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"},"subtitle":{"type":"html","$t":"TIME TRAVELS THROUGH GROOVY MELBOURNE"},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/holy-gogo-boots-batman.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2401373163636107165\/posts\/default\/-\/beach+culture?alt=json-in-script\u0026max-results=3"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/holy-gogo-boots-batman.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/beach%20culture"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sammy-lou"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11821305787733865969"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-qjwlt8bcn5Y\/U1zmMZB4tUI\/AAAAAAAAAVc\/GX6n_upEcdM\/s1600\/*"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"3"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2401373163636107165.post-5856826079784302798"},"published":{"$t":"2015-03-08T11:46:00.001+11:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-06-28T10:43:21.349+10:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1960s"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"beach culture"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lorne"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"music"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Spinning Wheels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wild Colonial Club"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"youth culture"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A swingin’ summer: groovy Lorne"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cscript\u003E  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){   (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),   m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)   })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');    ga('create', 'UA-60338645-1', 'auto');   ga('send', 'pageview');  \u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOf all the towns I’ve visited along the Great Ocean Road, Lorne has always struck me as the most similar to Melbourne. With its upmarket vibe, bustling main drag and manicured foreshore, it comes across like a well-heeled city suburb. Admittedly, I’ve never holidayed there, so my impressions could be way off the mark…\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat I do know, however, is that during the 1950s and 1960s, Lorne was about as hip’n’happening as a Victorian holiday spot could be. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ECome summer, every man and his dog descended upon Lorne\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E: from surfers to beach-babes; beatniks and rock'n'rollers to families on holiday.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003E Hell, the only folks missing were Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon! \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ENot only did Lorne have sensational surf and idyllic beaches…\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-THn8Oik1MoU\/VPuQU9_gs_I\/AAAAAAAAAuk\/Hzu4fYlCaSE\/s1600\/wild_photo_159.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"428\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-THn8Oik1MoU\/VPuQU9_gs_I\/AAAAAAAAAuk\/Hzu4fYlCaSE\/s1600\/wild_photo_159.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ELoungin' around on the sand at Lorne. Photo: Trevor Lemke (via \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wildonthebeach.com.au\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWild on the Beach\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E…it had a bohemian coffee house boasting one of the state’s first-ever cappuccino machines….\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aUf1NkfD42g\/VPuRZ14aaNI\/AAAAAAAAAuw\/pHeJvyOWgmA\/s1600\/Arab-restaurant.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-aUf1NkfD42g\/VPuRZ14aaNI\/AAAAAAAAAuw\/pHeJvyOWgmA\/s1600\/Arab-restaurant.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EThe Arab, Mountjoy Parade, Lorne. Photo: Trevor Lemke\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E…AND a jumping live music venue that hosted all the coolest Melbourne bands and hippest punters!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ARBKu7H5FSY\/VPuRtmYzAXI\/AAAAAAAAAu4\/CYPn6FmXZi8\/s1600\/wild_photo_216.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ARBKu7H5FSY\/VPuRtmYzAXI\/AAAAAAAAAu4\/CYPn6FmXZi8\/s1600\/wild_photo_216.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EThe Spinning Wheels in action at Lorne's Wild Colonial Club. Photo Trevor Lemke (via \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wildonthebeach.com.au\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWild on the Beach\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-k5eFPEykcs4\/VPuSELAfofI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/TiLb6ZIxMhY\/s1600\/groovy-lorne-girls.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"368\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-k5eFPEykcs4\/VPuSELAfofI\/AAAAAAAAAvA\/TiLb6ZIxMhY\/s1600\/groovy-lorne-girls.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EWhy so serious? An unsmiling quartet of Wild Colonial Club-goers, 1960s\u003C\/span\u003E. \u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EPhoto: Trevor Lemke\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-cvkh9SVyaBg\/VPuSdFNeAgI\/AAAAAAAAAvI\/CILI4hXQdQc\/s1600\/wild_photo_143.