{"id":3622055,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3622055/?format=json","airdate":"2026-02-25T09:37:16-08:00","show":66026,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66026/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Ballad of Big Nothing","track_id":"9574f28a-5771-3e8c-a6e8-623389064599","recording_id":"bbe30bb2-84cd-44a1-9c43-4cfaea29079e","artist":"Elliott Smith","artist_ids":["03ad1736-b7c9-412a-b442-82536d63a5c4"],"album":"Either/Or","release_id":"0a5aa565-8158-4e81-9776-af8044f6cc1e","release_group_id":"dfb85157-313b-3f5f-8739-a5162bcb6345","labels":["Kill Rock Stars"],"label_ids":["a16c4ee6-8f6b-4314-9701-465c2e11dffe"],"release_date":"1997-02-25","rotation_status":null,"is_local":true,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"On this day in 1997 (29 years ago), Elliott Smith released the timeless album 'Either/Or'.\n\n'Either/Or' was Elliott Smith's third studio album and was recorded primarily in Portland, Oregon, while Smith was still a member of Heatmiser.\n\nListen to the alternate take of the song his former label, Kill Rock Star, released: https://elliottsmith.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-big-nothing-alternate-vocal","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}