{"id":1654,"date":"2008-08-25T14:29:30","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T18:29:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-01-09T23:53:06","modified_gmt":"2009-01-09T23:53:06","slug":"dugout-chatter-sleepless-in-seattle-edit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dugout-chatter-sleepless-in-seattle-edit\/","title":{"rendered":"Dugout Chatter: Sleepless in Seattle Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<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>My promised<\/em> Trippin&#8217; <em>report on my recent visit to Seattle&#8217;s Experience Music Project is forthcoming. Until then, let&#8217;s get some Dugout Chatter going around some thoughts I had during that trip. As always, your <strong>gut<\/strong> answers are what matter. Don&#8217;t think too hard!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To recall a question from our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2008\/08\/14\/dugout-chatter-music-for-hotel-functions\">last Dugout Chatter<\/a>, in which I quizzed you regarding the music being played in a Boston hotel&#8217;s public bathroom, <em>which <strong>three<\/strong> of the following songs did I <strong>NOT<\/strong> hear playing in the lobby during my recent stay at a downtown Seattle hotel?<\/em><br \/>\na) Billy Bragg, &#8220;Levi Stubbs&#8217; Tears&#8221;<br \/>\nb) Brian Eno, &#8220;Sombre Reptiles&#8221;<br \/>\nc) The Cure, &#8220;Boys Don&#8217;t Cry&#8221;<br \/>\nd) XTC, &#8220;Ball and Chain&#8221;<br \/>\ne) Psychedelic Furs, &#8220;Love My Way&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Does it compute that an intelligent 24-year-old I know would have, in the same conversation, expressed enthusiasm about both the tickets she bought for an upcoming <strong>Journey<\/strong> show as well as a series of shows she recently attended by emo-type bands I&#8217;d only vaguely heard of if at all?<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite album <em>produced by<\/em> <strong>Jack Nitzsche<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>What classic garage tune have you finally tired of hearing?<\/p>\n<p>Has any well-regarded band been listened to less in the last 25 years than <strong>The Wipers<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Which well-known favorite of a particular Townsperson was on my return flight?<br \/>\na) Billy Gibbons (per Hrrundivbakshi)<br \/>\nb) Lou Reed (per Mr. Moderator)<br \/>\nc) The Hold Steady&#8217;s Craig Finn (per Oats)<br \/>\nd) Peter Noone (per E. Pluribus Gergely)<\/p>\n<p><em>I look forward to your answers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My promised Trippin&#8217; report on my recent visit to Seattle&#8217;s Experience Music Project is forthcoming. Until then, let&#8217;s get some Dugout Chatter going around some thoughts I had during that trip. As always, your gut answers are what matter. Don&#8217;t think too hard! To recall a question from our last Dugout Chatter, in which I <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dugout-chatter-sleepless-in-seattle-edit\/' 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\/1654"}],"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=1654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}