{"id":793,"date":"2014-05-02T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=793"},"modified":"2014-05-01T14:05:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T13:05:18","slug":"song-of-the-week-the-mightiest-of-guns-by-a-a-bondy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;The Mightiest of Guns&#8221; by A.A. Bondy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>This is &#8220;The Mightiest of Guns&#8221; by A.A.Bondy:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Mu-iHIVMgI\" width=\"466\" height=\"262\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My buddy Robbie introduced me to A.A. Bondy back in November, and I&#8217;ve subsequently bought his three albums, <em>American Hearts, When The Devil&#8217;s Loose <\/em>and <em>Believers.<\/em> I&#8217;ve been listening to them quite a bit lately, mainly because I like A.A. Bondy&#8217;s ear for a melody, and his understated arrangements.\u00a0 His songs don&#8217;t blow your doors off with their complexity or virtuosity or lyrics; instead, they slip in through your open window and gently coax themselves into part of your life. That sounds a bit creepy: they don&#8217;t blow your doors off; instead they amble up your drive and join you on the front porch, and at the end of the evening you feel like you&#8217;ve been friends for longer than a handful of hours.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22The%20Mightiest%20of%20Guns%22%20by%20A.A.%20Bondy\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it. 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