{"id":458,"date":"2019-04-17T15:57:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/?p=458"},"modified":"2019-04-18T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T17:16:09","slug":"the-wp-turns-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/news\/the-wp-turns-20\/","title":{"rendered":"The WP turns 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The WP turns 20 this year.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yup, it was way back in the final year of the last millenium that I did the first recordings and shows under the name The World Provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"973\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WP-press-release.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WP-press-release.png 973w, https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WP-press-release-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/WP-press-release-768x350.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Early press release<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, the WP has wavered from solo act to duo to band and back again, with many personnel and musical changes along the way. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m still figuring it out, and in a lot of ways I\u2019m more interested in the next 20 years than the last 20.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we are doing a couple of things to mark this anniversary.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re going to do some shows this fall with new costumes, theatrics, and a strict \u201cgreatest hits\u201d set list.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I\u2019m doing a cassette reissue of the first WP tape, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/theworldprovider.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-elements-of-style\">The Elements of Style<\/a><\/em>, featuring new liner notes from Peaches, Taylor Savvy and myself, as well as two cassette-only bonus tracks from deep in the vaults.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-cassette.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-cassette.png 590w, https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/wp-cassette-295x300.png 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 85vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption>Grabbing material from the 4-track master tape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned for more news!<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WP turns 20 this year. Yup, it was way back in the final year of the last millenium that I did the first recordings and shows under the name The World Provider. Since then, the WP has wavered from solo act to duo to band and back again, with many personnel and musical changes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/news\/the-wp-turns-20\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The WP turns 20&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[35,38],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-peaches","tag-taylor-savvy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldprovider.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}