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* “Billy Corgan has cited the significance of ‘Sweet Leaf’ as an influence on The Smashing Pumpkins sound in numerous interviews, noting that he first heard the song from his uncle’s copy of Master of Reality when he was 8 years old and thought ‘this is what God sounds like’”…

And soon the world will love you sweet leaf

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posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jul 23, 25 @ 7:48 am

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All of the laid off university librarians at WIU have received the Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award.

https://www.ila.org/content/documents/2025_IL_Academic_Librarian_of_the_Year_Award_PR.pdf

Comment by Yooper in Diaspora Wednesday, Jul 23, 25 @ 8:56 am
Thank you for this Billy Corgan reference which reminds me I still need to get tickets/make plans around seeing Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness at the Lyric Opera House this fall.

Comment by hisgirlfriday Wednesday, Jul 23, 25 @ 9:19 am
CNBC released their annual quality of life report. A two of our neighbors,Indiana and Missouri (gasp) were listed in the bottom 10 of the country. Tennessee was rated as the worst btw. Illinois wasn’t at the top, but we did ok.

Funny how some of our posters didn’t mention that yesterday.

The story in Newsweek is here:

https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-best-worst-quality-life-2100141

Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Jul 23, 25 @ 9:35 am
Been thinking about this since yesterday…

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/79605540-f463-4b46-bfd4-779f81c8ced5

Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Wednesday, Jul 23, 25 @ 9:43 am
Ozzy rocked and did what he loved til the end. He wasn’t just going to fade away into retirement. His band invented dark heavy metal that was not just hard blues rock, with songs like Black Sabbath. Did awesome work too with Randy Rhoads. RIP

Comment by Grandson of Man Wednesday, Jul 23, 25 @ 11:01 am

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