{"id":8703,"date":"2024-03-12T10:10:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=8703"},"modified":"2024-03-12T10:13:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:13:51","slug":"put-the-message-in-the-box-put-the-box-into-the-car-drive-the-car-around-the-world-til-youve-been-heard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/obituaries\/put-the-message-in-the-box-put-the-box-into-the-car-drive-the-car-around-the-world-til-youve-been-heard\/","title":{"rendered":"Put the message in the box, put the box into the car, drive the car around the world, ’til you’ve been heard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gasp. Tears. My heart belonged to many bands growing up but World Party was extraordinary. I’m shaken. I wasn’t this sad for Zappa or even LCohen. “The look on their faces was ‘my god this is real!'”<\/p>\n

World Party\u2019s Karl Wallinger was a pick\u2019n\u2019mix songwriter with a total, titanic love of music | Music | The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a great obit. (I always thought he was German.) Seek out his\/their tunes.<\/p>\n

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Tangentially, I’m stunned to learn World Party originated “Is It Like Today?” I know that song as performed by Eliza Gilkyson<\/a>. I prefer her less-pop version. “How could it come to this?” Wheels within wheels: I discovered this song at the end of the finale of The Finder, a quirky tv show you should have seen. The song blew my mind from the start. Sometimes, you don’t know who to thank for what.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gasp. Tears. My heart belonged to many bands growing up but World Party was extraordinary. I’m shaken. I wasn’t this sad for Zappa or even LCohen. “The look on their faces was ‘my god this is real!’” World Party\u2019s Karl Wallinger was a pick\u2019n\u2019mix songwriter with a total, titanic love of music | Music | … Continue reading Put the message in the box, put the box into the car, drive the car around the world, ’til you’ve been heard<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8706,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8703\/revisions\/8706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}