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-cvkh9SVyaBg\/VPuSdFNeAgI\/AAAAAAAAAvI\/CILI4hXQdQc\/s1600\/wild_photo_143.jpg\" width=\"267\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EWild Colonials on the dancefloor. Photo: Trevor Lemke (via \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wildonthebeach.com.au\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWild on the Beach\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EArabs and Wild Colonials\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EIt’s hard to imagine what the town’s residents must have thought when local brothers Graham, Robin and Alistair Smith opened their coffee house The Arab in 1956. After all, this wasn’t moody Greenwich Village or downtown Paris, it was the sun-drenched Australian coast. But somehow, it worked. In his poem, “The Arab”, Lorne poet Hayden Rickey reminisces:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EThis is where in ‘58 \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EIn a summertime of fun \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EWe scattered cushions on the floor \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EThen sat upon our bum \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EThis is where the action was \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EThe coffee strong, the best \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EWhere plans were hatched for conning birds \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EThen practised with much zest.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EThose little devils.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--_yxI5qpsIo\/VPuTeEljUXI\/AAAAAAAAAvU\/N0XGwkuXElI\/s1600\/wild_photo_204.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--_yxI5qpsIo\/VPuTeEljUXI\/AAAAAAAAAvU\/N0XGwkuXElI\/s1600\/wild_photo_204.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ECaffeine kicks at The Arab (which still exists today, incidentally). Photo: Trevor Lemke (via \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wildonthebeach.com.au\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWild on the Beach\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EBy 1958, The Arab was so popular that the enterprising brothers decided to open a larger, live-music venue in an old hall down on the beach’s edge: The Wild Colonial Club. Starting out as a jazzer\/beatnik haunt, it hit its rock’n’roll stride once surf culture took off in the early 60s.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOver the course of the decade, bands such as \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/holy-gogo-boots-batman.blogspot.com.au\/2015\/01\/melbourne-song-of-month-shame-shame.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Spinning Wheels\u003C\/a\u003E, Max Merrit and the Meteors and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/holy-gogo-boots-batman.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/02\/melbourne-song-of-month-loved-onethe.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Loved Ones\u003C\/a\u003E played to high-spirited crowds still buzzing from a day on the beach. (For more Lorne beach action, check out my post on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/holy-gogo-boots-batman.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/12\/rennie-ellis-lifes-beach.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERennie Ellis’s immortal photos of the time\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZevNGpmT-_Y\/VPuUlNeBPvI\/AAAAAAAAAvg\/MZfydY0paXo\/s1600\/wild_photo_220.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZevNGpmT-_Y\/VPuUlNeBPvI\/AAAAAAAAAvg\/MZfydY0paXo\/s1600\/wild_photo_220.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ESummer means fun: goin' off at the Wild Colonial Club. Photo: Trevor Lemke (via \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wildonthebeach.com.au\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWild on the Beach\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EAnd if the wild tunes weren’t enough, likely lads such as Hayden Rickey (he of the ‘conning birds’ remark) and surfer Murray Walding (a surfing memorabilia nut who waxes nostalgic about the era \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/local\/videos\/2011\/09\/09\/3314625.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E), were never short of a foxy chick to twist, stomp and flirt the night away with...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-CKycomw9YXE\/VPuVVcBtF8I\/AAAAAAAAAvo\/CT7NlbIb-TI\/s1600\/wild_photo_207.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"427\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-CKycomw9YXE\/VPuVVcBtF8I\/AAAAAAAAAvo\/CT7NlbIb-TI\/s1600\/wild_photo_207.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003ELorne lassie. Photo: Trevor Lemke (via \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wildonthebeach.com.au\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWild on the Beach\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-AYlhA6FMhak\/VPuVpzXMswI\/AAAAAAAAAvw\/yw_lS6Qcdik\/s1600\/wild_photo_176.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"428\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-AYlhA6FMhak\/VPuVpzXMswI\/AAAAAAAAAvw\/yw_lS6Qcdik\/s1600\/wild_photo_176.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EFar-out and fabulous! I want those earrings. Photo: Trevor Lemke (via \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wildonthebeach.com.au\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWild on the Beach\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003EBeach blanket bingo, baby! No doubt about it, Lorne was where it was at.\u003C\/span\u003E  \u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/holy-gogo-boots-batman.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5856826079784302798\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/holy-gogo-boots-batman.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/a-swingin-summer-groovy-lorne.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2401373163636107165\/posts\/default\/5856826079784302798"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2401373163636107165\/posts\/default\/5856826079784302798"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/holy-gogo-boots-batman.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/a-swingin-summer-groovy-lorne.html","title":"A swingin’ summer: groovy Lorne"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Sammy-lou"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/11821305787733865969"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-qjwlt8bcn5Y\/U1zmMZB4tUI\/AAAAAAAAAVc\/GX6n_upEcdM\/s1600\/*"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-THn8Oik1MoU\/VPuQU9_gs_I\/AAAAAAAAAuk\/Hzu4fYlCaSE\/s72-c\/wild_photo_159.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}}]}});