{"id":395,"date":"2004-11-29T13:29:31","date_gmt":"2004-11-29T18:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=395"},"modified":"2005-12-30T06:51:35","modified_gmt":"2005-12-30T11:51:35","slug":"music-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/music-news","title":{"rendered":"Music News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an invite to any of my NY\/NJ-based readers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ariscott.com\">Ari Scott<\/a>, a delightful singer-songwriter (and former official pre-VM girlfriend), is releasing her new EP <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/ariscott2\"><em>I Can Open My Eyes<\/em><\/a> at The Bitter End (147 Bleeker St., NYC) tomorrow night (Tues., Nov. 30) at 9:30pm!  Join me, the official VM girlfriend, and a bunch of our friends at the show!<\/p>\n<p>Also, buy Ari&#8217;s first record, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/ariscott\"><em>I Was Only Just A Chorus Girl<\/em><\/a>. It&#8217;s a blast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an invite to any of my NY\/NJ-based readers: Ari Scott, a delightful singer-songwriter (and former official pre-VM girlfriend), is releasing her new EP I Can Open My Eyes at The Bitter End (147 Bleeker St., NYC) tomorrow night (Tues., Nov. 30) at 9:30pm! Join me, the official VM girlfriend, and a bunch of our &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/music-news\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Music News&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-6n","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":382,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm","url_meta":{"origin":395,"position":0},"title":"Speaking of science fictionAlien Loves\u2026","author":"Gil","date":"October 14, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Speaking of science fictionAlien Loves Predator: In New York, no one can hear you scream.Many kudos to the official VM girlfriend for this one.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":488,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/goodbye-cherry-coke","url_meta":{"origin":395,"position":1},"title":"Goodbye, Cherry (Coke)","author":"Gil","date":"February 3, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a new favorite drink, largely because of the insanely funny commercial.The official VM girlfriend and I simply call the stuff \"ROY! 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I'll be here all week.)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Orleans&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Orleans","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/travel\/new-orleans"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":271,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/buggin-out","url_meta":{"origin":395,"position":3},"title":"Buggin&#8217; Out!","author":"Gil","date":"June 3, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"My buddy Jess sent me this link to one of the eeriest slideshows ever. I thought of calling it \"Midwife of Butterflies,\" but felt that was too close to the title of one of those weird femme-wicca-type books.The official VM girlfriend wanted to name this entry Fer Chrysalis' Sake!","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":396,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/whew-2","url_meta":{"origin":395,"position":4},"title":"Whew!","author":"Gil","date":"November 29, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Relatively uneventful Thanksgiving weekend. The official VM girlfriend cooked a fantastic meal for me, the official VM Mom and my college buddy Mark. There was duck, cornbread\/chicken dressing, fig\/zinfandel sauce, butternut squash soup, and a sweet potato pie to die for. And there were plenty of leftovers, as expected.The weekend\/vacation\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":487,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/divine","url_meta":{"origin":395,"position":5},"title":"Divine?","author":"Gil","date":"February 5, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Off to Providence, RI on a day-trip. The official VM girlfriend gets to meet my buddies Paul & Deb. If I get any good photos from there, you'll be the first to know.My first trip up there, they took me out to see HP Lovecraft's grave. 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