{"id":901,"date":"2005-08-18T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-18T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2024-04-03T17:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:06:16","slug":"puppet-show-and-alan-parsons-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Puppet show (and Alan Parsons Project)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsreview.com\/media\/images\/articles\/featured\/2020\/07\/43738-01.jpeg\" alt=\"You down with A.P.P.?\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">You down with A.P.P.?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Playing the fair circuit seems like the kiss of death. After all, 4-H events and carnival attractions don\u2019t make the most apropos setting for live music. This year, however, the California State Fair has made great strides to bring the best in live entertainment. From comedians like Paul Rodriguez and Bill Engvall to today\u2019s and yesterday\u2019s pop sensations, 2005\u2019s concert schedule is reason enough to fork over the $10 fair-admission charge. Alan Parsons, producer extraordinaire (Pink Floyd\u2019s\u00a0<em>Dark Side of the Moon<\/em>) and leader of his namesake project, is one of the fair\u2019s most intriguing and perplexing choices. His earlier albums, such as 1977\u2019s\u00a0<em>I Robot<\/em>\u00a0and 1979\u2019s\u00a0<em>Eve<\/em>, were arguably some of the most forward-thinking releases of the era. Today, he\u2019s touring in support of his latest release,\u00a0<em>A Valid Path<\/em>, which not-so-coincidentally features Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. The Alan Parsons Project plays at the Golden 1 Stage at Cal Expo on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The show is free with fair admission, or $10 for Golden Circle reserved seats. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfun.org\/\">www.bigfun.org<\/a>\u00a0for info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(SN&amp;R)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playing the fair circuit seems like the kiss of death. After all, 4-H events and carnival attractions don\u2019t make the most apropos setting for live music. This year, however, the California State Fair has made great strides to bring the best in live entertainment. From comedians like Paul Rodriguez and Bill Engvall to today\u2019s and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":902,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions\/902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acloserlookmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}