{"id":117554,"date":"2015-04-25T13:45:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T13:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=117554"},"modified":"2015-04-25T13:45:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T13:45:59","slug":"true-affection-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=117554","title":{"rendered":"True Affection"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F199087027&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true&show_comments=true&color=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatherjohnmisty.com\/tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Father John Misty<\/a>. 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