{"id":52,"date":"2006-04-14T13:05:25","date_gmt":"2006-04-14T21:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/?p=52"},"modified":"2006-04-14T13:17:46","modified_gmt":"2006-04-14T21:17:46","slug":"friday-kelp-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/?p=52","title":{"rendered":"Friday kelp blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/blogpix\/KelpbyPier.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ok, I simply can&#8217;t resist. I mean, what are the chances of someone putting together an animated music video (of the absolute highest quality!) about&#8230; kelp??<\/p>\n<p>100 percent, apparently:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.7secondsoflove.com\/kelp\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\"><b><font color= \"#330066\">I Love Kelp Song<\/font><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, thanks to the band 7 Seconds of Love, my blog now has a theme song (since apparently I&#8217;ve been too busy to write one myself).<\/p>\n<p>As you can see in the photo, it&#8217;s storming again in Malibu. Big clusters of kelp have been pulled up from the offshore beds and they decorate the sand, like weird furniture. A feast for the environment, as it disintegrates over time and feeds all sort of little bugs and critters. Beach salad! Yum!<\/p>\n<p>But back to music: the talented folks of 7 Seconds of Love are also responsible for the hit tune that has haunted my consciousness ever since my first hearing (Charles and I have been known to jump around the house singing it&#8230;. a true sign of musical success):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rathergood.com\/looking\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none\" target=\"_blank\"><b><font color= \"#330066\">Looking for my Leopard Song<\/font><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, yes, that&#8217;s right, the classic hit, &#8220;Looking for my Leopard.&#8221; (Friday cat blogging, now in computer animation music video format). As with all of Rathergood\/7 Seconds&#8217; offerings, completely bizarre and frighteningly catchy. Oh, and ridiculously cute, especially if you like demented, wide-eyed kittens with an attitude. The kind of thing that you see the first time and think is, well&#8230; uh&#8230;crap, and then can&#8217;t get out of your brain for months afterward. Enjoy. Or curse me, whichever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, I simply can&#8217;t resist. I mean, what are the chances of someone putting together an animated music video (of the absolute highest quality!) about&#8230; kelp?? 100 percent, apparently: I Love Kelp Song Finally, thanks to the band 7 Seconds of Love, my blog now has a theme song (since apparently I&#8217;ve been too busy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alexshapiro.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}