{"id":1237,"date":"2005-03-24T16:08:17","date_gmt":"2005-03-24T21:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=1237"},"modified":"2005-03-24T14:28:10","modified_gmt":"2005-03-24T19:28:10","slug":"i_could_get_hig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/03\/24\/i_could_get_hig\/","title":{"rendered":"I could get high off this La."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/cover2.jpe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"cover2.jpe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/cover2-thumb.jpe\" width=\"228\" height=\"228\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>Oooh La La La&#8230;It&#8217;s the way that they rock when they&#8217;re doing their thang, oooh La La La&#8230;it&#8217;s the natural La that the Refugees bring&#8230;oooh La La La La La La Lalala La Lah&#8230;<\/p>\n\n<p>In Kuala Lumpur, it was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/gate\/archive\/2005\/03\/21\/ddish.DTL\">sweet thing<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>Former Fugess Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean reunited onstage on Friday at a concert in Malaysia to raise money for tsunami-devastated communities.<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>On the set list: hits like &#8220;Killing Me Softly,&#8221; &#8220;Ready or Not&#8221; and &#8220;Fu-Gee-La.&#8221;  When I read the line-up of acts, I was reminded of last year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coachella.com\/\">Coachella<\/a>; a reunited <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pixies\">Pixies<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/107239.htm\">dominated the buzz<\/a> there, I can see the Fugees doing the same at this show.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>The pair joined performers including actor Jackie Chan, the Backstreet Boys, Black Eyes Peas and Boyz II Men before 15,000 fans at the seven-hour Forces of Nature event.<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>&#8220;Forces of Nature&#8221; raised $2.6 million dollars for tsunami-affected nations like Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India.  Take a lesson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/000976.html\">jack-asses at Hot 97<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>&#8230;During an emotionally charged gig, Jean lead the crowd in a chant of &#8220;We&#8217;ll never forget the tsunami victims&#8221; and instructed the stadium lights to be turned off while crowd members waved lighted cell phones.<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>From his lips to our ears.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oooh La La La&#8230;It&#8217;s the way that they rock when they&#8217;re doing their thang, oooh La La La&#8230;it&#8217;s the natural La that the Refugees bring&#8230;oooh La La La La La La Lalala La Lah&#8230; In Kuala Lumpur, it was a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/03\/24\/i_could_get_hig\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}