{"id":2102,"date":"2012-06-24T04:23:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T04:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/06\/24\/2012-6-24-its-time-to-think-about-zoogz-rift-html\/"},"modified":"2012-06-24T04:23:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T04:23:36","slug":"2012-6-24-its-time-to-think-about-zoogz-rift-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/2012-6-24-its-time-to-think-about-zoogz-rift-html\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time To Think About Zoogz Rift"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobtherieau.com\/images\/blog\/zoogz.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bobtherieau.com\/images\/blog\/zoogz.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"A lovely centered picture of Zoogz Rift.\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nFriends,<\/p>\n<p>At this particular point in history, with a weakened economy, social unrest brewing, multiple ongoing wars and uneasy international alliances, it&#8217;s important to remember our great American heroes. Their voices may have been stifled while they were alive, but in retrospect the pronouncements made through their art seem even more prescient.<\/p>\n<p>To understand the architecture of despotism, or even authoritarian regimes, one need only look as far as the work of Zoogz Rift. From <a href=\"http:\/\/musicformaniacs.blogspot.com\/2012\/06\/zoogz-apalooza.html\">this fellow&#8217;s website<\/a>, follow the links to a large sampling of Mr. Rift&#8217;s oeuvre, then sample his important policy statements like his <i>Secret Marines Suite<\/i>, or his indictment of throwaway consumer culture in <i>Art Band<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xELPUkofqgo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nTestify.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; bob<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends, At this particular point in history, with a weakened economy, social unrest brewing, multiple ongoing wars and uneasy international alliances, it&#8217;s important to remember our great American heroes. Their voices may have been stifled while they were alive, but in retrospect the pronouncements made through their art seem even more prescient. To understand the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/2012-6-24-its-time-to-think-about-zoogz-rift-html\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;It&#8217;s Time To Think About Zoogz Rift&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genius"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}