma. --Hunter S. Thompson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson