{"id":2236,"date":"2009-07-06T17:05:11","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-07-06T23:41:25","modified_gmt":"2009-07-06T23:41:25","slug":"get-out-your-blue-books-creative-rock-my-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/get-out-your-blue-books-creative-rock-my-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Out Your Blue Books: Creative Rock Mythology 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/93vjY9RY4-k?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p><strong>Townsman Chickenfrank<\/strong>&#8216;s excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2009\/07\/01\/battle-royale-on-canada-day-rock-town-ha#c31275\">coulda-woulda-shoulda enhancement of the BTO\/pizza guy myth<\/a> has me thinking there are more interesting Rock tales yet to be told &#8212; and I&#8217;m betting YOU have the creative writing talent to tell them!  The general idea is simple:  find a noteworthy sound or sight from Rock history and explain it in a sensational fashion that virtually guarantees the Internet will pick it up and run with it.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2008\/09\/05\/adolescent_rock_conspiracy_theories\">Actual, true stories are discouraged<\/a>.  References to BTO and pizza gain you extra points.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few sights and sounds that could use more interesting explanations.  You may also, of course, furnish your own:<\/p>\n<p>1.  <strong>Paul McCartney<\/strong>&#8216;s bare feet on the <em>Abbey Road<\/em> cover<br \/>\n2.  The distorted guitar in &#8220;You Really Got Me&#8221;<br \/>\n3.  The false start in <strong>The Clash<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Wrong &#8216;Em Boyo&#8221;<br \/>\n4.  What <strong>Led Zeppelin<\/strong> were *really* doing with that fish and that groupie in Seattle<br \/>\n5.  Why &#8220;Cocksucker Blues&#8221; was never released &#8212; i.e., the stuff nobody has <em>ever<\/em> seen<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to your responses.<\/p>\n<p>HVB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Townsman Chickenfrank&#8216;s excellent coulda-woulda-shoulda enhancement of the BTO\/pizza guy myth has me thinking there are more interesting Rock tales yet to be told &#8212; and I&#8217;m betting YOU have the creative writing talent to tell them! The general idea is simple: find a noteworthy sound or sight from Rock history and explain it in a <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/get-out-your-blue-books-creative-rock-my-101\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[177,70,45,36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236"}],"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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}