{"id":3681,"date":"2004-10-04T22:20:13","date_gmt":"2004-10-04T21:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funkypancake.com\/blog-wp-temp\/?p=3681"},"modified":"2004-10-04T22:20:13","modified_gmt":"2004-10-04T21:20:13","slug":"duran_duran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funkypancake.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/duran_duran\/","title":{"rendered":"duran duran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>well, i don&#8217;t know about you, but i was working from home this morning and had to go in to the office for a meeting from 6-7.30pm.  so i travelled the 2-hour journey and managed to arrive early.<br \/>\nabout 2 days early.<br \/>\nit&#8217;s actually on wednesday.  so i came back and on the way had a look in the paper and noticed that Duran Duran were signing their new record in HMV on Oxford Street.  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