{"id":751,"date":"2010-05-17T01:35:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T06:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=751"},"modified":"2010-05-17T01:36:25","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T06:36:25","slug":"vodka-collins-automatic-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bourdaghs.com\/blog\/?p=751","title":{"rendered":"Vodka Collins, &#8220;Automatic Pilot&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Merrill, leader of the legendary Japanese glam rock band Vodka Collins, will be speaking at the University of Chicago this coming Friday.  Also on the bill:  The Golden Cups.  To RSVP for a seat, click <a href=\"http:\/\/lucian.uchicago.edu\/blogs\/japanatchicago\/\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Here is Vodka Collins with the classic Merrill composition, &#8220;Automatic Pilot,&#8221; from 1972.  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