{"id":94686,"date":"2009-12-22T16:25:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T21:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2010570751_holidayheadaches.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2009-12-22T16:25:17","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T21:25:17","slug":"holiday-headaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/94686","title":{"rendered":"Holiday headaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jingle Bell Bash rang with adult humor<\/strong><\/p>\n

I attended the Jingle Bell Bash sponsored by KISS-FM (106.1) with my daughter over the weekend [\u201cJingle Bell Bash is ready to ring, with All-American Rejects and more,\u201d NWTicket, Dec. 18]. It was a great concept and a great value \u2014 so many bands together for one performance. The music was enjoyable even at my age.<\/p>\n

Yet I was shocked at the show\u2019s content.<\/p>\n

The show was promoted as being for all ages and the majority of the attendees were of middle-school age. The show began with the disc jockey referencing being drunk. There were continued references to excessive drinking.<\/p>\n

There was pervasive use of inappropriate language, which ironically would not be permitted on air. Yet, this language was used by both the bands, DJs, and guests throughout a show that was promoted for all ages.<\/p>\n

There were inappropriate sexual innuendos and comments and references to recreational drug use.<\/p>\n

I consider myself to be open minded. In the right context, with the right warning, and appropriate audience, much of what would have been presented would have been OK. But, it most certainly was not a show for all ages.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Steven Simao, Snohomish<\/em><\/p>\n

Let it go, let it go, let it go<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was dismayed to see that we still haven\u2019t gotten over last year\u2019s snow [\u201c911 callers waited desperately for help,\u201d page one, Dec. 20].<\/p>\n

When did all the whiners move to Seattle?<\/p>\n

Please, get over it already.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Patty Johnson, Seattle<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jingle Bell Bash rang with adult humor I attended the Jingle Bell Bash sponsored by KISS-FM (106.1) with my daughter over the weekend [\u201cJingle Bell Bash is ready to ring, with All-American Rejects and more,\u201d NWTicket, Dec. 18]. It was a great concept and a great value \u2014 so many bands together for one performance. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94686\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}