{"id":150,"date":"2020-11-29T15:13:45","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T14:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=150"},"modified":"2020-12-25T12:51:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T11:51:45","slug":"whamageddon-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/29\/whamageddon-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Whamageddon 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Update 25 December 2020: <strong> <span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">I MADE IT!<\/span> <\/strong><br><br>It&#8217;s nearly time for Whamageddon! Rules below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/78303668_1045668732440644_5483338189357711360_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/78303668_1045668732440644_5483338189357711360_n.jpg 526w, https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/78303668_1045668732440644_5483338189357711360_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/78303668_1045668732440644_5483338189357711360_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption>Image stolen from the Internets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year I was knocked out of the contest on December 3, while I was having a beer in a cafe before a gallery opening. (Typing that in Lockdown feels like I&#8217;m writing a book report on F. Scott Fitzgerald.) This year, everywhere I go where music may be played is shut down or canceled. Thought I was going to nail it! And then this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/127999847_3597548930281053_190746905656510992_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/127999847_3597548930281053_190746905656510992_n.jpg 526w, https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/127999847_3597548930281053_190746905656510992_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/127999847_3597548930281053_190746905656510992_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><figcaption>Image stolen from the Internets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A suggestion that playing &#8220;Last Christmas&#8221; on repeat in public places will prevent people from hanging out in groups, and thus should be implemented as part of the Lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now it is stuck in my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wham! - Last Christmas (Official Video)\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8gmARGvPlI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>And in hi-def<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Totally serious, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steynonline.com\/7652\/going-solo\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.steynonline.com\/7652\/going-solo\">Mark Steyn&#8217;s reflections on the career and death of George Michael<\/a> on Christmas Day, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tell me, baby, do you recognize me?<br \/>\nWell, it&#8217;s been a year, it doesn&#8217;t surprise me&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ohrwurm-des-tages"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}