{"id":151,"date":"2024-08-11T18:09:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T18:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/?p=151"},"modified":"2024-08-11T18:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T18:11:20","slug":"music-picks-august-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/?p=151","title":{"rendered":"Music Picks :: August 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done one of these, hell, it&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done anything on this blog. The other day I was inspired to write some thoughts about the world through the eyes of a comic book. Well, today I&#8217;m going to write about some songs that make my ears happy. The topic may not be as profound, but I still enjoy it none the less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sjtPorYM6e0?si=6Y3l6PZ0OP3CggAJ&#038;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>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I&#8217;ve been a fan of Jonny Craig since 2006. I&#8217;ve seen him in concert more times than I can count. Sometimes with bands and sometimes solo but I never leave disappointed. This band &#8220;Old Flame&#8221; is Jonny&#8217;s latest music endeavor. Hopefully he can stay clean and continue to put incredible music.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4guUJmAnld4?si=w4JsXWdxoMxpfaHu&#038;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>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I first heard about Holding Absence through the song &#8220;Afterlife&#8221; but this song resonated with me way more. If I had to pick a song that defines my 2024 music taste it would be this song. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J_FfwNPhZmg?si=ebTnmOjAxEwj3Wg2&#038;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>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I bought my first alexisonfire album (vinyl) the other day and it was after falling in love with this song. I&#8217;ve also been listening to alexisonfire since 2006 and they have maintained the status of my favorite band. I&#8217;m so glad almost 20 years later the boys are still together and once day I&#8217;m going to see them in their homeland of Canada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve done one of these, hell, it&#8217;s been a while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":159,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[26,25,14,24],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-alexisonfire","tag-holding-absence","tag-jonny-craig","tag-old-flame"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nikparenti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/DSC06141.jpg?fit=2100%2C1400","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Y4h7-2r","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156,"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nikparenti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}