{"id":7798,"date":"2012-10-29T22:29:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T05:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=7798"},"modified":"2012-10-29T22:29:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T05:29:20","slug":"skyline-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/10\/skyline-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"SKYLINE DRIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7799\" title=\"SKYLINE-DRIVE-M-Review-SeptOct-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SKYLINE-DRIVE-M-Review-SeptOct-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SKYLINE-DRIVE-M-Review-SeptOct-2012.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SKYLINE-DRIVE-M-Review-SeptOct-2012-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>SKYLINE DRIVE<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>Topanga Ranch Motel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>skylinedrive.me<\/p>\n<p>Bless the acoustic guitar\u2014<em>the<\/em> go-to instrument for rock \u2019n\u2019 rollers looking to reinvent themselves as troubadours. Among the latest to unplug and rejoice is Skyline Drive main man Derek Thomas, formerly of experimental L.A. rockers 60 Watt Kid. On <em>Topanga Ranch Motel<\/em>, there\u2019s nothing remotely innovative\u2014just rootsy strumming, craggy singing, woe-is-me sentiments and the seriously sad pedal steel of Ryan Adams sideman Erik Kristiansen. In Thomas\u2019 mythic Southern California, sunshine sometimes gives way to rain, and girls walk barefoot with yellow roses in their hair, waiting to break his heart. All he can do is wring out his hat, head to the saloon, and pretend he\u2019s not enjoying every devastating second.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SKYLINE DRIVE Topanga Ranch Motel skylinedrive.me Bless the acoustic guitar\u2014the go-to instrument for rock \u2019n\u2019 rollers looking to reinvent themselves as troubadours. Among the latest to unplug and rejoice is Skyline Drive main man Derek Thomas, formerly of experimental L.A. rockers 60 Watt Kid. On Topanga Ranch Motel, there\u2019s nothing remotely innovative\u2014just rootsy strumming, craggy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[196,10159,5077,5175,5177,5176],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7800,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7798\/revisions\/7800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}