{"id":16894,"date":"2012-10-03T18:52:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T23:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=16894"},"modified":"2012-10-03T18:52:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T23:52:43","slug":"a-better-way-to-boogie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2012\/10\/03\/a-better-way-to-boogie\/","title":{"rendered":"A better way to boogie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0Smooth friction is bringing sexy back<!--more--><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>By Patrick Patterson<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the immortal words of the infrangible Mr. White (I speak of course of dear Barry), there\u2019s \u201cno better music\u2026 than love makin\u2019 music\u201d. This statement\u2019s ineffability on the level of casual discoursed is matched only by its unjust entanglement with the views of sacreligious, modern views on the sacred art of romancin\u2019. I am referring, of course, to the decline of the playa. It is my firm belief that the influence of the \u201cquirky\u201d on the delicate ecosystem of birds and bees, constantly a-twitter in our world is predatory and\/or just plain awkward\u2026 either way, to the point of subterfuge. Sure, Michael Cera\u2019s brief fling with the mustache in \u201cYouth in Revolt\u201d was enough to convince us that sweatbands and running shorts, coupled with the usual penchant for meekness and awkward mouse-dom, are flaws we could overlook\u2026 but what of the men and women, whose silky PJs and confident swagger form the image of the lust of legend? What of those whose record shelves are stocked with proper ammunition for a night filled spent in the warm embrace of that special someone, that Great White Buffalo? What of Anita? What of Marvin? Luther? Dear, sweet, sweet Barry White? What of those whose mustaches never left?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Slow Jamz, as a species have become endangered. In a world where spooning is the lot of those who would decline to keep in mind the standards set by the likes of legendary lovers and put the needle down on some Skrillex. Sound weird? I think so, too. It is the goal of shows like Smooth Friction to facilitate the conservation of tunes to spoon to, respecting the natural order, where Marvin Gaye is king and Tami is his queen, but respecting the evolution of that order to survive in the modern age, \u00e0 la Mayer Hawthorne. To do justice to the image of an ideal evening\u2019s rapture, spent tenderly preening one\u2019s silk-clad lover, this work is necessary. After all, what is love?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs it not the sweetest flower? What is this longing in our hearts for togetherness? Is it not the sweetest flower? Does not this flower of love have the fragrant aroma of fine, fine diamonds? Does not the wind love the dirt? Is not love not unlike the unlikely not it is unlikened to? Are you with someone tonight? Do not question your love. Take your lover by the hand. Release the power within yourself. Your heard me, release the power. Tame the wild cosmos with a whisper. Conquer heaven with one intimate caress\u201d- Leon Phelps, \u201cThe Ladies\u2019 Man\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the words of the magnificent Kanye: imma play dis Vandross, you gon\u2019 take your pants off. And that\u2019s the way it should be.<\/p>\n<p><em>Smooth Friction airs every Wednesday from 10-12 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Smooth friction is bringing sexy back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4332,"featured_media":16946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1170,1169,1164,1168],"class_list":["post-16894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-luther-vandross","tag-marvin-gaye","tag-patrick-patterson","tag-smooth-friction-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/220px-Marvin_Gaye_in_1973.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}