{"id":180,"date":"2017-02-20T12:38:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T17:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2017-02-20T12:38:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T17:38:45","slug":"remembering-r-e-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/180","title":{"rendered":"Remembering R.E.M. &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remembering the 80&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s with\u00a0the\u00a0great alterative rock group\u00a0R.E.M. Two of my\u00a0 personal favorites follow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MLMnpB51vVM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xwtdhWltSIg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remembering the 80&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s with\u00a0the\u00a0great alterative rock group\u00a0R.E.M. 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