{"id":3716,"date":"2009-04-01T06:45:17","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T10:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=3716"},"modified":"2009-04-01T06:45:17","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T10:45:17","slug":"wham-bam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wham-bam","title":{"rendered":"Wham! Bam"},"content":{"rendered":"

In honor of April Fools Day, Popmatters decided it was time to goof on an album that sold a bazillion copies<\/a> and launched the career of George Michael, whose first solo album<\/a>\"\" sold a mind-blowing 20 million copies. (I’m partial to Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1<\/a>\"\", but my wife is partial to Andrew Ridgeley, so hey.)<\/p>\n

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  1. Wham!’s Christmas Conundrums<\/a> (Shouldn’t that be “Conundra”?)<\/li>\n
  2. Wham!’s Fashion Revolution<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Make It Best: Single by Single<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. And just for Amy, Andrew Ridgeley: An Appreciation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In honor of April Fools Day, Popmatters decided it was time to goof on an album that sold a bazillion copies and launched the career of George Michael, whose first solo album sold a mind-blowing 20 million copies. (I’m partial to Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1, but my wife is partial to Andrew Ridgeley, so … <\/p>\n

    Continue reading “Wham! Bam”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[623,342,622],"class_list":["post-3716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-andrew-ridgeley","tag-george-michael","tag-wham"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-XW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1856,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/cheap-novelties","url_meta":{"origin":3716,"position":0},"title":"Cheap Novelties","author":"Gil","date":"January 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Sure, Bobby Fischer's death got all the press, what with the worldwide reactions and reminiscences of his chess-playing genius, his uncomfortable relationship with celebrity, and his later hatred of Jews. But let's also take time to mourn Richard Knerr. I'd never heard of Mr. Knerr till I opened the NYTimes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Big Business"","block_context":{"text":"Big Business","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/big-business"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13104,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-michael-tisserand","url_meta":{"origin":3716,"position":1},"title":"COVID Check-In with Michael Tisserand","author":"Gil","date":"April 8, 2020","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show COVID Check-In: Michael Tisserand \"Normal is just a Martin Mull album.\" Author Michael Tisserand checks in from New Orleans. We talk about how his wife (a pediatrician) got through her recent bout with COVID-19, how the city has had to change its traditions and practices even when\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Classic Comics Criticism"","block_context":{"text":"Classic Comics Criticism","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature\/classic-comics-criticism"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidtisserandcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C491&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidtisserandcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C491&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidtisserandcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C491&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidtisserandcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C491&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidtisserandcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C491&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13283,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-michael-gerber","url_meta":{"origin":3716,"position":2},"title":"COVID Check-In with Michael Gerber","author":"Gil","date":"April 30, 2020","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show COVID Check-In: Michael Gerber Michael Gerber, editor\/publisher of The American Bystander, a.k.a., the last great humor magazine (subscribe today! & get their Quarantine Cavalcade e-mail!), checks in from Santa Monica, where he's busier than ever. We talk about finding humor and sharing laughs during the pandemic, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Big Business"","block_context":{"text":"Big Business","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/big-business"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidgerbercomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C527&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidgerbercomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C527&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidgerbercomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C527&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidgerbercomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C527&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/covidgerbercomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C527&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":977,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/scan-and-pan","url_meta":{"origin":3716,"position":3},"title":"Scan and Pan","author":"Gil","date":"June 2, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Continuing that series of posts and links about contemporary fiction, here's a piece in Slate about how book sales are measured and ignored: [Using Bookscan to garner sales numbers] has become popular for a few reasons having to do with the culture of journalism and publishing. In general, the publishing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "literature"","block_context":{"text":"literature","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11852,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-293-michael-gerber","url_meta":{"origin":3716,"position":4},"title":"Episode 293 – Michael Gerber","author":"Gil","date":"October 29, 2018","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 293: Michael Gerber \"We're trying to collect and broadcast this specific type of culture before the people who know how to do it properly all pass away.\" The American Bystander magazine is a print-only humor magazine, and while that may seem like an anachronism in this day\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Art"","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/10062016bystanderad01.png?fit=750%2C423&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/10062016bystanderad01.png?fit=750%2C423&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/10062016bystanderad01.png?fit=750%2C423&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/10062016bystanderad01.png?fit=750%2C423&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3519,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/kindleicious","url_meta":{"origin":3716,"position":5},"title":"Kindleicious","author":"Gil","date":"February 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"To celebrate the arrival of my new Kindle (I sold my first-gen model for $270 on Amazon last week), here are a bunch of articles about e-book pricing and why publishers are scared crapless by the example of Apple and iTunes: Kassia Kroszer, who writes wonderfully about this stuff on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "literature"","block_context":{"text":"literature","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/literature"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3716"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3718,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3716\/revisions\/3718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}