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I was in the middle of a tense discussion and these people around the table were looking at me as if I was going to make some groundbreaking revelations, and I thought to myself, 'Good God, why can't I be elsewhere? Why isn't someone else in my place?' I would've traded with anyone. I would've preferred to be that guy leaning at the bar than myself.\"\n\nWatch the rather risque video for this little tune: \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI0a9hTh5AU&t=4s","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"},{"id":3557507,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3557507/?format=json","airdate":"2025-09-25T08:35:35-07:00","show":64656,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64656/?format=json","image_uri":"https://ia801702.us.archive.org/27/items/mbid-6d73360d-75dd-3d58-a59f-119d63dcd304/mbid-6d73360d-75dd-3d58-a59f-119d63dcd304-17762645346_thumb500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://ia801702.us.archive.org/27/items/mbid-6d73360d-75dd-3d58-a59f-119d63dcd304/mbid-6d73360d-75dd-3d58-a59f-119d63dcd304-17762645346_thumb250.jpg","song":"High","track_id":"73cadfb6-9a3b-33bd-ba58-cef59c383fce","recording_id":"3f5db71a-4992-4c3c-aeb7-e5c80c30c017","artist":"The Cure","artist_ids":["69ee3720-a7cb-4402-b48d-a02c366f2bcf"],"album":"Wish","release_id":"6d73360d-75dd-3d58-a59f-119d63dcd304","release_group_id":"88154914-4f14-355c-8066-b3cecd38c42c","labels":["Fiction"],"label_ids":["df7d4cc5-e131-43a3-a398-5322ceded8bc"],"release_date":"1992-04-17","rotation_status":"Library","is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"\"High\" from The Cure's 1992 album Wish, blends shimmering guitars with Robert Smith's airy vocals. 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I asked him for a copy of the Cure's new record, but I didn't know what it was called. With a straight face, he said, \"Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.\" There followed an awkward silence, but I got my record.","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"airbreak"}]}