{"id":540,"date":"2015-03-24T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/music.steelwagstaff.com\/?p=540"},"modified":"2015-03-24T07:00:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T07:00:32","slug":"mixtapes-for-laurel-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelwagstaff.info\/wordpress\/mixtapes-for-laurel-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixtapes for Laurel: BIRD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Laurel and I first began dating, we made each other a series of mixtapes, not the most original idea, but it was an important part of our getting to know each other. For me, I decided to make a series of four discs BULL WORK BIRD SONG that were both a play on Laurel&#8217;s last name (Bastian = bastion = bulwark = BULL WORK)\u00a0and presented\u00a0a collection of connected, themed songs.<\/p>\n<p>The first two discs (BULL and WORK) featured only songs about animals (bulls, etc.) and the second two (BIRD and SONG) featured songs about birds and singing, respectively. Here&#8217;s the third disc, BIRD:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Bird [bird mixtape #1]\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/0CzrHUEEhhlRSiwbeWdUvf?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[Note: The disc contained a few tracks that are not part of Spotify&#8217;s library. The disc began with a 30 second recording of hermit thrushes, Arlo Guthrie&#8217;s cover of Lead Belly&#8217;s &#8220;Red Bird&#8221;, my friend Spencer Gardner&#8217;s recording of &#8220;Ostrich&#8221;, Sufjan Stevens&#8217; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I-GDRP8eAtg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lord God Bird<\/a>&#8220;, and David Gray&#8217;s version of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t1W-uTjDU_Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One with the Birds<\/a>&#8220;.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Laurel and I first began dating, we made each other a series of mixtapes, not the most original idea, but it was an important part of our getting to know each other. For me, I decided to make a series of four discs BULL WORK BIRD SONG that were both a play on Laurel&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New mixtape up at Steel's Magnolias: \"Mixtapes for Laurel: BIRD\"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[913],"tags":[877,878,40,536],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mix-tapes","tag-laurel","tag-mixtape","tag-music","tag-playlist"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steelwagstaff.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bird.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Steel Wagstaff","author_link":"https:\/\/steelwagstaff.info\/wordpress\/author\/steel\/"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steelwagstaff.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bird.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/steelwagstaff.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bird.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd6z5D-8I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":542,"url":"https:\/\/steelwagstaff.info\/wordpress\/mixtapes-for-laurel-song\/","url_meta":{"origin":540,"position":0},"title":"Mixtapes for Laurel: SONG","author":"Steel Wagstaff","date":"March 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"When Laurel and I first began dating, we made each other a series of mixtapes, not the most original idea, but it was an important part of our getting to know each other. 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