{"id":4520,"date":"2009-10-08T14:36:12","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T18:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=4520"},"modified":"2010-02-16T16:49:52","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:49:52","slug":"suspicion-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/suspicion-confirmed","title":{"rendered":"Suspicion confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of VM reader <a href=\"http:\/\/tfik.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Scharf<\/a>, we now have proof that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altonbrown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alton Brown<\/a> is actually the long-lost twin of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomasdolby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Dolby<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignnone\" title=\"dolbyalton\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/dolbyalton.jpg?w=440\" alt=\"dolbyalton\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m waiting for his next book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0019K9XKI?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=virtualmemories-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0019K9XKI\">Alton Ate My Buick<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" kpgbmruewdfagcwrkkhv kpgbmruewdfagcwrkkhv yshqdviucvdiokecyfcq yshqdviucvdiokecyfcq\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0019K9XKI\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy of VM reader Eric Scharf, we now have proof that Alton Brown is actually the long-lost twin of Thomas Dolby: I&#8217;m waiting for his next book, Alton Ate My Buick.<\/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":[866,187],"class_list":["post-4520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-alton-brown","tag-thomas-dolby"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-1aU","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10136,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-200-thomas-dolby","url_meta":{"origin":4520,"position":0},"title":"Episode 200 &#8211; Thomas Dolby","author":"Gil","date":"January 9, 2017","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show #200: Thomas Dolby \"I'm never happier than when I'm out in my converted lifeboat studio staring out over the North Sea, playing with sounds. 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