{"id":1650,"date":"2007-05-30T11:36:49","date_gmt":"2007-05-30T15:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cleek.lunarpages.com\/blogs\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2007-05-30T11:36:49","modified_gmt":"2007-05-30T15:36:49","slug":"ilsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=1650","title":{"rendered":"Ilsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/songs\/SOTD\/ilsa.mp3\">Here's a heartwarming song<\/a> I wrote back in 1993, or therebouts, about a day in the life of a darling little schoolgirl named Ilsa. On this musical tour, we get to listen in while Ilsa chats with her teacher and fellow students about the mysteries of life - such as they are for 10 year old girls. You might be surprised how much there is to learn about your own life, by observing the life of a little pixie like Ilsa ! Ah innocent youth.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/iris.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=pinfo>Nikon N80, Fuji Superia 400, 105mm macro<br \/>\nWild Iris, Rocky Mountain Ntnl Park, CO<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Modesty forbids, but objectivity demands, that I point out how this song surpasses even a master work like <a href=\"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=1628\">Vintage, Like Old Times<\/a> in sheer brilliance of musicality and technique - I was really in the zone for this one. The delicate but intricate guitar work on display here is truly top-notch. I dare say that even <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Esteban\">the great Esteban<\/a> would be hard-pressed to duplicate the agile, <i>yet tasteful<\/i>, runs I pull off here. And careful listeners will be pleased with the subtle way the dialog from the nearby television interacts with the gossamer backdrop of electric and acoustic guitar, forming a whole that is far greater than the average of its parts.<\/p>\n<p>Ilsa is an early masterpiece from Smaller Animals and it has stood the test of time, touching the hearts of dozens over, lo, these near-15 years. I hope it touches your heart, in a nice way. But, no refunds can be given, in case it does not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here's a heartwarming song I wrote back in 1993, or therebouts, about a day in the life of a darling little schoolgirl named Ilsa. On this musical tour, we get to listen in while Ilsa chats with her teacher and fellow students about the mysteries of life - such as they are for 10 year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}