{"id":78,"date":"2010-11-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=78"},"modified":"2010-11-25T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T10:00:00","slug":"the-poison-tree-my-only-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2010\/11\/25\/the-poison-tree-my-only-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"The Poison Tree: My Only Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, here it is again, Thanksgiving in the States, another holiday about which people have Complicated Feelings. But let me boil it down to this: It&#8217;s a good day for being thankful. I&#8217;m thankful for the usual family-and-friends thing, but I&#8217;m also very thankful for music and for everyone who reads NTSIB. It&#8217;s been a crazy year with the inception of this blog, and so much of it has been crazy good. <\/p>\n<p>As a little token of my appreciation, here&#8217;s a sweet little song for you by the Poison Tree, a.k.a. 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