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list: List of plays
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GET /v2/plays/3657253/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, HEAD, OPTIONS
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Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 3657253,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3657253/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-05-20T13:43:39-07:00",
    "show": 66768,
    "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66768/?format=api",
    "image_uri": "https://dn710901.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-49d996b2-ab53-41bd-8789-3d87938dc07d/mbid-49d996b2-ab53-41bd-8789-3d87938dc07d-3785372639_thumb500.jpg",
    "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710901.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-49d996b2-ab53-41bd-8789-3d87938dc07d/mbid-49d996b2-ab53-41bd-8789-3d87938dc07d-3785372639_thumb250.jpg",
    "song": "Tired of Sex",
    "track_id": "6c041aaa-6aa6-3fcf-a699-192764d1a7d8",
    "recording_id": "4298f4f8-8681-4d59-b38c-98205956548e",
    "artist": "Weezer",
    "artist_ids": [
        "6fe07aa5-fec0-4eca-a456-f29bff451b04"
    ],
    "album": "Pinkerton",
    "release_id": "49d996b2-ab53-41bd-8789-3d87938dc07d",
    "release_group_id": "385f30e2-0483-355d-aded-23e66aa20f87",
    "labels": [
        "DGC Records"
    ],
    "label_ids": [
        "68803e28-86fe-4a95-985f-8e493795ab31"
    ],
    "release_date": "1996-09-24",
    "rotation_status": null,
    "is_local": false,
    "is_request": false,
    "is_live": false,
    "comment": "The Pinkerton album is based on the Opera Madame Butterfly, and this song relates to the character Pinkerton, who is a sailor who sleeps with a different girl at every port,\n--\n\nRivers Cuomo  commented on this song in a 1996 interview:\n\nhat’s when I’m saying that I want to rid myself of the rock life. I want to find the ideal woman and get married. It’s a good starting point.",
    "location": 1,
    "location_name": "Default",
    "play_type": "trackplay"
}