Play Public Instance
Information about plays
list: List of plays
retrieve: Information about a specific play by ID
GET /v2/plays/3626022/?format=api
{ "id": 3626022, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3626022/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-06T14:06:49-08:00", "show": 66107, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66107/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710304.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-18dee048-e34f-379f-9b90-074c8237232b/mbid-18dee048-e34f-379f-9b90-074c8237232b-2479699363_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710304.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-18dee048-e34f-379f-9b90-074c8237232b/mbid-18dee048-e34f-379f-9b90-074c8237232b-2479699363_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Cracked Actor", "track_id": "d06ac6dc-b19d-3b3c-92e1-12794c223042", "recording_id": "2217fc4e-af5a-4e18-ab4f-8aca8aba2d56", "artist": "David Bowie", "artist_ids": [ "5441c29d-3602-4898-b1a1-b77fa23b8e50" ], "album": "Aladdin Sane", "release_id": "18dee048-e34f-379f-9b90-074c8237232b", "release_group_id": "50f8710f-3ae6-319b-85a7-afe783f13449", "labels": [ "Rykodisc" ], "label_ids": [ "6dedcd20-3d02-4838-b583-5434eac199d9" ], "release_date": "1990-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Requested by Mitch from out in the Gathering Space!\n\n\"Cracked Actor\" was inspired by Bowie's time at the Beverly Hills Hotel in October 1972 with an entourage of 46 people According to author Peter Doggett, the song encompassed \"three layers of prostitution\" on the Boulevard: \"offering money for sex; sex for drugs; worship for fame.\" Regarding the Boulevard's clients, Bowie recalled: \"They were mostly older producer types, quite strange looking, quite charming, but thoroughly unreal.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }