{"id":776,"date":"2011-07-27T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=776"},"modified":"2011-07-26T21:06:51","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T01:06:51","slug":"july-video-challenge-alexcalibur-mama-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/07\/27\/july-video-challenge-alexcalibur-mama-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"July Video Challenge: ALEXCALIBUR, Mama Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alexcalibur.wordpress.com\">ALEXCALIBUR<\/a> (Alex Gulla) has an incredible voice &#8211; rich, supple, and flexible &#8211; and his live show is nothing short of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rufusowliebat\/sets\/72157625974208143\/with\/5463427775\/\">mind-blowing<\/a>. Note: that link may or may not be NSFW, depending on where you work, and contains pictures of Mr. Gulla singing while wearing very small trunks and not a lot else.<\/p>\n<p>I chose this particular song because I find it incredibly soothing, and the video, created by Gulla and Katie Torn, is illustrative of his general aesthetic. You can listen to more of his work <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/alexcalibur\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"ALEXCALIBUR - MAMA BEAR\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_G4pWla4qeZI\"><div id=\"lyte_G4pWla4qeZI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/G4pWla4qeZI\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">ALEXCALIBUR - MAMA BEAR<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/G4pWla4qeZI\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/G4pWla4qeZI\/0.jpg\" alt=\"ALEXCALIBUR - MAMA BEAR\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALEXCALIBUR (Alex Gulla) has an incredible voice &#8211; rich, supple, and flexible &#8211; and his live show is nothing short of mind-blowing. 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