{"id":644,"date":"2014-02-16T06:59:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T14:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=644"},"modified":"2014-02-16T07:01:16","modified_gmt":"2014-02-16T15:01:16","slug":"the-spectacle-of-modernity-mimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/the-spectacle-of-modernity-mimes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spectacle of Modernity &#038; Mimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AKA: The Disquieting.<br \/>\nA few years old but never before released. Read just after the writing at a small gathering on Halloween. 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