{"id":12993,"date":"2010-08-13T20:00:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T03:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=12993"},"modified":"2010-08-13T18:49:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T01:49:34","slug":"unchained-melodies-a-danceable-rebellion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/12993\/unchained-melodies-a-danceable-rebellion\/","title":{"rendered":"Unchained melodies: A danceable rebellion&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In my spare time I am more than a little annuckingfoyed at the state of whorebottery in the RE.net, which I had once hoped might be an antidote to the whorebots who have infested residential real estate since the advent of the NAR, at least. But: Teri Lussier advises me that the solution to all this annoyance is danceable music, so here do I deliver me of my frustrations.<\/p>\n<p>First, Elvis Costello in an acoustic demo of <em>Green Shirt<\/em> that is better than the more-polished radio hit:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/a4KA8rta0xo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Second, live and acoustic, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with <em>Chicago:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/5HpjYuqwYos?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And finally, for Jim Klein and Don Reedy, Lyle Lovett puts everything in perspective:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/B-_W18CWypE?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my spare time I am more than a little annuckingfoyed at the state of whorebottery in the RE.net, which I had once hoped might be an antidote to the whorebots who have infested residential real estate since the advent of the NAR, at least. 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