{"id":590,"date":"2014-07-26T17:42:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T01:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/?p=590"},"modified":"2014-07-29T15:32:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T23:32:49","slug":"80-days-of-jay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=590","title":{"rendered":"80 Days of Jay"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">31 Days of Brannan &#8211; Day 26<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[embedplusvideo height=&#8221;329&#8243; width=&#8221;400&#8243; editlink=&#8221;http:\/\/bit.ly\/1nJqq5B&#8221; standard=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0KeeczV_1Q4?fs=1&amp;vq=hd720&#8243; vars=&#8221;ytid=0KeeczV_1Q4&amp;width=400&amp;height=329&amp;start=&amp;stop=&amp;rs=w&amp;hd=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;react=0&amp;chapters=&amp;notes=&#8221; id=&#8221;ep4101&#8243; \/]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Today&#8217;s Playlist &#8211; <em>Twee Vaders<\/em> \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0in Dutch, no less&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I like that Jay takes the time to find a way to connect with his international audiences. He may flub things up a little but they are so much more appreciative when he makes these efforts. This is a true artist that will work on his craft to engage his audience. Having sung in many languages myself I am really impressed with how fearless he treads these linguistic waters. Part of his brilliance as a self-promoter and marketer, I suppose. Give them what they want, and a little of something they didn&#8217;t see coming.<\/p>\n<p>Lovely stuff there Mr. B.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy this one. It made me smile &#8211; and that&#8217;s saying something considering I was doing battle with the cable company this morning so I could get my internet back! Thanks for restoring my smile Jay!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">The Always, Then &amp; Now Tour&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Please check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaybrannan.com\">his site<\/a> with links for his upcoming shows. I am definitely a late comer to the Brannan bandwagon whenever he pulls through my city. But now that I am going this year, I am making it a goal never to miss when he swings through town. I hope you take advantage of the opportunity as well. Also be sure to check out his web store at the following <a href=\"http:\/\/hellomerch.com\/collections\/jay-brannan\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_363\" class=\"wp-caption  alignleft\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"363\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?attachment_id=363\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner.png?fit=350%2C291\" data-orig-size=\"350,291\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JBbanner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jay&amp;#8217;s Website &amp;#8211; jaybrannan.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner.png?fit=350%2C291\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biz141.inmotionhosting.com\/~akweko6\/sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner-300x249.png?resize=300%2C249\" alt=\"Jay's Website - jaybrannan.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner.png?resize=300%2C249 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sacollins.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JBbanner.png?w=350 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Jay&#8217;s Website &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaybrannan.com\">jaybrannan.com<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>31 Days of Brannan &#8211; Day 26 &nbsp; [embedplusvideo height=&#8221;329&#8243; width=&#8221;400&#8243; editlink=&#8221;http:\/\/bit.ly\/1nJqq5B&#8221; standard=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/0KeeczV_1Q4?fs=1&amp;vq=hd720&#8243; vars=&#8221;ytid=0KeeczV_1Q4&amp;width=400&amp;height=329&amp;start=&amp;stop=&amp;rs=w&amp;hd=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;react=0&amp;chapters=&amp;notes=&#8221; id=&#8221;ep4101&#8243; \/] &nbsp; Today&#8217;s Playlist &#8211; Twee Vaders \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0in Dutch, no less&#8230; &nbsp; I like that Jay takes the time to find a way to connect with his international audiences. He may flub things up a little but they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[48,216,234,7,198,22,145],"tags":[235,26,138,143,237,27,236,731],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-giving-back","category-journey","category-language","category-my-what-the-fuck-on-the-media","category-men","category-music-that-inspires","category-words-have-power","tag-art-of-language","tag-artist-as-muse","tag-brannan-as-bard","tag-brannan-on-tour","tag-international-appeal","tag-jay-brannan","tag-words-have-meaning","tag-words-have-power"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75tPU-9w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":599,"url":"http:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=599","url_meta":{"origin":590,"position":0},"title":"LIVE FROM&#8230;","author":"S A Collins","date":"July 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"31 Days of Brannan - Day 28 \u00a0 Today's Playlist - ANYTHING LIVE! 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