{"id":13515,"date":"2010-12-02T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=13515"},"modified":"2010-12-01T19:18:05","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T03:18:05","slug":"slick-video-commentary-on-suburbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/02\/slick-video-commentary-on-suburbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Slick Video Commentary on Suburbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The delightfully well-done video below doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with Seattle real estate specifically, but given that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathancoulton.com\/\" title=\"Jonathan Coulton\">Jonathan Coulton<\/a> song (one of my favorites) is an amusing commentary on sprawling suburban life and American consumerism, it&#8217;s at least tangentially related.  Enjoy.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:600px; margin:0 auto;\"><object width=\"600\" height=\"362\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/y4sOfO8Ei1g?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/div>\n<p>Credit goes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathancoulton.com\/\" title=\"Jonathan Coulton\">Jonathan Coulton<\/a> for the music and <a href=\"http:\/\/spaceparanoids.net\/\" title=\"Jarrett Heather\">Jarrett Heather<\/a> for the video.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Hat tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2010\/12\/01\/jonathan-coultons-sh.html\">BoingBoing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The delightfully well-done video below doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with Seattle real estate specifically, but given that the Jonathan Coulton song (one of my favorites) is an amusing commentary on sprawling suburban life and American consumerism, it&#8217;s at least tangentially related. 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