{"id":14839,"date":"2026-05-22T13:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14839"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:11:10","slug":"the-friday-random-10-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14839","title":{"rendered":"The Friday Random 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14819\">Last week<\/a>, almost half of the lyrics were guessed correctly.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?si=n81-17b4K5BPUrwD&amp;list=PL62qRURJS1HCVj30G0mX3Dt3ZkZ9zhuXe\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>How will this week go? <strong>[Update (5\/29\/26): Nobody guessed any of these, so the answers are all posted below.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;At Seventeen&#8221; by Janis Ian<br \/>\n&#8220;And murmured vague obscenities&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Big River&#8221; by the Secret Sisters (orig. Johnny Cash)<br \/>\n&#8220;Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Civilian&#8221; by Wye Oak<br \/>\n&#8220;I am nothing without pretend&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Queen of Hearts&#8221; by Juice Newton<br \/>\n&#8220;Won&#8217;t you keep my heart from breaking, if it&#8217;s only for a very short time?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Drag Me Down&#8221; by Boomtown Rats<br \/>\n&#8220;Bless the night before the day grows old&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Single&#8221; by Lissie<br \/>\n&#8220;So what&#8217;s that thing hanging around your finger&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Don&#8217;t Want to Know If You Are Lonely&#8221; by H\u00fcsker D\u00fc<br \/>\n&#8220;I keep my distance, but that distance is too far&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Nightlight&#8221; by Silversun Pickups<br \/>\n&#8220;Ladies and gentlemen, it&#8217;s time to beware&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Where Is a Woman to Go?&#8221; by Dusty Springfield<br \/>\n&#8220;Hey, bartender, honey, gimme change for a ten-dollar bill&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Price I Pay&#8221; by Billy Bragg<br \/>\n&#8220;So keep that phone out of my way for the things I must say&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, almost half of the lyrics were guessed correctly. How will this week go? [Update (5\/29\/26): Nobody guessed any of these, so the answers are all posted below.] &#8220;At Seventeen&#8221; by Janis Ian &#8220;And murmured vague obscenities&#8221; &#8220;Big River&#8221; by the Secret Sisters (orig. Johnny Cash) &#8220;Now I taught the weeping willow how to &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=14839\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14839"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14857,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14839\/revisions\/14857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}