{"id":2939,"date":"2008-03-30T14:59:28","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T19:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=2939"},"modified":"2008-04-04T20:54:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-05T01:54:18","slug":"sing-it-with-me-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=2939","title":{"rendered":"Sing it with me now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, two days and however many dollars I spent in New Orleans short, here’s the “Friday” Random Guess 10: <\/font><\/p>\n

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  1. “Better Things” by the Kinks, guessed by Bryan<\/strong>
    \nHere’s wishing you the bluest sky<\/font><\/li>\n
  2. “Meanwhile, Rick James…” by Cake, guessed by Wormbrain<\/a><\/strong>
    \nFawn, Jo, and Tootsie are out on a wire<\/font><\/li>\n
  3. “Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens
    \nWe sold our clothes to the state<\/font><\/li>\n
  4. “Beautiful Night” by Paul McCartney, guessed by Kim<\/strong>
    \nSeems to me the perfect way to spend an afternoon<\/font><\/li>\n
  5. “Abilene (The Eisenhower Waltz)” by Peter Mulvey, guessed by Kim<\/strong>
    \nAnd, sir, it is a sight just to behold<\/font><\/li>\n
  6. “I Can’t Decide” by Scissor Sisters, guessed by Betty<\/a>
    \n<\/strong><\/strong>If lies were cats you’d be a litter<\/font><\/li>\n
  7. “The Show Must Go On” by Queen, guessed by Kim<\/strong>
    \n<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>My makeup may be flaking<\/font><\/li>\n
  8. “On to You” by the Constantines
    \nHere the men walk like pigeons<\/font><\/li>\n
  9. “When You Ain’t Got Nobody” by Tom Waits
    \nAnd the story never changes, history tells it so plain<\/font><\/li>\n
  10. “Learning to Fly” by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, guessed by Kim<\/strong>
    \n<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>And the sun went down as I crossed the hill<\/font><\/li>\n

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    It went down like this<\/a> last week, if you’re inclined to check your answers. As always, no prizes will be awarded (beyond maybe your name and a link), but best of luck is wished all around.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

    Anyway, New Orleans was fun, even if I didn’t get to see a whole lot of it beyond the hotel where the conference was being held. And even if I did wind up at the wrong venue the first day (across the street at the convention center), carrying about 30 pounds of books for the length of one very long city block. I did get to meet a few of our authors and eat a few really nice meals while I was in town. (Seriously, even the shrimp po-boy I had at the airport while waiting for my flight home was pretty decent.) My thanks again to Kim<\/a> for showing me around on Thursday evening. I’m not sure I’d have had the courage or the energy to wander around the French Quarter all on my own. I’m not sure I’d really call New Orleans my kind of town, but it was nice to visit for a few days.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Well, two days and however many dollars I spent in New Orleans short, here’s the “Friday” Random Guess 10: “Better Things” by the Kinks, guessed by Bryan Here’s wishing you the bluest sky “Meanwhile, Rick James…” by Cake, guessed by Wormbrain Fawn, Jo, and Tootsie are out on a wire “Chicago” by Sufjan Stevens We … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[238],"class_list":["post-2939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}