{"id":13557,"date":"2012-05-21T08:44:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T12:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=13557"},"modified":"2012-05-21T09:47:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T13:47:09","slug":"sophomore-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/sophomore-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophomore Slump?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13561\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13561\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13561\" title=\"hypnotised\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/hypnotised.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/hypnotised.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/hypnotised-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second helping!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A musician friend of mine recently got some Facebook conversation going about a band&#8217;s &#8220;second recordings that I listened to even more than their first.&#8221;  Here are some of the albums listed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Hypnotised<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Before Hollywood<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Heaven Up Here<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chairs Missing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Reckoning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">This Modern World<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Bandwagonesque<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Solid Gold<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Teenage Symphonies to God<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">If You&#8217;re Feeling Sinister<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To this list, I would add:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">II &amp; III<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Surfer Rosa<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Power, Corruption &amp; Lies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At this time of year, when graduations are upon us, can you provide some guidance and examples for the Class of 2016 that a band&#8217;s sophomore year may be even better, if not more memorable, than their first?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A musician friend of mine recently got some Facebook conversation going about a band&#8217;s &#8220;second recordings that I listened to even more than their first.&#8221; Here are some of the albums listed: Hypnotised Before Hollywood Heaven Up Here Chairs Missing Reckoning This Modern World Bandwagonesque Solid Gold Teenage Symphonies to God If You&#8217;re Feeling Sinister <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/sophomore-slump\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1838,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[640,99],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}