{"id":49,"date":"2008-02-09T15:54:06","date_gmt":"2008-02-09T21:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/blotto\/?p=49"},"modified":"2008-02-09T16:02:08","modified_gmt":"2008-02-09T22:02:08","slug":"lightbar-cancelled-another-six-weeks-of-seasonal-affective-disorder-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/?p=49","title":{"rendered":"LIGHTBAR cancelled, another six weeks of seasonal affective disorder forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past two Februaries, a glowing white pyramid has materialized in Portland to deliver light-based therapy and party atmosphere to the seasonally affected masses in an attempt to bleach the inky gothic from our souls. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/misuba\/408469826\/in\/photostream\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/172\/409122889_3d0e72cd36.jpg\" align=\"center\" alt=\"glowing pyramid\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LIGHTBAR was a candle against the accursed darkness. The 10000W hand-blown tungsten bulb that hung from its highest point was a shard of the sun fallen to earth, a reminder that spring would return. <\/p>\n<p>This year, however, events have conspired to cancel LIGHTBAR. We are left with our hazy memories of the scent of cardboard and cinnamon. And recollection of the inspired White Feast. <\/p>\n<p>Mykle, all of us here at the Prince of Cups and North American Booze Council hope that 2009 will see a return of the UFO-beacon known as LIGHTBAR. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/187\/390521196_635e96f806.jpg\" align=\"center\" alt=\"Master Spin &#038; Doctor Mix\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><small>Thanks to misuba for the photos. I owe you a drink.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past two Februaries, a glowing white pyramid has materialized in Portland to deliver light-based therapy and party atmosphere to the seasonally affected masses in an attempt to bleach the inky gothic from our souls. LIGHTBAR was a candle against the accursed darkness. The 10000W hand-blown tungsten bulb that hung from its highest point [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-places","category-reminiscence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}