{"id":789,"date":"2011-07-29T10:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=789"},"modified":"2011-07-29T07:03:20","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T11:03:20","slug":"a-selection-from-helene-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/07\/29\/a-selection-from-helene-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"A Selection from Helene Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the driving reasons to start a blog is because you feel like no one else is saying what you want to say, so you have to do it your own damn self. But sometimes if you&#8217;re very tired and whine in just the right way, other people will practically write your blog posts for you. To whit, last night when I asked friends for suggestions of something to post about today. Our fine friend Andy Jody (drummer from Pearlene, James Leg, Oxford Cotton, Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, etc.) suggested simply &#8220;SOUL!&#8221; Soul is always a good way to bring in the weekend. And our new friend C.R. Humphrey (the talented man behind Old Gray Mule) followed up with the specific suggestion of Helene Smith.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_KpSRqG5tM24\"><div id=\"lyte_KpSRqG5tM24\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/KpSRqG5tM24\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/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\/KpSRqG5tM24\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/KpSRqG5tM24\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_PK1QcImjTzM\"><div id=\"lyte_PK1QcImjTzM\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PK1QcImjTzM\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/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\/PK1QcImjTzM\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/PK1QcImjTzM\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_5HEcmHoLVOc\"><div id=\"lyte_5HEcmHoLVOc\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/5HEcmHoLVOc\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/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\/5HEcmHoLVOc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/5HEcmHoLVOc\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There isn&#8217;t a wealth of information about Helene Smith on the internet, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sirshambling.com\/artists\/H\/helene_smith.htm\" target=\"blank\">Sir Shambling&#8217;s Deep Soul Heaven<\/a> has a little for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the driving reasons to start a blog is because you feel like no one else is saying what you want to say, so you have to do it your own damn self. 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