{"id":19518,"date":"2010-12-12T21:50:22","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T04:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=19518"},"modified":"2014-11-06T08:19:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:19:09","slug":"music-hark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/12\/music-hark.html","title":{"rendered":"Music, hark!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Improvising ragtime versions of Mario Bros., <em>Harry Potter<\/em>, and <em>Star Wars<\/em> themes. Awesome.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"505\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/f4PvHmqvQko?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;hd=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Though, to be fair, the Cantina Scene hardly counts as improvisation.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neatorama.com\/2010\/12\/11\/mario-harry-potter-and-star-wars-music-played-in-ragtime-style\/\">Neatorama<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improvising ragtime versions of Mario Bros., Harry Potter, and Star Wars themes. Awesome. Though, to be fair, the Cantina Scene hardly counts as improvisation. 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