{"id":4916,"date":"2002-01-07T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2002-01-07T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/2002\/01\/07\/"},"modified":"2002-01-07T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2002-01-07T13:45:00","slug":"4916","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/2002\/01\/07\/4916\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>and a possible eleventh on that list Stereophonics: Performance and Cocktails. This is actually a wonderful album. I first heard of The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stereophonics.com\/\" title=\"Stereophonics\" onmouseover=\"JavaScript: self.status='Stereophonics'; return true;\" onmouseout=\"JavaScript: self.status=''; return false;\">Stereophonics<\/a> about 4 years ago I guess. There was a song that was not really successful but I heard it on the radio once or twice and it had quite a big affect on me. Songs normally don&#8217;t. It was of course &#8220;Local Boy in the Photograph&#8221;. I don&#8217;t remember if I heard about the backstory before I heard it or after, but it was written by the lead singer after he saw a photo of a local boy who had been killed on a train track. The lyrics to it are so melancholic. Anyways I got one of their albums. One of my best friends in my college years (what a phrase) who I am unfortunately not in touch with these days due to lost information, was a huge fan so I kept up with them a fair bit. I love the latter tracks on this album, &#8220;I Stopped To Fill My Car Up&#8221; and &#8220;She Takes Her Clothes Off&#8221; showcase Kelley Jones&#8217;s voice so well and work perfectly as Stereophonic&#8217;s tracks. The latest album, &#8220;Just Enough Education To Perform&#8221; is somewhat similar, but it&#8217;s not as good as prior efforts. Yes &#8220;Have a nice Day&#8221; and &#8220;Handbags and Gladrags&#8221; are definitely highlights, but overall it&#8217;s a kinda mediocre album<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and a possible eleventh on that list Stereophonics: Performance and Cocktails. This is actually a wonderful album. I first heard of The Stereophonics about 4 years ago I guess. There was a song that was not really successful but I heard it on the radio once or twice and it had quite a big affect &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/2002\/01\/07\/4916\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davebushe.net\/words\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}