{"id":1263,"date":"2012-03-12T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2014-11-05T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T03:01:10","slug":"a-good-read-a-good-listen-and-a-good-drink-the-parlor-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/03\/12\/a-good-read-a-good-listen-and-a-good-drink-the-parlor-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"A Good Read, a Good Listen, and a Good Drink: The Parlor Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. Imagine: You bring out one of the good rocks glasses (or your favorite mug or a special occasion tea cup) and pour a couple fingers of amber liquid (or something dark and strong or just some whole milk). You drop the needle on the jazz platter (or pull up a blues album on your mp3 player or dig out that mixtape from college). Ensconcing yourself in the coziest seat in the house, you crack the spine on a classic (or find your place in that sci-fi paperback or pull up a biography on your e-book reader). And then, you go away for a while. Ah, bliss.<\/p>\n

In this series, some of NTSIB’s friends share beloved albums, books and drinks to recommend or inspire.<\/i><\/p>\n

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The Parlor Soldiers’ album When the Dust Settles<\/i> – with some songs that play like a wink, some that play like a punch, with all sorts of intriguing stories in between – has been one of the first real delights<\/a> of 2012 for me. (If you haven’t yet, visit their Bandcamp site and be charmed by the album yourself. And check out their tour dates! The more shows you attend, the greater chance I have of seeing them up north sometime.) So, I’m very happy to have Alex, Karen and Dan participate in our series.<\/p>\n

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