{"id":1476,"date":"2008-06-05T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-06T01:35:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-06-06T11:48:14","modified_gmt":"2008-06-06T11:48:14","slug":"dugout-chatter-california-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dugout-chatter-california-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Dugout Chatter: Going to California Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/media\/blogs\/rth\/namethatcaliforniamini.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"113\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/dugout400x400.swf\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/dugout400x400.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>To get <strong>California Day<\/strong> on Rock Town Hall rolling we&#8217;re posing a set of &#8220;Going to California&#8221;-themed questions that ask for your <strong>gut responses<\/strong>. We&#8217;ll keep it mellow, though. Why don&#8217;t you put down the top and follow us up the Pacific Coast Highway? Our special Going to California Edition of Dugout Chatter follows the jump!<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<div><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/CAsting.swf\" width=\"75\" height=\"113\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/CAsting.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>After surfing, what <strong>outdoor activity<\/strong> do you most readily associate with California rock?<\/p>\n<p>What role, if any, does the phenomenon of <strong>Psychic Oblivion<\/strong> play in a) the <strong>LA Hardcore<\/strong> scene and b) the <strong>&#8217;80s LA Hair Metal<\/strong> scene? <\/p>\n<p>What California-associated rock band or artist strikes you as being least likely to have been <strong>&#8220;California born and bred?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ice Cube<\/strong> or <strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>What non-California-based musician is least likely\/equipped to ever <strong>&#8220;go California?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;ve &#8220;gone California,&#8221; in a rock &#8216;n roll sense. Maybe you moved there, a young rocker seeking fame and fortune, or maybe you&#8217;ve settled there, an established rocker wanting easier access to the industry, the Pacific ocean, and some killer bud. In rock terms, please describe your <strong>Going to California Fantasy<\/strong>. If you&#8217;ve already gone to California or grew up having no choice, feel free to share your rock reality or your unfulfilled notions of what it means to rock in California.<\/p>\n<p><em>I look forward to your responses!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To get California Day on Rock Town Hall rolling we&#8217;re posing a set of &#8220;Going to California&#8221;-themed questions that ask for your gut responses. We&#8217;ll keep it mellow, though. Why don&#8217;t you put down the top and follow us up the Pacific Coast Highway? Our special Going to California Edition of Dugout Chatter follows the <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dugout-chatter-california-edition\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476"}],"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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}