{"id":3954,"date":"2010-07-15T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T22:47:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-03-23T04:25:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T04:25:28","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/?p=3954","title":{"rendered":"Dear A.A. Bondy,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Dear A.A. Bondy,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HDJb0K7ZB1Y&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HDJb0K7ZB1Y&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re causing me pain, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VnzDFa-ioDg\">A.A. Bondy<\/a>, and I think that you should know it.  <\/p>\n<p>Why, oh <b>WHY<\/b> are you coming to Columbia, Missouri, and not to St. Louis?!  I mean, I don&#8217;t want to take anything from the Columbia folks.  (I know, yes, I <i>could<\/i> drive to Columbia for a concert.  I did it several years ago so that I could see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IVS0AwJv530&#038;feature=related\">Westerberg<\/a>.  That was the best concert, ever, by the way.)  You see, the thing is that I have 4 crazy little boys  and driving that far for a concert just doesn&#8217;t go with my mama lifestyle anymore.  This mama NEEDS good music, though, truly it helps her get by.<\/p>\n<p>Why don&#8217;t you come on over?  St. Louis is not that far and we love good music here.  You were here at the <a href=\"http:\/\/studentunion.nts.wustl.edu\/~gargoyle\/\">Gargoyle<\/a> just last November.  Langhorne Slim had to beat us off with a stick in February&#8230;Mumford and Sons sold out, no problem. Surely there is a little club or bar or concert venue that would love to have you.  What do you say?  You could earn some extra cash&#8230;I&#8217;m sure that you&#8217;d score some new fans too.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it.  Do you want me to make some calls?  I&#8217;m here to help.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely, <\/p>\n<p>Annie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Thank you for ever for doing a cover of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VnzDFa-ioDg\">I&#8217;m So Lonesome I Could Cry<\/a> for  WNRN.  It was a thing of beauty, truly.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear A.A. Bondy, You&#8217;re causing me pain, A.A. Bondy, and I think that you should know it. Why, oh WHY are you coming to Columbia, Missouri, and not to St. Louis?! I mean, I don&#8217;t want to take anything from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/?p=3954\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annbarlow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}