Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3597652/?format=api
{ "id": 3597652, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3597652/?format=api", "airdate": "2025-12-29T15:37:29-08:00", "show": 65508, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65508/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Charlie Don’t Surf", "track_id": "fe7f12a8-4a80-35ce-bccc-0f7d4ce92ffb", "recording_id": "1dd4e2c6-7944-42ae-89d1-8d2389e86ad5", "artist": "The Clash", "artist_ids": [ "8f92558c-2baa-4758-8c38-615519e9deda" ], "album": "Sandinista!", "release_id": "bd75a130-7ee1-4b68-940b-592b5f21c605", "release_group_id": "ff729e76-b7c5-3877-bf7d-bbad4fde43cb", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1999-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "On their 1980's track \"Charlie Don't Surf,\" the Clash transform a stray cruel line spoken in the film Apocalypse Now into a bleak meditation on hate, immigration and imperialism in general.\n\nThe lyrics take the perspective of a Vietcong soldier, told to \"keep the strangers out,\" and presents a counterpoint view of the America's imperialist policy in Asia at the time, concluding that the US wishes to impose its values and beliefs on other countries by aggressive force if necessary. It also notes the changing technological face of war, mentioning \"satellites that make space burn.\"\nhttps://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-clash/charlie-dont-surf\n\nThe Clash playing \"Charlie Don’t Surf\" live at Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo Japan from January 1982:\nhttps://youtu.be/DyYNKvYmXeY", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }