{"id":239,"date":"2003-05-21T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2003-05-21T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=239"},"modified":"2003-05-21T07:00:06","modified_gmt":"2003-05-21T12:00:06","slug":"just_for_the_ta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/05\/21\/just_for_the_ta.html","title":{"rendered":"Just for the taste of it"},"content":{"rendered":"

So why wouldn’t <\/i>you want to visit a site full of 80s TV commercial jingles<\/a>? Especially since it has a variety of other TV theme songs, too? Sweet.<\/p>\n

(via Daimnation<\/a>, who’s abandoned BlogSpot, huzzah!)<\/small><\/p>\n

UPDATE: Scott <\/a>has a fine link to the Feeling Retro <\/a>site, specifically groomed for folks in my, ahem, age bracket. I’m having serious cartoon\/toy\/game flashbacks here …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So why wouldn’t you want to visit a site full of 80s TV commercial jingles? Especially since it has a variety of other TV theme songs, too? Sweet. 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