{"id":506,"date":"2014-12-14T21:25:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T21:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=506"},"modified":"2017-01-30T21:00:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T21:00:36","slug":"stately-southerner-the-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2014\/12\/14\/stately-southerner-the-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stately Southerner, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  sdl_right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">74.11.11<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:12.6px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"74.11.11\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zc3NhLmxsYy5lZC5hYy51ay93aGFsc2F5YW5zL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy9zaXRlcy8yLzIwMTUvMDEvNzQuMTEuMTEubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:true, vol:100, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p><b>Robbie T. 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