{"id":4042,"date":"2009-06-07T17:43:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T21:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4042"},"modified":"2009-06-07T17:43:41","modified_gmt":"2009-06-07T21:43:41","slug":"my-new-flailing-technique-is-unstoppable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/my-new-flailing-technique-is-unstoppable","title":{"rendered":"My New Flailing Technique Is Unstoppable"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the few occasions that I’ve DJ’d, I learned there are 3 surefire things that will get people to dance:<\/p>\n

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  1. Baby Got Back<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. You Dropped the Bomb on Me<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Virtually anything by Prince<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    However, when you’re at the, um, Sasquatch Festival (?), it can be a little trickier to start a massive dance party:<\/p>\n

    <\/object><\/p>\n

    But I’m sure it’s more rewarding to get that sorta crowd up and dancing.<\/p>\n

    Hat tip: Matador Nights<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    From the few occasions that I’ve DJ’d, I learned there are 3 surefire things that will get people to dance: Baby Got Back You Dropped the Bomb on Me Virtually anything by Prince However, when you’re at the, um, Sasquatch Festival (?), it can be a little trickier to start a massive dance party: But … <\/p>\n

    Continue reading “My New Flailing Technique Is Unstoppable”<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-4042","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-13c","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1041,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/free-market-dance-dance","url_meta":{"origin":4042,"position":0},"title":"Free Market Dance Dance","author":"Gil","date":"July 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"BizWeek offers an essay on how failed videogame platforms are good for the business: Of course, whereas a market leader's role is to provide stability, there is a difference between stability and stasis. 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