{"id":581,"date":"2010-03-05T01:25:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T06:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=581"},"modified":"2010-03-05T01:25:22","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T06:25:22","slug":"im-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apologies for the radio silence around here lately.  It&#8217;s been a wee bit busy on the South Side the past week or two.  I&#8217;ll resume real blogging in short order, but in the meanwhile, here&#8217;s a clip <a href=\"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog.html\/351.html\">I posted here a zillion years ago<\/a> that&#8217;s well worth revisiting.  It&#8217;s Kate Rusby&#8217;s cover of one of the very greatest of Kinks&#8217; songs, &#8220;Village Green Preservation Society.&#8221;  Nice slide show to go with it, too.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are the Office Block Persecution Affinity<br \/>\nGod save little shops, china cups and virginity<br \/>\nWe are the Skyscraper condemnation Affiliate<br \/>\nGod save tudor houses, antique tables and billiards<br \/>\nPreserving the old ways from being abused<br \/>\nProtecting the new ways for me and for you<br \/>\nWhat more can we do?<br \/>\nGod save the Village Green<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iRK6U5vIHCs&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iRK6U5vIHCs&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div class='shareinpost'><ul class=\"socialwrap row\"><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Bookmark this post : I&#8217;m back! 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