{"id":895,"date":"2006-03-29T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/straight-outta-pontypridd\/"},"modified":"2006-03-29T11:00:09","modified_gmt":"2006-03-29T16:00:09","slug":"straight-outta-pontypridd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/straight-outta-pontypridd","title":{"rendered":"Straight Outta Pontypridd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Jones is now <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20060329\/ap_on_en_mu\/tom_jones\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Tom Jones<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I saw him perform at the MGM in Vegas in Jan. 2004, and was amazed at how a guy my mom&#8217;s age can still belt it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Jones is now Sir Tom Jones! I saw him perform at the MGM in Vegas in Jan. 2004, and was amazed at how a guy my mom&#8217;s age can still belt it out.<\/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-895","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-er","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2961,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/your-mother-should-know","url_meta":{"origin":895,"position":0},"title":"Your mother should know","author":"Gil","date":"November 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Is it just me, or does the cover for this new Tom Jones album make TJ look like Jesse Jackson? I saw TJ perform at the MGM in Vegas in 2004, and I can attest that he does not resemble Jesse in person. Man, was that a great performance, especially\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"jesse jackson\"","block_context":{"text":"jesse jackson","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/tag\/jesse-jackson"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001L28QPW","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13015,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/covid-check-in-with-tom-tomorrow","url_meta":{"origin":895,"position":1},"title":"COVID Check-In with Tom Tomorrow","author":"Gil","date":"March 29, 2020","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show COVID Check-In: Tom Tomorrow (a.k.a. Dan Perkins) \"If I could just go and have a drink with my friends at the little neighborhood bar, then life would feel halfway normal again.\" On Sunday, March 29, cartoonist Tom Tomorrow (a.k.a. Dan Perkins) checked in to let us know\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/art"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/perkinscovidcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/perkinscovidcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/perkinscovidcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/perkinscovidcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/perkinscovidcomp.jpg?fit=1200%2C480&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1466,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/home-improvement","url_meta":{"origin":895,"position":2},"title":"Home Improvement","author":"Gil","date":"April 22, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Not much blogging this weekend, dear readers, between the NBA playoffs (I only watched two full games, and bits of two others) and our repainting of the guest bedroom. It'll look awfully nice when complete (Amy gets to blog about it and post the pix), so any of you who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;suburbs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"suburbs","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/suburbs"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=virtualmemories-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000002GE1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1764,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/leaving-for-las-vegas","url_meta":{"origin":895,"position":3},"title":"Leaving (for) Las Vegas","author":"Gil","date":"November 3, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I haven't been to Vegas since January 2004, when I helicoptered into the Grand Canyon and was stage-side for a Tom Jones concert at the MGM, but I'm 70 minutes from boarding my flight to this year's ISPE conference in the Unreal City! This trip should be less eventful than\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Las Vegas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Las Vegas","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/travel\/las-vegas"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":125,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/whats-new-pussycat","url_meta":{"origin":895,"position":4},"title":"What&#8217;s New, Pussycat?","author":"Gil","date":"January 19, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Normally, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but I've decided to reveal some aspects of this trip. First lesson: Tom Jones still Has It. Second lesson: The sports book at the Venetian has free drinks, but it's NOT good to say to yourself, \"It's only 10:30 a.m. here, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Football&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Football","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/category\/sports\/football"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3179,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/what-it-is-1509","url_meta":{"origin":895,"position":5},"title":"What It Is: 1\/5\/09","author":"Gil","date":"January 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"What I'm reading: The Last Good Kiss, by James Crumley, and Joe Nocera's long and worthwhile NYTimes magazine article about the risk management and its role in the financial meltdown. What I'm listening to: Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1, by George Michael and 24 Hours, by Tom Jones. 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