{"id":1464,"date":"2006-11-17T08:36:06","date_gmt":"2006-11-17T08:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2006\/11\/17\/racing-to-rapture\/"},"modified":"2006-11-17T08:36:06","modified_gmt":"2006-11-17T08:36:06","slug":"racing-to-rapture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2006\/11\/17\/racing-to-rapture\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing to Rapture"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><i>Calling all in transit \u2026<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BNFXZ5mOTGk\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Racing in the Street<\/a>,\" Bruce Springsteen<br>\n\"Radio Caroline,\" Green<br>\n\"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KA57Pafq_NU\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Radio Free Europe<\/a>,\" R.E.M.<br>\n\"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8F2euKX0u5Y\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Radio, Radio<\/a>,\" Elvis Costello &amp; The Attractions<br>\n\"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pFbjE7NFmUI\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rain<\/a>,\" Patty Griffin<br>\n\"Rain,\" Wally Badarou<br>\n\"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=62G5OLRfDug\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rain King<\/a>,\" Counting Crows<br>\n\"<a href=\"http:\/\/wxpn.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/my-morning-download-8406-tilly-and.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rainbows in the Dark<\/a>,\" <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tillyandthewall.com\/tatw\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tilly &amp; the Wall<\/a><br>\n\"Raining in Baltimore,\" Counting Crows<br>\n\"Rainy Season,\" Aztec Camera<br>\n\"Rapture,\" <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pedrothelion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pedro the Lion<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all in transit \u2026 &#8220;Racing in the Street,&#8221; 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