{"id":2300,"date":"2009-08-27T13:25:15","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T17:25:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-08-27T13:25:15","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T13:25:15","slug":"dugout-chatter-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dugout-chatter-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Dugout Chatter"},"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>It&#8217;s that time again, time to gauge your <em>gut<\/em> responses to some age-old questions. Are you ready for a little <strong>Dugout Chatter<\/strong>? Veterans, show the newcomers how it&#8217;s done!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s the last (ie, most recent) <strong>Elton John<\/strong> single that gives you any small degree of joy these days?<\/li>\n<li>What <strong>2nd-rate Jagger<\/strong> is most likely to rank higher for you, a 2nd-rate Brian Jones-era Jagger or a 2nd-rate <em>Exile on Main Street<\/em>-era Jagger?<\/li>\n<li>Given the choice <em>right now<\/em>, would you rather see <strong>The Who<\/strong> in their present configuration in an arena or <strong>Roger Daltrey solo<\/strong> backed by a young, enthusiastic band and covering Who songs in a large club of about 1000 capacity?<\/li>\n<li>Why didn&#8217;t I like <strong>Bright Eyes<\/strong> when I first heard &#8220;them&#8221; a couple of years ago and now, whenever I hear a new <strong>Conor Oberst<\/strong> song I think it&#8217;s pretty good?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s more hopeless, the hope for a <strong>Kinks reunion<\/strong> or the hope for a great <strong>solo Ray Davies<\/strong> album?<\/li>\n<li>Name a band you enjoy <strong>reading about<\/strong> much more than hearing any of their music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>I look forward to your responses.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time again, time to gauge your gut responses to some age-old questions. Are you ready for a little Dugout Chatter? Veterans, show the newcomers how it&#8217;s done! What&#8217;s the last (ie, most recent) Elton John single that gives you any small degree of joy these days? What 2nd-rate Jagger is most likely to <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dugout-chatter-10\/' 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\/2300"}],"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=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}