The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They are responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians. Although their initial career lasted just two-and-a-half years and produced only four singles and one studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, they are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of popular music. The Sex Pistols originally comprised vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock. Matlock was replaced by Sid Vicious in early 1977. Under the management of impresario Malcolm McLaren, the band created controversies which captivated Britain. Their concerts repeatedly faced difficulties with organisers and authorities, and public appearances often ended in mayhem. Their 1977 single "God Save the Queen", attacking Britons' social conformity and deference to the crown, precipitated the "last and greatest outbreak of pop-based moral pandemonium". In January 1978, at the end of a turbulent US tour, Rotten left the band and announced its breakup. Over the next several months, the three other band members recorded songs for McLaren's film version of the Sex Pistols' story, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle. Vicious died of a heroin overdose in February 1979. In 1996, Rotten, Jones, Cook and Matlock reunited for the Filthy Lucre Tour; since 2002, they have staged further reunion shows and tours.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

553:

The Second Council of Constantinople, considered by many Christian churches to have been the fifth Christian Ecumenical Council, began to discuss the topics of Nestorianism and Origenism, among others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Council_of_Constantinople

1789:

The Estates-General convened in Versailles to discuss a financial crisis in France, triggering a series of events that led to the French Revolution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estates-General_of_1789

1891:

New York City's Carnegie Hall, built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, officially opened with a concert conducted by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Hall

1949:

Ten European countries signed the Treaty of London, creating the Council of Europe , today one of the oldest international organisations working for European integration. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe

1994:

Armenia and Azerbaijan signed the Bishkek Protocol, a provisional ceasefire treaty to end hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh War, with both sides agreeing, among others, to grant a wide-ranging autonomy to the Nagorno-Karabakh region. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh_War

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

bogus (adj): 1. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine. 2. Undesirable or harmful. 3. Incorrect, useless, or broken http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bogus

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Is it an excellence in your love that it can love only the extraordinary, the rare? If it were love’s merit to love the extraordinary, then God would be — if I dare say so — perplexed, for to Him the extraordinary does not exist at all. The merit of being able to love only the extraordinary is therefore more like an accusation, not against the extraordinary nor against love, but against the love which can love only the extraordinary. Perfection in the object is not perfection in the love. Erotic love is determined by the object; friendship is determined by the object; only love of one’s neighbor is determined by love. Therefore genuine love is recognizable by this, that its object is without any of the more definite qualifications of difference, which means that this love is recognizable only by love. --Søren Kierkegaard http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard