{"id":342,"date":"2010-12-06T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2010\/12\/in-honor-of-the-season-a-celebration-of-complaining\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:03:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:03:25","slug":"in-honor-of-the-season-a-celebration-of-complaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2010\/12\/in-honor-of-the-season-a-celebration-of-complaining.html","title":{"rendered":"In Honor of the Season: A Celebration of Complaining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A friend sent me a link to the Chicago Complaint Choir, a musical group of which I was until that moment unware.<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GvWVxHEaWDU?fs=1<\/a>\n

Then, I saw there were more!<\/p>\n

For instance in Jerusalem\u2026<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gi_RhxhEF1g?fs=1<\/a>\n

And Tokyo\u2026<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gmXfb4q78iI?fs=1<\/a>\n

Turns out there are zillions of complaint choirs!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so nice to see there are things that bring us all together\u2026<\/p>\n

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A friend sent me a link to the Chicago Complaint Choir, a musical group of which I was until that moment unware. Then, I saw there were more! For instance in Jerusalem\u2026 And Tokyo\u2026 Turns out there are zillions of complaint choirs! 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