{"id":2052,"date":"2009-03-12T12:50:36","date_gmt":"2009-03-12T16:50:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-03-12T12:50:36","modified_gmt":"2009-03-12T12:50:36","slug":"consult-the-orockle-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/consult-the-orockle-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Consult the Orockle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/orockle400x452.swf\" width=\"400\" height=\"452\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/orockle400x452.swf\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Who among us hasn&#8217;t been amazed by the wisdom of The Hall? For as many knowledgeable individuals who dazzle me with their rock knowledge, it is the <em>collective<\/em> wisdom of our participants that I find most dazzling.<\/p>\n<p>It is in this spirit that I want to continue a feature that was launched a couple of months ago, not only <em>for<\/em> the people but <em>by<\/em> the people.<\/p>\n<p>As originally described, the concept is simple.  This is a place to seek specific wisdom from the collective intelligence. These are not to be philosophical queries but rather to seek advice and wisdom on specific rock questions. It may be a place to seek listening and purchasing recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Today I have a simple request, for <strong>The Orockle<\/strong>, one that may spark lengthy conversation, or not, but will hopefully illicit some sage advice.<\/p>\n<p>As always, when any of us consult The Orockle, the opportunity exists for folks to ask similar questions and receive similar advice. The topic shouldn&#8217;t necessarily focus just on my topic.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the question I would like to ask The Orockle:<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<em>What&#8217;s the best way to clean my vinyl records, by wiping them on my shirt or my pants?<\/em> If the latter, does it matter if I&#8217;m wearing jeans or cordouroys? I say pants work best, but my friend tells me I&#8217;m nuts to use anything but a t-shirt. Before wiping, does it help to huff some moist breath on the record? <\/p>\n<p><em>How do you clean your vinyl, Orockle?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who among us hasn&#8217;t been amazed by the wisdom of The Hall? For as many knowledgeable individuals who dazzle me with their rock knowledge, it is the collective wisdom of our participants that I find most dazzling. It is in this spirit that I want to continue a feature that was launched a couple of <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/consult-the-orockle-1\/' 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":[137,99],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052"}],"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=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}