Today Is the Greatest Payday I’ve Ever Known
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Alternative-rock demigod turned grumpy jerk Billy Corgan apparently has changed his stance on the lucrative practice of music licensing. His band's most famous track, "Today," is now the music bed over which Morgan Freeman reads marketing copy about why choosy consumers choose Visa. [Stereogum]

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