{"id":481,"date":"2004-02-18T09:23:06","date_gmt":"2004-02-18T09:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/groonk.net\/bits\/?p=481"},"modified":"2004-02-18T09:23:06","modified_gmt":"2004-02-18T09:23:06","slug":"spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/?p=481","title":{"rendered":"Spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldtimecandy.com\/spree.htm\">Spree<\/a>.  Those sometimes chewy and chalky\/bitter candies were damn nice to pop in your mouth when you didn&#8217;t want a real piece of candy.  You know, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snickers.com\/\">Snickers<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldtimecandy.com\/whatchamacallit.htm\">Whatchamacallit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sprees worked best when you didn&#8217;t want a long lasting sucking candy.  You have a speech to make in about 5 minutes but feel you need a quick sugar rush before the show?  A spree is johnny on the spot to fill your need.  They were a good temporary fix when real candy wasn&#8217;t needed.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, I&#8217;m listening to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolyphonicspree.com\">Polyphonic Spree<\/a>.  Their website loops three or four of their &#8220;songs.&#8221;  At this moment, I&#8217;m kinda digging what I&#8217;m hearing.  The <i>Light &#038; Day<\/i> cut stands out the most.<\/p>\n<p>I just watched the <i>Light &#038; Day<\/i> video. God, that is a weird mess.  It looks like there are around twenty members in this&#8230;I guess they&#8217;re a band.  The entire group is decked out in white robes. They smile a lot. Over-pontifications are aplenty.  Man, they sure do smile a lot.  I think they&#8217;re a cult.<\/p>\n<p>This peppy-feelgood-harmonic groove is lolling me into some kind of cheerful-sugar-induced stupor.  I bet they&#8217;re the kind of folk who would play free concerts in the park to spread their kind of joy to the world.  I&#8217;m gonna go out on a limb and say that any product that has the word &#8216;spree&#8217; in it is good for those times you don&#8217;t want anything real to digest. But if the Polyphonic Spree ever offered me kool aid, you just know I&#8217;d be pouring that junk into the nearest plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like Spree. Those sometimes chewy and chalky\/bitter candies were damn nice to pop in your mouth when you didn&#8217;t want a real piece of candy. You know, like Snickers or Whatchamacallit. Sprees worked best when you didn&#8217;t want a long lasting sucking candy. You have a speech to make in about 5 minutes but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-too-many-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/bits\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}